On Tuesday, January 7th, Scot Haney from Channel 3 and a camera crew from the show “Better Connecticut” will be at Saint James School to tape a segment highlighting our school to air in late January!  We are very excited to have this opportunity to showcase all the wonderful and unique things about SJS to a wider audience.

Footage taken during the January 7th visit will also be used to produce television commercials that will air on Channel 3 and possibly select cable stations and online advertising as we promote our January 26th Prospective Family Open House and other Fall 2020 enrollment events.

If you do not want your child to be in any of the video footage taken, please complete THIS FORM and we will ensure they are not in any classrooms or areas where filming is occurring (please note, student names will NOT be used unless we specifically ask your permission).  Anyone that indicated “NO PHOTOS” for their child/ren on our school’s standard Photo Permissions form (completed when you registered for this school year) will automatically be excluded from the video footage.  Please reach out to our Advancement Director, Amy Guenther, at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net, with any questions.

Mr. Corcoran would like to remind parents that students in 4th & 5th grade will have instrumental music on this Thursday (January 2nd) when we return from break.

 

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 2019 Annual Fund Campaign! To date, we have raised $37,802 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 replacing the roof on the school’s Pre-Kindergarten building, (pictured), which is over 50 years old!

Annual fund donations, which come directly to our school, 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 now the Pre-Kindergarten roof this coming summer. 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 2019 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.  Or, look for the donation card and reply envelope sent home with our Fall 2019 Community Newsletter.

Thank you again for all you do to support our great school!

Come join the fun and watch all 5 SJS Boys team participate in the Annual Christmas Jamboree at the Saint James School gym. Immediately following the 1:30 pm Varsity game all families are invited to stay for a party in the gym.  Jamboree schedule is below:

SJS Boys Christmas Jamboree:

12:15 pm   SJS Navy vs SJS JV  (12 minute half)

12:45 pm   SJS RED  vs SJS JV  (12 minute half)

1:30 pm     SJS Varsity Blue vs SJS Varsity Gold (Full game)

2:30 pm     Players and families invited to stay for party in Gym

The Chess Club session missed on December 3rd will now be held this Thursday, December 19th after school.  Please make arrangements with your student(s) accordingly.