8th Grade Varsity Boys Finish Season Strong

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After beating St. Martin of New Haven, 60-31, on Saturday, the boys Varsity Gold team suffered a season ending defeat, in the quarterfinals of the Archdiocese of Hartford state tournament, to St. Bridget of Cheshire by the score of 45-42. The boys trailed by 11 points in the second half, only to come back and tie the game with 90 seconds remaining. The team finished the year with a 24-9 record. Congratulations to the boys on a great season!

Due Tomorrow: SJS Middle School Bowling Event

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The HSA is hosting a bowling event for all middle school students on Friday, March 22 from 4:30-6:30pm at SpareTime in Vernon.  Please see this flyer for info and to sign up.  RSVPs are due by March 13 and space is limited.

Living Lent: Pray, Fast, Give

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With the arrival of the Lenten season, we would like to take the opportunity to offer our families some ideas that can help spark conversations and strengthen the spirituality of your household.

Each week of Lent, we will be offering a Scripture passage, Lenten quotation, or prayer activity for your family to share together. We hope these suggestions will enrich your family’s journey through Lent, ending in a more blessed and joyful Easter.

Pray, Fast, Give

The three Pillars of Lent are Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving.  This week we encourage you to choose a special Lenten activity for each day of the week that focuses on one of the 3 pillars.

Perhaps one day you could set aside some time to pray as a family.  Another day you could fast from technology/screen-time. One day you could research a charity that is meaningful to your family and then make a donation.  Or you could fast from eating out and donate the money you save.

If you need some ideas, here are two websites with “calendars” of daily Lenten activities for families:

https://www.loyolapress.com/~/media/Images/Loyola%20Press/ocf-articles/Lent/lent-assets/LentenFamCalendar.ashx?la=en

https://thekidsbulletin.com/lent-calendar/

SJS Summer Camp 2019

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We are excited to announce that that the Saint James School Summer Camp Program will be back for Summer 2019!  Like last year, the program will run from the end of school through the last full week in July with SJS teachers and staff running the sessions.

Our Saint James School Summer Camp is available to enrolled students who will be entering our Kindergarten through 5th grade in September (2019).

2019 Summer Program Brochure

2019 Summer Program Application Form

Instrumental Music Notice

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Tomorrow (March 12th) and Tuesday, March 19th  there will be lessons and band for students in grades 6-8.  Please remind your child to bring their instrument to school on Tuesday.

Reminder: Family Night at JumpOff Tonight

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Come out and have some fun this evening, March 7 at JumpOff!  The HSA is hosting a Family Night on 3/7 from 5:00pm-9:00pm for all SJS families at JumpOff in Manchester.  Please see this flyer for details.  We hope to see you there!

February Aftercare Statements

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February Aftercare Statements will be available from Ms. Jean this afternoon.  Please stop down to get yours at yours today or early next week.

No School Tomorrow

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As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow – Friday, March 8th – as SJS staff will be at an offsite conference.

Spring Conference Sign Ups

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As a reminder, Saint James School will have early dismissal days (12:05pm) March 20nd and March 21st for Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences.  Spring Conferences are OPTIONAL.  If you would like a conference with your child’s teacher, please use the links below to sign up.  Please note, all parents should sign up with the child’s homeroom teacher, except middle school parents (6th – 8th grade).  Middle school parents may select any ONE of their child’s teachers to sign up with.

Mrs. Vassallo

Mrs. Gangloff

Ms. Labowski

Mrs. Alexander

Mrs. LaMarche

Ms. Begey

Mrs. Phelan

Mrs. Moran

Mrs. Jones

Mrs. Curry

Mrs. Piotrowski

Mrs. DiBenedetto

Mrs. Camilleri

Mrs. McQuaid

Mrs. Plante

Ms. Oleasz

Mrs. LaPointe

Mrs. Gordon

Mr. Adams

 

 

Living Lent: Family Opportunities for Growth

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With the arrival of the Lenten season, we would like to take the opportunity to offer our families some ideas that can help spark conversations and strengthen the spirituality of your household.

Each week of Lent, we will be offering a Scripture passage, Lenten quotation, or prayer activity for your family to share together. We hope these suggestions will enrich your family’s journey through Lent, ending in a more blessed and joyful Easter.

On this first day of Lent, we reflect on these words from Pope Francis:

Do you want to fast this Lent?

Fast from hurting words and say kind words.
Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude.
Fast from anger and be filled with patience.
Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope.
Fast from worries and trust in God.
Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity.
Fast from pressures and be prayerful.
Fast from bitterness and fill your heart with joy.
Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others.
Fast from grudges and be reconciled.
Fast from words and be silent so you can listen.