Room parents are beginning to collect items for the 2025 Class Baskets, which are raffled off as part of our annual Gala & Auction Fundraiser. If you haven’t yet received an informational email from your child’s room parent, you can expect to see it early this week. For those who aren’t familiar with this part of the Gala, click HERE to check out some of the fun baskets we’ve raffled off in previous years.

In addition to purchasing raffle tickets on the night of the Gala, tickets for the Class Baskets will also be available for sale during afternoon dismissal the week leading up to the event.  Even if you can’t attend the Gala on April 26th, you can still join in the fun and participate in the raffle!  Be sure to watch for the email blast with more details!

Basket items/money should be submitted to the classroom parent(s) by Friday, April 4th so they can make any purchases and assemble the final product.  Please reach out to your child’s classroom parent with questions.

Basket themes for this year are as follows:
Pre-K:   Barbie
K:           Lego
1st:        Cooking/Foodie
2nd:      Book Nook
3rd:       Pokemon and Game Night
4th:       Sports
5th:       Teen Dream
6th:       Spa
7th:       Gift Cards
8th:       Scratch Off

The Annual Saint James School Gala & Auction is always our largest fundraiser of the year.  We thank you for any support you can provide!!

In conjunction with SJS’s annual Hats Off To Reading contest, this year we are inviting students to bring in one new or gently used children’s book to be donated to the Manchester Women’s Club. This wonderful group of residents maintains the “Free Little Libraries” you may have seen throughout Manchester!

Every classroom has a collection basket for if your family would like to contribute.  The Manchester Women’s Club will pick up our donations at the end of the month to distribute across town.  For families who might be interested in donating larger quantities of books, you may do so by bringing them to the SJS main office or reaching out to our school librarian, Mrs. Tierney, at jtierney@saintjamesschool.net.

As a reminder, our second trimester will end tomorrow.  Report cards will be sent home with students on Friday, March 23rd.

The sign up links for spring conferences will be sent out in the email blast on Monday.

Our next School Family Parish Mass will be held this coming Sunday, March 16, at 5pm at St. Bartholomew Church.  All families are invited to join us for a wonderful evening celebrating our Catholic schools!

Each school year scoliosis screenings are conducted by the school nurse, with permission from a parent/guardian, for girls in grades 5 & 7 and boys in grade 8.

Yesterday Mrs. Pennington sent home the permission letters with students in these grades who have NOT already submitted an updated health physical form, showing a scoliosis screening was done within the past year.

If your child brought home a scoliosis screening letter, please complete the information – indicating whether or not you give permission for your student to be screened – and have your student return it to the school as soon as possible.

Please direct any questions to Mrs. Pennington at kpennington@mpspride.org, or 860.643.5088 option 4.