Please join us this evening (Wednesday, October 19th) at 6:30pm in the school gym as Saint James School presents our 2016 State of the School Address. During this annual, informational meeting we will be discussing our school’s performance in critical areas such as enrollment, finances, and standardized testing as well as current major initiatives and more.  We encourage all SJS parents to come be part of this informative evening.

Congratulations to Coach O’Neill and her SJS XC runners on another stellar performance at the McGee Invitational this past Saturday.  Each race was broken down by gender and grade, with more than 100 runners per race competing.  Top performers in their respective events were as follows:

6th grade: Abby Ray and Kaitlyn Nyberg received trophies for placing 3rd and 5th respectively.  Ben Creamer took home a medal for placing 19th (medals were awarded to the top 20 finishers).

7th grade:  Lindsay O’Neill also had a great race winning a trophy for her 3rd place performance.  AJ Bushnell took home a medal for an 18th place finish.

8th grade:  Isabelle Burke brought home a medal, placing 19th.  Kyle Pelletier placed 13th, earning a medal.

The team’s next race is tomorrow – Wednesday – at Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor.  Good luck Sabers!

Congratulations to all the runners at Saturday’s Manchester Elementary School Cross Country Challenge at Manchester High School.  SJS runners took home 24 individual medals (given to the first 15 finishers in each race) and an amazing 4 First Place Trophies and 2 Second Place Trophies (based on the combined score of the top 5 finishers from each school).  This means, SJS scored in the top 2 (out of 11 Manchester schools participating) in 6 of the 8 races!  Top scorers were recognized on the morning announcements today.

A huge thank you to all the parents, students, and teachers who came out for this fun event and also to our awesome parent volunteers:   Mr. & Mrs. Piotrowski, Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Poth, and Mrs. Herr.

Below are some pictures from Saturday’s event (click to enlarge).

A reminder for parents and students that tomorrow – Saturday (10/15) – is the town-wide Manchester Elementary School Cross Country Challenge at Manchester High School.  Thank you to all the parents and students who signed up to run in support of Team Saint James School!  If your child is unable to make the race please e-mail Andrea Piotrowski at ampiotrowski@yahoo.com or Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net to let us know as soon as possible.

Date:       Saturday, October 15, 2016
Place:      Manchester High School Athletic Field

Please be sure to arrive for the check-in time noted below (or before) to receive your child’s shirt and name badge.  Races will begin promptly at the race time indicated.  Please pick your child up at the end of the race course (runners will be supervised by an SJS approved volunteer if they finish the race before you get there).

Race (Grades):	Check-in time	Race Time
Grades 4 & 5 girls race	8:10am	8:30am
Grades  4 & 5 boys race	8:40am	9:00am
Grades 2 & 3 girls race	9:10am	9:30am
Grades 2 & 3 boys race	9:40am	10:00am
Grade 1 girls race	10:10am	10:30am
Grade 1 boys race	10:35am	10:55am
Kindergarten girls race	11:00am	11:20am
Kindergarten boys race	11:25am	11:45am

 

Course Distance: (approximate):       800 meters (1/2 mile) Kindergarten – Grade 1,  1600 meters (1 mile) Grades 2-5.  Course is mainly on the grass, finishing on the track

If you have not already done so, you may still RSVP your child for this event and even just show up the morning of to race:  Students will just need to wear their Saint James School Gym Shirt as the race shirt order was placed a while ago.  For early RSVPs, children will receive their race t-shirt at check-in the morning of the race

Parent volunteers helping with this event are asked to be at the High School at 7:45am.  Please park in the back lot (by the field/pool) and meet Mrs. Guenther and Mrs. Piotrowski by the Saint James School table.