Reminder: Lunch Calendar Changes
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.
2017 Annual Fund Donation Thank You!
Thank you to all the Saint James School families, alumni, past parents, staff, parishioners, and other friends of the school who donated to our 2017 Annual Fund Campaign!! We had numerous donations come in during the past few weeks and we are very appreciative for the additional end-of-year (calendar year) support towards achieving our goal. We are so grateful and inspired by the ongoing generosity of the Saint James Community!!
Donations to our Annual Fund Campaign are instrumental in supporting the ongoing capital improvement projects at the school (these projects are not covered by tuition funds or supported by the SJS Foundation so your support is key). Annual Fund dollars, as well as several generous bequests, have helped support the replacement of the school’s new roofs and windows over the past several years, along with other capital improvement projects such as new boilers in the school. With the recent bout of freezing temperatures, we can certainly appreciate these recent improvements more than ever!
An update on the 2017 Annual Fund can be found HERE (names in bold were donations at the Honor Roll level and above, received after the publication of our recent Community Newsletter).
Thank you again to everyone who supported us at all giving levels! The next Annual Fund Campaign for our school will launch in the Spring.
Basketball Concessions–Student and Parent Volunteers Needed
Our basketball season is under way! The SJS concession stand is going to be up and running this year and we need your help.
We need parents to be present at the concession stand and oversee the student volunteers. At least one adult is needed to be at concessions while it is open. 7th & 8th grade student volunteers can work at the stand and receive volunteer hours for their time. Please consider coming in for an hour or so with your student in order to help them complete their hours and help the school at the same time. The stand cannot run without an adult present. You do not need to have a student playing in the basketball program in order to volunteer. All of the profit from the proceeds go directly to SJS.
Currently we need volunteers for Saturday, January 13 at the following times:
11:30-12:30
12:30-1:30
1:30-2:30
2:30-3:30
3:30-4:30
If you or your student are interested in volunteering, please email Andrea Piotrowski at ampiotrowski@yahoo.com. Thank you!
Box Tops Counted January 10th
Box tops for the next dress down contest will be counted on January 10th. Please be sure to send in any box tops you have accumulated to help your child’s grade win!
As always, we appreciate your support of Saint James School!
Father Burns Funeral Arrangements
There will be a St. James Parish Mass held this evening for Father Burns at 7:00pm at Saint James Church, calling hours will also be at the church from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. His Funeral is planned for tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:00am at Saint James Church. If school is in session tomorrow (and not closed due to the impending snow), our 6th – 8th grade students will attend his funeral. These are the students that would have known Father Burns well. Please make sure your 6th – 8th grader is in their regular school uniform tomorrow.
Any other parents that would like their student to attend the funeral may pick their child/ren up at school at 10:00 in the main office. Please send a note to the teacher so that we know they will be leaving school for the funeral.
Passing of Father Burns
We regret to inform you that (retired) Saint James Parish Priest Father William Burns passed away yesterday after a short battle with Pneumonia. Parishioners and Saint James School students who had the pleasure of listening to his homilies know what a wonderful person he was; he will be greatly missed by those of us who knew him well.
As you may recall, just two weeks ago our Choir sang for the residents of The Residence at South Windsor Farms, where Father Burns recently resided. Father Burns was also with us to hear confessions (for Catholic students in grades 3-8) on December 15th.
Plans have not yet been made for his service but we did inform the students this morning of his passing, and we said several prayers for him together as a school community.
January 10th Book & Art Club
Attached is the permission slip for the upcoming Book & Art Club on January 10th. If you would like your child to participate (grades 1 – 3), please return the permission slip and activity fee to the school by Wednesday, January 3rd.
Book & Art Club Permission Slip January 10
There will be another Book & Art Club on January 31st. Permission slip to follow after Christmas break.
In Case You Missed It: 12:05PM Dismissal Today
Due to the anticipated weather, Saint James School will be dismissing at 12:05pm today (Friday, December 22nd).
School buses WILL run today at the 12:05pm dismissal time. Aftercare will be in session until 1:00pm.
We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Please drive safely this afternoon.
No School Next Week & January 1st
As a reminder, there will be no school next week (December 25th – 29th) and the following Monday (January 1st). We will return to school on Tuesday, January 2nd.
If you would like to subscribe to an electronic calendar of just days off/early dismissal days, you can do so HERE (at the bottom of the page is an option to subscribe to the “filtered” calendar).
Basketball Games Cancelled Tonight
Please note, the Varsity Girls and Varsity Gold Boys games vs. St. Mary’s tonight have been cancelled. The Basketball schedule on the SJS Basketball webpage has been updated accordingly. https://saintjamesschool.net/extra-curricular/basketball/
