YOUR CHILD IS IN AN ACCREDITED SCHOOL!

St. James School has Middle States Accreditation.  What is accreditation?

The accredited school meets rigorous standards.  Standards are applied to each

school during the accreditation process.

Accredited schools are trusted to deliver on promises made and are committed

to continuous improvement.

The accredited school is devoted to a mission, it knows itself, and it operates

from an examined vision of services to students, family, and the community.

The school accepts objective evaluation and cares enough about what it does

to seek validation by a recognized authority.

The school is self-correcting and continuously plans for its future.  It demonstrates

a continuing capacity to increase quality, student learning, and instructional

effectiveness.

In May of 2011 we submitted a three year progress report to the Middle States Commission.  This is the response we received –

The school is highly commended for providing a welcoming, challenging environment

in which students have opportunities to become independent, responsible learners.

The reader applauds the faculty for utilizing a variety of teaching techniques to meet

the needs of individual learners and a divergent population.  There are numerous

activities for students to develop leadership skills, artistic, musical, and athletic

talents, as well as to participate in academic competitions.  The families and students

are very fortunate to be part of such a dynamic community.

Thank you for a fine report that provides the reader with a very positive concept of

St. James School.  Your accomplishments are praiseworthy and indicate that the

faculty and administration are committed to improvement.  Best wishes for

continued success!

September 19-23 was “Walk the Track Week” here at school.  With many days of pleasant weather the students had ample opportunities to take in some exercise and enjoy the scenery.  Since the eighth grade students have been studying how to express ideas in a picturesque and vivid way using figurative language, one of their assignments was to write a few sentences on the theme, “Reflections on Walking the Track”.  Here are a few ideas they came up with:

“Walking the track is like walking in a

peaceful meadow.”

Domenica Babo Gr. 8A

“The wind was as gentle as someone

blowing a candle out.”

Alicia Olson Gr. 8A

“The flowers were as colorful as a

rainbow.”

Jayme Cooper Gr. 8A

A healthy walk around the track and beautiful creative writing – not a bad combination!

Sr. Martha, CDS

The children who attend our Title 1 reading and math classes are always hard at work!  They are currently working on the classroom skills that their teachers feel need the most emphasis and support.  At home, please continue to support literacy by providing opportunities for your child to read much and often!  Try to expose them to many types of literature such as, mysteries, fiction, biographies, science-fiction and poetry.  When you open a book with your children, you are opening the world for them!  You are making them think and wonder and want to know more.  You are helping them to do well in school and someday find a good job.   Best of all, you are enjoying time together as a family.  Also, please don’t forget to practice math skills at home, too.  Children always need extra practice with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.  The more they practice their facts the easier it will be for them to use them and apply them with all math skills from grades K-8.  Good practices make good students!

Mrs. Forish