ECHS Open House
East Catholic High School will hold their Open House event this Thursday, October 12th at 6:30pm for students currently in grades 7 & 8. To register to attend, please follow this link: https://forms.gle/j8wXvTyhx4v7y3CD7.
Wednesday Bus Update
As a reminder, buses are now combined on WEDNESDAY afternoons (only) due to the early dismissal schedule for MPS impacting bus availability.
Please note, Bus 27 and Bus 31 WILL continue to be combined on Wednesdays. Bus 27 stop times did not change; parents of riders on bus 31 were emailed an updated stop time from SJS this morning.
Bus 29 and 107 are still combined as one bus (#29). Stop times are the same as were emailed to parents last week
Bus 134 and 32 are still combined as one bus (#134); Stop times are the same as as were emailed to parents last week.
If your child should go to walkers instead of taking the bus home on Wednesdays, please email your child’s teacher this evening or notify the office in the morning.
VOTE for the SJS Scarecrow
The Saint James School Scarecrow is up on Main Street! Please help us with the Facebook Favorite competition by clicking this link and liking the picture our our scarecrow on the town’s Scarecrow Facebook Page. Prizes will ALSO be awarded for the winner of in-person voting – stop in and vote for SJS at: Retro Junk, Silk City Coffee, Work_Space, or The Firestone.
Grandparents’ Day @ SJS (Gr. K-5)
Saint James School is excited to celebrate and honor the Grandparents of our Kindergarten – 5th Grade students on October 27th! Please review all the details below and complete the RSVP form by Wednesday, October 18th; Guest and dismissal information provided via the RSVP form will be shared with teachers.
Guest Arrival
We will welcome all visitors with a special program in the Gym starting at 10:00am (Gym doors will be open at 9:45am). After the program, visitors will be guided to the classrooms to enjoy a special activity with their grandchildren. Please make sure visitor(s) know which teacher your child has. Also, please keep in mind when determining who to invite that our school has multiple stair levels and no elevators.
Guest Guidelines
While grandparents are our intended special guests for this day, if your K – 5 child does not have a grandparent that is able to join us, a special guest (NOT an SJS parent) is welcome to attend in place of the grandparents. With limited space in the classroom and the nature of the day, however, if grandparents will be attending please do not invite other individuals as well. Thank you for understanding.
Dismissal Info
October 27th is a 12:05pm dismissal day, however students may be dismissed with their grandparents when the classroom activities are complete (typically this is around 11:30am). There is a place in the RSVP form below to note if your student will be staying until 12:05pm or being dismissed early on this day. Older or younger siblings that are not part of this program may also be dismissed early on this day (please also provide this info in the form).
Grandparents Day RSVP & Dismissal Info Form
Please reach out to your child’s teacher with any questions.
No School Monday
As a reminder, there is no school this coming Monday, October 9th for Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day.
LAST CALL: Trunk or Treat/Fall Festival RSVPs
As a reminder, Fall Festival/Trunk or Treat RSVPs (and payment to the office if applicable) are due by this Friday (10/6)! Looks to be a great turnout so far, but would love to see a few more families sign up to decorate a trunk if you have the means to do so (since that is a big part of the event!). You can find all the details and RSVP info HERE.
Downtown Manchester SJS Scarecrow!
The Saint James School Scarecrow is up on Main Street – thank you to the McCarthy and O’Hara families for putting this together for us!
Voting will start next week both on Facebook and at various in-person locations. Prizes will be awarded for the winner in both of these categories, as well as a 3rd category of Judges’ choice. We will share additional voting details in our email blast next week.
XC Meet Cancelled
Saturday’s XC Meet at Wickham park is cancelled due to the forecasted rain.
Afternoon Pick-up Reminder
A gentle reminder that dogs are not permitted in the dismissal areas at afternoon pickup. This is for the general safety of everyone (including our furry friends). Thank you for sharing this with anyone that picks up your student(s).
Theatre Club Starts Tomorrow
Thank you to everyone who RSVP’d for the theater club by last Friday’s deadline. We had a LOT of interest, but thanks to a couple of extra parent volunteers who agreed to help out, Mr. Harris is going to take all of the students who had their paperwork in by the deadline.
Practices will start tomorrow – Wednesday, October 4th – right after school. Per our standard policy, students attending the Theatre Club tomorrow will need to provide their homeroom teacher with A NOTE FROM HOME stating they have permission to stay after on all Theatre Club Wednesdays.
Student pick-up is promptly at 3:30pm outside the school gymnasium (please do not buzz into the breezeway – wait until Mr. Harris opens the gym doors and dismisses your student to you). If your child will be going to aftercare after Theatre Club, please make sure you put that in the note.
Mr. Harris will be sending out an email to all participant parents this evening.
