Our annual Tree of Blessings prayer service, hosted by grade 8 volunteers, typically takes place in the auditorium with all students/staff in attendance. This year, students are praying together in their classrooms as they view the following video: https://youtu.be/8m9uak9GW3Q
This Christmas season, the Knights of Columbus are once again conducting their annual Keep Christ in Christmas Poster contest. This contest is open to students in grades K-8 who will compete in one of three age groups: 5-7, 8-10, or 11-14. Competition begins at the District level and continues to the Regional and Jurisdictional levels.
This contest is optional, but we would love to have our school widely represented. If your child enjoys drawing please encourage them to participate. Students will design and complete their posters at home. Parents will need to complete and sign a section of the entry form.
The entry form below contains all the rules and judging information about the posters. Completed posters and entry forms (NEED PARENT’S SIGNATURE) need to be submitted by MONDAY, December 21st at 9:00am (new date due/time to possible snow Thursday).
K of C 2020 Poster entry form & Contest Rules
We are pleased to announce that the Saint James School Foundation, through their annual allocation to the school, will be helping to fund the purchase and installation of the custom air purifiers that were installed in all of our school’s classrooms this week. These purifiers use a combination of ultra violet light and hepa filtration, and should offer an additional level of protection from the spread of illness as we enter the winter months. As always, we are exceptionally grateful to the SJS Foundation board for their ongoing efforts to ensure Saint James School remains a wonderful place for students to grow and learn.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet … For yesterday’s art lesson 2nd graders drew a reindeer wearing a Christmas sweater.
Some pictures from today’s $1.00+ PJ Dress Down Day in support of CCMC.
This Friday, December 11th, students may wear “comfy” clothes (sweatpants, sweatshirts, t-shirts) or weather- & school-appropriate PJs to school for a minimum $1.00 donation. All money collected, which should come to school with the student next Friday, and will benefit the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
CCMCs annual PJ day, which many schools and businesses across the state participate in, helps not only raise money for a great cause, but is in honor of all the brave kids fighting cancer at Connecticut Children’s and elsewhere.
Please remember, students must adhere to the all Saint James School dress down guidelines (noted in the school handbook) and PJs/attire must have sleeves (short sleeves are okay) & long pants. Also, no slippers due to safety concerns.
Please see the attached information on the 2020 Saint James School Tree of Blessings: 2020 Tree of Blessings Order Form
A special Prayer Service honoring the named individuals will be held on WEDNESDAY, December 16th. This year, due to the pandemic, 8th grade students will host the service and it will be recorded for broadcast in all the classrooms.
Please have all orders in to the school office by Friday, December 11th. All proceeds will benefit SJS.
In their weekly art class, 4th grade students learned about American artist, animator, and designer Mary Blair (designer of Disney’s “It’s A Small World”) and created their own Mary Blair inspired works of art.
The SJS Advanced Band was asked to perform for this year’s (virtual) Holiday of Main celebration. You can watch them HERE (or on our SJS Facebook page) with a special introduction from Santa and Prancer. Great job Sabers!
In keeping with tradition, our Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd Grade students left one shoe outside their classroom this morning in celebration of St. Nicholas Day (Feast Day of St. Nicholas). More commonly observed in Northern Europe…