Please read the attached letter from Father Cavanaugh

New Principal Announcement Letter

After saying a prayer for safe travels, SJS 1st graders released their butterflies into the wild on Friday afternoon. The 1st grade students have watched these classroom pets go from caterpillars to chrysalises to butterflies as part of their science studies, journaling the their observations throughout the transformation.  Next, the students will be writing stories about where they think the butterflies have traveled to and what they would do while there.  Here are some pictures from the butterfly release on Friday (click pictures to enlarge).

The Saint James Staff sends a huge Thank You to all the parents that donated towards, and/or helped out with, the staff appreciation luncheon yesterday!  The donations were extremely generous, and provided the staff with an absolutely delicious (catered) luncheon featuring some awesome raffle prizes, silly games (with candy!), treats in the staff lounge all week long, beautiful flower center pieces, specially made SJS bookmarks and frames for the super fun pictures that Erin Daley took during the event.  In addition, there was also a surprise gift for the teachers to let them know that they are, “hands down, the best around.”

We also wanted to thank the numerous parent volunteers who took time out of their day to cover the classrooms so all of the staff could attend luncheon, and to those that helped out in the cafeteria before, during, and after the luncheon event.  And, of course, a huge thank you to the event chair, Amy Santangelo, who organized/oversaw the  luncheon event and staff appreciation week treats.

Here are a few fun pictures from yesterday’s luncheon:

Please take a look at the June HSA Newsletter (Click to open) to read about the events and fundraisers from the past month and to see what is happening during the last couple weeks of school!