Christmas Store

Lots of fun at the SJS Christmas Store yesterday!  Thank you to parent volunteer Mrs. McCarthy for hosting and to the numerous other parent volunteers who came to help out yesterday!

Advent Wreath Prayer Service & Pre-K Blessings

This morning our kindergarten through 8th grade students celebrated the third week of Advent with a prayer service with Father Jaime.  Thank you to 8th graders Lauren, Cora, and Layne for assisting with the readings.  After the prayer service, Father Jaime visited (and sang Christmas songs!) with our Pre-K classes.

Instrumental Music Notes

ALL instrumental music students will practice tomorrow (Tuesday).  As a reminder, concerts are on Wednesday – please make sure students bring their instruments to school both days.

Knights of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest

PJ Dress Down For CCMC

Thank you to everyone who participated in our $1.00+ PJ/Comfy Clothes dress down on Friday! Together we raised approximately $900 for the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Great job Sabers! #sjs100actsofkindness

Last Call: 2022 Tree of Blessings

Saint James School’s 20th Annual Tree of Blessings Ceremony and Prayer Service will take place on Monday, December 19th.  Please see the attached flyer for information.

2022-2023 Tree of Blessings Order Form

Please have all orders in to the school office by Monday, December 12th.

 

Reminder: SJS Inclement Weather Policy

Below a link to the inclement weather policy for Saint James School.

2022-2023 Inclement Weather Policy

Please sign up for text and/or email alerts for both “Manchester Public Schools” and “Saint James School – Manchester.”  For your convenience, you can click HERE to sign up for alerts from NBC30 and/or HERE to sign up for alerts from WFSB Channel 3.

Please also make sure you have the SJS App downloaded and Notifications are turned on.

Saturday Bball Games

JV Girls 6th Grade Team
Dec 10 11:10 am @ St. Bridget

JV Girls 4th & 5th Grade Team
Dec 10 10:10am  @ St. Paul

JV Boys 6th Grade Team
Dec 10 1:40pm @ Corpus

Also, please note: 4th Grade Boys Basketball players will practice tomorrow (Saturday) from 9:00am – 10:00am, 5th Grade Boys from 10:00am – 11:00am.  Teams will be formed early next week and game play will begin next Saturday.

Let’s go SABERS!

Varsity Basketball Home Opener

Varsity basketball home openers last night: The boys took home the win against St. Paul with both a strong offensive and defensive game.  The girls also played a strong defensive game, but in the end came up short against St. Paul. We are looking forward to a great season!

Reminder: 12:05 Dismissal and No Aftercare Tomorrow

As a reminder, tomorrow (Friday, December 9th) is a 12:05pm dismissal day and there is NO after-school care that day due to the SJS faculty and staff Christmas party.  Please be sure you are on time to pick-up your student on Friday as the event will be taking place offsite so the entire school will be closing at 12:15pm.  Thank you.