Boys 4th & 5th Basketball

Our 4th & 5th Grade Boys Intramural Basketball program wrapped up this past weekend with playoffs and a pizza party for players and their families. Congratulations to the SJS Blue team for taking 1st place this season, followed by SJS Red, SJS White, and the St. Bridget School team.

5th Grade Famous Person Reports

Last week SJS 5th graders handed in the final copy of their research report on a famous person along with conducting an oral presentation (in character) to their classmates.  After each presentation, audience members were able to pose questions.  Awesome job Sabers!!

Celebrating Read Across America

Today we celebrated Read Across America with special reading activities and a story-book character dress-up day for student in grades K-4.

Grade 4 Presidents Reports

Today our 4th graders completed their project on an assigned U.S. President, giving an oral presentation to their classmates along with a Google Slides presentation.  Adding to the fun was the "Secret Service detail" announcing each President's arrival in the morning and escorting the 4th graders around throughout the school day.

Ash Wednesday

This morning SJS K-8 students observed Ash Wednesday with a special prayer service in the school gymnasium. Special thanks to Father Jaime and our wonderful 6th grade readers for leading us in prayer.

Varsity Basketball Teams Play at ECHS

Another fun night for our varsity basketball teams on Thursday evening as our Sabers played sister school Saint Bridget at East Catholic High School.

Basketball "Senior" Night

We had a fun night celebrating our 8th grade varsity basketball players last night during our annual "senior night" games.  Both the boys and girls teams brought home a win last night versus St. John Paul II of Middletown. 

Interactive African Drum & Dance Performance

This morning our Pre-K3 through Grade 8 students enjoyed a fun, interactive African drum and dance performance with our own Mr. Carter (known professionally as Brother Al) and his friend, dancer Patricia Grant.

Congratulations Hand Writing Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Saint James School Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Contest (for Kindergarten – 5th grade). The 1st place winners will now be submitted to the State level:

Owl Pellets

SJS 3rd graders have been learning about small animals and habitats as part of their science lessons.  Today students dissected (sanitized) owl “pellets,” as part of their lessons on owls and what they eat.  Third graders are also currently working on their small animal research reports.

Pre-K4 Big School Fun

Today our Pre-K4 students had a blast playing in the "big school" gymnasium!  While they were at the K-8 school, our 4-year-olds also enjoyed a special story-time in the "big school" library with Mrs. Tierney.

It's Time to RSVP: SJS Roaring Twenties Gala!

Yesterday your student should have brought home an informational flyer and RSVP card for our upcoming ROARING TWENTIES GALA (please ensure they pass it along to you).

100th Day of School

The 100th Day of School of our 100th year of educating students at SJS is a pretty special milestone!

Collection for Little Sisters of the Poor

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Catholic Schools Week Collection for the Little Sisters of the Poor.  The Sisters who came by to collect items were so grateful for the wonderful generosity of our school community!

Blue & Gold Pep Rally

We closed out Catholic Schools Week on Friday with a blue & gold spirit day and fun afternoon pep rally, organized by the SJS Student Council. Go Sabers!

Field Trip to Kindergarten

This morning our Pre-K4 students enjoyed a visit to the "Big School" to see what Kindergarten is like!  Our Kindergarten students were so excited to be buddies to their younger peers!

Catholic Schools Week Mass

This morning we had a wonderful Mass with Father Marcin and Father Jaime to honor our volunteers and celebrate the special community we share here at Saint James School. 

Book & Art Club Fun

For yesterday's Book & Art Club, the group read the silly story “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow,” then made snowmen.  Here are a few pics from Mrs. Carpenter

100th Anniversary Shirt Day!

From Pre-K3 through 8th Grade - lots of school spirit today in our 100th Anniversary T-Shirts!