Saint James Cross Country 7th & 8th graders had the opportunity to run at the Wickham Park Invitational this past Saturday.  In a field of 215 runners from all over New England, Nathan M. led the team with an impressive 38th place finish, taking home a medal for placing in the top 50 runners.  Both Matthew S. and Dominic C. also ran well placing 2nd and 3rd for Saint James.

In the girls race, Elizabeth M. finished an outstanding 31st place from a field of 213 runners.  Isabelle B. also had an impressive run, finishing 46th.  Both girls took home medals.  Rounding out the top scorers for the team were Maeve W., Izabella R., and Sophie K.

Congratulations to all the runners.  The team’s next race will be this Wednesday at Vernon Middle School.

The Saint James School Cross Country team had another great meet yesterday afternoon, running a tri-meet of Illing, Ellington, and Saint James.  Both the boys and girls teams took first place overall for the event.

Aiden P. again led the Sabers with a second place finish, Nathan M. ran an outstanding race, finishing in 4th place overall and bettering his previous time by 20 seconds.  Nick G. was close behind in 5th position, also running 20 seconds quicker.  Matthew S. has been improving through each competition, finishing in 6th place, with Kevin L. running to a strong 11th place finish.

The girls took first place again, led by a strong performance by Lindsay O., who finished in 2nd place, running 40 seconds quicker than two weeks ago.  Isabelle B. was close behind in 3rd place, also running 40 seconds quicker.  Elizabeth M., Kaitlyn N., and Maeve W. were respectively 4th, 5th, and 9th overall.

Congratulations on a great performance!

Upcoming Schedule:

The next competition will be the Wickham Invitational this Saturday.  Runners should meet Coach O’Neill at Wickham park at 8:00am.

There will be practice on Tuesday and Thursday of this coming week.

Also, there is a meet at Vernon Middle School this coming Wednesday, October 14.  Race time is scheduled for 3:30pm, please meet at Vernon Middle School at 2:45pm.

As a reminder, the complete Cross Country schedule is available on the SJS Cross Country webpage.

The Mad Science Program will begin today, October 8th, for students in grades 1-4 that have signed up to participate. We are in need of one additional parent volunteer to help the 1st & 2nd grade Mad Science instructor throughout the 8-week program. Please contact Mrs. DelSignore in the school office if you can help out.

Students not going to aftercare when the program concludes should be picked up in the breezeway at 3:15pm (parents should wait outside the breezeway door for students to be walked down by the Mad Science instructors).

Just a reminder that the RSVP form for Grandparents’ and Special Persons’ Day is due back to the school tomorrow, Friday, October 9th.

 

Today, Saint James students were able to witness history as the “Wall That Heals” made its way up Main Street en route to Center Memorial Park where it will be on display through October 11.  Students waved flags and cheered for the veterans who rode with the procession.  Below are a few pictures from this morning (click to enlarge).  Special thanks to Mrs. Italia for helping capture many of these great images.