Ski Club Make Up Policy
For ski club members that were unable to attend on certain dates, the following make-up policy now applies:
Starting Monday Feb 26, missed dates can be made up any Monday – Friday evening (3:00pm – 8:00pm) – up through the end of the season. Any lessons purchased unfortunately will be forfeited, but rental purchases will still be honored. Please note, you do NOT need to go to guest services about the make up, participants should have their Blue Card in their pocket when they arrive and it will automatically work on the lifts for the appropriate number of makeup sessions.
Once the mountain closes for the 2023-2024 season, all unused tickets will be forfeited.
Also, if your student may participate in ski club again next year, please have them KEEP THEIR BLUE CARD. The mountain said they may be able to reload them next year.
Reminder: Mass Helpers Needed
Our Parish will be hosting a special Mass for our two Consortium schools (Saint James & Saint Bridget) on Sunday, March 10th at 5:00pm at St. Bartholomew Church. Students from both schools will serve as Readers, Greeters, Gift Bearers, and Altar Servers. We would love to have our school well represented at the Mass. If your student can help, please use the link below to sign up.
Please note, Readers must be Catholic and in grade 4 or higher; Altar Servers must have altar served at a Catholic Mass previously; Gift Bearers must be Catholic. All are welcome to be Greeters.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A9AF2DAAF85-48106052-helpers#/
Show Your Stripes – Thursday – $1.00+ Dress Down
On Thursday February 29th, students and staff are invited to dress down in striped attire for $1.00+ donation (sent in with the student and given to the homeroom teacher on 2/29). Money collected will be donated to the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORA). Please note that tops and/or bottoms must have stripes and all standard dress down guidelines from our handbook apply.
A rare disorder is a disease or condition that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. Cumulatively, there are more than 10,000 rare diseases affecting more than 30 million Americans. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare diseases through education, advocacy, research, and service programs.
Ends Thursday: Munson’s Fundraiser
We are excited to announce a delicious way to support Saint James School – our annual Munson’s Chocolate Fundraiser, with delivery of goodies to SJS just in time for Easter!
Now through February 29th please visit https://www.munsonschocolates.com/online-fundraising/st-james-schoolct-2/ to order your favorite chocolate confections. Once your order is placed online, please print a copy of the final order and send that into the SJS Main office with a check made out to “Saint James School HSA.” (Munson’s does not have an online payment option at this time).
Please check totals carefully and include your child’s name/and homeroom teacher on all paperwork.
To help our fundraising efforts go even further, we hope you will share the link to our fundraising page with your family and friends!
If you would like to use a paper tally sheet to take orders before placing them online, you can find that here: Munson’s Tally Sheet
A printable version of items for sale and the costs can be viewed here: Munson’s Fundraiser Items
Orders will be ready for pick up in the gymnasium at dismissal on Tuesday, March 26th. We will send a reminder in the email blast as we approach that date.
If you have any questions, please contact Saint James School parent volunteer, Caitlin Dennehey at caitlinwlkr@gmail.com.
We appreciate your support!
Returning Student Registration
Thank you to all the families that completed the returning family registration process for the upcoming school year. If you have not had an opportunity to finish the steps in the re-enrollment portal yet and your child/ren will be returning to SJS for Fall 2024, we ask that you do that over the weekend so we may plan accordingly (reach out to Amy Guenther with any questions).
We will be starting new student admissions screenings, visits, and registration next week. If you know of any families that are interested in learning more about Saint James School for Fall 2024, please have them reach out to Amy Guenther.
Ski Club Tomorrow (Friday)
As a reminder, our final Ski Club Trip is tomorrow (Friday, 2/23).
Please make sure your student has their blue Mt. Southington Ski Card in their ski jacket pocket before leaving the house tomorrow. There is a $5 charge if they need to purchase a new one at the mountain.
For students taking the bus to Mount Southington, all of their ski/snowboard gear 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 “drop and go” area unless it is before 7:30am.
VFW Americana Contests
Our local VFW has shared the following Americana contests with us should your student(s) wish to participate:
Submissions will be judged at the local level first and sent on to the next level.
For the VFW Art Contest Submissions, please print and complete pages 2 & 3 of the link above and submit those to the SJS Main Office with the student’s entry by Monday, March 25th.
For the VFW Singing Contest, please print the 3rd page (page 2 is blank) and submit that to the SJS Main Office with a flash drive of your student’s performance by Monday, March 25th. If you would prefer to email the performance to the VFW, you can send it to Shirley McBride at the email address listed on the form. Please scan and send a copy of page 3 with the submission.
The prizes listed on the form are for winners at the national level, but prizes will be awarded at the local level as well.
Saint Luke Productions Presents
Several Parishes in the Archdiocese will be offering the Saint Luke Production of Tolton: From Slave to Priest (as you may recall this is the same production company that brought “Vianney” to our middle school students at the start of the year). If you would like more information on how to see this play, please see the flyer below and call the church with your date of interest.
