Dear Parents, Guardians, and Grandparents:
Please see the information below regarding a proposal for the State of Connecticut to further study the possibility of Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs) for families. ESAs would provide funding for each family to use for the educational choice for their own children. If a family chooses a Catholic school, the funds would go toward their tuition. The Connecticut Catholic Conference is working hard on our behalf to move this bill forward and asks our help in sharing this information with our school families. They also provide a convenient way to get an email message of support to each person’s legislator, the sooner the better.
Click here to contact your legislators. On this page, you will see a brief backgrounder and a pre-written message. When you provide your address and zip code, the program will pair your message with your state legislators.
This must be done today or early tomorrow as the bill is going up for vote in the house tomorrow!
Thank you for your efforts!
Click Here To Read More About ESAs
For our Manchester families: Your contacts are: State Representative Jason Rojas: http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Rojas/Contact; And State Senator Steve Cassano: http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/cassano-contact
Instrumental Music Notice
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolPlease note, Mr. Corcoran will be teaching all instrumental students tomorrow, Thursday, May 10th.
School Mass Tomorrow
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolThere will be a school-wide Mass tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 9:15am at Saint James Church. As always, parents are welcome to attend (please sit in the back few pews).
Please note, students that have gym on Thursdays should come to school in their REGULAR uniform. Teachers will be letting students know if gym uniforms should be brought to change into.
SJS June Calendar Updates
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolThis notice was originally sent out in March, however we felt a reminder would be appropriate:
Below please find an updated June Events Calendar showing the new dates for our year-end activities. Please note, 8th grade graduation day is the LAST DAY of School for 8th grade students, Pre-K graduation and K graduation dates mark the LAST DAY of school for those students. Students in Grades 1 – 7 are in school through the 22nd of June. Summer Camp will begin on June 25th.
Parent and Student Orientation for incoming Kindergarten Students (for the 2018-2019 school year) will be June 11th at 1:00pm. Students currently in Kindergarten – 7th grade will visit next year’s grade during that time (labeled on the calendar as “Stepping Up Afternoon”). The Website Calendar has been updated to reflect the new dates.
UPDATED June 2018 Calendar
Annual Fund
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolIMPORTANT: Your Voice Helps!
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolDear Parents, Guardians, and Grandparents:
Please see the information below regarding a proposal for the State of Connecticut to further study the possibility of Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs) for families. ESAs would provide funding for each family to use for the educational choice for their own children. If a family chooses a Catholic school, the funds would go toward their tuition. The Connecticut Catholic Conference is working hard on our behalf to move this bill forward and asks our help in sharing this information with our school families. They also provide a convenient way to get an email message of support to each person’s legislator, the sooner the better.
Click here to contact your legislators. On this page, you will see a brief backgrounder and a pre-written message. When you provide your address and zip code, the program will pair your message with your state legislators.
This must be done today or early tomorrow as the bill is going up for vote in the house tomorrow!
Thank you for your efforts!
Click Here To Read More About ESAs
For our Manchester families: Your contacts are: State Representative Jason Rojas: http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Rojas/Contact; And State Senator Steve Cassano: http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/cassano-contact
Spring Concert
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James School7th Grade Frog Dissection
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James School1st Communion Congratulations!
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolSpecial Spring Thank Yous
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolSaint James School would like to send a special Thank You to the Saint James Parishioner who purchased and planted the beautiful flowers in front of our school signs! What a beautiful site to see each morning when we enter our school!
Also a special Thank You to the SJS 1st Grade Daisy troop and their troop leaders for planting flowers and spreading mulch in our school’s Pre-Kindergartern area to earn their “Make the World A Better Place” petal. The Daisy’s also planted a flowers with a special message for each SJS staff members to take home. Thank you ladies!
Mother/Daughter Tea Update
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolFrom the HSA: We had a wonderful response to the tea and are looking forward to sharing this special time with all of the mothers and daughters. We are in need of volunteers to help with set up on Friday, May 18 right after school, and Saturday, May 19 at 10:15. We are also looking for small chalkboards or white boards (8x11ish) that we could borrow for the event. If you can help, or if you can lend a chalkboard, please contact event chair Kate Davis at 70greenbean@sbcglobal.net. Thank you!