November HSA Newsletter
Please take a few minutes to look at this month’s HSA Newsletter (click here to open) which highlights upcoming events, summaries past fundraisers, and explains where volunteer help is needed.
November Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-Ups
Sign-up Sheets for Fall parent-teacher conferences (11/8 & 11/9) will be available in the hallway outside the Main Office this afternoon, Wednesday, & Thursday. Please be sure to stop in at your convenience to sign up for a time.
3rd Grade Science
On Friday afternoon, 3rd grade students worked on another fun lab during their Science period: making and observing Oobleck. Oobleck is a “non-Newtonian fluid” – meaning a substance that can be a solid or a liquid depending on how much force is applied.
Breaking into small groups, students had to create a “hypothesis” and answer questions about what happened to the Oobleck under various conditions.
Here are a few pictures of the students enjoying getting messy with this hands-on project, which had them thinking about if Oobleck behaves like a solid or a liquid, or both! (Click pictures to enlarge).
$1.00 Halloween Dress Down Tomorrow
In keeping with the fun spirit of Halloween, students may pay $1.00 to come to school in dress down attire tomorrow (Tuesday, October 31st). Dress down attire should be black, orange, and/or purple. NO masks, costumes (except K and Pre-K), painted faces, or colored hair.
Money collected will be donated to Purple Heart Homes, a non-profit organization which helps provides housing solutions for Military Veterans who have been disabled as a result of their service to our country. The Co-Founder of Purple Heart Homes, Dale Beatty (who was wounded while serving in Iraq), came to speak to our students a few years ago.
Congratulations SJS Band Students
Congratulations to the following SJS students who were selected to perform at the Future Musicians Eastern Regional Band Concert this Saturday, November 4th. The concert will be held at SJS at 1:00pm and is free to attend. Please join us if you can.
8th Grade:
Conor Bernier
Matthew Bulger
Kevin Canny
Rachel Donnelly
Margo Kamis
Kevin Leger
7th Grade:
Evanthea Parsons
6th Grade:
David LaMonica
Marion Patsalides
Henry Peeler
5th Grade
Michael Machewirth
Girls Basketball Open Gym Cancelled
The Girls Basketball Open Gym that was scheduled for this evening has been cancelled since there was no school today (as per school policy).
SJS Scarecrow – We Won!
A huge thank you to everyone that voted for our SJS Scarecrow – we took 1st place in the People’s Choice awards and 2nd place in the Facebook Favorites Competition! Again, special thanks to parent volunteer Mrs. Piotrowski for organizing this for our school and to the other volunteers (parents and students) who helped design and create the scarecrow! We have the BEST community at Saint James School!
Picture Retakes Date TBA
Due to school being closed today, a new date for picture retakes will be announced.
SJS Sabers Team – Jamie’s Run
Are you looking for a fun AND rewarding activity to do as a family?? Then please join HSA GIVES in raising money and awareness for pediatric cancer. We will be participating in Jamie’s Run on Sunday, November 5th and would love for all of you to join the team!
Registrants are able to run in the 5K, walk in the 3K Charity Walk, or kids (12 and under) can run in the Kids Fun Run. There are also awards and prizes given to the top finishers in several categories.
This fun, family-oriented event has, over the past 7 years, raised $330,000 in the name of Jamie Knotts for cancer programs at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
Jamie’s siblings are part of the Saint Bridget School community, so please help us join our larger family!
The event takes place at Standish Park in Wethersfield. Registration begins at 7:30am and the 5K and Charity Walk kick off at 9am. The Kids Fun Run is at 10am and awards will be given at 10:30am.
For more information and to register, please visit Jamiesrun.org and make sure to type in your team name as “Saint James School Sabers” on the registration page. We would love to see you in your favorite SJS spirit wear or SJS Gym Uniform!
Any questions, please contact Kerry Caldwell at kmcaldwell@gmail.com.
SJS Sabers Team – Jamie's Run
Are you looking for a fun AND rewarding activity to do as a family?? Then please join HSA GIVES in raising money and awareness for pediatric cancer. We will be participating in Jamie’s Run on Sunday, November 5th and would love for all of you to join the team!
Registrants are able to run in the 5K, walk in the 3K Charity Walk, or kids (12 and under) can run in the Kids Fun Run. There are also awards and prizes given to the top finishers in several categories.
This fun, family-oriented event has, over the past 7 years, raised $330,000 in the name of Jamie Knotts for cancer programs at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
Jamie’s siblings are part of the Saint Bridget School community, so please help us join our larger family!
The event takes place at Standish Park in Wethersfield. Registration begins at 7:30am and the 5K and Charity Walk kick off at 9am. The Kids Fun Run is at 10am and awards will be given at 10:30am.
For more information and to register, please visit Jamiesrun.org and make sure to type in your team name as “Saint James School Sabers” on the registration page. We would love to see you in your favorite SJS spirit wear or SJS Gym Uniform!
Any questions, please contact Kerry Caldwell at kmcaldwell@gmail.com.
