From the Nurse
During this busy cold and flu season, Mrs. Vignatti, our school nurse, asks that you please review the following reminders: Flu Season January 2020
Chess Club Starts Tomorrow
As a reminder, students that signed up and paid for the Winter Chess Club session, the clinic begins tomorrow after school and runs until 3:15pm. Please be sure to send a note in to the homeroom teacher notifying them if your child is attending. Pick-up for Chess Club students will be outside the breezeway (please DO NOT buzz in to the school).
There is still room to sign up if your child/ren is interested in participating.
JV Basketball Updates
This weekend our JV basketball teams each each added +1 to the win column, while continuing to make our community proud by displaying good sportsmanship and teamwork both on and off the court:
Our Girls 6th Grade JV team beat out Corpus Christi on Saturday with a score of 32 to 1. This brings the team’s record up to 3 to 2 for the season.
Our Boys 6th Grade JV team won against St. Christopher School, bringing their winning record to 4 to 1. Next up for the Boy’s 6th Grade JV is St. Gabriel’s (at St. Gabe’s) on Saturday morning.
And, our Girls 4th/5th Grade JV team enjoyed back to back weekends of wins as follows:
January 4th:
5th Grade: 20-10 Win over St. Paul
4th Grade: 24-8 Win over St. Thomas
January 11th:
5th grade: 14-4 Win over St. Mary’s of Simsbury
4th grade: 22-8 Win over St. Thomas
Girls Varsity Basketball Coach’s Update
From Coach Sarpu:
ST JAMES VARSITY GIRLS soundly defeated JP2 this past Friday 28-12 at the Xavier gym in Middletown. St James owned the boards as Gabby pulled down 14 with Alyssa Grabbing 20. Sammy and Shea combined for 16 steals while Allie added 5. Offensively, Alyssa led the team with 8 points followed by Shea 7 and Allie 5. Sarah, Sammy, Gabby, Aaliyah each had 1 hoop to round out the scoring. Sammy played well at point offering 4 assists while Allie added 2, with Brianna, Shea and Aaliyah having 1 per.
Games will get tougher going forward starting with this afternoon’s game with TWO RIVERS. The weekend will be very demanding as St Joseph’s of Bristol joined the MLK tournament along with a new haven team and a Waterbury team. The MLK event hosted by ST PAULS will have 8 girl’s varsity teams in total. The schedule will be available shortly………………but based on history it is likely we play 2 games on Saturday and if we get to the finals…that will be Monday. Sunday ( if we win 1 on Saturday ) should be after 1 but before 4.
Regarding our 3:30pm game today: Wear visiting color Blue. Try to arrive at 3-3:15…………GAME WILL START AT 3:30.
Snow Day/End of School Update
Mrs. Zorger would like to share a few updates to our June calendar, accounting for the two snow days we have had thus far:
As of right now, the last day of school for grades 1-8 will be June 11th. June 9th and 10th will be full days, and June 11th will be a 12:05pm dismissal (with aftercare in session for grades 1-7 students).
Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten ending dates have been adjusted as follows:
All Pre-K Last Day: Friday, June 5th
Pre-K 4&5 Year-Olds Stepping Up Ceremony: Monday, June 8th
Kindergarten Last Day: Tuesday, June 9th
Kindergarten Graduation: Wednesday, June 10th
Dates (with the exception of 8th grade graduation*) are still subject to change should we have any additional snow days. We are hoping to lock in the Pre-K and K graduation dates towards the end of February/early March so families can plan accordingly.
*8th Grade’s last day and graduation ceremony will remain on Friday, June 5th.
Reminder: First Penance/First Communion Meetings Next Week
As a reminder, Catholic students in 2nd grade (and above) are eligible to complete their First Penance & First Communion through Saint James School. Parent meetings will be held this coming Monday and Thursday evenings. Please click HERE to read the original notice and letter from Macy Jordan regarding baptism and sacraments that was sent out a few months back.
Mad Science is FULL
Please note, the Mad Science After School program is full and does have a wait list already.
Volunteer Reminder
In order to volunteer at Saint James School in ANY capacity, volunteers are required to have completed:
- A background check, and
2. Attended a VIRTUS Training Session
(please note, you only need to do this once – not every year).
If you would like to volunteer at SJS this year and have not completed these requirements please review the following:
To participate in a VIRTUS session, you must Pre-Register on the VIRTUS Site. To access the schedule of upcoming sessions and register to attend one, click HERE and select Hartford, CT (Archdiocese). There is an upcoming session at St. Bridget School here in Manchester on Monday and at St. Dunstan Church in Glastonbury on February 5th.
The background check form can be downloaded HERE or picked up at the SJS Main Office. Completed forms should be submitted to the SJS main office for processing.
