While we have a volunteer coach in place to run this year’s Cross Country Team, we are still need of additional parent volunteers to assist on practice days.  Practices will typically occur after school (2:00pm) on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  If you like to run and can be available for most practice days please reach out to our our Athletic Director, Mr. Green, at CGreen@SaintJamesSchool.net to get additional details.  Thank you!!

Cross Country Information

Congratulations to Mrs. Linda Carpenter on being named the Director of Saint James School’s Pre-Kindergarten program!  Mrs. Carpenter has been working with students at Saint James School for many years, most recently as our Pre-K4 teacher.  In her expanded position, Mrs. Carpenter will continue to be the lead teacher for the Pre-K4 classroom, with Mrs. Rataic returning as her classroom aide.

In other staffing news, Ms. Page (Pre-K3 teacher) and Mrs. Lerner (Pre-K4 aide) have decided to pursue other opportunities for this upcoming school year.   We wish them well in their new endeavors!

With these changes, we are also excited to share that Mrs. Rebecca Duval will be taking on the role of lead teacher in our Pre-K3 program.  Mrs. Duval was originally hired to support Saint James School as an aide, but with her experience running a daycare/preschool program for many years she jumped at the opportunity to teach our youngest Sabers when the position opened up.  Mrs. Davis, who has been part of our Pre-K3 program for 6 years will continue to be part of the Pre-K3 teaching team as a classroom aide.

Also joining our Pre-K team as classroom aides this year will be Ms. Louisa Afoakwa-Abrokwa, who was previously an aide in the Saint Bartholomew preschool program, and Mrs. Fionnuala Purcell, who also works with the Pre-K students in the SJS aftercare program.

We are excited for a great year!

If you are still in need of uniform items, Lands’ End just announced a 30% off flash sale for August 16 – 18 with Code: BOOKBAG and Pin: 5321 at checkout.

Please remember, as per our published SJS Dress Code all items except gym sweatpants, gym sweatshirts, gym shorts, socks, belts, and shoes MUST be purchased from either Lands’ End or Dennis Uniform company.

 

 

Saint James School is excited to welcome the following faculty and staff to SJS for the upcoming school year:

Ms. Sara Boyle – Middle School Teacher

Please join us in welcoming Ms. Sara Boyle to our middle school teaching team.  Ms. Boyle comes to us from Granby High School and brings a wealth of experience teaching math, English language arts, social studies, and science.  Ms. Boyle received her Master’s in Education in New York City, where she taught for five years prior to moving to Connecticut.  At Saint James School, Ms. Boyle will be teaching Grade 8 English, 7th Grade religion, and one math group in both Grades 6 & 8.  Ms. Boyle will also oversee an 8th Grade homeroom.

Mrs. Brianna Hawkins – Middle School Teacher

Also joining our teaching faculty for this upcoming school year is Mrs. Brianna Hawkins, who will be teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade science.  Mrs. Hawkins comes to us from Northwest Catholic High School where she taught several science classes.  Prior to teaching at Northwest, Mrs. Hawkins taught middle school science at St. Gabriel school in Windsor.  Mrs. Hawkins will be taking over the classes previously taught by Mrs. Oei, who will be teaching engineering at East Catholic High School in the fall.  Mrs. Hawkins will also oversee an 8th Grade homeroom.

Mrs. Stephanie Thomas – Middle School Teacher

Rounding out the new members of our middle school teaching team is Mrs. Stephanie Thomas, who will be joining us as our Middle School Math teacher for Grades 6 – 8, replacing Ms. Starnick who has also taken a teaching position at East Catholic High School starting this fall.  Mrs. Thomas comes to us from Corpus Christi school in Wethersfield and previously taught high school math in Virginia after receiving her Master’s in Education from UVA.  Of interesting note, prior to her teaching career, Mrs. Thomas spent many years as a Research Assistant for NASA.  Mrs. Thomas will oversee a 6th grade homeroom.

Extended Day Program – Mrs. Jodi Talaga

As previously announced, our Extended Day Program Director has retired after 33 years of service to Saint James School.  Taking over for her will be Mrs. Jodi Talaga, who has served our school in a variety of capacities – both as an employee and a volunteer.  Any questions regarding the before and after school care program can be directed to Mrs. Talaga at jtalaga@saintjamesschool.net.

Classroom Aide – Mrs. Duval

Taking over Mrs. Talaga’s previous position will be Mrs. Rebecca Duval who many of our families may know from her involvement with Cast Children’s Theatre here in Manchester.  Mrs. Duval also ran a home-based daycare for many years and is looking forward to assisting our teachers and students here at Saint James School.