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📚 Book Fair Announcement! 📚
Get ready—the Book Fair arrives this week! This is a great opportunity to connect with your child over the thrill of bringing home new books to dive into again and again. Studies show that kids read more when they choose books for themselves. And fostering a love of independent reading leads to a wide variety of benefits—including academic success and improved mental health.
Students will have a chance to preview on Thursday, with shopping beginning on Friday. Please look out for information from your child's teacher about specific shopping opportunities.
This year, the e-wallet is available again! The e-wallet is a digital payment account, allowing students to shop without cash. For more details and to set up an account, see the link provided in the email following this message.
Parents are invited to shop with their child during two special times outside of school hours:
📅 Saturday, Nov. 9, from 8–10 AM (during the 5K)
📅 Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 3:00–4:00 PM (after school)
Additionally, we will have two raffle baskets available at the Book Fair! Proceeds from these baskets will benefit both our library and the Love Our Veterans Thrift Store in honor of Veterans Day. Raffle tickets are $1. The drawing will be on Monday, Nov. 18 The baskets are themed as follows:
🇺🇸 Patriotic Basket
🐾 Dog Man Basket
Thank you to everyone who generously donated items to help fill these baskets. We’re excited to celebrate reading with you!
SJES Book Fair Website: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/stjameselementaryschool16
Ms. Parsons won our October "Roller Coaster" for her dedication to meeting student needs in the classroom and on the bus. Thanks Ms. Parsons, for all you do!
Today's bell ringers:
Mrs. Panepinto's third graders met their reading stamina goal and Mrs. Boorman met a work goal! YAY everyone!
Schools are used as voting sites and are therefore closed for students on November 5.
We had 2 classes meet their reading stamina goals and got to come ring our Knighting Bell today! Yahoo! Congrats Mrs. Van. Cleave's class and Mrs. Castillo's class!
If you're not running our 5K, would you consider volunteering? https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B4BA5A62CA5FA7-52778484-5kroyal#/
We were all in camo today for spirit week!
TOMORROW: Inside out and backwards day!
Please complete this Google Form by Friday, 11/1 if your family requests assistance this holiday season!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSx2QXPxDskCSvJQd9pynd2FmcbLUicVDRn3SJ1rGEPFx-w/viewform
Today was "vacation day" for spirit week! Check out all our travelers :)
Tomorrow is CAMO DAY!
Today is "vacation day" for Spirit Week and our 4th graders went on a "vacation" (field trip) today to ELMS to participate in Careers on Wheels!
Can you be a volunteer for our fall book fair? Click here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084EAFA92BA2FC1-52746533-book#/
Check out our October Character Club!
Join us for our Jack-o-Lantern Jamboree this Friday!
This week is School Bus Safety Week! Today, all students practiced bus evacuations. Thanks to Mrs. Boorman, Officer Speagle, and all of our bus drivers for demonstrating bus safety!
Let the PTO Membership Drive begin!
Would you look at this? St. James is on the LEADERBOARD for the T1D Greater Charlotte Walk Leaderboard! This was from last April's penny war. Proud of our efforts to support our community.
*SNAPS* for Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Culp's second grade classes who BOTH met their reading stamina goal this week! Every child got to ring the Knighting Bell this morning!
Today marks the last day of Q1 broadcast! These team members trained our new team, who take over on Monday. Can you tell who is leaving and who is coming?
