Best of luck to the members of our Cross Country team who will be competing at the Wickham Park Invitational this Saturday!
Many of our dedicated runners and coaches braved the rain on Thursday to get an additional practice in before tomorrow’s competition. Way to Go Sabers!
Below please find the October Saber Stories newsletter from Mrs. Zorger as well as the October events calendar and October lunch menu.
Father Marcin has awarded our students and staff a dress down day tomorrow – Friday, September 27th in celebration of his recent Distinguished Elementary School Pastor award from the Archdiocese of Hartford.
Please remember your student’s attire must adhere to our school’s dress down guidelines on page number 11 in the 2024-2025 Parent Student Handbook. This includes no ripped jeans, no sleeveless shirts/tank tops, no crop tops, no exposed undergarments, etc.
The Saint James School HSA has organized our first dine-out of the new school year, which will take place at Square Peg Pizza in Glastonbury this evening – Tuesday, September 24th. SJS families and friends are invited to enjoy dinner at Square Peg Pizza between the hours of 4:00pm – 8:00pm and 20% of the sale will be donated back to SJS. Please note, you must show the flyer below or mention you are with SJS for your purchase to be counted. Take-out is also included!
When looking at dates for October, please be sure the calendar you are using shows NO School on Thursday, October 10th – teachers will be at an offsite conference that day. The date of the conference was changed (from 10/3 to 10/10) in early June, so an updated calendar was published on 6.6.2024 (date is shown in red at the bottom right). Please be sure you are using the most recent calendar for days off and early dismissal: 2024-2025 One Page Calendar (Rev 6.6)
To view/order, please log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student’s ID number.
All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card.
If needed, the date for retakes at SJS is Wednesday, October 30th.
Our books arrived this morning!! The annual SJS Book Fair will be held at Saint James School next week in the school gymnasium! The book fair is a great way to encourage reading and build home libraries. It is also a great way to support our school as 50% of all purchases go directly to the school.
All students will have an opportunity to visit the book fair with their class. Younger students (preK-3rd) will first make a “Wish List” and then they will then have a secondary opportunity to visit the fair to purchase the items on their wish list. Students in Grades 4-8 will visit the fair one time to make purchases. **Please remember to send along a shopping bag for your child’s purchases.
eWallet
Students can make purchases at the fair via cash, check or eWallet. The eWallet option is a convenient option that avoids children having to carry money to school. We encourage you to sign up for eWallet by following this link.
PLEASE NOTE: Any unused funds from last year’s eWallets must be transferred to a NEW ewallet. You can do this by logging into your Scholastic account, adding a new eWallet and loading your unused funds onto the new eWallet.
Parent Shopping Hours
The book fair will be open for Parent Shopping Hours on Tuesday (10/1) and Wednesday (10/2) between 7:15-7:45am and 1:30-2:45pm. Parents who visit the fair will be able to enter a raffle so we encourage you to stop by! This will also give you the opportunity to purchase books for your child’s classroom teacher.
Our book fair is available online from 9/30 to 10/13 by clicking here. All books ordered online will be shipped directly to your home and any book-only orders of $25 or more will ship for free. Please do keep in mind that online orders earn 25% profit for the school, not the same 50% as purchases made in-person at our fair.
Volunteers for Thursday
Thank you to the many parents who have signed up to help at the book fair! We need a couple of parents on Thursday morning (10/3) from 9-11 to help pack up the fair. It goes very quickly and many hands make light work. If you are able to help out, please sign up here.
For families that ordered Cross Country Gear or general school spirit-wear back in late August/early September – items are in and will be sent home with students over the next few days. If the items are a surprise and you would like to arrange for pick-up, please reach out to Amy Guenther at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net. For families that requested postal delivery to their home, those items have already shipped to you.