Instrumental Music News

All bands will rehearse on Tuesday,  Dec 6th, starting with the Regional Band students at 7:30 AM.  The Christmas Concert is Wednesday Dec 7th at 9:00 AM and 6:30 PM. Students will wear their school uniforms for the daytime concert. Evening concert attire for band students is a white shirt and black dress pants (or black skirt for girls – skirts must be knee length or longer).  Red bow ties and cummerbunds will be given to the students to wear when they arrive. Band students should arrive at the school cafeteria between 6:00pm-6:15pm  (parents who volunteered to help dress should arrive at 5:45pm).

Boys Basketball Update

The Saint James Boys teams were on a roll over the past few days as all four Boys JV and Varsity teams posted wins this past week.

SJS JV Blue notched its first win of the season over St. Chris in a Double Overtime thriller Saturday in West Hartford.  Abi P. stole the show for Coach Huyler’s Boys with two free throws with no time on clock to force a second OT than he hit a dramatic 3 pointer from top of the key for the game winner being mobbed by his team mates after!!

SJS JV Gold rolled to an impressive win over l previously unbeaten St Thomas the Apostle with a stellar team defensive effort holding them to just 10 points going on to a 30 to 10 victory.  SJS JV Gold remains undefeated at 3-0!

SJS Varsity Blue came from behind to beat St Chris in a nail bitter 35 to 34 at St Chris in E Hartford.  This team had been in several close games this year and stuck together to notch their first win.

SJS Varsity Gold had a solid team effort to beat St Bridget’s at their gym Thursday evening  32 to 17. Dom C. led the team in scoring and Chris P. showed tremendous toughness winning the battle of the backboard.

The 4th and 5th Grade Saturday Development league  opened its season this weekend.  Kids were excited to get on the court and two great games were enjoyed by players parents and friends in attendance.  St James White (Carroll) won both games in the season opener.  14 to 8 victory in the first game over St James Black (Chomick)  Then hung on to beat St James Navy (Kincheloe)  in the back end of the double header 11 to 10.  All 3 teams back on the court at SJS this coming Saturday at 9:30 am and 10 :30.  Come cheer these kids on Saturday morning!

 

Pickup Today

Afternoon pickup will be at the side parking lot (by the Pre-K) today as the Gym is set up for the Drama production tonight.

Please Join Us Tonight!

 The Saint James School 2016 Drama Club cordially invites you to join us for an evening of fun guaranteed to put your entire family in the Christmas spirit!

The students did a great job during the daytime performance!!  Below are a few pictures (more to come tomorrow, and we hope to have a video of the play to share as well!)

Admission is $5.00 per person or 6 tickets for $20.00.

Please join us at 6:10pm for a Children’s Christmas Storytime and stay after the show for Hot Chocolate, Milk, & Cookies with the cast!

img_8192 img_8191img_8326 img_8323 img_8295 img_8277   img_8256 img_8244 img_8243 img_8214

 

SJS Students Win Szopka Competition

This past weekend, Saint James School 6th grade students entered the beautiful Polish Nativity Castles (“Szopka”) they have been working on for their religion studies into the annual Szopka competition sponsored by the Polish Cultural Club in Hartford.  Students, with much guidance from middle school teacher Ms. Carol Oleasz, put a lot of time and effort into making these beautiful palaces depicting the Holy Family and Baby Jesus.

We are excited to announce that Saint James students won first, second, and third place as well as four honorable mentions!  The winners are as follows (click pictures to enlarge):

1st Place:  Abby;  2nd Place: Lily;  3rd place (tie): Divya/Paolo;  Zach.

Honorable Mentions:  Lauren/Jillian;  Sean/Nick;  Eva/Andrew;  Ben & Cole.

img_8354 img_8352img_8361 img_8368            img_8373img_8345img_8359img_8338img_8382 img_8380 img_8378 img_8376 img_8372 img_8370 img_8365 img_8363 img_8348 img_8343 img_8340 img_8337 img_8334

Dine-Out Tonight!

The Saint James School HSA is hosting a Dine-Out Night in support of Saint James School at Maggie McFly’s in the Buckland Hills Mall tonight from 4:00pm – 9:00pm.  Show your server the attached flyer and 10% of your purchase (dine-in or take-out) will be donated back to Saint James School!  As always, we thank you for your support!

Maggie Mcflys Dine-Out Flyer

Upcoming Basketball Games

The SJS Varsity Girls will play Saint Bridget at Saint Bridget School this Thursday, December 1st at 6pm, followed by the SJS Boys Varsity Gold at Saint Bridget at 7pm.

On Friday, the SJS Boys Varsity Blue (7th Grade) will play at St. Chris at 7:30pm.

Saturday, December 3rd, starts the SJS boys 4th & 5th grade league with two back-to-back games starting at 9:30am at the SJS Gym.  The Saint James JV teams (girls and boys) play at St. Tim’s in West Hartford on Saturday at 11:00am, 12:00pm, and 1:00pm.

Good luck Sabers!!

Christmas Shopping on Amazon.com

If you will be shopping on Amazon.com this Christmas season, please remember to enter the site through www.Smile.Amazon.com.  By doing so, Saint James School will receive 0.5% of your purchase price deposited into our bank account!

If prompted to search for a charity, please select “St. James Church Corp” (donations will go into the school’s bank account…the school just falls under the Church’s tax id) or by clicking the “Get Started” button below.

Please share this information with your family and friends and remember to use the Smile.Amazon address each time you purchase from Amazon going forward. If you have any questions, please e-mail our Director of Advancement, Amy Guenther, at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.

 

St. James School

Happy Thanksgiving

img_03681

On behalf of all of us at Saint James School and Saint James Church, we wish everyone a blessed and peaceful Thanksgiving holiday.

Enjoy this precious time with your family and friends and we will look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday, November 28th.

40% Off @ Land's End

Land’s End is offering 40% Off today by using code: Delight50 and Pin: 6281.  Orders over $50 ship for free.