After a slow start to last night’s game, the SAINT JAMES GIRLS VARSITY team took at early 6-0 lead and never looked back, defeating St. Tims by 20 points. The first ½ was uninspired. Nevertheless, SAINT JAMES took a 8-5 lead into the halftime break. After scoring 16 consecutive points to start the third (utilizing our full court press ), Saint James rolled into the final period up by 19. Shea led the team with 12 points followed by Jillian’s 10 and Allie’s 4. Shannon and Kaitlyn each added a hoop while Faith hit a free throw to round out the scoring. Sammy led the team with some sharp passing had 4 assists while Allie, Shea, Jillian and Angie had 1 per.
Defensively, Alyssa continued her strong inside play ripping down 9 rebounds. Meanwhile, Jillian used her offensive rebounding skill to create multiple baskets on put-backs (Jillian had 9 offensive rebounds ….10 total boards for the game ). Angie collected 5 boards while Sammy and Shea each had 5 from the guard position. Gabby, Kaitlyn and Faith all grabbed 3 boards while Sarah had 1 to go with 1 steal. Shea continued her thievery, stealing the ball 9 times from St. Tims. Meanwhile, Kaitlyn and Angie had 3 each. Shannon, Allie, Alyssa and Emma had 2 steals each while Gabby, Faith, Sammy each had 1.
Varsity Girls Season record: 10-0
Tonight the Girls will play Corpus Christi at Corpus starting at 6:00pm.
Good luck Sabers!!
Family Paint Night is Full
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolThank you to everyone who signed up for Family Paint Night. The event is now full. If you signed up, please be sure to send your payment into school on Monday.
Varsity Girls Coach’s Update
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolAfter a slow start to last night’s game, the SAINT JAMES GIRLS VARSITY team took at early 6-0 lead and never looked back, defeating St. Tims by 20 points. The first ½ was uninspired. Nevertheless, SAINT JAMES took a 8-5 lead into the halftime break. After scoring 16 consecutive points to start the third (utilizing our full court press ), Saint James rolled into the final period up by 19. Shea led the team with 12 points followed by Jillian’s 10 and Allie’s 4. Shannon and Kaitlyn each added a hoop while Faith hit a free throw to round out the scoring. Sammy led the team with some sharp passing had 4 assists while Allie, Shea, Jillian and Angie had 1 per.
Defensively, Alyssa continued her strong inside play ripping down 9 rebounds. Meanwhile, Jillian used her offensive rebounding skill to create multiple baskets on put-backs (Jillian had 9 offensive rebounds ….10 total boards for the game ). Angie collected 5 boards while Sammy and Shea each had 5 from the guard position. Gabby, Kaitlyn and Faith all grabbed 3 boards while Sarah had 1 to go with 1 steal. Shea continued her thievery, stealing the ball 9 times from St. Tims. Meanwhile, Kaitlyn and Angie had 3 each. Shannon, Allie, Alyssa and Emma had 2 steals each while Gabby, Faith, Sammy each had 1.
Varsity Girls Season record: 10-0
Tonight the Girls will play Corpus Christi at Corpus starting at 6:00pm.
Good luck Sabers!!
Fun Friday at Aftercare
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolAre your students looking for additional fun, after-school activities with friends? Why not have them attend the Friday afternoon activities at our school’s Aftercare program?
Each Friday is a different themed activity that students of all ages can enjoy! (Families must be registered with the Aftercare program before their student(s) can participate.)
This Friday, 1/11 will be Crafts!
Any questions, please reach out to Ms. Jean at jburdick@saintjamesschool.net. The hourly Aftercare charge is just $10 an hour (for one child) if your family is not already on the “full-time” plan.
Free Throw Contest at SJS
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolThe Knights of Columbus Council 1155 of Manchester will hold its annual Free Throw Contest for boys & girls Ages 9-14 on Saturday, 1/12/19, at the Saint James School gym. Registration is at 11:00am and contest is between 11:30am and 2:00pm. Entrants must be accompanied by an adult. You can download the registration form HERE.
Box Tops Contest Dress Down Winners
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolCongratulations to our 7th graders for winning yesterday’s Box Tops Contest with over 450 Box Tops! The teachers will let the students know when there dress down day will be. Our volunteers counted 2,075 total Box Tops yesterday, with is over $200 for our school. Please keep sending your box tops! We will be counting again for the next dress down contest on March 5th.
Fun Fridays At SJS Aftercare
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolAre your students looking for additional fun, after-school activities with friends? Why not have them attend the Friday afternoon activities at our school’s Aftercare program?
Each Friday is a different themed activity that students of all ages can enjoy! (Families must be registered with the Aftercare program before their student(s) can participate.)
This Friday, 1/11 will be Crafts.
Friday, 1/18 will be BINGO
Friday 1/25 will be a Movie & Popcorn
Any questions, please reach out to Ms. Jean at jburdick@saintjamesschool.net. The hourly Aftercare charge is just $10 an hour (for one child) if your family is not already on the “full-time” plan.
Here are a few pictures from last Friday’s building & board games session:
Health Reminder
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James School‘Tis the season for severe colds, fevers, and the dreaded flu.
As a reminder, please be respectful to your child’s teacher and fellow classmates by keeping your child home if they have a fever or are experiencing other signs of illness. The CDC recommends that adults or children stay home from work or school at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever and are not taking fever-reducing drugs (i.e., Tylenol, Motrin, etc.).
Radio Testimonials
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolYesterday, a couple of our parents and students traveled to Prospect, Connecticut to record commercials/testimonials on behalf of Saint James School for the Archdiocese of Hartford’s radio station WJMJ. Many thanks to Stefan Poth (5th grade) and Elinor Poth (3rd grade), Hayley Gionfriddo (3rd grade), and Brendan Guenther (7th grade) for volunteering to write & record testimonials for our school. All recorded spots will play on WJMJ (88.9 FM – Hartford; 93.1 FM – Hamden; 107.1 FM – New Haven; 91.1 Fairfield) during the last week of January – which is Catholic Schools Week.
All the commercials/testimonials were written by the students themselves and it was so heartwarming to hear their sweet messages. A huge thank you to these parents and students for their time and commitment to our school! We hope to have copies of the finished products to share once they are edited, but here are a few pictures.
Drop-Off & Pick-Up Thank You
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolMrs. Zorger would like to send a big thank you to all our SJS friends and families for adhering to the morning drop-off/afternoon pick-up policies outlined in her January 2nd email. We have seen great improvements with the flow of morning drop-off over the last week.
Box Tops Due Tomorrow
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolBox tops for the third dress down contest of the school year will be counted after school tomorrow – Tuesday, January 8th. Please be sure to send in any box tops you have accumulated by 2:00pm on January 8th to help your child’s grade win! (please label name and grade on the container or baggie you send them in).
Box tops make a huge impact: This school year-to-date, we have submitted $841.40 worth of box tops, and we recently received a check for $1,394.40 from Box Tops for Education (which covers our school’s year-to-date submissions, plus what we submitted in the the later half of last school year).
Since we started participating in the box tops program (many years ago) our school has made a total of $25,396!