Volunteers of the Year
Congratulations and Thank You to our 2017-2018 Saint James School volunteers of the year: Mrs. Dufresne & Mrs. Herr. These special volunteers were honored last night at the 40th Hopes Dinner at the Aqua Turf in Southington, where they received the St. John Newmann Award for Volunteer Service.
Both of our 2017-2018 volunteers have done so much for Saint James School throughout their time here! Most recently, Mrs. Herr has been coordinating all of our Saint James School Masses (the monthly children’s Mass held on the 2nd Sunday of each month and the Masses our students attend during school) as well as working with the students that are participating in each one. Mrs. Herr also co-chaired the SJS book fair last year (and the year prior to that), helps with lunch duty regularly, volunteers at HSA events, and is involved in many other volunteer capacities at our school.
Mrs. Dufresne has been volunteering her time at our school library on a weekly basis for several years now, as well as working with Mrs. Zorger (and previously, Mrs. Kanute) on publishing the monthly Saber Stories newsletter. Mrs. Dufresne also runs the Box Tops program for our school. In addition to other volunteer work she does for our school, Mrs. Dufresne has also been an exceptional substitute teacher for our school, often filling in on very short notice.
McGee Invitational
Saint James School had a great showing at this past weekend’s McGee Invitational at Sage Park Middle School in Berlin. The top 5 runners in each category received a trophy, while the top 20 received medals. Here are the students that placed in the top among their peer group:
8th Grade Girls: Lindsay ONeill – 5th out of 100 runners. Nicole Paquette also placed well for SJS coming in 31st.
8th Grade Boys: AJ Bushnell – 22nd out of 107 runners. Jack Green was close behind in 25th place.
7th Grade Girls: Abby Ray – 5th out of 105 runners, with Kaitlyn Nyberg in 9th and Jillian Vichi in 32nd.
6th Grade Girls: Shea Boyle – 6th, Sara Christina 7th, Sammy Creamer – 18th
6th Grade Boys: Evan Ansaldi – 19th, Erik Ansaldi – 32nd.
Congrats to all our runners and to Coach O’Neill for all the hard work and dedication to our XC program!
Attention Instrumental Music Parents
Advanced Band will take place tomorrow – Wednesday, 10/18 – instead of Friday this week. Also, for parents with students in Beginning Band this year, please note that the Beginning Band Open House date has been changed to 11/9 at 11:00am (this day is a 12:05pm dismissal day for Fall conferences).
XC Meet Tomorrow
As a reminder, there is a cross country meet tomorrow after school. XC students should remember to bring their uniforms to school tomorrow.
Trunk or Treat Responses Due Today
Halloween Trunk or Treat RSVPs are due today. Please see the information flyer (click HERE) for more information. The sign up form can be found HERE or at the HSA website (saintjamesschool.net/hsa). Contact Cathy Deschaine at cathyd241@gmail.com with any questions.
Basketball Notes
Today, Monday (10/16): BOYS Open Gym for registered Grade 6 Players 5:00pm – 6:16pm
Today, Monday (10/16): BOYS Open Gym for registered Grade 7 & 8 Players 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Wednesday (10/18): GIRLS Open Gym for registered Grade 6 – 8 Players 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Wednesday (10/18): Basketball Program Meetings:
For Parents/Guardians of Boys — 6:00pm – 6:45pm;
For Parents/Guardians of Girls — 7:00pm – 7:45pm
Printable Schedule (the small square button at the top of the page – to the left of “Collapse All” – is a print button)
McGee Invitational This Saturday
This Saturday, our Middle School XC Runners will be participating in the McGee Invitational at Sage Park in Berlin. Runners should arrive by 8:15am.
Race Times: Grade 6 Girls 9:15am, Grade 6 Boys 9:45am (race length is 1.7 miles); Grade 7 Girls 10:15am, Grade 7 Boys 11:15am, Grade 8 Girls 11:15am, Grade 8 Boys 11:45am (race length is 2.2 miles).
Awards Presentation is at 12:30pm. Good luck Sabers!
Friday's Open Gym (Girls 4-6) Cancelled
Friday’s Open Gym for Girls basketball players in grades 4-6 has been cancelled due to a conflict in the coach’s schedule.
Friday’s Open Gym (Girls 4-6) Cancelled
Friday’s Open Gym for Girls basketball players in grades 4-6 has been cancelled due to a conflict in the coach’s schedule.
