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With the forecast calling for snow tomorrow, we want to remind everyone about our Inclement Weather Policy.  Please remember SJS follows the “Manchester Public Schools” for delays and closings so be sure to look for the “Manchester Public Schools” listing on the TV.  Also, if you have not already done so, please be sure to sign up for the “Manchester Public Schools” delay and closings text-alert from one of the local weather stations.

Below is a copy of the school’s policy for school delays and cancellations due to inclement weather.  For future reference, this document has also been posted on the school’s homepage (bottom right), along with a link to one of our suggested text-alert sign-up alternatives.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school office at (860) 643-5088 or mainoffice@saintjamesschool.net.

Inclement Weather Information

 

 

Today was NCEA Principal Appreciation Day, a special day to celebrate Catholic school principals nationwide. Students and staff honored Mrs. Kanute by giving her a very special Christmas tree for her office, along with ornaments hand-made by each class. Some classes used a fingerprint from every child to design their ornament while others had small, rolled up prayers from each student inside a glass ball.  Attached is a picture of several students as they came down to present Mrs. Kanute with their class ornament and a close-up of two of the beautiful, student-made ornaments.

 

Congratulations to Kylie Rataic, the winner of the seventh grade Author of the Year project.  This month-long English Literature project had students utilizing research, creativity, persuasive writing, and presentation skills to campaign for a classic literary author of their choosing to be named Author of the Year.

There were three parts to the project: 1) creating a campaign poster, with a catchy slogan that incorporated the title of one of the author’s books; 2) creating an attention-grabbing campaign speech that included specific facts about the author; 3) creating a campaign jingle that used a familiar or made-up tune to highlight facts about the author.

After reviewing the posters and listening to all the campaign speeches and jingles, seventh grade students and teachers voted.  A winner was chosen in both the campaign speech category and the jingle category as well as an overall “Author of the Year” winner.

In the jingle category, seventh grader Justin Clark, who cleverly used the tune “Y-M-C-A” by the Village People to sing “V-O-T-E (for Henry David Thoreau),” tied for first place with Kylie’s “Don’t Stop Voting (for Agatha Christie),” which used the tune of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'”.

In the speech contest, Noah Percy’s campaign speech for C.S. Lewis tied for first with Kylie’s campaign speech for Agatha Christie.  The overall Author of the Year designation was won by Kylie for her author, Agatha Christie.

 

Below are some additional pictures from the project.