Last Day: Friday

As a reminder, our last day of school is this Friday, June 16th.  Both Thursday and Friday of this week are 12:05pm dismissal days.  If your child is going to aftercare on either/both days, they will need a lunch from home as no lunch is served on early dismissal days.

Buddy Families Needed

Thank you to all the families that signed up already!  Please sign up today if you have not already done so and are willing to help out.

Please help us welcome new families and friends to Saint James School by signing up to be a 2017 Buddy Family (click here to sign up to be a Buddy Family).

A Buddy Family is any current Saint James family that is willing to be a resource for questions that a new, incoming (K-8) family may have during the summer and at the start of the school year.

We typically assign each of our buddy families two new families.  If you have never been a buddy family before, please know it does not require a lot of time.

Buddy families will also receive an invitation to attend the back to school meet & sweet ice cream social (along with the new families and staff) on August 29th.

If you have any questions, please contact Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.  Otherwise, please click on the link above to sign up and you will be contacted via e-mail shortly after school lets out with more information. As always, we sincerely thank you for your support and for helping us welcome new families and friends to Saint James School!

 

Kindergarten Graduation

Congratulations to all our Kindergarten Graduates!  Attached is a (slightly edited) video of the kids performances.  Please note, we edited out the part with the children’s names (the diplomas) for privacy purposes.

Kindergarten Graduation

 

Field Day Thursday

As a reminder, field day is on Thursday:

Wear:  SJS Gym Shorts, Gym sneakers, and any T-shirt in the color designated for the grade.  Don’t forget to apply SUNSCREEN (hope we need it)!

T-Shirt Colors

1st                     Purple (or something close…this is a tough color)

2nd                    Blue

3rd                    Green

4th                    Yellow

5th                    Orange

6th                    Red

7th                    Tie dye or navy

Teachers         Pink          

Cross Country

Parents of students entering grades 5 – 8 next year that may be interested in running cross country, please read the attached notice from Coach O’Neill.  Cross Country practice begins very quickly after school is back in session, so please ensure that you have a copy of the sports health form ready by the first day of school.

Summer Training XC

SJS Athletics Form 2017-2018

School Spirit Dine-Out Tonight

Join us for the last dine-out of the school year TONIGHT (Tuesday, June 13) from 5:00-8:00pm at Red Robin.  Celebrate the end of the school year, have dinner with your family and friends, and show your school spirit by wearing your SJS spirit wear!  Visit the SJS raffle table in the lobby for a chance to win a fun basket provided by Red Robin.  Please show the school flyer (click here) and 10% of your sale will be donated to the school.  Thank you!

Thank You! HSA Events Raise $48,000 For Our School!

Please take a few moments to review the attached letter from the Home & School Association.

HSA Thank You Letter

8th Grade Team Wins Varsity Playoffs

Congratulations to the 8th grade varsity soccer team, for finishing their regular season undefeated as well as winning the league championships this past weekend!!

Playoff game one was against St. Gabriel’s, defending champions from last year. Saint James came out strong ending the first half 3-0 and dominating the game until the end with a 4-0 win.

The Championship game was against Corpus Christi who beat St John Paul in a close 2-1 victory earlier that morning.  SJS defeated Corpus in an intense, well played game ending in a score of 2-1. The team closed out the season as undefeated Champions, bringing home 2 more trophies for our school.

Phenomenal effort was shown by everyone on and off the field.  Alec Bairos led the team with 4 of the 6 goals scored in the tournament, with assistance from Asrar Hossain.  A special acknowledgement also to the team’s goal keepers Dominic Cavallo and Kyle Pelletier for making some tremendous saves in both games to secure the victory.

 

Mixed Bag Order Pick Up Tomorrow

Mixed Bag fundraiser orders will be available TOMORROW (Tuesday, June 13) in the school breezeway.  Please make arrangements to pick up your order tomorrow during morning drop-off or afternoon pick-up.  Kindergarten families may pick up orders following the Kindergarten graduation (the orders will be sorted alphabetically by seller’s last name).  Please contact Kerry Caldwell with any questions at kmcaldwell@gmail.com.

Dismissal in Pre-K Lot Today

Just a heads up that dismissal for walkers will take place in the lot between the main school and the Pre-Kindergarten facility today.