Just a reminder for parents and students in Kindergarten – 6th grade about the “Fall Into Reading” contest currently in progress through our school Librarian, Mrs. Carpenter.  For every book a student reads during the contest period, they should fill out a paper leaf which – once signed by the parent – will be put into the “leaf bag” for their grade.  The grade with the most leaves in their leaf bag at the end of the contest period – November 4th – will win a dress down day and no homework night.

 

The SJS girls cross country team celebrated another win yesterday at Illing Middle School.  Almost sweeping the field, the girls placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th!  Lindsay O’Neill led the team followed by Abby Ray, Izzy Burke, Ally Ansaldi, and Kaitlyn Nyberg.

For the boys, Kyle Pelletier ran an exceptional race, placing 3rd out of a very impressive field of runners.  Kevin Leger, Ben Creamer, Dominic Cavallo, and Ryan St. Jean were the top scores for Saint James.

Saturday the team will compete at the Wickham Invitational.  Athletes should arrive no later than 8:00am on the course.

As a reminder, there will be NO School next Monday (10/10) for the Columbus Day Holiday.  There will also be an early dismissal day on October 20th for Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day (aftercare will be in session on 10/20).  Grandparents’ and Special Persons’ Day forms are due back to the teacher by tomorrow (10/7).  Click HERE for a copy of the form.

Please note, Grandparents Day on the 20th is for Grades K – 8 only – our Pre-K has a special Grandparents event in the Spring…we apologize to our Pre-K parents for any confusion.

If you are not subscribed to our school’s full calendar and would like for our school’s day off/early dismissal days to appear on your personal calendar, please use this LINK and click the “Subscribe to filtered calendar” button found at the bottom of the page.

For parents and students on the SJS Cross Country team, attached please find the order form for XC Spiritwear.  Orders are due to Coach O’Neill by today, Thursday (10/6).

Congratulations to the SJS Cross Country team on another impressive performance at the Harry Geraghty Invitational that was held at Rockville High School this past weekend.  The girls took home a 2nd place trophy, will Lindsay O’Neill – the top SJS runner – finishing 5th out of a field of 85 athletes.  Abby Ray, in her first invitational meet, finished a strong 7th place with Isabelle Burke in 8th, Ally Ansaldi in 9th, and Kaitlyn Nyberg in 10th.

On the boys side, Dominic Cavallo led the team to a 3rd place trophy, placing 15th out of 94 runners.  AJ Bushnell had a strong race as well, placing 22nd, with Jack Green, Kevin Leger, and Ryan St. Jean rounding out the top 5 scorers for SJS.

The team’s next meet will be this Thursday at Illing Middle School.