Congratulations to our 5th grade for winning the January Box Tops Dress Down contest! (The 5th Grade teachers will let you know when your dress down day will occur).
Our volunteers counted over 2,000 Box Tops this time around, which equates to $200 for our school!! Thank you for your participation!
Please keep collecting those Box Tops. We will be offering another Dress Down contest soon!
Happy New Year! Below please find a copy of the January 2018 Saber Stories Newsletter from Mrs. Zorger. Mrs. Zorger asks that you pay particular attention to the sections on parking and tardy arrivals.
Also below is the January 2018 Lunch Calendar (hard copies were sent home with students prior to Christmas break).
The Month of January is known as Catholic Schools Month. This is the time each year we recognize and honor all the wonderful qualities of Catholic Education. At the end of the month we will celebrate with some special events including our annual Saint James School Blue & Gold Pep Rally and an Open House for prospective families (more details to come soon!).
This is a great opportunity for you to talk to your children about why you chose a Catholic school for them and how fortunate they are to be part our the Saint James School community. Teachers will also be talking to students about this, and sharing their own reasons for choosing to teach in a Catholic school.
Please do not park in the space marked as “RESERVED” with two specific license plate numbers on it in the staff lot between the Main School and the Pre-Kindergarten facility. This spot was purchased by a school family during our 2017 Gala and is to be used ONLY by the person that purchased it. Thank you for your attention to this and for sharing this with any family members/friends that pick up your child/ren.
The 2017 Christmas Store has come to a close. We are pleased to announce that the new approach proved to be successful! A huge THANK YOU goes out to all the wonderful parents that volunteered for set up, shopping, and breakdown. We truly could not do it without you and are forever grateful for your time. We also would like to thank all the staff for their help and support of the event. We hope everyone enjoys your gifts! The students enjoyed their time shopping!
Due to the Christmas Store being set up in the gym, afternoon pickup will take place in the lot between the main school and the Pre-K facility today.
LAST CALL FOR A DRAMA CLUB COORDINATOR
We have had several volunteers to help but we do not have anyone to take the lead and organize the Drama Club for this school year. Please email Mrs. Zorger at bzorger@saintjamesschool.net if you are interested. If we do not have a lead for the group, we will be unable to have a production this year at our school.
As we begin the season of Advent we thought the following short article, containing ways to celebrate Advent at home, might be of interest to you: https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2017/11/six-ways-to-celebrate-advent-at-home/
There is also a good website called “The Best Advent Ever” from DynamicCatholic.com that you may wish to explore.
Wishing you and your family all the best this Advent season!
— The Staff and Administration at Saint James School
Parents are reminded to please send in a note, to the attention of your child’s teacher, when you are having them dismissed early for an appointment, etc. Thank you for your attention to this.
Please take a few moments to review the December Saber Stories newsletter from Mrs. Zorger (please note, there the addition of the Children’s Christmas Eve Mass on December 24th on the calendar section).