We are excited to announce that Saint James School will be offering basketball open play clinics towards the end of September  for students in grades 4-8 interested in playing basketball.  If your child will want to participate, please submit the 2013-2014 Athletic Health Form to the main office within in the next week.

Dates for the clinics will be announced shortly.  Please note, under no circumstances will any student be permitted to attend the open play if they do not have a current year health form on file at the school by the date of the clinic.

Please join us for the first HSA (Home & School Association) Meeting of the 2013-2014 school year on THURSDAY, September 5th (please note date change) at 6:30pm in the Pre-Kindergarten building.  The HSA – which is similar to a PTA or PTO – is open to all St. James School parents.  Unlike many PTAs there is no fee to join and no minimum time commitment required.

At Saint James School, the HSA is comprised of parent volunteers who organize and support numerous events and fundraisers for the school.

We are always looking for new ideas and suggestions on how to improve the HSA and our school events. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and help make our childrens’ years at Saint James the best that they can be.  Thursday’s meeting will be brief and informational for anyone who may be interested. If you can’t make it this time, our meetings are always open to everyone and usually occur the first Wednesday of every month. We hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, please let us know: Diane Parsons (diane@parsonsphoto.org), Linda Carpenter (tcarpenter2005@cox.net), Darcy Donnelly (tdonnelly4@cox.net).

The Monthly Events Calendar for the 2013-2014 school year is now available on our website under the “Calendars, Forms, & Docs” quicklink (yellow bar on the right hand side of our homepage).  In addition, you can easily add the Saint James School events right to your e-mail or mobile calendar by going to the calendar on the homepage and selecting the”View Calendar” button.  A monthly calendar will appear.  If you scroll down to the bottom of the monthly calendar, you have an option to “Subscribe” or “Add to Google Calendar.”   Clicking on the individual events also gives you an option to add that specific event directly to your e-mail or mobile calendar.

We are excited to announce that Phase 1 of the Window Replacement Project is currently underway at SJS! Among the many benefits of these much-needed new windows will be a significant improvement in the energy efficiency of the impacted classrooms. A huge Thank You to all the SJS parents, grandparents, alumni, Saint James Church parishioners, and many wonderful friends of the school who have given their support to this important initiative during the past several years.  We would also like to specifically recognize sizable donations from our great friends at Highland Park Market and CL&P (through the Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit Program) that helped us close the gap on our funding needs for this project.

Still in need of uniform items for back-to-school?  Land’s End is currently offering 30% off school uniform purchases plus free shipping on orders over $50.  To take advantage of this offer, use Promo Code: Key and PIN: 8613.  This special ends August 13th. If you have not already done so, please remember to sign up for e-mails from landsend.com so you will automatically be notified about their many savings events.

Also, please remember you can earn extra cash for our school by shopping through the BoxTops Marketplace for all your online purchases including Land’s End!