As a reminder, that there is no school tomorrow, Wednesday, March 16th, due to a teacher conference.  There is also no school next Friday, March 25th, for Good Friday.

Yesterday, Saint James Middle School math teacher, Mrs. Reilly, hosted a special math celebration of March 14th, known to math lovers everywhere as  “PI” Day (for 3.14).  As part of the fun, students brought in home-made pies, and a pie contest was held with the teachers serving as judges.

There were 2 categories….traditional (fruit, pumpkin, pecan, etc.) and other (cream pies, key lime, ice cream, even chicken pot pie!).  The pies were judged on taste, appearance, and creativity.  The winners were as follows – Traditional:  1st Sophie Kisner (apple); 2nd Hailey Constantine (pecan); 3rd Evan O’Neill (pecan);  – Other: 1st Anna DeLaura (chocolate cream); 2nd Noah Klim (key lime); and 3rd Ed Powell and Siara Chanterelle (chicken pot pie).

In addition, students created their own “PiKu” (a play on HaiKu poetry) as well as having a special math lesson focused on using Pi.

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As a reminder, we will be having a $1.00 Green & White Dress Down day this coming Thursday, St. Patrick’s Day.  Students may dress down for a $1.00 donation, which will go to support an Art program at an extremely impoverished school in Haiti.  Please remember, our standard dress down guidelines apply and any girls wearing yoga-type pants must have a shirt that that comes down to at least mid-thigh.  Also, shorts are NOT permitted as we are still in the winter uniform time period.

Unfortunately, the Butternut trip scheduled for next Wednesday, March 19^th, is being cancelled due to unseasonably warm temperatures.  Everyone who had RSVP’d was notified by Denise McCarthy via e-mail about their refund.  We will try to schedule the trip again next year if our winter cooperates a little better!

Please read the attached note from SJS 8th Grader Jacob Miller regarding his recent fundraiser for Our Companions Animal Rescue:

Thanks to everyone’s support, my “Love for Animals” fundraiser for “Our Companions Animal Rescue” was a huge success.  I spent 10.5 hours of community service to complete this project and the total items donated are shown below:

Cans of cat food – 153
Rolls of paper towels – 39
Bags of cat food – 11
Bags of dog food – 2
Bottles of laundry detergent – 2
Boxes of garbage bags – 7
Bottles of bleach – 8
Boxes of dryer sheets – 2
Bags of kitty litter – 1
Bag of cat toys – 1
Blankets/Cat Beds – 6
Cash Donations$204.39

Thank you again for all your support!!!!

Jacob Miller