Thunder News Flash – September 21, 2024

Dear St. James Families,

We hope you enjoyed our St. James Back to School BBQ and Meet the Teacher Night. Your enthusiasm and participation made this event truly special! It was wonderful to see our families, REC Members, staff, and students come together as a community. The positive energy and sense of togetherness were inspiring.

We also want to extend our appreciation to the dedicated volunteers, staff, and all those who contributed to making this event a success. Your hard work and dedication did not go unnoticed.  We know we can continue to work together to create a nurturing and supportive environment for our children to thrive. 

Thank you once again for your outstanding support and for being an important part of our school community. What a wonderful example of living out our theme, “Celebrating our Faith”.  Here’s to a fantastic school year ahead!

Mr. Bittante and Miss Lewis

Terry Fox Run: Tuesday Sept 24 – 1:00pm – 2:30pm

It is time for our 2nd Annual Terry Fox Run! We will start with a short assembly in the gym at 1:00pm and then go out to our field for our walk/run. We will be walking/running for 42 minutes, each minute to represent the kilometers Terry ran every day during his Marathon of Hope.

Families are most welcome to come join the walk/run!

We are asking each student to bring $2 which will be donated in support of cancer research.

ORANGE SHIRT DAY

Thursday, September 26th – this will be a dress down day (no uniform), but in order to participate, students must wear something orange – this could be an orange shirt, orange pants, orange shoes, etc.  It could also simply be an accessory that is orange.  Please note that as always, the students must be dressed appropriately with no spaghetti straps, no short shorts, no ripped jeans and no clothing with inappropriate logos or sayings.  Please send $2 – this will go to the Archbishop’s Fund for Truth & Reconciliation.

Students will learn more about and honour the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation during a special morning assembly – Thursday, Sept 26th at 8:45am.  Parents are most welcome to attend.  Thank you to Mrs. Schwagele and our Grade 6 class for leading this assembly. 

NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION

Monday, September 30th- NO SCHOOL 

During the week, time will be spent learning about Truth and Reconciliation in age-appropriate ways.  Using story books and resources recommended to us from the CISVA, students will learn about how every child matters.

Rosary group meets every Thursday at 8.30 to 9.00am in the school library. Please join us to pray for our school community. Everyone welcome.

St. James and St. Ann’s school offers a variety of fun sports and events. The dates of upcoming practices include:

Cross Country 

• Monday, Sept. 23 – 2:40 – 3:30pm
• Tuesday, Sept. 24 – 2:40 – 3:30pm
• Thursday, Sept. 26 – 2:40 – 3:30pm

Soccer

• Monday, Sept. 23 – 2:40 – 3:30pm. – Grade 4/5
• Tuesday, Sept. 24 – 2:40 – 3:30pm. – Grade 4/5
• Thursday, Sept. 26 – 2:40 – 3:30pm – Grade 4/5

Volleyball

• Monday, Sept 23 – 7:45-8:20 – Grade 6/7 Girls
• Tuesday, Sept 24 7:45-8:20 – Grade 6/7 Boys

Cross Country Meet

We will be having a Cross Country Meet at St. Catherine’s School on Friday September 27 from 10:20-2:00pm.   

We wish our Cross Country Team the best of luck in their meet.  Please join us in cheering them on!  

After school, children are welcome to stay and enjoy these beautiful sunny days in our playground.  However, as we want all our families to be safe, children do need to be supervised by their parents at all times.  If children need to use the washroom in the church once school ends – they must be accompanied by an adult.   Thank you for your understanding and support in this matter.