Last Call: Cheerleading Forms

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Unfortunately, we do not seem to have enough interest in Cheerleading to hold this extracurricular activity this year.  If your daughter is interested in cheering but did not get the form in, please do so by tomorrow morning.  We will make a determination about the club if we see if there is any additional interest tomorrow.

Cheerleading is open to girls in grades 4 – 8.  The first practice will be Wednesday, October 16th from 5:45pm – 6:45pm in the school cafeteria.  Practices will be on Wednesday evenings (5:45pm – 6:45pm) through early March.  Cheerleaders will cheer at selected JV and Varsity games throughout the season (home and away).

In order to participate, students must submit the following to the school by October 15th:

2019-2020 Athletics Health Permission Form (signed by their doctor)

Cheerleading Permission Slip

SJS Athlete Character Contract

Progress Reports (Grades 4-8)

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Midterm progress checks were completed on Friday.  Any student in grades 4 – 8 whose grade is below a 70 in any subject will receive a notice home that needs to be signed and returned to the teacher.

If your child is above a 70 in all subjects, no Midterm Progress Report will come home.  Please use our GRADES ONLINE program if you wish to see a full report of their grades. You can find the link for Grades Online in our SJS App or at the bottom of our school’s website homepage.

Children’s Mass Thank You

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Thank you to everyone who came out for our SJS Children’s Mass on Sunday – what a great turnout!!  It was so nice to see so many families at Mass and downstairs socializing after.

Special thanks to all our student volunteers who served as greeters, gift bearers, altar servers, and of course our reader – Amelia who did a wonderful job.  The choir also sounded great in their first performance of the year.

If any other students in grades 2 and up would like to assist at the Monthly Mass (as a greeter or gift bearer), please reach out to parent volunteer coordinator Maria Modugno at modugnomc@cox.net.

Cross Country Update

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Congratulations to our Cross Country team on a strong performance at the Wickham Invitational this past weekend.  Our top runners earned medals:  Evan Ansaldi – who came in 40th out of 328 runners in the boys race, and Maya Fisher, who placed 25th out of 272 runners for the girls.

The team will practice after school today Tuesday, October 15th and will race at VCMS tomorrow Wednesday, October 16th.

 

This Saturday, October 19th, selected runners will be participating in the McGee Invitational at Sage Park in Berlin.  Runners should arrive at 8:00am to walk the course with Coach O’Neill and stretch.

Race Times:  Grade 6 Girls 9:15am, Grade 6 Boys 9:45am (race length is 1.7 miles); Grade 7 Girls 10:15am, Grade 7 Boys 11:15am, Grade 8 Girls 11:15am, Grade 8 Boys 11:45am (race length is 2.2 miles).

Awards Presentation is at 12:30pm.  Good luck Sabers!

Support SJS When Purchasing Through Shutterfly

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With Lifetouch Pictures, your child’s school portrait can also be used to create fun photo gifts via Shutterfly. 

If you chose to get photo gifts made, or if you are just ordering through Shutterfly in general (Christmas Cards, Memory Books, etc.) please use this special link and 8% of the sale price will be donated back to Saint James School!  http://saintjamesmanchester.shutterflystorefront.com/ 

(This link can be used to support SJS on ALL purchases through Shutterfly all year long, not just school-picture related gifts).

No School This Monday

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As a reminder, there is no school this coming Monday, October 14th, for the Columbus Day Holiday.  We also have 12:05pm dismissal days scheduled for October 23rd (parent/teacher conferences), October 24th (parent/teacher conferences), and October 25th (Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day).

Online Safety Presentation & School Report

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Please join us the evening of Tuesday, October 15th as State Police Officer Kate Cummings talks about current social media trends and “challenges” and what we as parents should be aware of as more and more “unrestricted age” offerings hit the Apple/Google Play Store.  Check out the latest list of the Most Dangerous Apps of 2019, some of these might surprise you.

Officer Cummings will present immediately following our 2019 State of the School report, which begins at 6:00pm.

Please note, the HSA will be hosting BINGO in the Cafeteria so parents wishing to attend don’t have to worry about a sitter.

 

Cross Country Update/Saturday’s Meet

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Selected members of the SJS country team will be running in the Wickham Invitational this weekend (selected runners will be notified by Coach O’Neill).  Please arrive at Wickham Park in Manchester for 8am to stretch and walk the course with Coach O’Neill.  Boys race at 9am, girls at 9:25am.  Please note there is a $7.00 (cash) fee to park at Wickham Park on the weekends.

Next week, the team will practice on Tuesday, October 15th and will race at VCMS on Wednesday, October 16th.  The team will also participate in the McGee invitational on Saturday, October 19th.

From the Coach: Boys Basketball Schedule Overview

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Here is a nice recap of all scheduled Boys Basketball dates from Coach Creamer:

Sunday October 13th Open Gym for Boys 6th grade 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Monday October 14th Open Gym for Boys 7 & 8th grade 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Friday October 18th   Registration payment and forms due for all Basketball players

Sunday October 20th Open Gym for Boys 6th grade 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Monday October 21st Open Gym for Boys 7 & 8th grade 5:00 pm to 6:45 pm

Monday October 21st Parents meeting in Cafeteria 7:00 pm

Saturday October 26th Player evaluation/ team Selection 4th & 5th Grade Boys  10 am to noon

Sunday October 27th  Varsity Blue and Gold Team selections Boys 7th & 8th grade 1 pm to 3 pm

Fire Safety & Prevention Week

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Yesterday our younger students (Pre-K – Gr. 3) enjoyed a visit with local heroes from the Manchester Fire Department for a lesson on Fire Safety and Prevention. Below are several pictures taken yesterday morning.

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