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!

 

On Tuesday, January 7th, Scot Haney from Channel 3 and a camera crew from the show “Better Connecticut” will be at Saint James School to tape a segment highlighting our school to air in late January!  We are very excited to have this opportunity to showcase all the wonderful and unique things about SJS to a wider audience.

Footage taken during the January 7th visit will also be used to produce television commercials that will air on Channel 3 and possibly select cable stations and online advertising as we promote our January 26th Prospective Family Open House and other Fall 2020 enrollment events.

If you do not want your child to be in any of the video footage taken, please complete THIS FORM and we will ensure they are not in any classrooms or areas where filming is occurring (please note, student names will NOT be used unless we specifically ask your permission).  Anyone that indicated “NO PHOTOS” for their child/ren on our school’s standard Photo Permissions form (completed when you registered for this school year) will automatically be excluded from the video footage.  Please reach out to our Advancement Director, Amy Guenther, at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net, with any questions.

Mr. Corcoran would like to remind parents that students in 4th & 5th grade will have instrumental music on this Thursday (January 2nd) when we return from break.