Special congratulations to our special Hats Off To Reading Contest winners – 1st grade and 6th grade! Mrs. Carpenter and all the teachers wish to extend a special thank you to the students who participated, and particularly to all the parents who helped encourage their children to read!
The Saint James School Foundation Spring Scramble Golf Classic is celebrating its 22nd year! The generosity bestowed upon the foundation from families and friends of the school has been overwhelming throughout the years. If you’re wondering how you can help us continue to make this tournament a success, please click HERE. Your support will allow us continue this great tradition that provides SJS with funds for tuition assistance, technology enhancements, and margin of excellence programs for the school.
Invitations (and information) for the Foundation’s Golf Classic & Dinner, which is being held on May 11th, were sent home with Saint James School students via kid-mail several weeks ago. If someone you know does not have a child at the school and would like to request an invitation, sponsorship information, or has questions about the event, please have them contact Tom Tierney at thomasjtierney@gmail.com.
Please note, Mr. Corcoran will be teaching all band students 4th – 8th grade on Friday, April 1st this week.
All students, faculty, parents, and other guests of our students are invited to join us this Friday, April 1st, at 7:25am in Ms. O’s middle school classroom for a special Prayer Service where we will pray/sing the Divine Mercy Chaplet, accompanied by one of our Saint James grandparents on the guitar.
Please take this time and/or encourage your child(ren) to join us in prayer as we prepare for Divine Mercy Sunday. Please note, students/parents do not need to bring anything to this service (rosary beads and prayers will be provided).
We look forward to seeing you and/or your child(ren) there!
As a reminder, our Hats Off to Reading Contest ends tomorrow (Friday, April 1st) for students in Kindergarten through Grade 6. All completed reading logs must be submitted to your child’s homeroom teacher by tomorrow so results can be tallied. Details on the contest can be found HERE.
The deadline for ordering 2015-2016 Yearbooks is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30th. Order forms were sent home with students last week. If you need a new form, please contact the school office. Please make sure all yearbook orders are in by March 30th.
The Saint James School Soccer season begins tomorrow evening (Wednesday, March 30th). Everyone who signed their child up for Soccer should have received an e-mail from Jon Sargent (who oversees our soccer program). If you have not received an e-mail from Mr. Sargent, please send him an e-mail asap to sjssoccer@charter.net so that your child gets assigned to a team and you get all the necessary information.
Practices (and many games) will be held at Charter Oak Park in Manchester (across from Carter Chevrolet). Parking is available in the South United Methodist Church/Manchester Chamber of Commerce parking lot (entrance is located on Hartford Road). Please use the crosswalk to cross the intersection (there is a “walk” button that can be used to stop traffic). Parents are asked to accompany their child across the street as it is a very busy intersection.
Please be sure players wear proper shoes, shin guards, and bring an appropriate size soccer ball and a water bottle. Please put your child’s name on the ball and water bottle.
The Junior Varsity teams (Grades 3, 4 and 5) will practice tomorrow evening from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. Please try to be at practice a few minutes early to be ready to start at 5:00. The Varsity teams (Grades 6, 7 and 8) will practice from 6:00pm to approximately 7:30pm.
As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow in observance of Good Friday. On behalf of all of us at Saint James School and Saint James Parish, we wish you a most happy and holy Easter weekend.
We also wish to invite and encourage all of our SJS Families to join us at Saint James Church for the following Masses over this Holy weekend:
Holy Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper tonight (Thursday) at 7:30pm
Good Friday: Celebration of the Passion of the Lord at 3:00pm and again at 7:00pm
Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil, the high celebration and most glorious event of the liturgical year, begins at 8:00pm
Easter Sunday: Celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ, at 7:30am, 9:00am, or 11:00am
All students, faculty, parents, and other guests of our students are invited to join us tomorrow, Thursday March 24th, at 7:30am in Ms. O’s middle school classroom for a special Prayer Service. Please take this time and/or encourage your child(ren) to join us in prayers for family, friends, peace, and other special intentions.
We look forward to seeing you and/or your child(ren) there.
Please update your calendars. After factoring in the few snow days we have had this year, the projected last day of school is now June 10th, which will be a half day. We will have a FULL day of school on June 9th. The first day of school for the 2016-2017 school year will be September 1st. The calendar of the SJS website has been updated to reflect these changes.