Last night our school choir put on a wonderful performance at the Downtown Manchester Tree Lighting on the St. James Church lawn. It was great to see so many SJS families (even those that didn’t have students in the choir) come out to enjoy the festivities!
Congratulations to all the performers at last night’s SJS Christmas Concert on an exceptional performance! Here are a few pictures from last evening:
During the season of Advent, Christians across the globe prepare for and look forward to the coming of Christ. These weeks leading up to Christmas mark a special time at Saint James School as our students and staff spend time focusing on the true spirit of the season: hope, peace, joy, and love.
As always, we encourage our families to also look beyond the commercial craziness of preparing for Christmas and consider delving more into the Advent journey. Our religion series, Sadlier Religion, has put together a calendar of daily Advent activities that you can follow: Family Advent Calendar . Or, consider coming up with your own calendar of ideas that will get your family in the true Christmas spirit.
Should you wish to share pictures of your family participating in Advent-focused activities, please email them to aguenther@saintjamesschool.net and we will try to share them on our daily emails.
December 2, 2019: ALL SJS after-school activities are cancelled today including STEM club, student council, basketball, and extra help. Aftercare is closing at 3:00pm today.
This weekend, students that participated in the Polish Nativity Castle (“Szopka”) Club attended the 39th annual Szopka competition at the Polish Cultural Club in Hartford…
The Saint James School Varsity Girls took the lead directly off the opening tip and never looked back soundly defeating St. John Paul of Middletown 35 to 14 in front of a full home court crowd last night.
The scoring was spread out as 8 players hit at least one hoop. Alyssa and Allie led the team with 6 per while Sammy, Aaliyah, Gabby and Bella hit for 4 each. Maggie gathered 3 followed by Sarah with 2. Charlotte and Sammy led the team with 3 assists each while Shreya, Angie, and Allie each added 1. Alyssa and Gabby led the team in rebounds pulling down 9 and 8 respectively. Charlotte contributed with 5. Great defense by Allie with 5 steals followed by Angie’s 4. Maggie, Brianna and Sammy each added 3 steals to bring home a strong victory.
Great job Sabers!
Our Varsity Girls play again next Thursday (12/5) at ST PAUL at 6pm.
Our Kindergarten through 8th graders attended Mass at Saint James Church today in preparation for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Thank you to our 7th graders for hosting and to all our older students who served as “buddies” to the younger grades.
