Below is the March Saber Stories Newsletter as well as the March Events Calendar and Lunch Menu.
Updated Calendar Page March 2025*
*Please remember that the Faculty Faith Conference that was originally scheduled for Friday, March 28th has been moved to Tuesday, April 1st. This means school IS in session on March 28th and students will be off from school on April 1st.
Lenten Rosary Club
We are excited to announce that our campus minister, Ms. Holmes, and parent volunteer, Mrs. Callahan, will be hosting a Lenten Rosary Club for students in 1st – 5th grade. The club will meet after school on select Thursdays until 3:15pm. If your students is interested, please return the form below with cash/check to the SJS main office. The club is limited to the first 20 students to submit their forms and fee to the office.
Mad Science
The current session of Mad Science will end on Thursday, March 13th. Saint James School will host another Mad Science session (for grades 1 & 2) beginning on Thursday, April 3rd. If your 1st or 2nd grade student(s) would like to participate, please see the flyer below for registration information. Space is limited.
SJS Mad Science Program Spring 2025
Chess Club
The current session of chess club will end next Wednesday, March 5th. A new session will begin on April 2nd. If your student would like to participate in the Spring chess club, please see the flyer below. Please note, space is limited so the submission of the completed permission slip to the SJS main office will secure your spot. If you choose to pay by Venmo or Zelle instead of check, please note you will also need to submit your permission slip to the SJS main office at the same time to secure the spot.
Soccer
Soccer forms and payment are due to the SJS main office by next Wednesday, March 5th.
The current session of chess club will end on Wednesday, March 5th. A new session will begin on April 2nd. If your student would like to participate in the Spring chess club, please see the flyer below. Please note, space is limited so the submission of the completed permission slip to the SJS main office will secure your spot. If you choose to pay by Venmo or Zelle instead of check, please note you will also need to submit your permission slip to the SJS main office at the same time to secure the spot.
Tomorrow is the RSVP deadline for next week’s Varsity Basketball Banquet.
Please join us in wishing good luck to the Saint James middle school robotics teams – all four of which earned a place in tomorrow’s state championship competition! The event will take place at Plainville Middle School.
Also, best wishes to both the SJS boys Varsity Gold and girls Varsity basketball teams on their first game of the state competition tomorrow at St. Paul Catholic High School. The girls will play at 11:30am and the boys game will begin at 1:00pm. All SJS families are welcome to attend to on our Sabers! The school is located at 1001 Stafford Avenue in Bristol.
Thank you to the families who signed up to assist with distributing Brian Bags. We do still have some remaining in the office if any additional families would like them. Please sign up on the sheet in the original post (HERE) and we will send those home with students on Monday. Any remaining bags will be passed along to the Knights of Columbus for distribution.
Our next Parish School Family Mass is scheduled for Sunday, March 16 at 5pm. We would love to have a student choir sing with the worship team again! A joint school choir rehearsal has been scheduled for Thursday, March 16 from 4:00pm-5:30pm at St. Bartholomew Church. If your student/s is/are in Grade 2 – Grade 8 and are interested in singing at that Mass, please fill out THIS FORM.
All families are invited to join us for a wonderful evening celebrating our Catholic schools!
This Friday will be our final SJS Ski Club of the season. Protocol for dropping off equipment at the gym entrance in the morning and parking for adults riding the bus in the afternoon will be the same as usual.
Just a reminder that we will have a 12:05pm dismissal this Wednesday for professional development. Aftercare will be in session. For students that ride the bus, we WILL have ALL of our buses this Wednesday due to our early dismissal.
There will be a session of STEM Club for students in Grade 4 on Monday, March 3. If your child would like to attend, please complete and return the attached permission form.