No School Tomorrow
As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow – Friday, March 8th – as SJS staff will be at an offsite conference.
Spring Conference Sign Ups
As a reminder, Saint James School will have early dismissal days (12:05pm) March 20nd and March 21st for Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences. Spring Conferences are OPTIONAL. If you would like a conference with your child’s teacher, please use the links below to sign up. Please note, all parents should sign up with the child’s homeroom teacher, except middle school parents (6th – 8th grade). Middle school parents may select any ONE of their child’s teachers to sign up with.
Student Council To Meet Tomorrow
Due to Monday’s snow day, Student Council will meet tomorrow (Thursday) after school until 2:45pm. If your child can’t make this meeting due to the date change, please know that is okay.
Last Call: Soiree Basket Items Due Tomorrow
The due date for raffle baskets items (or cash to purchase items) has been moved to Thursday, March 7th. Thank you for your contribution to this important fundraising initiative.
Trimester II Ends Tomorrow
As a reminder, the second trimester ends tomorrow, Thursday, March 7th. Report cards will be sent home with students next Friday, March 15th.
Box Tops Winner
Congratulations to our latest winner of the Box Tops Dress Down Contest: Fifth grade with 498 Box Tops! The students counted 1,140 total Box Tops yesterday.
We will be counting for the last time this school year on April 30th.
Ash Wednesday Mass Tomorrow
Tomorrow (March 6th) students in grades K – 8 will attend Mass at Saint James Church at 9:15am for Ash Wednesday. All SJS Parents/Guardians/Grandparents are welcome attend the Mass (please sit in the back few rows of pews).
Please note, you do not need to be a member of Saint James Church or even a member of the Catholic faith to attend any Saint James School Masses. We would love to see you there!
For those that cannot make the school Mass, tomorrow’s Mass Schedule is below:
Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019 schedule:
St. James Church: 8am, 12:05pm, 7 pm
Assumption Church: 10am
Scripture reading with distribution of ashes:
Assumption Church: 5pm
Last Call: Charity Pictures
Please remember to send in pictures of you and your children participating in acts of charity (send them to info@saintjamesschool.net). We will be putting together a fun compilation to share with the Saint James Community.
HSA Meetings This Week
There will be an evening HSA meeting tonight (3/5), from 7:00-8:30pm in the school library and a morning meeting on Weds (3/6) from 8:00-9:15 in the lower church. Please attend whichever meeting best fits your schedule. We hope you can join us!
Varsity Gold Boys Advance to Championship Game
With their victory over St. Paul last Friday night, the boys Varsity Gold basketball team advanced to tonight’s Central CT Deanery Championship game at Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30PM. All SJS families are welcome to come out and cheer on our players!
