There will be an informational meeting for Grade 6-8 students interested in learning more about Student Council on Monday, September 30th. Please send a note from home on 9/30 if your student will be staying after school for this meeting. The meeting will conclude at 2:45pm.
The Saint James School 2019-2020 Basketball and Cheer season will begin in early October. Below is some important information for students in grades 4-8 wishing to participate:
Basketball
The following basketball Open Gym sessions have already been scheduled (additional Open Gyms will be communicated shortly):
GIRLS in grades 5 – 8: October 8th from 5:00pm – 7:00pm
BOYS in grades 7 & 8: October 8th from 7:00pm – 8:30pm
In order to participate, students must have their 2019-2020 Athletics Health Permission Form (signed by their doctor) on file with the school. No students will be able to participate in any Open Gyms or tryouts/practices without this form on file. (Students running Cross Country do not need to submit a new form).
The SJS Basketball Permission Slip and SJS Athlete Character Contract are due to the school by October 18th.
Basketball Parent Meetings will be held in the cafeteria on October 21st as follows:
Girls – 6:00pm
Boys – 7:00pm
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is open to girls in grades 4 – 8. The first practice will be Wednesday, October 16th from 5:45pm – 6:45pm in the school cafeteria. Practices will be on Wednesday evenings (5:45pm – 6:45pm) through early March. Cheerleaders will cheer at selected JV and Varsity games throughout the season (home and away).
In order to participate, students must submit the following to the school by October 15th:
2019-2020 Athletics Health Permission Form (signed by their doctor)
SJS Athlete Character Contract
Trunk or Treat will be here before you know it! The HSA is still in need of someone to Chair this event for our school (you will have plenty of helpers and guidance throughout the process).
Please email HSA president Jodi Talaga at jtalaga94@gmail.com if you are interested/able to help.
As a reminder, tomorrow – Thursday (9/26) – is a 12:05pm dismissal day. In addition, there is no school next Tuesday, October 1st, as all teachers will be at a Diocesan-wide professional learning conference.
NO Hot Lunch is served on 12:05pm dismissal days. If your child is going to aftercare tomorrow, they will need to bring a lunch from home.
If you would like to view and/or subscribe to just our days off (on your mobile device or desktop calendar) you can do so HERE. (See the bottom right corner for the subscribe button).
This evening, Wednesday, September 25th, we will host our annual Meet the Teachers Night for Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade families. Families with students in these grades are invited to drop in between the hours of 6:00pm and 7:30pm to chat with the teachers, check out the classroom, etc. Students (and siblings) are welcome to attend this event with their parents.
Please remember the Scholastic Book Fair opens in the “big school” gym for shopping at 6:00pm on this evening and will be open until 8:00pm.
Please note, 50% of book fair proceeds go towards purchasing new books for our school library and classrooms!
We look forward to seeing you!
Students in grades 6-8 will have band and lessons on THURSDAY this week, and Mr. Corcoran will see students in grades 4 & 5 on Friday.
As a reminder, tomorrow is the last day for the Scholastic book fair. Students may make last minute purchases first thing in the morning, then volunteers will be breaking everything down.
Our book fair will also be available ONLINE through 9/28: https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/parent-store-2.html?fairId=3978858.
All books ordered online will be shipped directly to your home and any book-only orders of $25 or more will ship for free. Please do keep in mind that online orders only earn 25% profit for the school, not the same 50% as purchases made in-person at our fair.
If you are dropping off a child in front of the school breezeway in the morning, please do not pull away WHILE watching your child walk into school. You need to be looking in front of you and closely watching the crossing guard (and the entire crosswalk area).
The crossing guard was in the crosswalk this morning and had a very close call with a parent’s car (due to them watching their child and not the road). Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happened. We really need everyone doing their part to ensure a safe start to our school day.
Also, as a reminder, we do not allow dogs on our property during morning drop-off and afternoon dismissal (even when we dismiss outside).
The safety of our students and families continues to be our number one priority. Thank you for your attention to these matters.
Please pass this information along to any family members/caregivers not in our email group but take part in dropping off or picking up.
Due to the overwhelming demand and remaining supply at the farm, we are closing out the Fall Mums Fundraiser effective immediately. Mum orders that were sent in this morning have been fulfilled, but new orders will no longer be accepted.
Botticello Farms recommends getting to the farm by the weekend to pick up your Mums for the best selection.
Thank you again to everyone who participated! We sold 240 Mums, which is $240 for our school. We look forward to doing this fundraiser again next year.
With the gym being set up for the Scholastic Book fair this week, afternoon dismissal of K – 8 students (“Walkers”) will be outside in the Pre-K parking lot today – Monday (9/23) – through Thursday (9/26). For families new to the K-8 program, outside dismissal is done the same as in the gym – with Kindergarten lining up by the grassy area and 8th grade closest to the street.
Please also note, you will be unable to park in the Pre-K area parking lot at pick-up for these four days.
Outside Dismissal has been added to the SJS APP Calendar. If you “subscribe” to our full events calendar, the outside dismissal note should automatically be added to your personal calendar for these 4 dates.