As Mrs. Zorger mentioned in this morning’s video, during the month of May it is customary to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary with special prayers and celebrations.  Once such celebration that we have always done here at SJS is the Crowing of Mary during our May Rosary, where our 2nd graders would place flowers by the feet of Mary’s statue and a special crown of roses atop her head.

If you are looking for special ways to honor Mary at home this weekend or throughout the month of May, there are many great ideas and suggestions in THIS BLOG POST from Catholic Icing.

As a reminder, Lenten Rice Bowls (Catholic Relief Services) that were sent home with your child/ren at the start of Lent.  Here was the information originally sent out regarding this collection: https://saintjamesschool.net/lenten-collections-at-sjs/

Since we were not together when the money was due back, there are a few options we would like to suggest if your family was participating:

1) Donate the money to MACC (our local food pantry) during this time.  As a reminder, the is a collection being held for MACC tomorrow at St. James Church from 9am – 12pm (please place the items in the trunk of your car and pop your trunk when you drive up).

2) Hang on to the rice bowl and we will collect it when we are back together to distribute as originally intended.

Thank you again to everyone who participated in our Lenten collections.

 

 

We are excited to announce that new, interactive View Boards are being installed in our 3rd – 6th grade classrooms this week.  These new boards are also being installed in our Spanish classroom, Technology Center, and Pre-Kindergarten.  The View Boards will replace the SMART Boards and bring enhanced capabilities to classroom learning (Kindergarten – 2nd grade received new boards earlier in the year).   Funding for these 12 new boards came from a grant we applied for, and were awarded, by the The Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation earlier this year.

A few samples from last week’s distance art assignment with Mrs. Rafferty.

Back in the fall, our prek3 – 8th grade students all took part in planting bulbs around the school as part of their science lessons.  The bulbs…