Saint James School will be hosting the following “Open Gyms” for students who are FULLY-REGISTERED to play basketball this year.  If your student does NOT have their health form (in addition to registration form and appropriate fees) in to the office by the practice date, they cannot participate in Open Gym.

Saturday, November 13: Grade 4 Boys from 9am – 10am; Grade 5 boys from 10am – 11am

Monday, November 15th: Girls in Grades 6-8 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm;

Open Gym sessions are for students to practice their skills before the season officially begins.  Masks will be required and we ask that parents/adults do not enter the gym with students.

The Saint James School HSA (Home & School Association) will hold their monthly meeting this evening – Thursday, 11/11 – from 7:00-8:00pm in the school cafeteria.  We encourage all of our SJS parents/ grandparents to attend to learn about the many fun (and fundraising!) events that will be happening here at school over the next few months and throughout the year.

When you arrive at the school, please ring the buzzer at the breezeway doors and then head downstairs to the cafeteria.

If you would prefer to attend the meeting via Zoom, please use this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7226183621?pwd=a3NNd2F5SzFaNGlBMGU3RFFWUXFxdz09

Meeting ID: 722 618 3621
Passcode: yFD8fS

The agenda can be found HERE:  HSA Meeting Agenda Nov 11

All SJS students will need to bring a lunch and drink from home tomorrow, Thursday, November 11th.  Since MPS is not in session we will NOT have hot lunch/bagel/milk available to us.

As you may have read in last week’s email blast a member of our parent community, Gina (Cavallo) Clark, passed away unexpectedly last week. She has four boys who have grown up in Manchester, her oldest three children attended SJS and then Manchester HS; her youngest is currently a 4th grader here at Saint James School. The three oldest boys also lost their Dad about 7.5 years ago and are going to need a lot of support in the years ahead. As such, Gina’s friends have put together a fundraiser if anyone would like to participate.  Details from the organizers are below:

On Friday Nov 26th at 6:30pm there will be a fundraiser, “Community Blessings for Gina’s Boys,” at Manchester Country Club. Our hope is that you can help us raise as much money as possible to share with them and their family during this time of great need. Manchester CC and the Hollow Restaurant have generously waived all fees so the $25 ticket price goes directly into this fundraiser. We have created this web link for tickets to the event, a place to make Donations and Silent Auction Bidding for some great items for the cause donated from around the region. More items will be added to this website in the coming days. 100% of all funds raised will go to the Cavallo/Clark Boys.

Cavallo Family Fundraiser (auctria.com)

Please make sure that your child has at least one extra mask in their backpack each day when they come to school.  Thank you!