As you know, Saint James School is Accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges, a distinction that ensures a school maintains high academic standards. Every 10 years, schools must go through the Accreditation process to keep this distinction. For Saint James School, this will occur next week.

This coming Sunday, SJS staff will be welcoming a team of 7 peers, from other member schools, to Saint James for the Accreditation process.  This team will be with us through Wednesday, October 21^st, studying all aspects of our school including our curriculum, facility, processes, and communication, to name a few. They will be visiting classrooms and will be interviewing select staff, students, and parents.  The faculty and staff at Saint James School have been working on getting ready for the Accreditation team’s visit for well over a year.

Should your child(ren) come home and discuss visitors at the school next week, please know this is who they will be referring to.  Also, please take a moment to welcome members of the Accreditation team to our school should you see them at dropoff, pick-up, aftercare, etc.

All students (K-8) and staff will be viewing the Wall that Heals on Wednesday, October 7th.  We will stand on the front lawn of the church to see the motorcade of motorcycles, the chief of police, and the wall.  If you do not want your child to attend, please send a note into school on Wednesday.

Please make sure your child has a coat or a sweater.

Please note, beginning with today’s dismissal, we are reversing the order of where students/parents line up in the gym, going back to how it was the first few days of school. The 8th grade students/parents will line up closest to the gym entrance, with Kindergarten over by the stage.  We have noticed that the older students are dismissing faster making it easier for them to be closest to the exit door.  We thank you again for your patience and understanding.

Mrs. Kanute would like to remind parents who are picking up students at the end of the school day to please enter and exit through the main gym doors.  For safety reasons, please do not exit through the rear doors of the gym.  Thank you again for all your patience and support with regards to this new pick-up procedure.

A Family Information Sheet, showing the contact information the school has listed for your family, will be coming home with your child today or tomorrow.  Please review, make any changes, and send back to the school the following day.