Our Saint James School Student Council will be collecting donations to help bring some “Comfort and Joy” to tweens and teens in Manchester this Christmas season.

The gifts we collect will be passed on to MACC Charities to distribute at their annual Christmas party and will specifically be used for kids aged 10 – 14.

If you are able to help, your donation will be greatly appreciated; According to MACC, the kids they deal with in this age group are often fending for themselves for things like food, clothing, and toiletries.

Suggested donations that would be beneficial for these kids (as per MACC) are:

• Gift Cards for Walgreens or Cumberland Farms (in walking distance from Illing & MHS)
• Gift Cards for Walmart or Target
• iTunes Gift Cards or Ear Buds
• Art Supplies (i.e. such as adult coloring books and colored pencils, pens)

(Please do NOT donate sports equipment such as footballs, basketballs, etc.)

If you are able to donate, please have your student bring in the items to their homeroom teacher by December 15^th.  Each homeroom will have a special box for collecting donations.

Wednesday and Thursday students will be visiting the Christmas store with their class.  Everyone should have received a flyer home with their student(s) indicating the day each class is visiting.  A copy of the flyer can be found here.

Please be sure your child(ren) are sent to school with cash (in small bills preferably) for shopping on the appropriate day.

Please use the provided envelope and indicate the people your child(ren) should be shopping for! Please note: the envelope provided indicates gift cards as an option, this is NOT available. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Christine Strickland at 914-582-7869 (call or text) or christinepesola@hotmail.com.

Public speaking is just one of the many important skills that students practice regularly at Saint James School. For this month’s book report, 4th grade students read a biography, made an informational poster, and presented their research to the class. Dressing as the subject of their report was optional, but those who dressed up enjoyed being “in character” the entire day.

 

Due to Saturday’s snow, the Cookies & Card event was unfortunately canceled; however, the cookies and cards were still delivered to the residents of The Village to enjoy on Sunday.  Thank you to Mrs. Sabatella for helping our students make beautiful cards and to all the families that helped bake 60 dozen cookies!  We look forward to trying the event again next year!

Our basketball season is officially 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, Dec 16 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!