XC Paperwork Due Tomorrow

The Saint James School Cross Country Season will begin on Tuesday, September 4th with practice from 2:05pm – 3:30pm that day.  A full schedule of practices and meets will be available shortly.  If your child will be participating, please return the following to the school by Friday, August 28th (click links to download):

1) The XC Permission Slip

2)  The $35 Sports Fee (Check Payable to Saint James School)

3) Athletics Health Form 2018-2019 (signed by your child’s doctor)

Please remember, students will not be allowed to practice unless these documents are all on file with the school and the sports fee is paid.

Info Due TODAY

Class assignments – and other important information – was sent to all K-8 families via e-mail on Tuesday.  If your family did not receive the e-mail, please e-mail aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

Photo Permissions & Emergency Info Due Today
Please use This Link to provide the requested information to Saint James School by the end of today (Friday, August 24th) if you have not already done so.

 

Office Hours Next Week

Please note, all SJS staff will be in meetings all morning on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (August 28th & 29th).  If you need to contact the office on Tuesday or Wednesday, please do so between 1:00pm – 3:00pm those two days.  Medicine for students should be brought to the nurse on the first day of school.

School Bus Schedule

The school bus routes have been released for Manchester residents who requested bus transportation to and from SJS.  Please use this LINK  to check on your child’s bus stop (if your address doesn’t come up how you entered it, please use the scroll down list).  If you cannot get your address to come up, please email Mrs. Sager at lsager@saintjamesschool.net.

Important Notes from the town:

➢ Students should arrive at the bus stop 5 minutes before departure time.

➢ Parent or guardian should arrive at the bus stop 5 minutes before scheduled drop off time. Pre-K through Grade 2 students must be released to a parent or guardian.

➢ Please remind your children of the importance of following bus safety rules.

➢ School buses are equipped with video surveillance for the safety of the students and the driver.

➢ No medications can be transported on the school bus with the exception of an epi-pen. The school bus driver will not administer any medication. Please make arrangements to bring any medications to the school nurse’s office.

➢ Due to the high volume of bus stop changes at the start of the school year, no changes will be made for the first two weeks of school.

Lunch Accounts

 

All 1st grade parents and all new students in grades 1 – 8 were sent an e-mail regarding creating a lunch account for your child.  If you did not receive that email, please email aguenther@saintjamesschool.net for the information.  (please check your SPAM folder first).

September 2018 SJS Lunch Menu

Extended Day (Before/After School) Program Reminder

Returning Families, please remember you must re-enroll each year.

As a reminder, if you plan to use the Extended Day program for the 2018-2019 school year, both documents below must be filled out and returned to Ms. Jean by early next week. Please note, the Emergency Contact Form cannot be scanned (we need the copy with your original signature on file).  Please drop BOTH documents off to the school or mail them in to:  Saint James School, Attention: Jean Burdick, 73 Park Street, Manchester CT  06040.

2018-2019 Extended Day Registration Form
2018-2019 Extended Day Emergency Contact Form

Welcome Back Coffee & Danish Social

New Family/Student Meet & Sweet

Our annual back-to-school “Meet & Sweet” event for all NEW Saint James elementary/middle school (K-8) students/families and buddy families will be held the evening of Tuesday, August 28th from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.  All incoming Kindergarten students and their families (even if they have older siblings already at the school) are also invited to attend.

Please note, you must RSVP for this event.  If your child/ren is new to the school or you are a 2018 buddy family and didn’t receive the link to RSVP for the event, please contact our Advancement Director, Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

Welcome Mrs. Simoncini

Saint James School is pleased to welcome Mrs. Deanna Simoncini as our new 6th Grade Home Room/Middle School Science Teacher.

Mrs. Simoncini comes to us with 10+ years of Middle School teaching experience, having taught Earth, Life, and Physical Sciences at a Catholic school in Georgia. Her husband’s job brought the family to Connecticut last year.

Mrs. Simoncini has a degree in Science Education from Florida State University. She also taught Middle School Math and various levels of Religion during her career, including 2nd grade and 4th grade faith formation within the Diocese of Atlanta.

In her free time Mrs. Simoncini spends time with her three children and husband. She also enjoys art, history, traveling to new places, hiking, and being part of both the Girl and Boy Scout programs.

She is excited about joining our Saint James School family and looks forward to meeting everyone next week.

Class Assignments

Class assignments are in the process of being sent to enrolled SJS Parents (K-8th grade).  The assignment and related information was sent to one email address per family.   If your family does not receive their class assignment e-mail by 1:30pm, please e-mail aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

Please note the email contains an online form for Photo Permissions and Emergency Contacts that needs to be completed ASAP and paperwork that needs to come to school with your child/ren on the first day.