Yard Goats Tickets
For anyone that ordered Yard Goat tickets, a Brightly Colored Envelope will be coming home through Kid Mail today, April 24th. Please be on the lookout for it.
STEM Club is full
Please note that the STEM club for 1st and 2nd graders on April 29 is full.
Lenten Rice Bowls Reminder
As a reminder, the Lenten Rice Bowls (through Catholic Relief Services) that were sent home with your child/ren at the start of Lent, are now due back. Here was the information originally sent out regarding this collection:
LENTEN RICE BOWLS
Members of the SJS Student Council visited the classrooms to discuss the Lenten Rice Bowl program through Catholic Relief Services and hand out information. During Lent it is our responsibility to give Alms, or raise money for charity. Children were given the option to earn money over the next several weeks to put in their Rice Bowl or perhaps sacrifice a small portion of money they have saved. After April Break, Student Council members will collect the bowls and tally the donations by homeroom. Additional information regarding the Lenten Rice Bowl program is included with what is being sent home today or you can visit www.crsricebowl.org for a complete overview of this initiative.
As always, we appreciate any support your family is able to provide.
Reminder: One Page Calendar for 2019-2020
Below is the our page calendar for the 2019-2020 school year. This calendar is considered preliminary as the Archdiocese of Hartford will be announcing 2 professional development dates and those dates still need to be added to the calendar as days off from school for students).
Instrumental Music & Spring Concert Notice
Our 2019 Spring Concert for families and friends will be held the evening of Wednesday, April 24th. Please note, all 3rd grade students as well as all of our band and choir students are expected to perform in the concert that evening (unless, of course, they are ill). For students that also play SJS soccer (which practices on Wednesday evenings), they WILL be excused from soccer practice that evening with no penalty.
It is not an option for our student performers to attend soccer practice over the evening concert.
Spring Uniform Begins Tomorrow (Tuesday)
As a reminder, Students may begin wearing their SPRING uniform tomorrow.
Foundation Golf Tournament Tee Signs For Sale
Lara Williams and Kathleen Ansaldi (SJS parents) will be selling Tee Signs this afternoon at Pick-Up to be displayed at the upcoming Saint James School Foundation Golf Tournament. Please see the flyer below for information.
SJS Water Bottles For Sale
Each year, the graduating class leaves a gift to the school to commemorate their years at SJS.
This year, the class of 2019 is hoping to donate money to purchase an Elkay water fountain/filtered bottle filling station which will be installed in our school’s gym. Since the cost of this gift exceeds what the parents are able to raise on their own, the school has approved for our 8th graders to sell SJS Water Bottles to help make up the difference.
Some of our 8th grade students and parents will be selling these SJS reusable water bottles for $10.00 each at afternoon pick-up on Tuesday, April 9th (please make sure you put your child’s name on it after purchasing if they will be bringing it to school). Please note there is a limited quantity available.
Due Wednesday: Mother/Daughter Tea
All SJS girls in PreK-Grade 8 should have received an invitation for Mother/Daughter Tea to be held on May 18, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm at Assumption Church Hall. RSVPs are due Wednesday. Please contact Kate Davis with any questions at 70greenbean@sbcglobal.net.
Young Woman’s Leadership Conference Opportunity
We received the following email that we thought may be of interest to parents of our middle school girls:
The Longman Leadership Institute would like to invite you to the (FREE) Evelyn B. Longman Leadership Conference 2019! Offered for middle school girls, it will be held at the Loomis Chaffee School on April 28, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. For more information, please click on the link below and register by April 19, 2019.
https://www.loomischaffee.org/page/longman-leadership-conference
