This past weekend, Saint James School 6th graders (and some 7th graders) entered the beautiful Polish Nativity Castles (“Szopka”) they have been working on for their religion studies into a contest sponsored by the Polish Cultural Club in Hartford. Students, with much guidance from middle school teacher Ms. Carol Oleasz, put a lot of time and effort into making these beautiful palaces depicting the Holy Family and Baby Jesus.
We are excited to announce that Saint James students won first, second, and third place as well as four honorable mentions! The winners are as follows:
1st Place: Kate Leyden & Colleen Truman
2nd Place: Angela Gerard & Shreya Chopra
3rd Place: Nathan Melia & Sophia Davillier
Honorable Mentions went to:
Chris Constantine; Emily Goodwin & Olivia Chomick; Ally Ansaldi & Isabelle Ray; Sophie Kisner & Alex M.
Below are additional pictures of SJS students with their castles
Last Call: SJS Spiritwear Orders
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolLast call for spiritwear orders. If you forgot to place your order today, please send it in with your child tomorrow morning or drop it off to the office by 8:30am tomorrow. Thank you.
Show your school pride and support Saint James School with SJS Spiritwear. Visit saintjamesschool.net/spiritwear for pictures of items and to download an order form.
Orders and payment must be turned into the school office by Monday, December 8th as we will be working with the vendor to try to get them fulfilled prior to Christmas break (barring any unforeseen circumstances such as weather and shipping delays).
If you have any questions, please contact Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net. As always, we thank you for your support of Saint James School!
Boys Varsity Gold Practice Change
/in Uncategorized /by Saint James SchoolBoys Varsity Gold Basketball will practice Monday, December 8th from 7:00-8:30pm. Tuesday’s practice has been cancelled due to set up needed for the Christmas Fair.
5th Grade Dioramas
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolFifth grade students did an amazing job creating dioramas that depicted a scene from the book they read for their November/historical fiction book report. Below are pictures of some of the students with their projects:
Friday's Middle School Dance
/in St. James Notices /by jonesenThe next Middle School dance will be held Friday, December 12th at St. Bridget School. This will be a Semi-Formal dance. Attached below is the dance permission slip which contains the “semi-formal dress” guidelines for students. As a reminder, dance chair Nicole C. is in need of at least 3 volunteers to help at the dance. Please e-mail her at ncg76@aol.com to help.
Semi-formal Middle School Dance Permission Slip
Friday’s Middle School Dance
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolThe next Middle School dance will be held Friday, December 12th at St. Bridget School. This will be a Semi-Formal dance. Attached below is the dance permission slip which contains the “semi-formal dress” guidelines for students. As a reminder, dance chair Nicole C. is in need of at least 3 volunteers to help at the dance. Please e-mail her at ncg76@aol.com to help.
Semi-formal Middle School Dance Permission Slip
Christmas Concert
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolCongratulations to all our performers on an amazing job at both Christmas concerts yesterday. Please click the links below to watch some of the performances from yesterday’s daytime concert.
First & Fourth Grade Singing
Joy to the World
Beginning Band
Intermediate Band
Advanced Band
Advanced Band with Student Conductor
If anyone has additional pictures or video they would like to share with the school, you may e-mail them to info@saintjamesschool.net.
December Box Top Winners
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolCongratulations to Mrs. Wojtyna’s 5th grade class for winning the November dress down day. Her class collected 954 Box tops.
Because December is a short month, we will not be collecting Box Tops until the end of January. Therefore, we will award Mrs. Phelan our December dress down as her class collected 911 box tops.
Thank you to all our parents for supporting our school through the Box Tops program!
Girls JV White Practice Notice
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolGoing forward, the Girls JV White team will have practice on Fridays from 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m, beginning tomorrow 12/5. Practice will be held during Christmas break (12/26 and 1/2).
Saint James Students Shine at Szopka Competition
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolThis past weekend, Saint James School 6th graders (and some 7th graders) entered the beautiful Polish Nativity Castles (“Szopka”) they have been working on for their religion studies into a contest sponsored by the Polish Cultural Club in Hartford. Students, with much guidance from middle school teacher Ms. Carol Oleasz, put a lot of time and effort into making these beautiful palaces depicting the Holy Family and Baby Jesus.
We are excited to announce that Saint James students won first, second, and third place as well as four honorable mentions! The winners are as follows:
1st Place: Kate Leyden & Colleen Truman
2nd Place: Angela Gerard & Shreya Chopra
3rd Place: Nathan Melia & Sophia Davillier
Honorable Mentions went to:
Chris Constantine; Emily Goodwin & Olivia Chomick; Ally Ansaldi & Isabelle Ray; Sophie Kisner & Alex M.
Below are additional pictures of SJS students with their castles
Attention All Band Students
/in St. James Notices /by Saint James SchoolAll band students (4th – 8th grade) will rehearse tomorrow (Tuesday, December 2nd) for the concert. Please make sure all students bring their instruments to school tomorrow.