Concert at SJS Saturday & Instrumental Music News

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This Saturday at 1:00pm the Eastern Regional band will perform a free concert in our gym.  This band includes many Saint James School instrumental music students.  All Saint James School families are welcome to attend (Mr. Corcoran encourages all instrumental music students that are not performing tomorrow to still try to be there for the concert).

On Thursday October 24th the beginning band will put on a short performance for their parents and the 4th grade at 11:00am to demonstrate what they have learned so far (information on this was sent home with beginning band students).

On Friday October 25th the Advanced Band will perform for Grandparent’s Day.

Student Council

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Congratulations to our all our 2019-2020 Student Council members for doing a great job with their speeches on Wednesday!

Executive roles were voted on and awarded as follows:

President – David LaMonica
VP – Giovanni Esposito
Secretary – Molly Melia

And, Student Council Grade Representatives as follows:

6th Grade: Will Piotrowski
7th Grade: Michael Machewirth
8th Grade: Carson Herr

The first meeting for ALL student council members will be held this coming Monday after school until 2:45pm.

 

 

DUE Tomorrow: Grandparents’ and Special Persons’ Day RSVP Form

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On Friday, October 25, 2019, Saint James School will be celebrating Grandparents’ and Special Persons’ Day with our Kindergarten – 5th grade classes.

With limited space in the classroom and the nature of the day, if a grandparent is attending, that counts as your child’s guest.

If your K-5 child does not have a grandparent that is able to join us, a special guest (not a parent) is welcome to attend in place of a grandparent.  A special person is an aunt, uncle, or a friend of the family.

Please review all the details in the attached form and return it to your child’s homeroom teacher no later than Friday, October 18th.

GRANDPARENTS Day Permission Slip 2019

 

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!