Today we conducted our first fire drill of the new school year.  Following our established protocol, which had already been reviewed with students as part of our back-to-school routine, we are pleased to share that all classrooms were evacuated to their designated locations within a matter of minutes.  Additionally, our protocol of utilizing color-coded signs and the classroom walkie-talkies allowed us to quickly determine that all Saint James School students and staff had safely exited the building.

The safety and well-being of every student entrusted to our care is at the forefront of everything we do here at SJS.  We wanted to bring today’s drill to your attention should you wish to discuss it with your student(s) and perhaps also take this opportunity to remind your children of evacuation plans within your own household.  We will practice fire drills occasionally throughout the year.

If there was a true emergency at Saint James School, our new emergency response notification system would be utilized to reach out to parents and guardians.

If your student (K-8) is buying hot lunch at school, please be sure you are funding their lunch account.  You can do this through the EZSchoolPay App or by sending in cash or a check (checks for hot lunch must be made out to Manchester Public Schools).  Please be sure any envelopes sent with money are labeled with your child’s name.

Attention Pre-K3 through Grade 8 families: 

Thank you to everyone who has helped get our fundraiser off to a strong start by registering their student and sending support invitations to friends & family around the country!!  This Friday is our first WILD THINGZ Turn in day!

If you have not already done so, we hope you will sign up to participate in our fundraiser by registering your student(s) here:  https://www.shopfund.com/parentregister.  Once you sign up, complete the DUNK Collectible Coupon on the fundraiser packet envelope and send that in with your student on Friday.  Each student that gets registered will be entered to win from over 1,000 different prizes including Apple Air Pods, MacBook Pros, Visa Gift Card, a Disney Vacation and more. 

Additionally, if your student has sold 2 or more fundraiser items so far, clip the appropriate tickets from THIS PAGE in the Cherrydale packet and send it in with your student on Friday morning (please put it in a baggie or envelope labeled with their name).

All sales are done online at ShopFund.com. 

A fun video with all the Jungle friends can be viewed HERE.

While all our school fundraisers are optional, our Cherrydale fundraiser is typically one of our most successful with a large percentage of sales coming back to our school.  We certainly appreciate your participation when possible!  If you have any questions, please contact the school office or email our parent volunteer coordinator for this fundraiser, Kate Davis, at 70greenbean@sbcglobal.net.

Please remember that families are able to pull into the big parking lot (between the big school and the Pre-K building) this year at MORNING ARRIVAL (only).  If you opt to park on the street, please do not block that parking lot with your car.

For dismissal, all families will need to park on the street in a permitted spot.  Please take care not to block any of our neighbors’ driveways with your car.

Thank you!!