Pre-K4 Visits Kindergarten

Yesterday was Kindergarten Preview Day for our Pre-K4 students! In addition to visiting the Kindergarten classrooms, students visited the Innovation Lab, the Library, the Cafeteria, and the Gymnasium.
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Reminder: Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition

The Knights of Columbus will host their annual Free Throw Competition for boys and girls from the ages of 9 to 14 on Sunday, January 25th at 12:00pm.  The event will be held in the Saint Bridget School Gym, 74 Main Street, Manchester. 
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Ski & Snowboard Club 2026

The Saint James School Ski & Snowboard Club had a blast at their first outing of the season at Mount Southington Ski Area on Friday afternoon! We have over 60 students from grades 3 - 8 and about 25 parents...
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Christmas Anticipation Mass

Today our Kindergarten students joined us at Mass for the first time (great job 5th graders as their buddies!!) and we had an extra special guest visit us today!
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Holiday Bowl Winners

Congratulations to Ms. Boyle's 8th grade homeroom for winning the Middle School Holiday Bowl Volleyball Tournament this afternoon.
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Grade 2 Gingerbread Houses

Yesterday our 2nd graders participated in the much-loved, long-standing tradition of making gingerbread houses to bring home for Christmas. They also learned about the history of gingerbread and made a “blueprint” of their house before they started building. Great job Sabers!!
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Congratulations Poster Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Knights of Columbus 2025 Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest! The winners each received a Visa gift card, and their posters will now be submitted to the next level of competition
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Basketball Games Tomorrow Night

After two strong wins at home on Tuesday evening by our Girls Varsity and Boys Varsity Gold teams (both now 3 - 0), the Sabers will be back in action here at 73 Park Street tomorrow, Friday, December 19th.  The Girls Varsity team will play...
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Pre-K Grinch Day

Yesterday, our Pre-K students celebrated Grinch Day with plenty of Grinch-tastic fun! We enjoyed Grinch-themed crafts, learning centers, and special snacks. We talked about...
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#HourOfCode2025

Last week, Saint James School K – 8th grade students participated in the worldwide initiative, #HourOfCode2025, in honor of Computer Science Education Week. The theme this year was "Hour of AI" with the intention of helping students...
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Saint James School Honored as 2025 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

Recently the Council for American Private Education (CAPE) and the National Catholic Education Association announced that Saint James School was among this year’s final awardees for the 2025 Blue Ribbon Award for Academic Excellence. This national recognition is one of the most...
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23rd Annual SJS Tree of Blessings

Thank you to everyone purchased ornaments for the 2025 Saint James School Tree of Blessings.  This morning, immediately following our joyous 3rd week of Advent prayer service, members of the 8th grade class led the ceremony to honor and pray for the individuals listed on each ornament.
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Congratulations!

Congratulations to Saint James School 8th grader, Hudson P., on winning our local Knights of Columbus Essay contest!  The topic of the essay was, "Of the 267 Popes that have led the Catholic Church, who were your favorite three and why?"
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PJ Day For CCMC

Thank you to everyone who participated in our $1.00+ PJ/Comfy Clothes "Casual for a Cause" day yesterday. Together we raised over $700 to help support pediatric cancer research at CCMC. Great job Sabers!!
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Dr. Nancy Testa Visits SJS

Today we were delighted to welcome Dr. Nancy Testa, Assistant Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Hartford, for a visit to our campus!  A few classes also had the opportunity to...
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Christmas Concert Photos

Congratulations to all the performers at yesterday's daytime and evening Christmas Concerts.  What an amazing job by all three bands and our 1st and 4th grade students!! 
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Celebrating St. Nicholas Day

In keeping with tradition, our Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd Grade students left one shoe outside their classroom on Friday morning in celebration of St. Nicholas Day (Feast Day of St. Nicholas).  More commonly observed...
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SJS Christmas Store

Our students had so much fun at the SJS Christmas Store today shopping for their loved ones all on their own!  A huge THANK YOU to SJS parent volunteers Brittany Devanney and Kristin O’Hara for all their time and efforts organizing this event for our students.  Also...
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Mass of Thanksgiving

On Wednesday, our 1st - 8th grade students celebrated a special Mass of Thanksgiving with Father Marcin and seminarians, Alec and Daniel, who were back in Manchester for the holiday break.
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Thanksgiving Food Collection Thank You!

Thank you to all the SJS families who sent in donations for the MACC food pantry over the past two weeks. Your generosity will make a difference for so many this Thanksgiving!  And, thank you to...
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