A huge thank you to all the SJS families and friends who participated in our Pasta Dinner from Olive Garden on Friday, February 27. Thank you also to the volunteers and service hour students who helped make the dinner a success.
Please note, due to the expected bad weather, Extended Day will be closing promptly at 4:00pm today. If your child will be at Extended Day today, please arrive by 4:00pm to pick them up.
The Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee finals scheduled for this evening have been postponed due to the weather. The new date is March 12th, at the same location. Please arrive by 6:00pm (pizza will be served). The event begins at 6:30pm.
Today, SJS 3rd graders learned about “tertiary colors” – colors that result from mixing a primary and a secondary color – during art class. Elementary school art teacher, Mrs. Sabatella, had students create tertiary colors to use for painting the rainforest bird pictures they drew during a prior art class. Rainforest sounds were played to set the mood while students were painting these beautiful works of art.
Congratulations to the Saint James School Boys JV Basketball team for winning the overall deanery basketball tournament last night!
Missing from the photo are A. Setzler and A. DiBenedetto
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, today Mrs. Carpenter kicked off another fun reading contest for the Kindergarten through 5th grade classes. Reading logs will be passed out in library this week & details on the contest will be discussed. The grade with the most books read during the contest will win a dress down day & no homework night! Extra reading logs are available in the library, from the classroom teachers, or can be printed HERE. If you have any questions on the contest, please e-mail Mrs. Carpenter at lcarpenter@saintjamesschool.net. Good luck everyone!
During lent, Student Council will be sponsoring Prayer Services on Friday mornings and a couple of Wednesday mornings. Please take this time to join us in prayers for family, friends, peace, and other special intentions. Also, this will be a time of giving thanks for the many Blessings we have in our lives.
All students, faculty, parents, and other guests of our students are invited to join us in prayer at 7:30 a.m. in Room 7-14 on Wed – 3/4, 3/25, and 4/1 plus all the Fridays in March.
A few very exciting updates to the growing list of items being auctioned off at the 2015 Gala:
If you forgot to get your RSVP for the Gala in today, please send it in first thing Monday morning. Addition information on the 2015 Gala can be found HERE.
Please remember that returning family registration forms (and deposit) are due by tomorrow. Please call the main office if you have any questions about 2015-2016 registration.
Just a reminder that items for the SJS Class Baskets are due tomorrow – Friday, February 27th.
A dress down day will be held next Friday (March 6th) for students who bring in an item for the basket.
These baskets bring in thousands of dollars for our school and are important to the success of the Gala. We hope everyone will support our SJS parent volunteers in this important initiative.
Each student should have received a note from their child(ren)’s room mother(s) detailing the basket theme and items needed. Please coordinate with the room mother to make sure the item is still needed prior to purchasing. As an alternative, cash can be sent in (in a clearly marked envelope) that the room mother can use to purchase items needed for the basket.
As always, we thank you for your support!