Thank you to all the students who signed up for the 2014-2015 SJS Ski and Snowboard Club.  Due to an overwhelming response, the Ski and Snowboard Club is sold out and unable to accept any other students for this season.  If you would like to be placed on a wait list, please contact parent volunteer Denise McCarthy at d.mccarthy@neopost.com or 203-223-9496.  Thank you again for your overwhelming support of this club.  Details will be sent to the participants in the next few weeks.

Thank you to all the UCONN student volunteers who brought the Junior Achievement program to Saint James School on Friday.

Through Junior Achievement, our K-8th grade students spend an entire day working on basic concepts of business and economics at an age-appropriate level.  Each grade has a specific “curriculum” the facilitators present in addition to bringing their own real-life experiences into the discussion.

It’s a fun day that ties in concepts like money management, good communication skills, and entrepreneurship as well as economic concepts and facts about the working world.

Below are pictures from several of the classrooms:

Just a reminder that students in Grades 3-8 signing up for the SJS Ski Club need to submit their paperwork & payment to the school office by tomorrow.  Ski Club documents were sent home with students, are available in the office, or can also be found attached below.  All levels of skiers and snow boarders welcome!

Ski Club Information

SJS Ski Club Registration Form

On Friday, Saint James School 2nd and 3rd grade students enjoyed a robotics demonstration by Dr. Lin Lin, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Engineering Science & Computer Engineering Technology at Middlesex Community College.  Dr. Lin, a Saint James parent, is heading up a robotics program at the college featuring a NAO “humanoid” robot named Mixy.

During the presentation to students, Mixy introduced herself, walked, danced the Macarena, and told jokes.  Throughout the presentation, Dr. Lin discussed – in simple terms – robotics and programming and showed the students, on her computer, what the programming sequence for Mixy looks like.  Several students even had an opportunity to program commands for Mixy into the computer.  “Many of today’s 2nd and 3rd grade students will someday be instrumental in the future of robotics and engineering.  It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm and be able to answer their questions,” said Dr. Lin following her presentation.

Below are some pictures from Friday morning.