Box Tops Winner
Congratulations to our sixth grade on winning the October Box Tops contest with 754 Box Tops submitted! The students counted 4,247 total Box Tops yesterday so a huge thank you to everyone who sent them in! (1,239 Box Tops were collected over the past several months from Saint James Church).
Using CHET for Tuition
To anyone wishing to link a CHET account to FACTS for their tuition payments: The first step in the process is to contact your CHET account administrator and ask if they allow third party withdrawals. If they do, then ask them the procedure for doing this. If they don’t then you will have to withdraw the funds from your CHET account and place them in a checking or savings account for FACTS to withdraw your payments, if it is the same account that you are using now to make your tuition payments, you do not need to do anything else. If you are going to use a new account, you will need to log into your FACTS account and add the new account information for FACTS to use. If you wish to pay the entire amount owed on your tuition you may do so by sending me an email with the date you wish the funds to be withdrawn.
Should you have any further questions, please email them to me at dmayo@saintjamsschool.net .
Important Cross Country Notice
Congratulations to our Middle School Students advancing to the State XC Competition this weekend. In addition to today’s practice, there will be practice this coming Thursday at Wickham Park. Mrs. O’Neill is in need of parent volunteers to bring the students to Wickham after school. Please reach out to her if you can help.
All 5th grade runners and those not advancing to states must hand wash (and line dry) their uniform and return it to Mrs. O’Neill in a baggie (labeled with the child’s name) by the end of this week. Please remember there is a charge if the uniform is not returned to the school.
Important Reminders For Grandparents’ Day
As a reminder, guests coming to the school tomorrow for students in Kindergarten – 5th grade are asked to enter via the GYM. The doors will open at 9:45am.
Please remember to tell your visitor(s) which teacher(s) your child/ren have so that our volunteers can easily direct them to the correct classrooms following the assembly.
Grandparents WITH A HANDICAP PERMIT OR WITH SPECIAL PARKING NEEDS may park in the staff lot in front of the school breezeway. Please tell guests they can park in the Church lots and make them aware of the change in parking on OTIS street.
Middle school students can be dismissed anytime after 11:30am tomorrow to leave with a grandparent (or special guest) visiting a younger sibling, however a note must be sent to the teacher tomorrow regarding the special dismissal.
Grandparents of middle school students are welcome to come from 11:15 – 11:45am. They will enter via the main office entrance and volunteers will be on hand to help direct them to the appropriate Middle School classroom (please keep in mind that middle school classrooms are upstairs and we do not have elevators in our building). Please let them know that students will not be in their homeroom (and therefore they cannot go up) prior to 11:15am. A note must be sent to the teacher in the morning.
All K – 5th grade students should come in regular uniform tomorrow (no gym uniforms).
12:05PM Dismissal Tomorrow
For students not going home with a grandparent or special person tomorrow:
If your child will be going to aftercare, please remember they will need a lunch from home as no hot lunch is served on early dismissal days.
If your child is going to the walkers line for pickup, we will be OUTSIDE in the lot by the Pre-Kindergarten tomorrow for dismissal. The gym will be set up for a staff training session and will not be available for dismissal.
Cheerleading For 4th Grade Girls
We have several 5th – 8th grade students interested in Cheerleading for SJS (thank you to the parents that filled out our form!).
We are now looking to see how many 4th grade girls would be interested and available to participate on the squad. Fourth grade parents are asked to use the form below to let us know if your daughter would like to participate in Cheerleading for SJS and what their availability (right after school and on Saturdays) would be.
We also still need a few parent/grandparent volunteers who would be willing to assist the squad during after school practices and at games. You don’t have to have a daughter on the squad to help (our volunteer cheer coach has a 1st grader).
November Book & Art Club Update
Please note, the November 7th Book & Art club (for Grade 1 & 2) is Full.
There are still openings in the Grade 3 & 4 Book & Art Club that will be held on November 14th.
Book Art Club Permission Slip Nov 14th Gr 3 & 4
Band Notice
Students who participated in the Eastern Regional Band Concert should bring their instruments to school tomorrow for a special event with Mr. Corcoran.
Downtown Scarecrow Festival – We need your vote!
Show your SJS SPIRIT!! Our Scarecrow is up on Main Street! Now, we need your help to win! You can now vote for our scarecrow (Number 27 – “Mike & James”) at the following locations:
Mary Cheney Library, 586 Main St.
Silk City Coffee, 763 Main St.
Beller’s Music, 881 Main St.
Silk City Antiques, 845 Main St.
Sean’s Fine Jewelry, 713 Main St.
EM Dougan Art and Framing, 1071 Main St.
Please encourage everyone in your family to cast a vote!
There is also a second competition for the scarecrow that gets the most likes on the Downtown Manchester Scarecrow Festival Facebook Page. If you are on FB, please click the link below and give us a LIKE and Share!
Special thanks to Mrs. Piotrowski for spearheading this project for SJS and her team of 5th grade helpers including: Dillon D., Alivia R., Nora O., Gabrielle P., Rocky H., Mason P., Alex M., Maddie D, Lenox C. and William P. Also special thanks to Mrs. Scalese for helping with the installation.
Last year our SJS Scarecrow took 1st place in the People’s Choice awards and 2nd place in the Facebook Favorites Competition…Go Sabers!
