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
Mrs. Kanute would like to remind families that if your child owes money to the Manchester Hot Lunch Program, the amount needs to be paid by tomorrow – Friday, May 31st – in order for them to purchase hot lunch during the month of June.
Parents who owe money will have received a call from the school yesterday and/or a statement sent home in their child’s folder highlighting the negative balance.
We have been told by the Town of Manchester that any money owed at the end of the school year must be paid for by the school. Therefore, during the month of June, any child purchasing lot lunch must have money in their account at school or bring cash to pay for that day’s lunch.
Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this matter.
Also, please remember that there is NO hot lunch or milk being served tomorrow (Friday) for the staff appreciation luncheon.
Thank you to all our parents who signed their children up to march in the Memorial Day Parade on behalf of Saint James School. With so many people traveling this weekend, we only had a few families RSVP so we have decided not to have Saint James School march this year.
Have a wonderful, safe Memorial Day Weekend and we’ll see you back in school on Tuesday. Please remember to take a moment to say a prayer for all those who have served our country.
Saint James School is pleased to announce the launch of our official Facebook page: Saint James School – Manchester, CT. Please take a moment to “like” us!
While we know it goes without saying, Saint James School has some basic rules that we ask all our “friends” to comply with.
First, please remember that the goal of our Facebook page is to help families (parents, alumni, relatives, prospective families) stay up to date with current events at SJS. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts, but please keep comments courteous and “family friendly.” Saint James School reserves the right to delete comments that are deemed (in our sole discretion) to be inappropriate or irrelevant.
Second, photographs of Saint James School activities may be uploaded to Facebook, but will not be “published” until we have reviewed them – ensuring that all students/people in the picture have provided consent to be included.
As always, we thank you for your support of our school! We look forward to “seeing” you on Facebook!
We are really hoping to have Saint James School represented again in this year’s Memorial Parade. We currently only have 2 families signed up – so in order to make this happen, we need your support! We are looking for student and parent volunteers to march with us in the parade on May 27th. Parents may bring wagons to pull younger children in if they wish. We would really like to have a number of our middle school students participate as well.
Please take a moment to check your schedule and send in a copy of the signed Memorial Parade Permission Slip (by Thursday) if you/your child(ren) will be able to join us next Monday.
If you have any questions, please contact Amy Guenther at 860.643.5088 (#6 on main menu) or at aguenther@saintjamesschool.net.
Thank you for helping Saint James School show our gratitude for the men and women who fought to make our Country great!!
Please be advised that tickets for the Drama Club performance of Pinocchio are only available at the door. We are not offering advance ticket sales this year.