For safety and equitable access for special needs transportation, please do not pick up students in the front office between 3:00 p.m. and 3:50 p.m. each day.  Thank you for picking up your student in the designated car rider area, only.

For students to be considered "on-time" for each class, students are expected to be in the classroom prior to the ringing of the tardy bell.

The first tardy bell rings at 8:10 a.m. each morning. 

Students who are car riders in the morning will not arrive to class by 8:10 a.m. if they enter the car rider side doors after 8:05 a.m.  There is not enough time for students to proceed through metal detectors, pick up their Chromebooks from 6th period, and proceed to first period by 8:10 a.m.

Students who are not in class by the ringing of the tardy bell will earn consequences for repeated offenses.

Thank you so much for reinforcing these expectations with your students and for entering the car loop by 8:00 a.m. in order for students to have adequate time to complete morning procedures.

 

Congratulations to all our SJM athletes who participated in fall sports at SJHS on the varsity and JV levels.

Boys Cross Country
Christopher Gasca
Carter Jones
Hunter MacPherson
Logan Martinez
Broderick McCann
Colin Savitsky

 

Girls Cross Country
NaLani Dumler
Zoe Mason
Sage McAlister
Ainsley McCrummen
Hannah Risher
Lillian White

 

Girls Golf
Sarah Devers
Kyleigh Donner

 

 

Girls Tennis
Avery Hall

 

Swim
Vincenzo Coppola
Harrison Morris
Morgan Payne
Gracie Pifer
Ashton Little

 

Reservations are being accepted now!

Our new spirit rock is an awesome way to show school spirit or celebrate big events in your child’s life. Wish them a happy birthday or good luck, or cheer on a team or club. Reservations can be made online at signupgenius.com by clicking on the search icon and entering ptasjms@gmail.com. Cost is $25/day, and all rules and guidelines are posted.

Special thank you to Thompson Stone and Marble for donating and installing our beautiful spirit rock!

 

Save the date! The Shark Band and Orchestra will hold their Holiday Performance on Friday December 14th at 6:00 pm. Come out to support our students in the band program. They have been working so hard and are super excited for this performance! The event will be held in the gym.
 

Mark your calendars! You don’t want to miss the SJM Choral Holiday Program on Thursday, December 6th at 6:00 pm. Show your support of these students  and their hard working so hard! The event will be held in the gym.
 

The fall book fair will be here soon!

The SJM Library Learning Commons will host a Scholastic book fair from Monday, November 12 through Wednesday, November 21.  Each Shark Time class will have an opportunity to visit the fair during their library times. 

Parents are invited to come in during any hours the book fair is open.  Parents, guardians, or family members who plan to join students for the annual Thanksgiving luncheon on Thursday, November 15, will have a great opportunity to stop by the book fair while at SJM.  If you can’t make it to the school, you are encouraged to shop online at  http://www.scholastic.com/bf/stjamesmiddleschool1.  The online book fair will open November 2. 

The book fair is a wonderful opportunity to begin shopping for the holiday season, reward achievements, or purchase a “just because” gift, all while supporting the SJM Library Learning Commons! 

The schedule is as follows. 

Monday, 11/12:  7:45am to 3:45pm

Tuesday, 11/13:  7:30am to 4:30pm

Wednesday, 11/14:  7:45am to 4:00pm

Thursday, 11/15:  7:45am to 3:45pm

Friday, 11/16:  7:45am to 4:00pm

Monday, 11/19:  7:45am to 3:45pm

Tuesday, 11/20:  7:30am to 4:30pm

Wednesday, 11/21:  7:45am to 3:45pm

We look forward to seeing you at the book fair!

 

Our first Celebration of Success Assembly will be held on the morning of November 27, 2018. Invitations will be sent home by November 21st. We look forward to having our families attend our celebration.  
 

B-Team Basketball Tryouts will be held November 12th - 14th.  Updated physicals must be submitted online Arbiter Athlete in order to tryout. (See information page attached to this newsletter on how to submit physicals on Arbiter.)

November 12th      Boys: 3:30pm - 5:00pm           Girls:  5:00pm - 6:30pm
November 13th      Boys: 5:00pm - 6:30pm           Girls:  3:30pm - 5:00pm
November 14th      Boys: 3:30pm - 4:30pm           Girls:  4:30pm - 5:30pm
 
Please see Coach DeFord or Coach Simpson with any questions.