Instrumental Music Note
The Eastern Regional Band students will have a special rehearsal tomorrow morning (Friday, October 30th) at 7:30am.
Dress Down Day Tomorrow (Friday)
To thank everyone for all their hard work during our accreditation evaluation, Mrs. Kanute is giving everyone a dress down day tomorrow (Friday, October 30th). With it being the day before Halloween, we wish to stress there are to be no masks, costumes (except K and Pre-K), painted faces, or colored hair. Students may wear (appropriate) Halloween-themed t-shirts. All other dress down guidelines, per the school handbook, apply.
In addition, Mrs. Kanute will be giving all students a “no homework” night this coming Monday, November 2nd.
Important: Annual State of the School Presentation
Please join us this evening (Wednesday, October 28th) at 6:30pm in the gym as Saint James School presents our 2015 State of the School Address. During this annual, informational meeting we will be discussing our school’s performance in critical areas such as enrollment and standardized testing as well as current major initiatives and more.
In addition, this year’s guest speaker will be a member of the Manchester Police who will discuss internet safety and dangerous apps that all parents should know about.
All parents are strongly encouraged to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!
Boys Basketball Recap
- Tonight at 5 pm to 7 pm 4th & 5th grade boys team selection.
- Thursday 6pm to 8 pm 7th & 8th Grade Varsity Tryouts (Final session)
- Saturday 10 am to Noon 6th Grade/JV player evaluations
** No Boys basketball events Sunday
Volunteers Needed
We are in need of volunteers to help sort and distribute the Jeanine fundraiser items on Thurs. 11/5 from 12-4 and Fri. 11/6 from 2-4. If you are able to help for any part of that time please contact Kate Davis 70greenbean@sbcglobal.net.
Cross Country Update
Attention cross country runners and parents. There has been a change to the meet schedule. The final meet of the regular season will be held this Thursday at Sedgwick Middle School in West Hartord (The meet was originally scheduled for Friday at a different location). The meet will begin at 3:45, Coach O’Neill would like the team there at 3:00pm.
This will be the last meet of the season before the CT State Middle School Championships which will be on Saturday, November 7th at Wickham Park. The girl’s race begins at 11:00am and the boy’s at 11:30am. Please note, the CT State Middle School Championship race is by invitation only by the coach.
Halloween Party Pictures
A huge thank you to the Halloween Party event chairs – Mrs. Poth & Mrs. Caldwell – for putting together a fabulous Halloween party for our pre-k through 6th grade students this past Saturday. We also wish to thank the many other parent volunteers and our middle school student volunteers who helped make this event so much fun!
The Halloween Party committee would like to thank all the families that brought non-perishable food donations for MACC. There were 6 large boxes full of items dropped off this morning for which MACC was very appreciative.
Attached are several great pictures from the Halloween Party, which were sent in by Mrs. Italia (click pictures to enlarge).
Grandparents’ Day Pictures
A huge thank you to all our guests who visited Saint James School during Grandparents’ and Special Persons’ day on Friday. After a short performance by the band and various classes, guests visited the classrooms of their SJS students where they participated in fun activities. Below are some pictures we took throughout the morning (click pictures to enlarge).
Grandparents' Day Pictures
A huge thank you to all our guests who visited Saint James School during Grandparents’ and Special Persons’ day on Friday. After a short performance by the band and various classes, guests visited the classrooms of their SJS students where they participated in fun activities. Below are some pictures we took throughout the morning (click pictures to enlarge).
Gala Meeting Tonight
There will be a Gala Committee meeting tonight (Monday, October 26th) at 6:30 p.m. in the Saint James Church hall (downstairs). All SJS parents and grandparents are invited to join us as we plan this fun, annual event.
