Another session of the Mad Science after school program (for students in grades 1 &2) will begin on April 4th and run on Thursdays after school until May 30th.

In this session, students will explore inertia, gravity and centripetal force by launching race cars and spinning bike wheels, and hurling ping-pong balls with rubber band powered catapults. Learn about tension and compression, experiment to see what the strongest shapes are, and even make an earthquake proof building from toothpicks and marshmallows.  View the flyer HERE (<— click to open).

If you would like to register, please use this link:  https://westnewengland.madscience.org/parents-details-a.aspx?regItemSessionID=392661

Our Parish will be hosting a special Mass for our two Consortium schools (Saint James & Saint Bridget) on Sunday, March 10th at 5:00pm at St. Bartholomew Church.  Students from both schools will serve as Readers, Greeters, Gift Bearers, and Altar Servers. We would love to have our school well represented at the Mass. If your student can help, please use the link below to sign up.

Please note, Readers must be Catholic and in grade 4 or higher; Altar Servers must have altar served at a Catholic Mass previously; Gift Bearers must be Catholic.  All are welcome to be Greeters.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A9AF2DAAF85-48106052-helpers#/

We are excited to announce a delicious way to support Saint James School – our annual Munson’s Chocolate Fundraiser, with delivery of goodies to SJS just in time for Easter!

Now through February 29th please visit https://www.munsonschocolates.com/online-fundraising/st-james-schoolct-2/ to order your favorite chocolate confections.  Once your order is placed online, please print a copy of the final order and send that into the SJS Main office with a check made out to “Saint James School HSA.”  (Munson’s does not have an online payment option at this time).

Please check totals carefully and include your child’s name/and homeroom teacher on all paperwork.

To help our fundraising efforts go even further, we hope you will share the link to our fundraising page with your family and friends!

If you would like to use a paper tally sheet to take orders before placing them online, you can find that here: Munson’s Tally Sheet

A printable version of items for sale and the costs can be viewed here: Munson’s Fundraiser Items

 Orders will be ready for pick up in the gymnasium at dismissal on Tuesday, March 26th.  We will send a reminder in the email blast as we approach that date.

If you have any questions, please contact Saint James School parent volunteer, Caitlin Dennehey at caitlinwlkr@gmail.com.

We appreciate your support!

 

As a reminder, our final Ski Club Trip is tomorrow (Friday, 2/23).

Please make sure your student has their blue Mt. Southington Ski Card in their ski jacket pocket before leaving the house tomorrow.  There is a $5 charge if they need to purchase a new one at the mountain.

For students taking the bus to Mount Southington, all of their ski/snowboard gear can be stored in the gym entrance until the end of the day.  Mrs. Guenther will open the GYM DOORS at 7:25am on Friday morning for you/your student to begin dropping items off.  Please do not unload skis/boards in the “drop and go” area unless it is before 7:30am.