Fundraiser Turn-In Day Tomorrow
As a reminder, tomorrow (Friday) is the 2nd STAMPEDE collectable turn-in day for the Cherrydale Fundraiser.
Last Call: Chromebook Insurance
As a reminder to Middle School Parents, Chromebook insurance forms were due to your child’s homeroom teacher by this Friday, September 6th. Late forms will NOT be accepted after tomorrow.
HSA (Home & School Association) Meetings
The HSA will hold its first meeting of the new school year TONIGHT, Thursday (9/12), from 7:00-8:00pm in the school cafeteria. We strongly encourage parents to attend to learn about the HSA and to hear about what events are upcoming in the next few months.
When you arrive at the school, please ring the buzzer at the breezeway doors and then head downstairs to the cafeteria.
If you cannot attend in the evening, there will also be a meeting on Friday, Sept 13 from 8:00am-9:00am in the lower church. This will be a very informal meeting so please feel free to bring along small children.
Ski Club Coordinator Needed
We are in need of a new Ski Club Coordinator for this school year. We just received the information from Mount Southington regarding the 2019-2020 ski season and need to start working on setting things up. Unfortunately, without a volunteer coordinator we will not be able to have this much-loved winter program for our students this year. If you are interested in helping, please contact Mrs. Zorger asap at bzorger@saintjamesschool.net.
Book Fair: Volunteers Needed
The HSA will be hosting the annual Scholastic Book Fair from Monday, September 23 through Thursday, September 26. The book fair will be open for students to shop during the school day and for parents to shop during the evenings of our “Meet the Teachers” nights. Proceeds from the book fair (up to 50% of your purchase!!) go towards funding new books and equipment for the classrooms and the school library.
Volunteers are needed to help set-up/clean-up the book fair and to work at the fair by helping students make selections and serving as cashiers. Please note that in order to volunteer you must have completed VIRTUS training and a Background Check. If you are able to help, please click HERE to access the Volunteer Sign Up. You will need to create an account if you don’t already have one and then proceed to register for a date and time period to help. Any questions can be directed to Alicia Poth (aliciapoth@gmail.com).
Any time you can give would be appreciated to help us make this year’s book fair another huge success. Thank you!
Saint James School is now on Instagram under sjsmanchesterct. Please be sure to follow us if you are on Instagram.
7th & 8th Grade Parents
You should have received an email from us this morning regarding the local Catholic High Schools. Please make sure you check your spam folders if you didn’t see it.
Reminder: Picture Days Next Week
Individual Pictures will be taken on Monday, September 16th. For students in grades K-8, this is considered a DRESS DOWN (or “Dress Up”) Day, where students will come to school in whatever you want their picture taken in. They will wear that attire for the entire school day. Please note all student attire must adhere to the Dress Down guidelines on page 11 of the school Handbook.
Class pictures are on Wednesday, September 18.
All K-8 students need to be in their formal Saint James School uniform on this date as follows:
K-5 Girls: Skort, polo, NAVY knee socks or tights
K-5 Boys: Long khaki pants, polo, socks (navy, black, or tan)
6-8 Girls: Skort, oxford, NAVY knee socks
6-8 Boys: Khaki long pants, oxford, tie, socks (navy, black, or tan)
*note: white socks are only a “fall/spring” uniform option
Acceptable Uniform Shoes (worn on Non-Gym Days)
Picture order forms have already been sent home with students. You can also order ONLINE this year by going to mylifetouch.com and entering our school ID: RI239204Q0 to set up your order.
With Lifetouch Pictures, your child’s school portrait can also be used to create fun photo gifts via Shutterfly. Please make these purchases using this link and 8% of the sale price will be donated back to Saint James School! http://saintjamesmanchester.shutterflystorefront.com/ (This link can be used to support SJS on ALL purchases through Shutterfly, not just school-picture related gifts).
Box Tops Winner
The winner for the first Box Tops/Dress Down contest of the year is 4th grade with a total of 560 Box Tops! Our middle school volunteers counted 2,760 total Box Tops yesterday (a total of $276 for our school!) which is great considering Box Tops has started the transition to a digital program. The 4th grade teachers will inform students as to when the dress down day will occur.
Please continue collecting and saving Box Tops (and remember to scan your receipts using the Box Tops App!). We will be counting again in early November.
Cross Country Calendar
The Cross Country schedule has been added to the SJS website. Runner families can “subscribe” to the Cross Country Calendar (if they do not already have it linked from last year) HERE.
