Just a reminder that next Wednesday, October 16th at 6:30pm in the school Gym, Saint James School will be presenting our 2013-2014 State of the School Address.  We hope you will join us for this informational meeting as we discuss our school’s performance in critical areas such as enrollment and standardized testing as well as student demographics, upcoming initiatives, and more.  In addition, we are excited to have Mr. Jason Hartling, Principal and Chief Administrator of East Catholic High School,  joining us as a guest speaker.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Saint James School will host our annual Grandparents’ and Special Persons’ Day on Thursday, October 24th .  Please note, this is also an early dismissal day for all students.  Please click here to view the notice – which will also be sent home this week in student’s folders.

An open gym for boys basketball is being held tonight in the school gym as follows:

Boys 4th & 5th Grade – 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Boys 6th – 8th Grade – 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Please note, attendance is optional.  Tryouts for teams begins tomorrow (Wednesday) for Girls and Thursday for boys.  Please refer to the website calendar for times.

If you plan to have your child(ren) run in the Manchester Elementary School Cross Country Challenge on Saturday, October 19th and would like them to receive a special “Cross Country Challenge – Saint James School” t-shirt to wear for the race, please submit the permission form to the school office by tomorrow – Friday, October 4th.  Students must be present for their race to receive the t-shirt – which will be available for pick-up at the Saint James School sign in table at the event on the 19th.

Please note, students may still be registered for the Cross Country Challenge up until, and on, the day of the event but tomorrow is the deadline to receive a shirt.  Students registering after tomorrow are asked to wear their Saint James School gym shirt the day of the race.

All information on the Cross Country Challenge and participation forms can be found here

In addition, we still are in need of parent volunteers to help out the day of the race from 8:00am to 12:00pm.  Please contact Amy Guenther at jag8699@cox.net by tomorrow afternoon if you are able to help out.

One of our Saint James School families, in the area of Dart Hill and Avery is looking for another Saint James School family to carpool with.  If you live in that area and are interested in possibly arranging a carpool, please contact Mrs. DelSignore in the main office for more information.