Grade 6 – 8 Parents: Chromebook Insurance

As a reminder, Chromebook insurance forms were due Friday.  No forms will be accepted after tomorrow – Tuesday, September 11th.

2018 Chromebook Care and Insurance

School Pictures

Individual and Class portraits will be taken this week as follows

Individual portraits for students in K – 3rd grade:   Tuesday, September 11th
Individual portraits for students in Pre-K & 4th – 8th Grade:   Wednesday, September 12th
Class Pictures:  Thursday, September 13th

There is no paperwork or money that you need to send in at this time.  You will receive proofs of the pictures with ordering information (for if you wish to order) about 4 weeks after picture day.

Individual portrait day (Tuesday or Wednesday depending on grade of your child) will be a dress-down (or dress-up!) day for (only) the grades having their picture taken.  Students should wear to school whatever you would like them to have their picture taken in.  They will wear this all day.  Please note the standard dress-down guidelines apply (please refer to the school handbook for questions).

Class picture day (Thursday) requires specific uniform attire (winter dress code):

Grades K-5 Girls:  Uniform skort with uniform polo and navy knee socks/tights (Please utilize Navy polo if possible)

Grades K-5 Boys: Uniform khaki pants with uniform polo (Navy polo if possible)

Grades 6-8 Girls: Uniform skort with uniform oxford and Navy Knee Socks/Tights

Grade 6-8 Boys: Uniform khaki pants with blue uniform oxford and tie

NEW: Attn Grade 6 – 8 Parents – Scholarship Opportunity

Lands’ End has established a scholarship program to assist middle and high school students, currently in grades 6-12, who are enrolled at one of Lands’ End Preferred schools (like Saint James School).  Applications will be accepted through 12:00 noon Central Time on December 7, 2018, or once the first 3,000 applications are received, whichever occurs first.

Details on the program can be found HERE

You can start an application HERE

 

Middle School Music Notice

Lessons and band will for grades 6-8 will meet tomorrow -Friday, September 7th.

Gym Uniforms Again Tomorrow – Thursday

All students may wear their GYM uniform AGAIN tomorrow (Thursday 9/6) due to the extreme heat once again forecast.  Please also ensure your child has a water bottle to use throughout the day tomorrow.

Instrumental Music Notices

Mr. Corcoran will hold a parent meeting at 6:30pm tonight (Wednesday 9/5) in the cafeteria for all new and interested band students (grades 4-8).

Lessons and band will be held tomorrow (Thursday, September 6th) for grades 4 and 5.   Lessons and band will for grades 6-8 will meet on Friday September 7th.

Cross Country On For Tomorrow

Cross Country will be held tomorrow (Thursday) for all participating students until 3:15pm.  If it is too hot to run, the students will have an informational meeting with the coach.

Please remember all required forms and the sports fee must have been turned in for your child to participate.

Attention Middle School Parents

Information on Chromebooks and Chromebook Insurance was sent home with your child yesterday (as well as the acceptable use contract which must be signed by the student and parent).

Forms are due back on Friday, September 7th.  Please make sure you download the information below or grab the hard copy sent home with your child.  There is a hard deadline purchasing insurance so please be sure to read the information and get your forms back asap.

2018 Chromebook Insurance Explained

2018 Chromebook Care and Insurance

 

Volunteers Needed: 2018 Scholastic Book Fair

Saint James School will be hosting the Annual Scholastic Book Fair from Monday, September 17 through Thursday, September 21.  The book fair will be open for students to shop during the school day and the evenings of 9/18 and 9/19 during “Meet the Teachers” Nights.  Proceeds from the book fair (50% of your purchase!!) go towards funding new books and equipment for the classrooms and the school library.

Volunteers are needed to help set-up/clean-up the book fair and to work at the fair: helping students make selections and serving as cashiers (must have completed VIRTUS and Background Check).  If you are able to help, please click Here to access the visit the Scholastic Book Fair Volunteer Link.  You will need to create an account if you don’t already have one and then proceed to register for a date and time period to help.  Any questions can be directed to our Book Fair Chair, Heather Meyer (grizmeyer@cox.net).

Any time you can give would be appreciated to help us make this year’s book fair another huge success.  Thank you!

BookFairVolunteer

 

Text Notifications For Closings/Early Dismissal/Delays

Due to the possibility that schools could close early for heat this week we want to remind parents that Saint James School follows “Manchester Public Schools” for closings, early dismissals, and delays.

For the quickest notification in these instances, please make sure you have signed up to receive text notifications (or email notifications if you prefer) from one of the local stations:  You can click HERE to sign up for alerts from NBC30 or HERE to sign up for alerts from WFSB Channel 3 (remember to choose “Manchester Public Schools”).

Please discuss with your child what they should do in the event of an early dismissal so they are prepared (take the bus, go to aftercare, etc.).

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