Reminders from Mrs. Zorger regarding arrival and Dismissal, please share this with anyone picking up/dropping of your child/ren:

ARRIVAL
When bringing your children to school in the morning, you have two choices:

1) DROP & GO (K-8 ONLY)

*Please use the whole length of Park Street starting at the corner of Church St. and Park St. all the way until the entrance to our playground between the Pre-K building and main school building.

*You do not need to wait until you are in front of the breezeway for your children to exit the car. This will help with the flow.

*Remember this is a drop-off area, which means:
• only students are getting out of the car
• they do not need any assistance getting out of the car
• they have their backpacks and instruments with them- not in the trunk
• students are ready to get out of the car- they are done tying shoes, they are done with breakfast, etc.

2) PARKING

A second choice at drop-off is if you would like to stop your car and assist your child in getting out of the car, walk your child to the entrance of school, or your child is not ready to get out of the car. If this is the case, parking options are:
• The West side of Otis Street
• The North side of Park St. beginning from the Pre-Kindergarten building down to Chestnut St.
• St. James Church parking lot
• Our school playground lot between the Pre-K building and the Main school building.

 

DISMISSAL
At dismissal, we have a lot more cars trying to find parking since students need to be picked up by someone present at dismissal. Parking options are the same as above. This is the best time to use the St. James Church parking lot (no parking in St. Mary’s lot).

*If you are parking on the street, please pay attention to the parking signs – there are some that say no parking, some that designate times of no parking. There is no parking between the hours of 7-9 and 1-3 in front of the school, on Park Street, from the corner of Church St. and the playground entrance.

* If there is a cone placed on the side of the street, this is indicating a no parking, stopping, or waiting area. Please do not move the cone or pull up next to the cone to wait, drop-off, or pick-up.

In the past, our neighbors have asked us to please notify our families to not:
• Run-around their lawns and property at pick-up
• Block driveways during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.
• Block trash cans and recycle bins at the curb on Friday mornings (meaning the trash/recycles don’t get picked up); and
• Speed through area roads/not fully stopping at stop signs (specifically at Chestnut and Park Street, where students are out waiting for buses).

We have been notified by our neighbor, St. Mary’s Church, to remind our families to not use their parking lots. Parking in St. Mary’s parking lot at any time of day is not an option.

 

We appreciate everyone paying attention to these procedures. We have many students who arrive and are picked up by car. Please exhibit patience for the safety of our students. As always, we thank you for your efforts to make our school the best it can be.

Saint James School will again offer Chess Club on Tuesdays after school.  Attached is the informational flyer if your child/ren are interested in participating, please RSVP by January 13th (space is limited).

StJames Winter 2020 Chess Workshop Flyer

Volunteers play a critical role here at Saint James School. Volunteers run many of our fundraising events, social events, and classroom parties. In addition, our sports coaches are all volunteers, many of our after-school activities are run by volunteers, our Saint James School board (and related committees) are all volunteers, along with the Saint James School Foundation members.

Volunteers provide countless hours tutoring students and helping with marketing-related duties. In short, volunteers play a very important role here at Saint James School!!

As such, one of our important activities during Catholic Schools Week is to show our appreciation to our volunteers for their “Service” to Saint James School. This will be done with a special prayer for volunteers during our 9:15am Mass on Monday, January 27th, followed by a special reception in the lower church immediately following Mass.

Please join us so that all the students of Saint James School can see the faces of the dedicated parents and family members who donate their time and talents to helping making Saint James School such a wonderful place for our children to learn and grow.

If you will be attending the Mass and Reception, please return the form (link below) to the office by January 17th.

2020 Volunteer Response Form

The January sessions of STEM club are full for both Grades 1 & 2 and Grades 3 & 4.  You will be receiving a note home shortly letting you know whether or not your child will be able to attend.  Thank you!