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…

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.

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?”

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!!

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…

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!! 

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…

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…

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.

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…