JV Basketball

Congratulations to our JV Boys (6th Grade) Basketball team on their win at home on Wednesday evening against St. Gabriel.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is an afternoon of Basketball here at SJS and all families are welcome.

9:00am – Boys:  St. Bridget 4th & 5th grade vs SJS Blue (4th & 5th)

10:15am – Boys:  SJS White (4th & 5th) vs SJS Red (4th & 5th)

12:00pm – Boys:  SJS JV vs. Corpus JV A

3:30pm – Girls:  SJS JV B (4th & 5th) vs. St. Paul JV B

4:40pm – Girls:  SJS JV A (6th grade) vs. Corpus JV

Good Luck SABERS!!

Parking Reminder: Do Not Block Driveways

As a reminder, please do not block our neighbors’ driveways when dropping off in the morning or picking up in the afternoon – even if you are only planning to be there a few minutes.  We are fortunate to have a very good relationship with our neighbors but need each of our parents/guardians doing their part to help us maintain that. Thank you for your attention to this and sharing this information with anyone who drops off/picks up your student that may not be on our email.

Drama Club Starts Tomorrow

The first Drama Club Meeting (for students in grades 6 – 8 that registered to participate) will be held tomorrow after school until 4:30pm.  Please send a note in to the homeroom teacher so they know your student will be staying after school.

Please Join Us: SJS Volunteer Recognition

Volunteers play a critical role here at Saint James School. Volunteers run many of our fundraising events, social events, and classroom parties. In addition, our sports coaches are all volunteers, many of our after-school activities are run by volunteers, our Saint James School Council (and related committees) are all volunteers, along with the Saint James School Foundation members.  Volunteers provide countless hours tutoring students and helping with marketing-related duties. In short, volunteers play a very important role here at Saint James School!!

As such, one of our important activities during Catholic Schools Week (January 29th – February 4th) is to show our appreciation to our volunteers for their “Service” to Saint James School. This will be done with a special recognition for volunteers during our 9:00am Mass on Monday, January 30th.

Please join us so that all the students of Saint James School can see the faces of the dedicated parents and family members who donate their time and talents to helping making Saint James School such a wonderful place for our children to learn and grow.

Volunteers able to attend are asked to please complete the following form (link below) by Friday, January 20th.

VOLUNTEER RSVP FORM

 

Last Call! HSA Barre to Cocoa Bar Event

4th Grade STEM Club

STEM Club will be held on Monday, January 23 for students in Grade 4.  If your child would like to attend, please complete the permission form below.  Space is limited but any student who is not accepted this month will have priority next time.

STEM Club Permission Slip 012323

 

Tomorrow: MAP Testing

Tomorrow:

Please note that SJS 3rd – 8th grade students will take the next round of our new MAP Adaptive Assessments first thing in the morning tomorrow – Wednesday, January 18th.

 

Please pay particular attention to ensuring your child/ren get to bed on time the evening before each testing day and that they have a nutritious breakfast each morning.  Also, it is important that students get to school on time each day as testing will begin right after morning announcements.

Any student coming in tardy on a testing day will have to wait in the office until the testing period is over and will have to make up that test at another time.

If you would like to read the original announcement about this new testing program that was implemented this year at schools throughout the Archdiocese, you may do so HERE.

Thank you.

Reminder: Book & Art Club

For students that registered for the 3rd & 4th grade Book & Art club that was supposed to be held in December, please remember that the new date is this Thursday, January 19th.

UCONN Games

As a reminder for families that purchased tickets for Sunday’s UCONN basketball game and/or the game in February, tickets were sent home with students yesterday (Wednesday).  Please make sure you received them.

Also, please encourage your student to wear their 100th anniversary t-shirt (given out before Christmas break) to the game(s) to show their school spirit!

Ski/Snowboard Club Tomorrow (Friday)

We are hoping the weather will cooperate for tomorrow’s first outing for the SJS Ski & Snowboard Club.  It looks like the weather will clear in the afternoon, but please keep an eye on email in case plans do change and the mountain is unable to open.

For students/adults riding the bus to Mt. Southington, the gymnasium doors will be open at morning arrival for students to drop off their ski/snowboard equipment and bags with snowpants, helmets, gloves, etc.   Students will have an opportunity to change out of their uniform attire in the afternoon before boarding the bus.  Students will receive their lift tickets and rental agreements (where applicable) on the bus.  Please make sure your child has a note informing their teacher they will be going to ski club after school.

Also, please make sure you have reviewed the parent informational letter from Mr. Joyner that was emailed to parents of participants.