The winner for the first Box Tops/Dress Down contest of the year is 4th grade with a total of 560 Box Tops!  Our middle school volunteers counted 2,760 total Box Tops yesterday (a total of $276 for our school!) which is great considering Box Tops has started the transition to a digital program.  The 4th grade teachers will inform students as to when the dress down day will occur.

Please continue collecting and saving Box Tops (and remember to scan your receipts using the Box Tops App!).  We will be counting again in early November.

If your child would like to participate in Choir (grades 3-8) this year, tomorrow is the first practice.  A signed permission slip is required to participate.  If your child has not received one, please email Mrs Lindemann (klindemann@saintjamesschool.net) and let her know who is coming.

Choir students must commit to fully participating in all day/evening concerts, monthly children’s Masses, and special events.  A schedule will be sent out shortly.  Practices are most Wednesdays after school.

Choir pickup tomorrow (Wednesday) is at 3:15 by the gym doors (please do NOT buzz into the school, Mrs. Lindemann will bring the students to the door for dismissal).

Volunteer/VIRTUS Training

In order to volunteer at Saint James School in ANY capacity, volunteers are required to have completed:

1. A background check, and
   2. Attended a VIRTUS Training Session

(please note, you only need to do this once – not every year).

If you would like to volunteer at SJS this year and have not completed these requirements please take note of the following:

Upcoming VIRTUS sessions scheduled locally are as follows:

*Tuesday, September 10th @ 6:00pm at East Catholic High School
*Saturday, September 28th @ 9:00am at Saint James Church
To participate in a VIRTUS session, you must Pre-Register on the VIRTUS Site.  To access the schedule of upcoming sessions and register to attend one, click HERE and select Hartford, CT (Archdiocese).  Space is LIMITED so we suggest registering as soon as possible.

The background check form can be downloaded HERE or picked up at the SJS Main Office.  Completed forms should be submitted to the SJS main office for processing.