This Sunday, March 14th at 9:00am we will have our monthly Children’s Mass at St. James Church.
If you will not be attending Mass in person this weekend, please find below the link for St. James Parish’s Virtual Mass for this weekend: https://youtu.be/kH4YRgSmwxA
Thank you to the families that signed up thus far. Here is a reminder for other families that might be interested in participating:
As a faith-based community, Saint James School students and staff often use the power of prayer to support one another. To broaden the outreach of prayers and build up our support for each other here at SJS, we wish to invite your family to participate in a new program we are launching called Family Prayer Buddies. With this program, SJS families will be paired together and commit to praying for each other every day. Please complete the form below if you are interested in participating. You have the option to choose how much of your own family’s information you would like to share with your prayer buddy family (see form).
https://forms.gle/kmN14vx6yvKJ5v1z8
The Home & School Association has moved their virtual meeting to this coming Tuesday, March 9th at 6:00pm in hopes that more people can attend. The Zoom information is as follows:
Topic: SJS HSA Meeting
Time: Mar 9, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 722 618 3621
Passcode: yFD8fS
As a reminder, Saint James School will have early dismissal days (12:05pm) tomorrow – Wednesday, March 10th – and Thursday, March 11th. Students going to Aftercare on those days will need a lunch from home (no hot lunch is served on early dismissal days).
We are excited to announce that plans are underway for the 2021 Connecticut Catholic School Spring Soccer Season! The season will run from mid April through early June and will follow the CIAC Health and Safety Protocol for spring sports. Students in grades 3 – 8 are eligible to participate in the soccer program and no previous soccer experience is required.
Please note that students will need the 2020-2021 Athletics Health Permission Form completed and signed by their doctor in order to play (you may email Mrs. Sager in the front office – lsager@saintjamesschool.net – if you are unsure whether or not your child has a form on file this year).
If your child/ren is interested in playing soccer for SJS this year, please complete the attached form by Tuesday, March 9th. We are also in need of coaches and parent volunteers to oversee the students on the sidelines.
https://forms.gle/5hvJGA9Z6gJrnBrq6
For each remote learner in your family, please let us know if they will return to in-person learning on March 25th or if they will continue as a remote learner through the end of the year. Please respond either way (returning or not returning) by Tuesday, March 9th.
When using the drop-and-go line in the mornings, please ensure that you pay full attention when pulling back out into the flow of traffic.
* Please do not “watch” your child walking into the school while pulling out into traffic;
* Please use your blinker and take a moment to check your mirrors and surrounding area before pulling back into the road. Drivers in the street have the right of way.
There have been too many “close calls” recently and we need everyone to do their part to keep our parents and students healthy and safe.
Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 14-243. Starting or backing vehicle:
(a) No person shall move a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic, nor without signaling as provided by section 14-244.
(b) No person shall back a vehicle unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(c) Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction.
As you might recall, each year Saint James School hosts a “State of the School” meeting to talk about our school’s performance in critical areas and outline major initiatives. This year, due to the pandemic, we have put together the following informational State of the School video to share with our school community: https://youtu.be/MEAJKini8W4
Report Cards for the second trimester will be sent home with students today (remote learners will have report cards with their pick-up items this afternoon).
If you will not be attending Mass in person this weekend, please find below the link for St. James Parish’s Virtual Mass for this Sunday, March 7th, 2021.