Congratulations to the Saint James Varsity Boys Gold team, which placed FIRST in the annual Martin Luther King tournament this weekend defeating Holy Trinity in overtime. The Boys went undefeated in the tournament capturing their first MLK championship.

Congratulations also go out to the Saint James Varsity Girls Gold team, for placing second in the girl’s MLK tournament. St Paul’s defeated SJS in the finals to take the championship trophy in a hard fought game.

Yesterday, after attending Mass, Saint James School 5th graders celebrated Father Burns’ 80th birthday with a surprise pizza party and, of course, a special 80th birthday cake.  The class presented Father Burns with cards they made and a special picture that all the students had signed.  Below are some pictures from the celebration.

Congratulations to the St. James Varsity Gold Girls basketball team for winning the St. Patrick’s Annual Holiday Tournament over Christmas break, capturing the championship trophy for the third time in four years. In the championship game, Kaylee Jeamel’s 19 points led the team to a 31-13 victory. Kaylee scored 42 points total during the weekend. Also for the tournament, Izabella Lachcik led the team defensively with 31 rebounds and 18 steals in three games.

Saint James School will be dismissing at 12:05pm today due to the weather.  School buses will be running.  Students going to Aftercare must be picked up by 1:00pm.  In addition, all after-school and evening activities at the school are cancelled.

Please drive safely and we’ll look forward to seeing everyone back at school tomorrow (or Monday, if school is closed tomorrow).

Also, Mark Your Calendars for the annual Saint James School “Bring a Friend Dance” – scheduled for February 7th from 7:00 to 10:00 pm.  For this one special dance, Saint James Middle School students are allowed to invite a friend that does not attend Saint James.  CHAPERONES NEEDED for this event. Please e-mail Regan at waltersripp@cox.net if you can volunteer.