Last Call: Middle School Robotics Club

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ALL PERMISSION SLIPS AND REQUESTED INFORMATION MUST BE IN BY TOMORROW (Friday 10/18) MORNING.

The SJS Middle School Robotics Club will be kicking off another fun year at the end of October. Open to middle school students (grades 6-8), the Robotics Club will meet select Mondays from 2:05pm until 4:00pm starting on October 28th, followed by November 18th, and December 9th (more dates to follow as the weeks progress).

This year, the Club will be led by parent volunteer Mr. Stefan Poth who works in engineering and is looking forward to sharing his knowledge with our group!

As in past years, we do have a limited number of spots available for our Robotics Club.  Please fill out the attached permission slip, have your child complete the requested essay information, and return everything to the SJS main office with the Robotics Club fee of $40 (Please make check out to “Saint James School”) to aid in purchasing supplies.

 

2019-2020 Robotics Club Permission Slip

6th Grade Boys Basketball Change

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Please note the 6th grade boys basketball Open Gym, originally scheduled for this Sunday, 10/20, has been rescheduled to The following Sunday, 10/27, at 3pm.   The website and SJS App calendars have been updated accordingly.

Dennis Uniform Sale

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Dennis Uniform is offering 20% off your purchase + free shipping on orders over $25 – online & in stores, October 17th – 19th, 2019.

BINGO Thank You!

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Thank you to our Home and School Association (particularly event chair Mrs. Miller) for hosting BINGO for kids in the cafeteria last night so parents could attend the special presentations taking place upstairs in the gym.

Online Safety Presentation and School Report

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A huge thank you to all the parents who came out last night for the 2019 State of the School Address.  Support from our parent community is one of the many reasons why SJS continues to be THE largest Catholic elementary/middle school in the Archdiocese of Hartford.  We are grateful to have so much positive news to share with our families.

Definitely the highlight of last night was the presentation from State Police Officer Kate Cummings.  It was quite eye-opening!

As a school resource officer, Trooper Cummings is with middle and high school kids on a daily basis and has had the opportunity to gather information through her work that even our most tech savvy parents among us were not aware of (never mind the rest of us).  For those that couldn’t make it, we found this web article from NBC that gives just a small snippet of what Trooper Cummings shared with us last night (understandably they did not want us to video the presentation so there could be open discussion, etc.).

Also joining us last night was Sargent Krawec from the Manchester Police.  Sargent Krawec specializes in technology-related and internet crimes right here in town.  We are very grateful to both Trooper Cummings and Sargent Krawec for volunteering their time last night to help us help our parents be more informed.

Please Vote: SJS Scarecrow

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The Saint James School Scarecrow is up on Main Street!  Please help us win the Viewers Choice and Facebook Favorite competitions by

1) Clicking this link and liking the picture our our scarecrow on the town’s Scarecrow Facebook Page.

2) Vote for our Scarecrow at any of the designated voting locations around town (in-person voting starts later this week and will include the Mary Cheney Library).

Online Safety Presentation & School Report Tonight

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Attention parents:

We have two very informative speakers joining us this evening to talk about online safety and talking to your kids about social media.  This presentation is something we felt could benefit every family right now and we are excited to be able to offer this for our school parents.

We will be running the state of the school presentation first at 6:00pm, followed by the presentation from State Police Officer Kate Cummings and Manchester Police Sargent Christina Krawec.  We hope to see you there!

Last Call: Cheerleading Forms

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Unfortunately, we do not seem to have enough interest in Cheerleading to hold this extracurricular activity this year.  If your daughter is interested in cheering but did not get the form in, please do so by tomorrow morning.  We will make a determination about the club if we see if there is any additional interest tomorrow.

Cheerleading is open to girls in grades 4 – 8.  The first practice will be Wednesday, October 16th from 5:45pm – 6:45pm in the school cafeteria.  Practices will be on Wednesday evenings (5:45pm – 6:45pm) through early March.  Cheerleaders will cheer at selected JV and Varsity games throughout the season (home and away).

In order to participate, students must submit the following to the school by October 15th:

2019-2020 Athletics Health Permission Form (signed by their doctor)

Cheerleading Permission Slip

SJS Athlete Character Contract

Progress Reports (Grades 4-8)

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Midterm progress checks were completed on Friday.  Any student in grades 4 – 8 whose grade is below a 70 in any subject will receive a notice home that needs to be signed and returned to the teacher.

If your child is above a 70 in all subjects, no Midterm Progress Report will come home.  Please use our GRADES ONLINE program if you wish to see a full report of their grades. You can find the link for Grades Online in our SJS App or at the bottom of our school’s website homepage.

Children’s Mass Thank You

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Thank you to everyone who came out for our SJS Children’s Mass on Sunday – what a great turnout!!  It was so nice to see so many families at Mass and downstairs socializing after.

Special thanks to all our student volunteers who served as greeters, gift bearers, altar servers, and of course our reader – Amelia who did a wonderful job.  The choir also sounded great in their first performance of the year.

If any other students in grades 2 and up would like to assist at the Monthly Mass (as a greeter or gift bearer), please reach out to parent volunteer coordinator Maria Modugno at modugnomc@cox.net.