All Saint James School Offices will be closed this coming Monday, August 26th, as the faculty and staff will be offsite for meetings.

The Saint James School Parent/Student Handbook outlines the policies, procedures, and expectations for our school community.  Please review in full the document below (click link to open), print out the signature page, and bring the signed document to your child’s homeroom teacher on Wednesday, August 28th.

Here are some important items from the handbook to keep in mind as you get your student(s) ready to return to school.

* Tan Pants, Tan Shorts, Uniform Skorts and uniform shirts must be purchased from Lands’ End or Dennis Uniform Company. Other brands are not permitted.

* No logos on socks – socks must be plain white (or plain navy, tan, black).

* Hair must be the student’s natural color.  If it has been colored or highlighted over the summer, it must be back to their natural color by the 1st day of school.  Boys’ hair must not touch their shirt collar and must not cover their ears or eyebrows.

* Smart Watches and Fitbits are not permitted at Saint James School.

* If your student is going to be absent on any given day, please call the school by 8:00am and provide a reason for their absence.  If you do not provide a reason, it will be recorded as an unexcused absence.

* Cell phones are not permitted to be used at school.  If your student must have a phone with them on our campus, it must be turned completely off and in their backpack at all times.

* If your family chooses to take a vacation outside of the scheduled school vacation times, teachers are not responsible for gathering work ahead of time.  It is the family’s responsibility to make sure all missed assignments are made up within 3 DAYS of returning to school.

2024-2025 Saint James School Parent/Student Handbook

We are excited to inform you that our school has a new rapid alert system to improve communication with our families. It’s called Parent Alert, and it will allow us to send out communications via Text, Email, and Voice Messages for all types of events. These alerts can be used for many reasons but will also provide us a fast efficient way to communicate with our families in case of an emergency.

A Sample Text Alert may look like:

SBSJ-CT This is a Parent Alert from St James School. To ensure you are able to receive our alerts please text the word START to 317065 from your mobile device. Any text alerts from our school will begin with SBSJ-CT, and calls will show from 860-643-5088. Text STOP to end.

We will test this new Parent Alert service on Monday, August 26th around 3:00pm.

Please note that email alerts sent via this system will show noreply@pikmykid.com as the “from” email address. Please be assured that this is from the school and is not spam. Please don’t unsubscribe, as that would cause you to miss future email alerts sent using this method.

Note: Per Telephone Consumer Protection Act we must provide all recipients the option to Opt Out of receiving our alerts. Anytime we send out a text alert you will see “Stop to End”. If you reply “Stop” you will no longer receive our text alerts regardless if we select you as a recipient.

If you don’t already have our SJS App installed on your mobile device, please visit the App Store or Google Play Store and search for St. James School Manchester CT or use THIS LINK.   Be sure to say “YES” to receiving notifications.   Please note: returning families should confirm they are still logged in if they have not checked the app in a while.  Any questions or problems regarding our SJS App, please email aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

Saint James School and Saint Bridget School are proud to be supporting The Wall That Heals during its time in Manchester this September.

There will be several ways that our schools will participate – one of which is hosting a joint choir to sing at Charter Oak Park (where The Wall will be stationed) during the POW/MIA ceremony on Friday, September 20th.

If your (4th – 8th Grade) student(s) would be interested in performing a couple of patriotic songs and has transportation to/from Charter Oak Park on the evening of September 20th, please fill out the Google Form below.  Our Middle School Music Teacher, Mrs. McKeever-DeLeon, has volunteered to work with interested SJS students after school hours (2:00pm – 2:40pm) on 9/4, 9/11, and 9/18 to put together a performance.

Please note, parents/guardians of participating students must be able to bring them to Charter Oak Park on Friday, September 20th for 6:30pm AND stay with them throughout the event.

Please sign your student(s) up using this link if they would like to participate and can make all the dates: https://forms.gle/1mMafTzZXMuuoPNAA

The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center, is coming to Manchester, CT on September 19- 22 at Charter Oak Park and will be open 24 hours a day and free to the public. The Wall That Heals honors the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed forces in the Vietnam War and it bears the names of the 58,281 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.