STEM Club Clarification & Reminder

Just a quick clarification, our new STEM Club (for the elementary grades) will be held at periodic intervals – it is NOT an ongoing, weekly activity (just like Book & Art Club is held at periodic intervals).

Students who are not going to aftercare following STEM Club today can be picked up at 3:15pm OUTSIDE the gym doors.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Reminder: Registration for 2019-2020

If you are a SJS parent with a child in Pre-K3 through 7th Grade, you  should have received an e-mail a short time ago with paperwork/instructions on registering your child for the 2019-2020 school year.  If you did not receive the e-mail, please check your SPAM and, if you still don’t see it, e-mail Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

This year’s registration paperwork is in “fillable” form – so you should be able to type in your information.   You must, however, print the paperwork and sign the tuition contract.  The original, signed copy must be sent back to the SJS office (you can send it through your child or drop it off yourself).

The Code Red & Photo Permissions should be done via the link.

Copies of all the forms sent out via e-mail today will be available in the main office for any family that prefers to have a hard copy.  Please call Mrs. Sager in the main office if you would like one sent home with your child.

If you are unable to see the documents as “fillable” on your phone or tablet, simply download the Adobe Acrobat App first, then select the option to open the form in Adobe Acrobat.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Pre-K Open House on Saturday

This Saturday, February 2nd, Saint James School will be hosting a “Drop-In” Open House at our Pre-K facility between the hours of 10:00am – 12:00pm.  Please help us spread the word to any families you may know that may be interested.

Any current SJS families with a child that will be entering our Pre-K program next year are also welcome to attend.

Please note, we are expanding our Pre-K 3-year-old program beginning next year by adding a 5-day morning class and a 5-day full-day (8am – 2pm) class.  Space for these additional pre-k3 programs is very limited and first preference will be given to current SJS families based on first-come basis (with completed 2019-2020 paperwork). Students must be fully potty trained (even through nap time) to attend our Pre-K3 and 4 programs.

 

Today: Dine Out In Support of SJS

The Saint James School HSA is hosting a Dine-Out Day at Pastrami on Wry (291 East Center Street, Manchester) today, Friday (2/1) from 7:00am – 7:30pm.  Show your server the attached flyer and 10% of proceeds will be donated back to Saint James School!  As always, we thank you for your support!

Dine Out Pastrami on Wry Flyer

 

Buses: Your Voice Is Needed!

Dear Catholic School  Friends & Families,

Within days of the start of the 2019 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly, two State House Bills were proposed to eliminate bus transportation for nonpublic schools, which include our great Catholic schools (HB 5241 and HB 6611).

**Please know that the statute requiring towns and municipalities to provide these services has been ruled constitutional by the Connecticut Supreme Court.  The statute ensures the safe transportation of students to and from school, and it supports school children and their parents.

**This is a matter of public safety akin to the provision of first responder services to any private company or residence.

**We realize local and state budgets are stretched, but we must not start balancing budgets by cutting back on student safety.

Catholic school families already save towns and the state millions of dollars by assuming the costs of their children’s education.

Please urge your legislators to oppose these bills by clicking the link below.  This proposal has the support of many high ranking legislators, so it is critical that your voice is heard now and in the weeks ahead.

In faith,
Anne LaMonica, CCPAC Associate Director for Education

Click the link below to log in and send your message:
https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/2DPj2ZLhnh8LJRS2x7R3Gw

2019-2020 Registration Starts Tomorrow

This week Saint James School has been celebrating Catholic Schools Week in conjunction with other Catholic schools across the country.  Saint James School is very fortunate and has much to celebrate: Our strong enrollment, extremely careful oversight of expenditures, strong community, awesome staff, and continued commitment to an exceptional academic, moral, and spiritual foundation for our students.

In keeping with tradition, tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Zorger will be sending out a (separate) email to all Pre-Kindergarten – 7th grade families with registration paperwork for the 2019-2020 school year. 

Please be diligent about getting the required forms and $100 deposit back to us as quickly as possible; We have some pretty full classes this year and have a number of new families that have applied and are awaiting acceptance.

If you have any questions after receiving tomorrow’s 2019-2020 Registration email, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Hand Writing Contest Winners!

Congratulations to the 1st & 2nd grade winners (and runners up) of the SJS 2019 Zaner-Bloser Handwriting contest! Our two first place winners will now have their beautiful penmanship submitted to the State competition (as you may recall, last year SJS had a State winner). Great job SABERS!!

Grade 1: Mary Pescosolido – 1st Place; Ellery Ernstrom – runner up

Grade 2: Brandon Zyskowski – 1st Place; Madelyne Smith – runner up

All State Band Students

Congratulations to the following SJS students:

All State Jazz Band – **Michael Machewirth, Marion Patsalides, Stefan Poth

All State Symphonic Band – **Michael Machewirth, **Marion Patsalides, Stefan Poth, Henry Peeler, Irene Milite

All State Concert Band – **Ayva Scalese, **Alejandro Oyewold, David LaMonica, Dylan Smith, Alex Melaragno, Holden Riley, Drew Burnham, Ryan Chacaga

** Solo Chair

 

Blue & Gold Dress Down Tomorrow

Friday, February 1st, is our annual Blue & Gold/Spiritwear dress down day and SJS Pep Rally.  Students may come to school on Friday dressed down in blue & gold (the school colors) or wear any of their Saint James School spiritwear.  Standard dress down guidelines apply.  If your child has an SJS Class of 20xx t-shirt that we have given out to all our new Kindergarten students in the past few years, please consider having them wear that.

All SJS Basketball Players should wear their basketball top (with a shirt under it) to school tomorrow.

Delay Reminder

Just a reminder that on days when we have a two hour delay, there is no before-school care.  Students cannot be dropped off anytime before 9:30am and must be here by 9:55am for the final bell.