Grade 3 students made the best out of inclement weather on Thursday by putting their imaginations and creative skills to work with lots of Legos, Playmobile and Magna-tiles. It's wonderful to see their freestyle creations and listen to their fantastic stories!  Mrs. Ellis reports that they are a wonderful family who care about each other's feelings, both with their academics and with their free play.  What a peaceful world we would have if everyone got along as well as these third graders!

We are so excited to welcome our Grandparents and Special Friends tomorrow! We have a wonderful morning planned and look forward to sharing some of the many talents of our students and teachers. Here Mrs. Chistianne Chiodini is leading our upper school choir preparing their challenging harmony for tomorrow's performance

Mrs. Chiodini, Mr. Stackhouse and the Grade 4 and 5 students had a fantastic field trip to the Topsfield Fair last week!

The students we able to see farm animals up close, watched a pig race, created their own yarn, learned how to barter, enjoyed delicious fair food, saw an incredible sand sculpture in the making, watched a model trainset, learned all about bees and honeymaking, learned about woodmaking and blacksmithing and all around had a great time!  We love it when they have so much fun, they don't realize how much they are learning!

Thank you to Mrs. Chiodini and Mr. Stackhouse for organizing such a terrific day for their classes!

Thank you all for your generous contributions to our toy drive for Ronald McDonald House of Long Island this month!

We are delighted to have collected a huge container of toys to help keep up the spirits of hospital-bound children.

We also raised over $400 through a Casual for a Cause day.

This wonderful organization did so much for our own 6th Grader Thomas Pote who suffered a traumatic injury this summer and the SJS and Pote families are so glad to have this opportunity to give back!

The Kindergarten class enjoyed an impromptu picnic lunch with Mrs. Melino last week!  They had a wonderful chat about how we should treat each other, asking ourselves what Jesus would do in any situation.  We love to find ways to incorporate religion into everyday moments!

We are excited to announce that our first Speech and Debate Club meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library.

Meetings will continue monthly on the last Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. until otherwise announced.  Materials will be provided for at-home preparation between sessions.

Parents are asked to attend the first meeting with their children in order to discuss plans and understand the expectations for participation in the club.

Please contact Mr. Xavier Babu with any questions.

Our Cross Country team has had some great meets in the last couple of weeks! These pictures are from last Wednesday's meet at Breakheart against Immaculate Conception, Revere and St. Mary's Melrose.  

We are especially excited about this week's meet against Saint Pious and Saint Raphael's - our boys team won the meet!  Special congratulations to Andrew Skeirik, who placed first among all of the boys!   

We have two more big meets next week to wrap up the season.  Go Hawks!!

We are excited for our first session of our new fundraising intiative - BINGO!

Our soft opening will take place at on Thursday, October 24 at the West Side Social Club at 4 Harrington Court, Wakefield.  Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the game starts promptly at 6 p.m.  The game will conclude at 8:30 p.m.

We will also have Bingo at the same time and location on the following Thursdays in 2019:

• Thursday, November 7, 2019
• Thursday, November 21, 2019
• Thursday, December 5, 2019

We need your help for our Bingo evenings to run smoothly!  Please click here for our sign-up genius.  We have openings for parents to help with selling bingo cards and raffle tickets and to assist with verifying cards.  (The West Side Social Club will be handling set-up and clean-up for us.)  Volunteers are asked to arrive at 5 p.m.

Please note that no one under under 18 years of age is permitted on the premises.

Please share our flyer to help us spread the word about this fun program!

Please contact Paula Pote or Rose Giglio with any questions about Bingo.  Thank you in advance for your support!

We were delighted to host Bishop Mark O'Connell and the teachers and administrators of the RCAB North Region Catholic Schools on Friday!  We are so blessed by the amazing teachers who God has called to serve at our school!

Special congratulations to Mrs. Jane Ellis, our Grade 3 teacher, who was recognized for 46 years of service to our school!

God bless each of our teachers and staff!