As a reminder, for students who are normally “in-person” learners, the option to switch to remote learning is reserved only for students who are going to be absent from school for a duration of time due to COVID-related reasons (showing symptoms, possible exposure, awaiting test results, quarantining due to travel, etc.).  A phone call to the school nurse should take place prior to the switch and the nurse will alert the teacher.

If a student is unable to come to school because they had a late night or a parent had car troubles (i.e. personal reasons), the student will be marked absent from school that day (just as they would have prior to this school year) and the work will be made up by the student the following day in school.  The time spent working through the nuances of remote learning for just one day takes away from class time and places an unfair burden on the teacher.

The original post stating the guidelines for remote learning, which has been sent out a few different times, can be found HERE.

As a reminder from last week, to assist us in our safety efforts here at school, we ask that you please do not allow your child/ren to climb/play in the snow banks on our playground areas at pick-up time.  Thank you.

This coming Wednesday, December 23rd is a 12:05pm dismissal day.  Due to a busing conflict, the town had originally stated that in order to accommodate us on this day, our bus students would have to be dismissed an hour early.  However, now that the public schools are fully remote, the buses can get our students at the regular 12:05pm dismissal time.

On December 7th, you should have received an email asking if your remote learner(s) will be returning to the classroom after Christmas break.  As a reminder, if you have not already completed the form, responses should be submitted by tomorrow Wednesday, December 14th.  As noted in the email, if you do not wish for your remote learner to return to the classroom in January, there will be another opportunity for them to return in March.  If you currently have a remote learner and did not receive the email, please reach out to aguenther@saintjamesschool.net for a copy (please check your SPAM folder first).

This Sunday, December 13th at 9:00am we will have our monthly Children’s Mass at St. James Church.  Eighth grade student Marco P. will be the reader for this Mass.  We hope to see you there!