Last week you should have received home in your child’s school folder the information form for Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ day, coming up on October 20th.  The permission slip/information notice is due back to the school by this Friday, October 7th.  If you need a new copy of the form, it can be downloaded HERE.

The HSA will hold its monthly board meeting on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria.  All parents/guardians/grandparents of SJS students are welcome to attend.  When you arrive at the school for the meeting, please ring the buzzer to the left of the breezeway door and meet us in the Cafeteria.

This month’s agenda will include a discussion of Halloween Trunk or Treat, upcoming fundraisers, updates on the Mother/Son and Father/Son events, and future plans for Family Fun Nights.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact us with any feedback or questions at HSA@SaintJamesSchool.net.

Congratulations and Thank You to our 2016-2017 Saint James School volunteers of the year: Mrs. Canna and Mrs. Toomey. These special volunteers were honored last night at the 39th Hopes Dinner at the Aqua Turf in Southington, where they received the St. John Newman Award for Volunteer Service.

Bring your pets and join Father Carlson on the St. James Church lawn this Saturday (10/1) at 2:00pm for the blessing of the animals in celebration of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.  All Saint James School families are welcome.

If you are on Facebook, please consider liking St. James Church’s Facebook page for upcoming events and information.

Congratulations to the SJS Cross Country team on a great meet at Vernon Middle School yesterday.  The girls took 1st place against Vernon and Illing.  Lindsay O’Neill won the competition with Abby Ray coming in a close second place.  Kaitlyn Nyberg placed 4th, Elizabeth Munns placed 5th, and Isabelle Burke placed 6th!

The boys also scored exceptionally well, coming in 2nd of the 3 teams competing.  Kyle Pelletier was the top SJS runner, placing 2nd overall, followed by Dominic Cavallo in 3rd place.  AJ Bushnell also finished strong in 9th place and Kevin Leger in 14th place rounded out the top 5 for our boy’s team.

Way to go Sabers!!