Tomorrow is the close of the Cherrydale Fundraiser.  Please send orders and money in with your students tomorrow if you have not already turned it in.  It is also the final “turn-in” day for the Be Authentic / Cowabunga student incentive prizes for the Fall Fundraiser.  A huge thank you to everyone who participated – your support makes a difference!

Please join us in welcoming two new members to our staff!

Mrs. Alicia Poth
Mrs. Poth will be joining our part-time teaching staff to assist with 4th & 5th grade technology and middle school STREAM.  Mrs. Poth, who has a Kindergartener, 3rd grader, and 5th grader at SJS holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from Penn State College of Medicine.  Prior to taking some time off to raise her children, Mrs. Poth conducted laboratory research at UMASS Medical School as well as teaching college-level Biology for many years.  Most recently, Mrs. Poth has spent several years as President of our Home & School Association and volunteers in numerous facets of the school community. 

Mrs. Tonya (Nia) Page-Richardson
Mrs. Page-Richardson will be joining our Pre-Kindergarten teaching team as a part-time teacher’s aide in the 3-year-old program.  A proud mother of a (newly enrolled) Saint James School 3rd grader, Mrs. Page-Richardson worked for many years in the NYC arts and cultural world before finding her true calling (and genuine love, she says) working as a Pre-Kindergarten teacher’s assistant at St. Mary Catholic School in Royal Oaks, Michigan where her daughter was a student.  The family relocated to the Glastonbury area this past summer when Mr. Richardson took over as department head for the Art and Art History program at UCONN.