Last Chance: Downtown Manchester Scarecrow Festival – We need your vote!

This Saturday (10/28) is the last day to vote for our SJS Scarecrow (E.T.).  Now, we need your help to win!  You can now vote for our scarecrow at the following locations:

  • Mary Cheney Library, 586 Main St.
  • Sean’s Fine Jewelry, 713 Main St.
  • 41 Closets, 785 Main St.
  • Beller’s Music, 881 Main St.
  • Silk City Antiques, 845 Main St.
  • Anne Miller Real Estate, 975 Main St.
  • Silk City Coffee, 763 Main St.
  • EM Dougan Art and Framing, 1071 Main St.

Please encourage everyone in your family to cast a vote!

If you are on Facebook, there is also a prize for the Scarecrow with the most Facebook likes.  CLICK HERE TO LIKE OURS OR SHARE WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS!     We currently have almost 200 likes!

Cherrydale Order Pick-Up Today

Cherrydale Fundraiser orders will be available for pickup today – Wednesday, October 25 – at 2:00 on the stage (for students attending an after school activity, you can pick your order up on the stage in the gym after that activity (choir, book/art club, XC, szopka club).

Frozen food orders MUST be picked up today as we have no way to keep them refrigerated.

If you have a small order and you would like your child to take it home on the bus, email Kate Davis at 70greenbean@sbcglobal.net.

No Gym Uniforms Tomorrow

All students should be dressed in their regular uniform tomorrow.  Students in 7th grade may bring their gym uniform to change into if they are not going home with their grandparent/special person.

Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day REMINDER

Please remember to tell your visitor(s) for Thursday’s Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day which teacher(s) your child/ren have so that our student and parent volunteers can easily direct them to the correct classrooms following the assembly in the gym.  They gym doors will open for guests at 9:45am.  Grandparents WITH A HANDICAP PERMIT OR SPECIAL PARKING NEEDS may park in the staff lot in front of the school breezeway.

12:05pm Pick-Up Thursday & Aftercare Reminder

Afternoon pick-up tomorrow (10/26) will be in the staff lot between the main school and the pre-kindergarten if your child is not going home with their grandparent(s)/special guest(s).  Please remember tomorrow (Thursday) is a 12:05pm dismissal day.  Students going to Aftercare will need a lunch from home.

12:05pm Pick-Up Thursday & Aftercare Reminder

Afternoon pick-up tomorrow (10/26) will be in the staff lot between the main school and the pre-kindergarten if your child is not going home with their grandparent(s)/special guest(s).  Please remember tomorrow (Thursday) is a 12:05pm dismissal day.  Students going to Aftercare will need a lunch from home.

Trunk or Treat

The HSA would like to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who came out for Trunk or Treat this past weekend!  The trunks and costumes were AMAZING! Special thanks to Mrs. Deschaine for chairing the event and to Mrs. Daley for the cute pictures.

SJS XC Team Wins Final Meet of Season

Congratulations to the SJS XC team on winning the final meet of the regular season yesterday versus St. Timothy of West Hartford.  The meet was combined for both boys and girls, with AJ Bushnell taking 1st place overall and Lindsay O’Neill being the top female runner in 5th place overall.  Congratulations on a great season, particularly to our team of girls, who went undefeated the entire season.

Several of our runners will go on to compete in the 25th CT Middle School State XC Championship Event at Wickham Park on Saturday, November 4th.

Friday’s XC Meet

 

Our Saint James School Cross Country team participated in a tri-meet this past Friday against Illing and East Hartford Middle School.  The SJS Girls took 1st place in the meet, with Sarah Christina coming in 1st overall, followed by Kaitlyn Nyberg (2nd), Shea Boyle (3rd), Abby Ray (5th), and Lindsay O’Neill (7th) as the top 5 scorers for our team.

The boys also had a strong race, taking 2nd place overall with Jack Green taking the top spot for SJS with a 3rd place finish.  The other top 5 finishers for SJS were Evan Ansaldi (4th), Erik Ansaldi (8th), Killian Boyle (9th), and Jack Christina (13th).

Great job Sabers!

The team’s last regular season meet is this afternoon vs. St. Timothy School in West Hartford (meet will be held at the Seminary).  Several of our runners will go on to compete in the 25th CT Middle School State XC Championship Event at Wickham Park on November 4th.

Friday's XC Meet

 

Our Saint James School Cross Country team participated in a tri-meet this past Friday against Illing and East Hartford Middle School.  The SJS Girls took 1st place in the meet, with Sarah Christina coming in 1st overall, followed by Kaitlyn Nyberg (2nd), Shea Boyle (3rd), Abby Ray (5th), and Lindsay O’Neill (7th) as the top 5 scorers for our team.

The boys also had a strong race, taking 2nd place overall with Jack Green taking the top spot for SJS with a 3rd place finish.  The other top 5 finishers for SJS were Evan Ansaldi (4th), Erik Ansaldi (8th), Killian Boyle (9th), and Jack Christina (13th).

Great job Sabers!

The team’s last regular season meet is this afternoon vs. St. Timothy School in West Hartford (meet will be held at the Seminary).  Several of our runners will go on to compete in the 25th CT Middle School State XC Championship Event at Wickham Park on November 4th.