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.

 

As a reminder, the 2016 boys and girls basketball parent meetings will be held tonight in the school cafeteria.  There is also a voluntary Open Gym for basketball players in select grades (your child must have turned in a 2016-2017 Athletics Health Form to participate in open gym or basketball practices.  If they have only turned in the basketball registration form, they cannot participate in any basketball activity until they have their Health Form in).

Wednesday October 12^th Parents meeting in Cafeteria (player attendance at meeting is optional):
Boys Program Meeting  6pm to 6:45pm (4th – 8th)
Girls Program Meeting  7pm to 7:45 pm (4th – 8th)

Wednesday October 12^th  Open Gym (voluntary)
5pm to 7pm Girls  5, 6,7 & 8^th
7pm to 8:30 pm  Boys 7 & 8^th 

Yesterday, SJS Art Teacher Mrs. Sabatella took advantage of the beautiful fall day to teach the 3rd graders about landscape drawings.  The specific lesson pictured below focused around a tree with the leaves changing color.  Students were first instructed on how to sketch out a basic tree and then Mrs. Sabatella encouraged them to use their creativity to make it unique (click pictures to enlarge).

 

 

The SJS Basketball program will be getting underway shortly.  Below please find a list of dates pertinent for Parent Informational Meetings, Open Gym times and Team selection days.

Open Gym (basketball free-play) dates are completely voluntary and will have no impact on Team selections (must have your basketball paperwork and health form on file to participate). Each student athlete registered for Basketball will make one of the various St. James Teams, but because of large headcount numbers we will need to have Team selection days.

Team practices will commence first week of November.  Parents please make every effort to attend Informational meetings where Coaches will share league status updates, vision for program, practice and game commitments along with answering any questions you may have. No student will be allowed to participate in any basketball event without completed registration, payment, and medical health form filed at the school office.  Looking forward to a great year for our Student Athletes!

Wednesday October 12^th Parents meeting in Cafeteria (player attendance at meeting is optional):
Boys Program Meeting  6pm to 6:45pm (4th – 8th)
Girls Program Meeting  7pm to 7:45 pm (4th – 8th)

Wednesday October 12^th  Open Gym (voluntary)
5pm to 7pm Girls  5, 6,7 & 8^th
7pm to 8:30 pm  Boys 7 & 8^th              

Monday October 17^th
5 pm to 6:30 pm  Boys 6th Grade Tryouts/Team selection
6:30 to 8:30 pm   Boys 7 & 8^th Grade  Tryouts/Team Selection

Thursday October 20^th
5 pm to 7 pm Girls Grade  6, 7 & 8  Tryouts/Team selection

Sunday October 23^rd    Open Gym
1 pm to 2:30 pm  Boys 4 & 5^th

 Monday October 24^th
5 pm to 7 pm Girls Grade  6, 7 & 8  Tryouts/Team selection
7pm to 8:30 pm Boys 7 & 8^th Grade  Tryouts/Team Selection

Team practices will start November 1.  Any student invited to participate in the XC State meet on Saturday November 5^th will be ineligible to attend Basketball practice until after November 5th.