1st Grade STEM Club
There will be a session of STEM Club for students in Grade 1 after school on Monday, November 9. If your child would like to attend, please complete and return the permission form.
Cheer Begins Tomorrow
As a reminder, our SJS Cheerleaders will have their first practice after school tomorrow (Wednesday, 11/4) until 3:30pm. Please be sure your student has a note from home to stay after.
Last XC Practice Tomorrow & Banquet 11/17
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/3) our students will have their last cross country practice of the season after school. Please note that, in keeping with tradition, students will run to DQ for ice cream and will need to be picked up there and brought back to SJS to get their stuff.
We are excited for our runners that have been selected to run in the CT State Middle School XC Championships this upcoming Saturday (11/7) at Wickham Park.
Our end-of-year banquet for runners and coaches will be held at school on November 17th during lunch. Pizza and drinks will be provided. On the day of the banquet, runners should wear their XC uniform top with their gym shirt under it, and their navy gym sweatpants to school.
After 11/17, please wash your student’s uniform and return it to the school in an baggie labeled with the runner’s name.
A huge Thank You to SJS Middle School teacher Mr. Conlin for running this program for our students this year and to our awesome parent volunteers (who we would not have been able to have this extracurricular without): Brian Lysik, Ashley Gurzler, Elisa Zaleski, and Kristin & Adam Pillsbury!
November Newsletter & Calendars
Below please find the November Saber Stories newsletter from Mrs. Nunes as well as the November events calendar and November lunch menu.
SJS Updated Calendar Page November 2026
*Please note on the calendar: ALL K-8 students will need to bring a lunch from home on Veterans Day. Dismissal the day before Thanksgiving Recess is at 11:00am (we will have all buses and aftercare on that day).
*There will be NO Aftercare for Pre-K – Grade 8 on December 11th (a 12:05pm dismissal day).
SJS 2026-2027 Choir
If your student would like to participate in our school choir this year and can make all the Tuesday practice dates noted below, please use the form below to sign them up. Limited to 20 students in grades 3-8.
Practice Dates: 11/17, 12/1, 12/15, 1/26, 3/16, 5/4, 6/1. Students will practice right after school until 3:15pm on these dates.
Chior members will perform at school Masses and prayer services.
Reminder: Winter Uniform Starts Monday
Monday, November 2nd begins Winter Uniform for our K-8 students. This means students may no longer wear shorts to school, girls must wear navy tights or navy knee-high socks with their skorts, and Middle School boys (Gr. 6-8) must wear their SJS Uniform button-down shirt and a tie on non-gym days (the tie does not have to be any specific pattern and bow ties are acceptable). Middle school girls must also be in the uniform button-down shirt.
Beginning Monday, white socks may now only be worn on gym days.
Tomorrow: $1.00 Halloween Casual-for-a-Cause Day
On Friday, October 30th, students and staff are invited to dress down for a $1.00+ donation, which the school will collect and donate to House of Heroes Connecticut. House of Heroes is a organization dedicated to improving the living conditions of military and public safety veterans and/or their spouses who are in need of assistance in maintaining their homes.
Donations should come to school with students on October 30th and be given to the homeroom teacher.
Attire must be Halloween-themed and/or include the colors of orange, black, or purple.
Please keep in mind that standard dress down guidelines per page 11 of the handbook apply (which includes no ripped jeans, no sleeveless shirts/tank tops, no crop tops, leggings must be paired with a long shirt/sweatshirt, etc.). NO Costumes/masks, hair dye, nail polish, etc.
Also, as this is still the last day of the Fall/Spring uniform, shorts ARE still permitted to be worn on this day.
Tomorrow: Picture Retakes
Retakes for individual portraits will take place tomorrow Wednesday, October 28th. This will be for:
*Any student for which you were not satisfied with the original portrait- be sure to send the original pictures back to school with them tomorrow
*Any student who was absent on the original day whether you are purchasing a package or not. If this pertains to your child, please email Mrs. Thornton for a picture form to be sent home with your student or go online to mylifetouch.com and to set up your picture order (this should be done by Tuesday evening). Please the new use picture id of EVTDHHB2Z.
ONLY students getting their picture taken tomorrow may come to school in dress-down (dress-up!) attire. As always, attire must adhere to the school’s dress down guidelines from the school handbook.
