We are excited to announce a couple of new additions to the Saint James School faculty and staff.

Mr. Carlos O’Neill will be joining us later this week as our new Spanish Teacher (Grades 3-8), replacing Senora Nixon who – as you may recall – retired in the Spring.  Mr. O’Neill has vast experience teaching Spanish and bilingual education in the Hartford, East Hartford, and Bloomfield public school systems.  He is a graduate of Mercy College in New York and has his Master’s of Education from UConn with a focus on second language and bilingualism.  He will start teaching Spanish classes this Friday.  We look forward to welcoming Mr. O’Neill to our school community!

Another new addition to our staff, beginning tomorrow, will be Ms. Sara Zukowski.  Ms. Zukowski will be filling in for Mrs. Sager as our front office secretary while Mrs. Sager remains on medical leave for a few more months.  Emails going to the main office should still be sent to lsager@saintjamesschool.net as this is the email Ms. Zukowski will be checking.

Thanks to a grant that has been extended to all of Manchester, students at Saint James School (1st – 8th grade) are now eligible to receive Hot Lunch each day at no charge.  This free hot lunch program is in effect until the end of this calendar year (Dec 31, 2020) OR until the funding runs out (whichever comes first).   In the event a student would like to purchase milk only or extra food items, normal charges will apply. 

For all new students and 1st grade students, you should have received an email with your child’s SJS hot lunch account number.  Students do NOT need to memorize this number.

Currently the cafeteria does NOT have water bottles for sale like we did last year, however our water bottle filling stations are working and can be used to fill a refillable bottle at appropriate times throughout the day.

This Sunday, September 13th at 9:00am, Saint James School will host our first children’s Mass of the new school year.  All Saint James School students and their parents are invited to attend in a show of support for our school!  One of our 8th grade students will be doing the readings.  Unfortunately, we won’t have students serving in other capacities at this time due to the current safety protocol.  Please remember masks are required in church.

Saint James School students are encouraged to wear their school uniforms.  This is a great way for the Saint James Church parishioners (many of whom very generously support our school) to see the exceptional students they are investing in.

All Saint James School families are welcome regardless of faith or home church.

Saint James School welcomes Mr. Tyler Lucey in the role of general music teacher (K-8).  Mr. Lucey has been teaching music and music theory at Soli Music in Essex Vermont since 2014.  His specialties in this capacity were guitar, voice, piano, ukulele, drums, and cello.  During this time, Mr. Lucey has also been involved in numerous other music programs including an after school program music with Burlington (VT) public schools.  We look forward to having Mr. Lucey on staff to share his knowledge and passion for music with our K-8 learners.

With the temperature expected to be quite warm again tomorrow all students are welcome to wear their GYM UNIFORM ATTIRE again tomorrow (Thursday).