Last Call: Please Share Your Favorite Saint
As a reminder, we are collecting pictures of families/students with their favorite Saint. You can read more HERE.
Please email pictures to aguenther@saintjamesschool.net by the end of today.
Dennis Uniform Update
Dennis Uniform has announced that they are closing their Orange, Connecticut store effective Friday, December 18th and moving all inventory to their warehouse in Maryland. You will still be able to shop Dennis Uniform items online anytime, and live phone assistance will be available Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm (PST).
St. James Parish Virtual Mass
Below please find the link for the St. James Parish Virtual Mass for this coming weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kjY4DuVmDY
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dear Saint James School Families,
On behalf of the Saint James School staff and faculty, I want to wish all of our families a blessed Thanksgiving. We are thankful for you and the support you give to our school community!
As you celebrate Thanksgiving 2020, please keep in your prayers those that may be facing hardship during this holiday season, those who are serving our country and cannot be home with their families, and of course our health care workers who have faced unprecedented challenges this year.
Enjoy the long holiday weekend with your family and we will look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday, November 30th.
Peace and blessings,
Mrs. Zorger
Soiree Baskets
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Soiree Basket Drawing. If you received a prize, you will be receiving a call or an email from event chair, Kristin Miller.
12:05pm Dismissal Day Tomorrow (Wednesday)
As a reminder, we have a 12:05pm dismissal day tomorrow – Wednesday, November 25th. Any students going to Aftercare tomorrow will need a lunch from home (no hot lunch is served on early dismissal days).
Please note, the SJS main office will be closing at 1:00pm on Wednesday.
There is NO SCHOOL this Thursday and Friday (11/26, 11/27) for the Thanksgiving Recess.
School resumes on Monday, November 30th.
Fall 2020 Community Newsletter
Our Fall 2020 Community Newsletter, which we publish twice a year for our SJS families, alumni, parishioners, and other friends of our school, is being sent home with students today. If your student is a remote learner, you will be receiving the newsletter in the postal mail today or tomorrow.
2020 Annual Fund Update
As the calendar year draws to a close, we wish to extend a special Thank You to all the members of the Saint James community who have generously supported our 2020 Annual Fund Campaign! To date, we have raised $25,775 thanks to strong participation from our SJS parents, grandparents, alumni, parishioners, and other friends of the school.
As previously noted, this year’s donations are helping offset the substantial cost of modifications and purchases made to operate our school during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a recent purchase of specialized air purifiers being added to our classrooms to clean the air.
Annual fund donations have helped us make many critical improvements in recent years such as bright, energy-efficient windows in the majority of our school and new energy-efficient roofs over our classrooms, breezeway, gymnasium/cafeteria wing, and Pre-Kindergarten. The impact of these improvements on our school facility has been significant and we thank you for your support.
If you have not yet made a (tax-deductible) donation to the Saint James School 2020 Annual Fund Campaign, we hope that you will consider helping Saint James School stay strong for the future by making a contribution today. Every donation makes a difference!
Please visit www.saintjamesschool.net/annualfund for more information and to make an on-line donation.
Thank you again for all you do to support our great school!
Third Grade STEM Club
STEM Club for 3rd grade students will be held afterschool on Thursday, December 3. If your child would like to participate, please complete the form below. There are a limited number of spots for this session; students who are not accepted this month will be given priority for the next session.
Last Call! Soirée Basket Raffle Tickets
Tuesday is the last day to purchase!
As you may recall, just before we transitioned to remote learning last spring, we were days away from holding our Annual Soirée Fundraiser. We had already collected numerous donations of items and cash for the raffle baskets and many baskets were already put together. Since the HSA was unable to hold its largest fundraiser of the year, we are hoping to recapture some of those lost funds for our school by raffling off these amazing baskets!
In the link below you will find the information on the raffle – along with pictures of the items and baskets. Please help support our Saint James School Community by purchasing tickets – and, possibly win some awesome prizes in the process! If you have any questions, please contact parent volunteer Kristen Miller at kamiller1016@yahoo.com.
