Cards & Goodies For the Village at Buckland Court

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The SJS HSA would like to invite you to join us in spreading Christmas cheer with the elderly residents of The Village at Buckland Court, in South Windsor, with our HSA Gives: Cookies and Cards event! Saint James students will be making holiday cards, and we are looking for families to donate the gift of baking!! Please consider baking some extra holiday cookies this year. We will assemble cookie bags to hand deliver to each and every resident at The Village. We are also looking for anyone interested in joining us on delivery day. Please save the date of SATURDAY DECEMBER 10, 2016. A more detailed newsletter will be arriving soon!! Contact Kerry Caldwell at kmcaldwell@gmail.com with questions.

Last Call: Food Drive for St. Vincent De Paul

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The Saint James School Student Council has been collecting food for the St. Vincent De Paul Society – Monday, November 21st is the last day to donate.  Families are asked to consider donating the following items to help struggling families in our area enjoy a blessed Thanksgiving:

Pre-Kindergarten: Stuffing
Kindergarten: Instant Potatoes
1st Grade: Cornbread and other bread mixes
2nd Grade: Juice and water
3rd Grade: Pasta
4th Grade: Desserts (puddings, cookies, etc.)
5th Grade: Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate
6th Grade: Canned Vegetables
7th Grade: Cranberry sauce or pasta sauce
8th Grade: Gravy, pickles, or olives

4th Grade Students Present Biographies

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Public speaking is just one of the many important skills that students learn at Saint James School.  For this month’s book report, 4th grade students read a biography and presented information on their famous person (gathered from reading the book and online research) to the class.  Dressing as the subject of their report was optional.  Here are many of our 4th grade students who chose to dress in costume for their presentation and others showing their poster reports (click pictures to enlarge).

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Early Dismissal Days Tomorrow & Fri

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Just a reminder that this Thursday and Friday (November 17th & 18th) are both 12:05pm dismissal days for parent/teacher conferences.  Aftercare will be in session but students going to aftercare will need to bring a lunch from home as there is no hot lunch served on early dismissal days.

November 23rd is also a 12:05pm dismissal day (aftercare is in session) with no school on November 24th and 25th in observance of Thanksgiving.

Early Dismissal Days Tomorrow & Fri

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Just a reminder that this Thursday and Friday (November 17th & 18th) are both 12:05pm dismissal days for parent/teacher conferences.  Aftercare will be in session but students going to aftercare will need to bring a lunch from home as there is no hot lunch served on early dismissal days.

November 23rd is also a 12:05pm dismissal day (aftercare is in session) with no school on November 24th and 25th in observance of Thanksgiving.

Beginning Instrumental Students

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Tomorrow, November 17th from 11:00am – 11:45am, the beginning band will put on a demonstration in the school gym of skills they have acquired during this first term.  All parents of beginning band students are welcome to attend.

DEADLINE Tomorrow: Ski/Snowboard Club

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Please note, we have extended the deadline to this Thursday, November 17th to submit your paperwork for the 2016/2017 ski/snowboard club.  Attached is the paperwork in case you no longer have the copy sent home with students.

Ski/Snowboard Club Information & Forms (Grades 3-8)

SJS Students Help at MACC

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Last Sunday, several SJS families volunteered their time at the MACC food pantry in town.  This is, of course, a busy time of year for MACC a lot of help is needed with unloading, separating, and stocking items to benefit members of our community who are in need for the Holidays.  Students and parents also helped date and organize the donations that will serve a longer term need.  Parents attending felt this was a great experience for our students to better understand the need in our community, and ways that people can help – not only through donations – but just giving their time and energy.

MACC is looking for assistance again this Sunday from from 4:00pm – 6:30pm. If anyone is interested in bringing their family to help, please contact Mary Ann Creamer at ma1283@att.com.

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Amazon Smile

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Please help us spread the word!  Shoppers on retail website Amazon.com can support Saint James School (for free) each time they make a purchase.

To participate in Amazon Smile, Amazon’s charitable giving program, you must enter Amazon by going to www.Smile.Amazon.com.  The website experience is exactly the same, but you will be prompted to select a charity to support.  Search for “St. James Church Corp” (donations go to the school’s account…this is just the name in Amazon’s system for tax number purposes) or by clicking the “Get Started” button below.

Each time you make a purchase using Amazon through the www.Smile.Amazon.com website, Saint James School will receive 0.5% of the purchase price in our account.  To date, we have been averaging $50 – $75 a quarter using this program.  With Christmas shopping coming up, we hope to increase this amount for the next distribution period (December 31st).

Please share this information with your family and friends and remember to use the Smile.Amazon address each time you purchase from Amazon going forward.  If you have any questions, please e-mail our Director of Advancement, Amy Guenther, at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

 

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Instrumental Music Notice

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Mr. Corcoran will not be at the school on Friday so students that has lessons and band on Fridays, will have them on Wednesday (November 16th) this week.