The 6th grade JV girls had another great game this past Saturday, beating St. Thomas by a wide margin. Congratulations to Samantha K for contributing 6 points; Makayla and Madigan for each scoring 5; Taylor, Gabby, and Nina had 4 points each; and Clara and Anya had 2 points each. The girls worked on passing and cutting and played phenomenal defense. Great job Sabers!
Saint James School will host a Middle School dance, next Friday – February 7th – from 7:00pm -9:30pm. Additional information and a permission slip will be sent out this week.
As a reminder, we will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week next week.
On Monday (1/27) we will attend church so all students should be in their regular uniform (no gym uniforms).
Tuesday: Sports-themed dress-down day
Thursday: Wacky-Tacky dress-down day
Friday: Blue & Gold/SJS Spiritwear dress-down day
Please join us on January 24th at 6:30pm for a fun-filled evening of art for the entire family! Our SJS Family Craft Night will be held in the cafeteria and hosted by Mrs. Rafferty. The cost is $10 per family to cover supplies and the project will be and ice skate as shown below. Please RSVP using THIS FORM.
Due to the preempting of Better Connecticut yesterday, the show with our segment is expected to air today at 4:00pm.
Please note that Mad Science will dismiss students in the Main Parking Lot between the Pre-K and the K-8 School. Please wait for your child in the lot and be sure to sign out with the instructor.
If you use the SJS aftercare program or have a child in our Pre-K and need a 2019 Tax Statement, please email Denise Mayo at dmayo@saintjamesschool.net and she will prepare one for you.
Our Journalism Club’s Student Newspaper will be sent home with students today. Thank you to all our Journalism Club members for their hard work on researching topics and pulling this all together. Great job Sabers!
The following notice is being sent to all schools in our division from the Chief Referee, Carlo Marotta:
As we approach the last month of this season I wanted to reach out to you all regarding officials’ expectations of our coaches and our fans. We have had a few more issues with coaches and fans this season than in previous years. My hope is that this message will help to reduce the frequency of these events. If you feel that this should be forwarded to your principals to help spread this message then please do so. Based on the observations and feedback that I have received from my officials. I have a few brief comments that I would like you to share with all of your coaches at every level.
Head Coaches: Let’s make sure that we are having healthy conversations with officials regarding plays. Make sure that your players and assistants are conducting themselves in a proper manner. Should play become intense: take measures to calm emotions, remove players or call timeouts to help settle down players.
Asst Coaches: We follow the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) rules. Asst coaches should be seated during play and should not be questioning officials or directing comments to them. I have asked our officials to strictly enforce this. Some officials may give a courtesy warning. Others may issue a technical foul at first occurrence. If an assistant coach is given a technical foul then the head coach must remain seated for the duration of the game.
Fans:
We have so many wonderful parents that support players, coaches and officials but there are some exceptions. We have issued many warnings to parents this year. We take the time to read the opening prayer but the message seems to be lost with some. In addition to critiquing the officiating of the games it seems that fans are taking on double duty and acting as coaches as well. Is this not confusing to players? Frustrating to coaches?
Here is an article that appeared in the January 18th edition of the New Britain Herald. Its interesting to read of a growing problem – not just in Connecticut but nationally as well.
Next Week, January 26th through February 1st, Saint James School will join other Catholic Schools across the nation in celebration of Catholic Schools Week.
Since 1974 Catholic Schools Week is a national celebration of Catholic education and an opportunity to recognize the importance, the value, and the contributions of Catholic education in our society.
Please see the attached flyer for all the exciting things happening this weekend and next week at SJS for Catholic School’s Week 2020, including some fun dress down days!