Congratulations to Saint James School Cross Country team member Aiden Puffer (who runs with SJS because his Catholic school does not have a XC team) who set a new WORLD track 5k record for 11-year-olds (with a time of 17:06.05) in Waltham, MA over the weekend.  The previous record was 17:06.93 set in South Africa.  Aiden’s SJS teammates were very excited to hear of their friend’s accomplishment and we at SJS feel quite blessed to have him on our team.

The Saint James School Library will be holding a used children’s book sale on May 26th.  All books will be sold for $1.00, and proceeds will go to purchase new books for our school Library. If you have would like to donate any gently used children’s books we will be collecting them until May 20th. Thank you for your support!

Congratulations to all our Pre-Kindergarten Students (and thank you to their families) for helping us raise over $660.00 to donate to the Muscular Dystrophy Association in our annual Pre-K MDA Hop-A-Thon.  The Hop-A-Thon is part of a whole educational program that teaches our children the three core values — awareness, acceptance, and assistance — for those with special needs at an age-appropriate (preschool) level.  The money raised from our Hop-A-Thon will go towards research of over 40 forms of muscle diseases and health support services for those in need.  Below are a few pictures of our students with the “Hop” cards (click to enlarge):

Congratulations to the Saint James School 8th Grade class on the outstanding job they did hosting International Day on Wednesday.  International Day is an annual project for the 8th Graders, where they showcase their research on an assigned country.  Costumes, games, props, and traditional dishes are part of the festivities.  Students in all the other grades have an opportunity to visit the showcase throughout the day and the 8th Graders share information about their assigned country. (click pictures to enlarge)