The Saint James School HSA (Home & School Association) will hold their monthly meeting this evening – Thursday, 5/19 – from 7:00-8:00pm in the SJS Cafeteria. This will be the final meeting of the school year – we encourage all of our SJS parents/grandparents to attend to help brainstorm for next year (ring the breezeway buzzer when you arrive).
Attached is the updated 2022-2023 year-at-a-glance calendar reflecting the two Diocean-wide no school/professional development days of October 6th and March 24th. Please be sure you save this updated copy. Our website and SJS App calendar will also be updated to reflect next year’s schedule in the weeks ahead.
Online Registration is now ope
The Reilly Basketball Clinic sessions are filling up for the summer of 2022. The clinics are directed by Joe Reilly (Head Coach at Wesleyan University) and/or Luke Reilly (Head Coach at East Catholic High School). Our father started developing players through summer clinics 56 years ago and it is with great pride that we continue his legacy.
Half day sessions are offered at East Catholic High School in Manchester (boys grades 3-12) (girls sessions grades 2-8).
Half day sessions are offered at Corpus Christi School in Wethersfield (boys grades 2-6) (girls sessions grades 2-8).
Full day sessions are offered at Wesleyan University in Middletown (boys grades 3-9).
Please Register Early – Spots Fill Quickly – most sessions sold out last year!
For dates, additional details, and to register online visit us at: www.Reillybasketball.com
On Wednesday, May 18th, Saint James band students will perform in the school’s annual Spring Concert. There will be a daytime concert for the school community and an evening performance for families and friends. The evening performance begins at 6:00pm. Instrumental music students should arrive at 5:30pm. For both the daytime and the evening performances, students are asked to dress in the Red Future Musicians Shirts Mr. Corcoran gave them and their uniform bottoms.
The performances will take place in the back courtyard behind the school gymnasium. Parents and guests will need to bring chairs.
Performers will need to bring a chair, a music stand, their music and instrument.
Attached please find the RSVP Form for the upcoming Father/Daughter Dance (for Pre-K – Grade 8). Please send RSVP forms and ticket payment to the SJS Main office by Tuesday, May 17th.
If your child/ren will be using the SJS summer program, please note that the first payment will be withdrawn on June 3rd. If you will be making any changes to the weeks your child(ren) will attend, please give that information to Ms. Jean (jburdick@saintjamesschool.net) by May 18th.
There are still spots left in the program if you have not yet signed up.
Saint James School would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to all the families and organizations that participated in our 2022 Auction & Raffle Fundraiser. We were blown away by the generosity of our school community and in the end, we raised over $25,000 for our school! The breakdown was as follows:
Raffle Baskets – 8,010 tickets sold and a total raised of $6,360!
Auction – $16,852
Sponsorships – $2,100
Raffle basket winners have all been contacted. Thank you to the SJS Staff members that were recruited today to pull the tickets for us. Winners should coordinate with Amy Guenther (aguenther@saintjamesschool.net) on a time to pick-up their items (some items can be sent home with students if requested).
We recently shared that our school nurse, Mrs. Vignati, will be retiring from SJS at the end of this year after 16 years of service to our school community. With her retirement, we are pleased to welcome into the position of Saint James School Nurse – Mrs. Kathryn Pennington.
Mrs. Pennington, who is herself a graduate of Saint James School, has been in nursing since 2004, working in a hospital setting as a psychiatric nurse before transitioning to a school nurse position (at an alternative school) approximately 7 years ago. Mrs. Pennington has two daughters – Rylie, a 3rd grader here at Saint James School, and 9 month old Morgan Grace. As part of the transition process, Mrs. Pennington will be visiting the various classrooms in the weeks ahead to introduce herself to our students.
Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Pennington to the Saint James School staff!
Below is the published soccer schedule for Saturday, May 14th
Varsity
8th Grade (Gold) – Charter Oak Field 3 at 9:30am
7th Grade (Blue) – Charter Oak Field 3 at 11:00am
6th Grade (Cobalt) – Charter Oak Field 2 at 8:00am
JV
5th Grade (Royal) – Charter Oak Field 2 at 11:00am
5th Grade (Royal) – Charter Oak Field 2 at 12:15am
4th Grade (White) – Charter Oak Field 1 at 9:30am
4th Grade (White) – Charter Oak Field 1 at 10:15am
3rd Grade (Pearl) – Charter Oak Field 1 at 9:30am
3rd Grade (Pearl) – Charter Oak Field 4 at 10:15am
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Raffle portion of our SJS Spring Auction & Raffle Fundraiser. We are currently in the process of generating the tickets and sorting them according to each family’s request. Tomorrow (Friday, 5/13) during the school day will be pulling the tickets and winners will be contacted late tomorrow afternoon to arrange pick-up.
Good luck everyone!!