If your middle school child is having trouble accessing Google Docs via the task bar, please share with them the following:

If the shortcut on your task bar to Google Docs is no longer working on the Chromebook, you may access the program as follows:

1. Open Chrome
2. On the first screen after opening Chrome, in the upper right hand corner of the first screen you will see an icon of nine (9) dots for “Google Apps”
3. Click on the icon of nine dots
4. You will see a menu of the following options as well as others: Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, etc.
5. Choose the icon to go where you need to go

Update 1/17:  The Board Game Club is full, but we are looking to determine how many other people are interested.  If you would like to be put on a wait list, please click HERE and fill out the form.

One of our Saint James School parents – Mrs. Piotrowski – is putting together an after-school board game club for students in grades 1-3. Students can come sharpen their gaming skills in chess, checkers, dominoes, and more!  The club will begin next Tuesday, January 23rd, and will be, at this time, limited to 10 kids per session on a first-come basis using the registration form below.

Click HERE to register your 1st – 3rd grade child for the Board Game Club.

Yesterday, a few of our parents and students traveled to Prospect, Connecticut to record commercials/testimonials on behalf of Saint James School for the Archdiocese of Hartford’s radio station WJMJ.  Many thanks to Andrea Piotrowski and her children William (4th grade) and Alejandra (3rd grade), Vidhya Thiagarajan and her son Rishi (2nd grade), and Kaitlyn Duran (3rd Grade) for volunteering to record testimonials for our school.  All recorded spots will play on WJMJ (88.9 FM – Hartford; 93.1 FM – Hamden; 107.1 FM – New Haven; 91.1 Fairfield) during the last week of January – which is Catholic Schools Week.

All commercials/testimonials were written by the students themselves and it was so heartwarming to hear their sweet messages. A huge thank you to these parents and students for their time and commitment to our school!  We hope to have a audio copies of the finished products to share once they are edited, but here are a few pictures and footage of Kaitlyn recording her testimonial on why she loves SJS.

Kaitlyn’s testimonial (Click This Link to Play)

 

We are very excited for the new 2018 Saint James School ​Soirée ​(which will replace our traditional Gala event this year).  The ​Soirée is scheduled for Saturday, March 24 so be sure to mark your calendar and book a babysitter so you don’t miss out on this fun event!   This will be a casual night with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and mix of favorite traditions from the Annual Gala along with some fun new ideas. The committee is hard at work planning for the event and it is sure to be a great time for SJS parents, grandparents, and other friends of the school.  Formal invitations will be sent home shortly and we will let you know when to look for them.

The next Soirée committee meeting will be held on Thursday, January 11th at 7:00pm.  As you know, many parent volunteers are needed to help make this event a success.  Please let event chair Erin Daley (erindaley6416@gmail.com) know if you will be attending the meeting or would like to help work the evening of the event.

A couple of quick changes to the lunch calendar for tomorrow – Friday: Wednesday and Thursday are switched (Wednesday is a Beefburger, etc./Thursday is Breaded Chicken); Friday is Pizza Rounds – Cheese or Pepperoni.