Please note that today or tomorrow your child(ren) will be bringing home a family contact/information sheet detailing your contact information as per our records. Please take a moment to look over the contact information, make any corrections, and return it to the school office. We thank you for your time and patience as we work to get our records up to date.
One of our South Windsor families is looking for another South Windsor family to carpool with. If you live in South Windsor and are interested in possibly developing a school carpool schedule with another local family, please contact Mrs. DelSignore in the main office at 860.643.5088 for more information.
A reminder for parents who are picking up students in the Saint James Church parking lot at the end of the day:
As always, the safety and well-being of our students is our number one priority. Therefore, we ask that all parents exit their cars and meet their child(ren) at the entrance to the parking lot so we can see who is going with whom.
In addition, no cars are to move from their parking spots until ALL children and parents are safely in their cars. A teacher will signal when it is appropriate to do so.
When it is time to exit the lot, remember to be courteous and respectful to your fellow SJS parents.
Your support of – and adherence to – these simple policies will ensure everyone goes home safe and happy.
We thank you for your support in this important matter.
Please take a moment to vote for Saint James School in Target’s Give With Target promotion and ask your family and friends to do the same! For every 25 votes, Target will send our school a $25 check that Mrs. Kanute can use for classroom supplies, etc.
Click Here To Vote! or visit http://givewith.target.com/
You can vote once a week until the contest ends! We are grateful for your support!
This back-to-school season, Target is again giving away $5 Million dollars to schools across the country. With your support, Saint James School can benefit from their generosity. All you need to do is be on Facebook and vote for our school through the Target page once a week (plus get your friends and family to do so too!). For every 25 likes our school gets through Target’s page, Target will donate $25 to our school!
You can vote once a week for the duration of the contest – which runs August 14th – September 21st (or until the $5 Million is given away).
We will send an e-mail next week with the contest link (as well as posting it on our Facebook page), so please keep an eye out. As always, Saint James School is grateful for your support!! A special thank you to Mrs. D for the heads up on this contest!
Attached is the link to the Monthly Events Calendar for the 2013-2014 School Year. Please note dates are subject to change based on weather, scheduling conflicts, etc. We will inform you of any changes via e-mail and/or written notice.
This document will be posted under the quick links section of our school website (yellow bars on the right) under “Calendars, Forms, & Docs.”
Lunch account statements will be coming home in the children’s folders today (negative balances) and tomorrow (all others). If your statement shows a negative balance, please note that you MUST pay your remaining balance by the beginning of the day MONDAY. If you currently have a negative balance, your child will not be able to buy hot lunch again until you have sent in money to cover the balance plus that current day’s lunch.
If your lunch account statement is positive, please make sure that you have enough money in your account to cover your child(ren)’s hot lunch purchases through the end of the school year. Children will not be allowed to purchase hot lunch unless they bring cash or have money in their account to cover the purchase.
If you have any questions about your lunch account statement, please contact Nancy – our cafeteria manager – by calling 860.643.5088 (press 5 on the main menu) during the hours of 8am-10:30am or after 1:00pm.
We thank you for your support and commitment to ensure sure all lunch accounts are paid in full by the end of the school year. As mentioned previously, the school is going to be billed for parent’s unpaid lunch account money and we need to take proactive steps to prevent this from happening. We are also continuing to work with the town of Manchester to try bringing our lunch account program online for parents to be able to access from home.
For those that didn’t see our post on Facebook this weekend, we are excited to announce that the Saint James School JV Amber (5th Grade) Soccer Team for won their league championship on Saturday – 2nd year in a row for these kids!
Also, a huge congratulations to their coach – Jon Sargent – for winning the league’s Coach Sportsmanship Award for adhering to the principals of “Character, Commitment, Fairness, and Christ” in his coaching. A well deserved award for both Jon and his team who really demonstrated model sportsmanship (along with our SJS parents) during the games and after their wins.
Way to go Sabers!!
Please note that the final box tops collection for the year will be tomorrow.
Dear Parents,
Dale Hoyt Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Hartford Archdiocese forwarded the following message to all Catholic school Principals today asking again for parent support with the Catholic School busing funding reduction. Please read below. Thank you.
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Dear Parents/Guardians of Catholic School Students in CT:
Please note that the Appropriations Committee reduced funding for Catholic school transportation (bus) services more than 70%. I need your support in contacting the Governor and key legislative leaders to reverse this reduction of funds.
We need to INCREASE OUR EFFORTS THIS WEEK by calling and stating the following:
Back in April the Connecticut General Assembly proposed a major reduction in state funding for Catholic school busing that many of us depend on to make our children’s attendance in a Catholic School in the State of Connecticut feasible. My name is _____________________ and I am a ( principal, parent, teacher, student, etc.,) at ____________________School in the Town of _________________ and I am asking Governor Malloy, Senators Don Williams, Martin Looney, and Toni Harp, as well as, Representatives Brendan Sharkey, Toni Walker, and Joe Aresimowicz to reverse the Appropriations Committee cuts to Catholic school bus transportation.
Use the listing to identify the appropriate key legislative leaders to contact at the following:
Governor Dannel Malloy
860-566-4840
Senator Don Williams, Senate President Senator Martin Looney, Majority Leader
860-240-8600 860-240-8600
Rep. Brendan Sharkey, House Speaker Rep. Joe Aresimowicz, House Majority Leader
860-240-8500 860-240-8500
Senator Toni Harp, Appropriations Committee Chair
860-240-8600
Rep. Toni Walker, Appropriations Committee Chair
860-240-8500
Peace and blessings-
Dale R. Hoyt, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Office of Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Hartford
860-242-4362