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
ESA Follow-Up Note
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolThank you to all the Saint James School families who contacted their elected officials about Educational Savings Accounts from Tuesday’s e-mail (https://saintjamesschool.net/your-voice-helps/). It came back to us that SJS school parents did a great job making their voice heard – with many families making calls or sending e-mails to their state representative in support of school choice.
Unfortunately, the measure got shot down and was not put to a vote – but there was enough support that the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference will resurrect legislature on Educational Savings Accounts again next year. Please take an opportunity to find out how your local and state representatives would vote and continue to make your voice heard as well.
We also wanted to give a special SJS “shout out” to a graduate of our school (and the father of two former SJS students) Representative Mark Tweedie who we heard was very helpful in trying to get this bill up for a vote. We are fortunate to have so many former SJS students and parents in our community who continue to advocate for our great school!
2017-2018 Sports Banquet RSVP Due Tomorrow
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolSJS Sports Banquet Invitation 2018
Board Game Club Thank You
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolA huge THANK YOU to SJS parent volunteer Mrs. Piotrowski for hosting our after school Board Game Club this year and to all our students who participated!! Yesterday was the last Board Game Club session of the school year. Mrs. Piotrowski said she looks forward to another round of fun and games next year!
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 School