The Catholic Educator’s Mass and Celebration originally scheduled for Friday, March 28th has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 1st due to a scheduling conflict. Therefore, we will have a full day of school on Friday, March 28, 2025, and there will be no school for students on Tuesday, April 1st, as our teachers will be attending the offsite conference.
The Archdiocese of Hartford is hosting a Catholic Schools Night at the Wolf Pack on January 25th. We have a block of tickets set aside for SJS (and our sister school SBS) families to reserve their spots using THIS LINK by January 15th at 5:00pm.
See the flyer below or click HERE for additional details:
Just a reminder that tomorrow – Thursday, January 9th – is a 12:05pm dismissal day. Aftercare will be in session.
Ski Club begins on Friday, 1/10. For students taking the bus to Mount Southington, all of their ski/snowboard gear, attire, change of clothes/shoes, and extra “stuff” can be stored in the gym entrance until the end of the day. Mrs. Guenther will open the GYM DOORS at 7:25am on Friday morning for you/your student to begin dropping items off. Please do not unload skis/boards in the morning arrival “drop and go” area unless it is before 7:30am.
All ski club families should have received an informational email earlier this week. If you did not receive it, please reach out to the school.
The Knights of Columbus will host their annual Free Throw Competition for boys and girls from the ages of 9 to 14 on Saturday, January 11th at 1:00pm. The even will be held in the Saint Bridget School Gym, 74 Main Street, Manchester. No registration is required, but please see the flyer below or click HERE for details.
Saint James School will host a STEM Explorations/LEGO building club after school on Tuesdays for SJS students in grades 2 – 4. The program cost is $160 for the 8-week program (February 4, 11, 25; March 4, 11, 25; April 1, 8; Make up day 4/29). To register your student(s) please follow this link: https://play-well-registration.com/registration/new/108741. We are excited to bring this new extra curricular offering to SJS for our students to enjoy!
Please note that SJS 3rd – 8th grade students will be doing the MAP Adaptive Assessments first thing in the morning tomorrow – Tuesday, January 7th. Please make sure your student is at school on time as we will begin right after announcements.
For middle school students – please make sure your child comes to school with their Chromebook fully charged tomorrow!!
There will be a session of STEM Club for students in Grade 3 on Monday, January 13. If your child would like to attend, please complete the permission form.
Don’t let your Christmas and New Year’s celebrations end after the school break is over! Let’s celebrate together at the next School Family Parish Mass on January 5th.
ALL students and their families are encouraged to attend, no matter your faith background or practices. These Masses are a wonderful way for the parish to promote its largest ministry, OUR SCHOOLS. Please see this flyer for details.
As a reminder for families that registered: Cooking Club starts after school this coming Monday (1/6), Chess Club and Crazy 8s begins on Wednesday (1/8), and Ski Club begins Friday (1/10).
Please remember to send a note (or email) to your child’s teacher stating that your student will be staying after and for which club. Please also indicate in that note if your student will be picked after their activity or should go to aftercare.
Crazy 8s ends at 3:00pm, Cooking Club & Chess Club end at 3:15pm. Pickup will be at the side door in the dismissal parking lot.
Additional details about Ski Club will be sent out early next week to participating families.
Mad Science begins on Thursday, January 16th.