Last Call for Ski Club
This Wednesday, December 17th is the deadline to register for the SJS 2026 Ski & Snowboard Club. Please see all the details in THIS INFORMATIONAL POST.
Reminder: Please Complete: All K-8 Parents
For K-8 Parents that missed this, please complete today.
Saint James School will dismiss at 11:00am on Tuesday, December 23rd due to conflicts with the public school schedule and our typical early dismissal time.
We will, however, still have our cafeteria staff with us on this day so we will be able to offer hot lunch at 11:00am for anyone going to aftercare.
If your student is NOT going to aftercare on 12/23 but does need to eat a school-provided lunch before dismissal, we plan to have the teacher aides pull just these select students out of class at 10:00am to eat. We realize that most students being picked up or taking the bus home at 11:00am will just eat lunch at home.
To help us with planning and to make this run as smooth as possible, we ask that all families in the K-8 program complete THIS FORM by Tuesday, December 16th.
Trimester 1 Report Cards
First trimester report cards will be sent home with students today (Friday). Parents/guardians must sign the orange envelope and have your child return it to school on Monday. The report card itself should stay at home (there’s no need to sign the report card, only the envelope).
Varsity Home Games Next Week
Congratulations to our 3 Varsity basketball teams on their wins last night – Boys Varsity Gold (8th grade) & Girls Varsity both beat Corpus Christi at Corpus, and the boys Varsity Blue (7th grade) beat St. John Paul on our home court. Great job Sabers!
On Tuesday, December 16th, our Boys Varsity Gold and our Girls Varsity team will play their first home games of the season. The girls play at 6:00pm and the boys at 7:15pm. Additionally, on Friday, December 19th, the the Girls Varsity team will play at SJS at 6:00pm followed by SJS Varsity Blue vs. SJS Varsity Gold at 7:15pm. Our cheerleaders will also be with us on Friday evening!
All Saber basketball fans are welcome to join us next week at any of our games!
Join us!! Catholic Schools’ Night at the Wolf Pack
Saint James School, and our sister school, Saint Bridget, have reserved a block of seats for Catholic School’s Night at the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday, January 24th at 7:30pm. You can view the informational flyer and purchase tickets using THIS LINK.
Please join us as we celebrate our Catholic community here in Manchester and beyond!
1) We have been invited to hold the big flag before the game! We need a minimum of 25 attendees (adults and students) to sign up for this. If you would like to participate in this special honor, please use this link: https://forms.gle/
2) It is Glow Night at the arena! Players will be wearing special edition glow in the dark uniforms, and the first 2,500 fans in attendance will receive glow sticks to help set the tone!
3) There will also be a post-game skate on the ice with the players after the game. Participants will need to bring their own skates and hold onto them during the duration of the game.
Important: 12:05pm Dismissal & No Aftercare Tomorrow
As noted on our December calendar page, tomorrow – Friday, December 12th – Saint James School has a 12:05pm dismissal day and there is NO AFTERCARE available. If your student normally goes to aftercare on Fridays, please be sure to make other arrangements as faculty and staff will be heading offsite for an event immediately following the 12:05pm dismissal. Thank you!
Reminder: Absence Policy & Extracurricular Activities
As a reminder from the school handbook, if a student is absent from school, he/she is not allowed to attend any school-related activity after school on that day, even if they were out for a reason other than illness. With basketball, for example, this means if a student is absent, they may not attend practices or games that evening – even just to observe. An absence is any day during which a student is not physically present in school.
Christmas Concert Tonight!
All of our performers did an outstanding job at this morning’s Christmas Concert! Tomorrow we will share some pictures.
Important reminders for this evening’s concert:
Band:
Band students should enter via the breezeway or main gym doors and report to the cafeteria between 6:00pm-6:15pm. Evening concert attire for band students is a black shirt and black dress pants (or girls can opt for a black skirt if it is knee length or longer). Red bow ties will be provided for the students to wear when they arrive.
4th Grade:
All 4th grade students should arrive between 6:00pm-6:15pm and report to the cafeteria; Attire for the evening performance is “Sunday Best” or “Holiday Best” (band students wear attire for band performers noted above). At the end of the concert teachers will bring students back to the gym for dismissal to their parents.
1st Grade:
All 1st grade students should arrive between 6:00pm-6:15pm and report to the breezeway, where a staff member will guide them to their classroom to prepare for the concert; Family members should proceed to the gym to find a seat. Attire for the evening performance is “Sunday Best” or “Holiday Best.” At the end of the concert please pick your student up in their 1st grade classroom.
