Saint James School is pleased to welcome Mrs. Andrea Rataic to the role of Teacher’s Aide in our Pre-Kindergarten 4-year-old program, taking over for Mrs. LaChance.
Mrs. Rataic has been a member of the Saint James School parent community for many years, joining us when her son Nick (now in middle school) entered our Pre-K program. She has been working as a substitute teacher at the K-8 school and is excited to be working with our youngest learners.
Please click on the link below to read an important letter from Mrs. Zorger:
This Friday, September 23rd – is the last day for Cherrydale Fundraiser orders to be placed, as well as our final “”Goatz” ticket turn-in day.
A huge thank you to everyone who participated – your support makes a difference!
The HSA will be hosting the annual Scholastic Book Fair the week of October 3rd. The book fair will be open for students to shop during the school day, with extended hours for parents to shop before/after school hours. Proceeds from the book fair (up to 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 by helping students make selections and serving as cashiers. Please note that in order to volunteer you must have completed the VIRTUS training and completed a Background Check. If you are able to help, please click HERE to access the Volunteer Sign Up. Any questions can be directed to event chair/parent volunteer Alicia Poth (aliciapoth@gmail.com).
Any time you can give would be appreciated to help us make this year’s book fair a huge success. Thank you!
As a reminder, class pictures will be taken TOMORROW – Wednesday (9/21). All K-8 students need to be in their formal/winter Saint James School uniform for class pictures.
K-5 Girls: Uniform Skort, Uniform polo, NAVY knee socks or tights
K-5 Boys: Uniform Khaki PANTS, Uniform polo, socks (navy, black, or tan)
6-8 Girls: Uniform Skort, Uniform oxford, NAVY knee socks or tights
6-8 Boys: Uniform Khaki PANTS, Uniform oxford, tie, socks (navy, black, or tan)
*note: white socks are only a “fall/spring” uniform option
Reminder: Acceptable Uniform Shoes must be worn (click to view)
What a wonderful weekend celebrating 100 years of Saint James School! To read the summary article about this weekend that was sent out earlier today, and view the picture galleries, please click HERE.
SJS would also like to thank Mrs. Freund, Mrs. Vassallo, and Mr. & Mrs. Vignati for cleaning up the flower beds around to the school at the end of August to get them back in tip-top shape for this year!
Please note that students in Grades 3 – 8 will take the preliminary MAP assessments on Tuesday – Thursday of this week. You may reference information about the MAP assessments HERE, in case you missed it in a prior email.
For students that take the school bus TO school in the mornings:
The town has notified us that morning stops will be 20 minutes EARLIER beginning Monday (9/19). Unfortunately, the buses are having trouble getting to their next route and need to adjust our schedule accordingly since we are the first pickup each day.
This change impacts:
Bus 27, 28, 29, and 31
Bus 32’s morning schedule will not change at this time.
Afternoon bus stop times will remain the same.
As a reminder, individual student portraits will be taken this coming Monday, September 19th. This is a dress down (or dress up!) day – please send your student to school on Monday in whatever attire you would like them to have their school picture taken in (must adhere to the dress down guidelines on page number 11 in the school school Handbook 2022-2023 Parent Student Handbook).
To order school pictures this year:
1) Send your picture order form (coming home with students this week) in to school with your child on Monday, or
2) Go ONLINE to mylifetouch.com and to set up your picture order (this must be done by Sunday evening). Please use picture id: EVT7ZZ37T
With Lifetouch Pictures, your child’s school portrait can also be used to create fun photo gifts via Shutterfly. Please make these purchases using this link and 8% of the sale price will be donated back to Saint James School! http://saintjamesmanchester.shutterflystorefront.com/ (This link can be used to support SJS on ALL purchases through Shutterfly, not just school-picture related gifts).
Please note all students photographed will receive a FREE class picture from Lifetouch.