No School Monday
As a reminder, there is no school on Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Prospective Family Open House Events
Saint James School will host two Open House events during the month of January for prospective families and new students who may be considering SJS for the 2025-2026 school year.
The first will be an Open House for our Pre-Kindergarten program the evening of Thursday, January 23rd. This will be a drop-in event between the hours of 6:00pm and 7:30pm.
The second will be our annual Daytime Open House for grades K-8 during Catholic Schools Week. This will be held on Tuesday, January 28th and will begin with a presentation in the gym at 9:30am. If you know of anyone who may be considering Saint James School, please invite them to attend. Our Pre-K4 parents who wish to learn more about “the big school” are very welcome to attend as well!
Important note: We do require families to RSVP for our K – 8 open house. Please SHARE THIS LINK with families you may know who would like to attend.
For students currently in our Pre-K3 – 7th grade program, returning student registration forms will be emailed out on February 3rd. If your family has a NEW student that you would like to join us next year please complete our online application form through your FACTS family portal and/or reach out to Stephanie Holmes (if you have not already done so). New students will be considered for enrollment once the returning student registration period closes.
Thank you to everyone who has already liked, commented on, and/or shared our Open House post on Facebook and Instagram…. If you have not already done so, please take a few moments to do so now by clicking HERE for Facebook and HERE for Instagram to help us spread the word. Thank you!
There will be an evening Open House in March (pre-k through grade 8) for interested families that cannot attend in January. Of course, we also provide informational tours by appointment.
Please reach out to Ms. Holmes with admissions questions (Admissions@SaintTeresaCatholic.org).
Dine Out for SJS on Wednesday!
Mark your calendars for a dine-out at Shake Shack on Wednesday, January 22nd. Dine in or take out all day and 25% of your order will be donated back to Saint James School. Please see THIS FLYER for details – be sure to mention SJS donation day at the register when you check out!
Catholic Schools Week Mass Helpers
National Catholic Schools Week (CSW) is an annual celebration of Catholic education in our Country. During Catholic Schools week (which runs January 26th – February 1st) Catholic schools across the country will be celebrating and highlighting faith-based education in a variety of ways. Next week our full flyer of events for CSW will be sent home.
As part of the events, we are asking SJS students to represent our school by attending weekend Masses throughout the Parish in their school uniform. In addition, we are looking for TWO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES for select Masses occurring the weekend of the 25th & 26th to hand out a special gift from our school as parishioners enter or leave the Church. With them will be other student representatives, from our sister school St. Bridget (SJS student representatives in middle school will receive service hour credit).
If your child would like to help, please SIGN UP HERE. In addition to the two primary helpers, we are looking for one alternate for each Mass listed.
Student representatives and alternates should be in Grades 2 – 8, please.
Important: Calendar Change
The Catholic Educator’s Mass and Celebration originally scheduled for Friday, March 28th has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 1st due to a scheduling conflict. Therefore, we will have a full day of school on Friday, March 28, 2025, and there will be no school for students on Tuesday, April 1st, as our teachers will be attending the offsite conference.
Last Call: Catholic Schools Night at the Wolf Pack
The Archdiocese of Hartford is hosting a Catholic Schools Night at the Wolf Pack on January 25th. We have a block of tickets set aside for SJS (and our sister school SBS) families to reserve their spots using THIS LINK by January 15th at 5:00pm.
See the flyer below or click HERE for additional details:
Reminder: 12:05pm Dismissal Tomorrow
Just a reminder that tomorrow – Thursday, January 9th – is a 12:05pm dismissal day. Aftercare will be in session.
Ski Club Starts Friday
Ski Club begins on Friday, 1/10. For students taking the bus to Mount Southington, all of their ski/snowboard gear, attire, change of clothes/shoes, and extra “stuff” can be stored in the gym entrance until the end of the day. Mrs. Guenther will open the GYM DOORS at 7:25am on Friday morning for you/your student to begin dropping items off. Please do not unload skis/boards in the morning arrival “drop and go” area unless it is before 7:30am.
All ski club families should have received an informational email earlier this week. If you did not receive it, please reach out to the school.
