Reminders: Parking, Morning Drop-off, & Afternoon Pick-Up
A few reminders to ensure the traffic flow around our school remains safe for our students and their families. Please be sure share this information with anyone who drops off or picks up your children.
* Do not park in the bus area (on Church street) at afternoon dismissal (from the corner of Oak Place up to Park Street) until all buses have left our campus (after 2:10pm)
* Please CAREFULLY watch the crossing guards on Park Street and drive slowly!!
* Do not, under any circumstances, block our neighbors’ driveways or park in the Otis Street condos parking lot.
* Pay attention to all NO PARKING signs and CONES around the school – these areas are off limits for a reason.
* Please remember the entire front of the school is for quick “drop and go” only from 7:30am – 7:50am. If your child needs a few extra minutes or if you wish to get out of the car with your child, please pull down the street past the Pre-K building to park.
The Map Below shows our Drop-and-Go areas for morning drop-off and areas that are available to park in the morning and afternoons.
Thank you again for your support of our school’s policies.
From our Tuition Manager
Parents,
Please take a moment to check your FACTS account and – if you have not done so already – please set up the AutoPay feature for the Incidental Billing account. This is the account that we use to bill for any expenses other than basic tuition (i.e. Chromebook insurance, aftercare, 2023-2024 registration deposit, summer camp, etc). You will always receive an email from FACTS notifying you when a charge is applied and when it will be withdrawn.
Should you have a problem setting up the AutoPay feature, you can contact FACTS at 1-866-441-4637 and they will be able to walk you through the process. Thank you
Soccer Practice Starts Tomorrow
We apologize for the short notice but we were just notified that the town has opened Charter Oak Field, which means our soccer teams are able to begin practice tomorrow evening (Wednesday, 4/5).
The schedule for tomorrow evening’s practices is as follows:
Grades 3 – 5 teams: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Grade 6 – 8 teams: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
The first round of games is scheduled for Saturday, April 15th. Go Sabers!
Hats Off To Reading Winners!
Congratulations to our 2023 Hats Off To Reading Contest Winners…
K – 2nd Grade Division: 1st grade won with 866 books read. The top reader was Madison Gallicchio
5th – 3rd Division: 3rd grade won with 349 books read. The top reader was Mari DuBaldo
Middle School Division: 7th grade won with 76 books read. The top reader was Shrika Gangireddy
Each winning grade earns a prize, as does the top reader from each division!
In total our K-8 students read 2,248 books during the month of March! Great job Sabers!
Tonight: Square Peg Pizza Dine-Out
Tonight -Tuesday, April 4th – SJS families and friends are invited to enjoy dinner at Square Peg Pizza in Glastonbury. Show the flyer below or mention you are with SJS and a percent of all sales between the hours of 4:00pm – 9:00pm will be donated back to SJS! Take-out is included!
Girl Scout Cookies
Saint James School’s K-2nd Grade Girl Scout Troop will be selling cookies at afternoon pick-up this Thursday (4/6) as well as Friday, April 21st and Friday April 28th. https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop10599-106?fpkp=1
HSA Meeting
The Saint James School HSA will hold its April meeting this evening at 6:00pm in the school cafeteria. We hope to see you there!
End of Year Updates/Reminders
The last day of the 2022-2023 school year for our 1st – 7th grade students is June 14th (reflecting our one snow day).
For all other grades, the last day of school will be as follows:
Grade 8 Graduation: June 2nd
Pre-K Stepping Up: June 9th
Kindergarten Celebration: June 13th
Additional details will be sent out via email as we get closer to these exciting milestones.
Please note that June 12th, 13th, and 14th will all be 12:05pm dismissal days (aftercare will be in session).
Last Call: Yearbook Orders
Today (Monday, 4/3) is the deadline to order. Please note that we will NOT be purchasing extra yearbooks for sale after today.
It is time to order your SJS 2022-2023 Yearbook!
Yearbooks can be ordered online by visiting YBpay.lifetouch.com. Our school code is 9708623.
Alternatively, you can print an order form and send payment (cash or check payable to St. James School) to the school office. Order form: 22-23 Yearbook Order Form
Books cost $25 each and will be handed out at the end of the school year. All orders are due by April 3. If you order multiple copies, the 1st copy is $25 and each additional book is $20. To receive this special discount, you must print an order form and send payment into the school office. The discount cannot be received online.
Please note: All 8th graders will receive a complimentary copy of the yearbook so there is no need to order one for your 8th grader.
