Book Fair Next Week

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Our books arrived this morning!! The annual SJS Book Fair will be held at Saint James School next week in the school gymnasium!  The book fair is a great way to encourage reading and build home libraries.  It is also a great way to support our school as 50% of all purchases go directly to the school.

All students will have an opportunity to visit the book fair with their class.  Younger students (preK-3rd) will first make a “Wish List” and then they will then have a secondary opportunity to visit the fair to purchase the items on their wish list.  Students in Grades 4-8 will visit the fair one time to make purchases.  **Please remember to send along a shopping bag for your child’s purchases.

eWallet

Students can make purchases at the fair via cash, check or eWallet.  The eWallet option is a convenient option that avoids children having to carry money to school.  We encourage you to sign up for eWallet by following this link.

PLEASE NOTE:  Any unused funds from last year’s eWallets must be transferred to a NEW ewallet.  You can do this by logging into your Scholastic account, adding a new eWallet and loading your unused funds onto the new eWallet.

Parent Shopping Hours

The book fair will be open for Parent Shopping Hours on Tuesday (10/1) and Wednesday (10/2) between 7:15-7:45am and 1:30-2:45pm. Parents who visit the fair will be able to enter a raffle so we encourage you to stop by!  This will also give you the opportunity to purchase books for your child’s classroom teacher.

Our book fair is available online from 9/30 to 10/13 by clicking here.  All books ordered online will be shipped directly to your home and any book-only orders of $25 or more will ship for free.  Please do keep in mind that online orders earn 25% profit for the school, not the same 50% as purchases made in-person at our fair.

Volunteers for Thursday

Thank you to the many parents who have signed up to help at the book fair!  We need a couple of parents on Thursday morning (10/3) from 9-11 to help pack up the fair.  It goes very quickly and many hands make light work.  If you are able to help out, please sign up here.