Please note that due to tomorrow being an early dismissal day for us, we WILL have all of our buses tomorrow (no consolidated routes). If you normally pick your student(s) up on Wednesday afternoons due to the consolidated bus schedule, please be sure to let them know exactly how they are getting home tomorrow.
A STEM Club session will be held after school on Monday, March 28 for students in 4th grade. If your child would like to attend, please fill out the Permission Form below. There are a limited number of spaces so students will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis.
Another round of Covid test kits will be coming home with students today. Please be sure to grab it from your student’s backpack when they get home. Additional kits are available in the nurse’s office should you find yourself in need of a test for yourself/your children.
Also, Mrs. Vignati would like to remind families to please email or send in a picture of updated student Covid Vaccine Cards if/when students receive a booster or if/when they get the first two shots in the series.
As a reminder, there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow – Friday, March 18th – as our teachers will be at an offsite conference, hosted by the Archdiocese of Hartford.
Next week we will have 12:05pm dismissal days on March 23rd and March 24th for parent/teacher conferences. Aftercare will be in session on March 23rd and March 24th, however students will need to bring a lunch from home (no hot lunch is served on 12:05pm dismissal days).
If you have not signed up for a Spring conference and would like to do so, please do so by today: Spring 2022 Conference Sign Ups
Tomorrow – Thursday, March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day) – Saint James School students and staff may dress down in Green & White for a $1.00 donation. Money collected will be donated to Catholic Charities’ Family Literacy Program. Please note all standard dress down guidelines from the handbook apply to tomorrow’s Dress Down, including:
Parents will be called to bring a change of clothes if students are in dress down attire and school policies are not met.
Saint James School invites students in our K – 8 program to participate in the Knights of Columbus’ “Christ is Risen” poster contest. The contest is intended to make our youth think about the importance of the resurrection, to provide an opportunity for families to discuss the resurrection, and to provide students an opportunity through their artwork to express what they envision when they hear “Christ is Risen”.
Attached are copies of the Entry form and poster/student rules.
Christ is Risen contest Entry Form (must include with poster)
Posters are due to the SJS main office by March 17th.
A STEM Club session will be held after school on Monday, March 21 for students in 3rd grade. If your child would like to attend, please fill out the Permission Form below. There are a limited number of spaces so students will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis.