We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do!

August 16, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

It’s a great day to be a Trojan. On select Fridays, our students, faculty, and staff sport their favorite STJ spirit wear. Some students choose their favorite team t-shirt, jersey, or polo. Our elementary students cheer on the Trojans in STJ cheerleader uniforms and spirit jerseys. We are in a sea of blue and gold!

Fall is in the air (even if the weather doesn’t feel that way)! Students, grades PreK-3 through 12, can’t wait for football season. Seven days to go… but who’s counting? Join us next Friday as Saint James faces Bayside Academy at 7pm on Carlisle field on the STJ campus. Go Trojans!

SPLASH into Kindergarten!

August 13, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

Splash into kindergarten! We had such a fun time at our annual K5 welcome party, Kindergarten Splash! A little rain can’t keep us down! Students reunited with old friends and made new ones as we enjoyed Nancy’s Ice, played in the jump house, and danced the afternoon away. The class of 2032 is ready for a fantastic year!

Pre-K3 is the place to be!

August 08, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

Did you know Saint James was originally founded as a preschool? Our roots, dating back to the 1950s, are in early childhood education. We are honored to be the River Region’s experts on the emotional, social, and academic needs of this precious age. Our PreK-3 students met on the preschool playground to greet their new friends and get acclimated with STJ before school begins. Our little Trojans can’t wait to be part of the Saint James School family!

Welcoming our New Trojans

August 06, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

In the days and weeks leading up to the first day of school, current families have been hosting welcome parties to greet our new students and their parents. Starting a new school can be nerve-racking, but at STJ we ease those fears and welcome our new Trojans with open arms! Each class had a party to welcome them to Saint James. Students played, enjoyed sweet treats, and met new friends. It’s a great day at STJ!

STJ students and siblings playing at the 5th grade welcome party at Tipping Point

6th grade welcome party#WeAreSaintJamesSchool — 6th grade welcome party
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The countdown is on!

July 29, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

We are only 10 days away from the start of the 2019-2020 school year. Our maintenance staff has been hard at work preparing campus for the first day of school. All summer, we’ve been painting, waxing floors, making repairs, cleaning carpets, and replacing lightbulbs so our buildings will be in tip top shape.

Of course, we can’t wait for the big reveal of the STJ Commons, our new dining facility. The crew is finishing the last-minute details this week. It’s a great day at STJ!

Welcome! 환영 bienvenida! أهلا بك wamukelekile! 欢迎

July 25, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

This week, STJ Student Ambassadors, along with the MBA Conversational English School and volunteers, welcomed international school-aged children and their families to Montgomery. Camp America, held annually at First Baptist Church of Montgomery, is a day-long event with fun, games, and the “how-tos” of what to expect when they begin school in Montgomery.

The Conversational English Ministry teaches English to international adults. The program provides hospitality, preschool childcare & transportation. Conversational English is a ministry made available to The Air War College at Maxwell AFB and any international students in the River Region who wish to practice and improve their English.

Our STJ Student Ambassadors assisted with English language exercises and visited with children experiencing America for the first time. We are so excited to have so many new families in our community.

Shiver me timbers!

July 18, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

Yo ho ho! Last week, campers enjoyed pirate week at Camp STJ! Our little sailors participated in pirate fun with crafts, games, and STEM activities. Luckily, none had to walk the plank!

Water Day fun at Camp STJ!

July 12, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

Camp STJ this summer has been full of fun and learning. Our campers, grades K4 through fifth, have been enjoying all of the activities and programming, especially the Thursday tradition of Water Day! What better way to beat this Alabama heat?

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We're Back!

July 10, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

After a brief hiatus for maternity leave, Ms. Bartlett has returned and the admissions blog is back! Check in with us to see the exciting things going on at STJ this summer! We can’t believe school starts in one month. Campus has been bustling, but there’s nothing like the first day of school. We can’t wait to see our Trojans!

Roy G. Biv

February 27, 2019 by Kathryn Bartlett

This week, second graders worked with prisms to learn how white light is refracted to produce a rainbow. On a bright day, students were able to “make” their own rainbows using rectangular prisms in our outdoor science lab.

When light passes through a prism, the light bends. As a result, the different colors that make up white light become separated. This happens because each color has a particular wavelength and each wavelength bends at a different angle. The colors that appear are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (the colors of the rainbow- “Roy G. Biv”)!

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