The Saint James School “Celebration of Giving” Christmas event will be held on Saturday, December 15th at 10:00am.
Volunteers are needed to help with this fun event. There will be a volunteer/planning meeting on Thursday 10/15 at 7:00pm at the school. Volunteers may contact Nicole Chomick at ncg76@aol.com or Mary Ann Creamer at margy@att.com with questions or suggestions.
As always, we thank you for your support of our wonderful school!
Just a reminder that there will be No School next Thursday, November 8th. This is a change from the date on the original school calendar that was sent home at the end of last year. The calendars on the website are all up-to-date. There Will Be school on Friday, November 9th.
Saint James School will also be in session on Election Day (Tuesday, November 6th) and on Veteran’s Day (Monday, November 12). Please note, however, there will be NO HOT LUNCH (OR MILK) served on Veteran’s Day – Monday, November 12th. All students will need to bring a lunch and drink from home that day.
Lastly, if you have not yet signed up for teacher conference (sign up forms are located in the main hallway at the school) please do so tomorrow morning.
The totals are in….
Congratulations to Mrs. St. Jean’s 4th grade class for turning in the most Box Tops (a total of 581!) during the month of October. The date for your free dress down day will be communicated to you shortly by Mrs. St. Jean.
The runners up were Mrs. O with 325 and Mrs. Camposeo with 248.
Thank you to all the parents who sent in box tops in support of our school! A new contest for the month of November is already underway so please keep on clipping those box tops.
Junior Achievement is a volunteer-delivered, K-12 program that educates children about money management and how “the real world” works. The goal is to empower young people to own their economic success by showing them the importance of education and developing financial literacy skills. A specific Junior Achievement program is tailored to each grade, each one building on the information from the year before.
Saint James School will host a Junior Achievement Day for our students on November 16th.
We are still in need of volunteers to help bring this program to all grades and classes at the school. Volunteers have a lot of fun and bring their own experiences into the classroom along with pre-prepared materials from Junior Achievement. Volunteers can be a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, family friend, etc.
Saint James School board member (and SJS Parent) Nicholas Roy has participated in the program at our school for the past 2 years and has offered to speak with anyone interested to tell them more about how the program works. Nicholas can be reached at nick@somniofg.com or Tel: 860.430.5502.
Please consider volunteering or calling on a family member who you think would like to volunteer in the classroom for a day. Our VIRTUS training and school background check documentation is not required to participate (Junior Achievement takes care of the background check for us).
Also, please note, a lot of companies give their employees paid time off to participate in this program. Please check with your employer to see if your company participates.
Please see the attached notice about our upcoming Social Media Safety Awareness program being held at the school next week. This notice is also being sent home in your child’s school folder.
Social Media Notice
Please see the attached notice about our upcoming Social Media Safety Awareness program being held at the school next week. This notice is also being sent home in your child’s school folder.
Social Media Notice
Box Tops is giving away 1,000 extra Box Tops to 10 lucky schools – Today only! Enter the drawing in support of Saint James School by CLICKING HERE.
Just a reminder during this inclement weather that Saint James School follows the “Manchester Public Schools” for closings and delays.
Just a reminder during this inclement weather that Saint James School follows the “Manchester Public Schools” for closings and delays.
On Wednesday, November 7th, Saint James School will host a social media awareness program for students in grades 5 – 8. On hand to speak will be representatives from the CT State Troopers Computer Crimes and Electronic Evidence unit. The presentation will run from 12:45pm – 1:45pm.
All Saint James School parents are also invited to attend this presentation. Please be sure to look for the notice with additional details coming home via the children’s school folders in the next few days.