This morning, third grade students were surprised (and excited!) find their classrooms transformed into “Reading Cafés” – each with a roaring fireplace (on the viewboard), decorated tables, and their teacher dressed as a maître d’. This special lesson was to teach the 3rd graders about different genres of books and to encourage them to broaden their reading horizons.

Thank you to the men and women of the United States Military who have served – and continue to serve – our great country. And, thank you to those in our own SJS community who joined us today for our Veterans Day celebration. We were so happy to honor you!

Today our younger students met some real-life heroes as members of the Manchester Fire Department joined us to speak about fire safety.  In keeping with tradition, all of our Pre-K students – and several older students – also had the opportunity to try out the fire hose (a few are pictured below).

On Wednesday, Sept 11th, 1st – 8th grade students came together to pray the Rosary and honor the countless families whose lives were indelibly changed on this day 23 years ago. Pre-K and Kindergarten classes visited the SJS 9/11 memorial garden where they said a special prayer.