Faculty Spotlight: Mrs. Hannah Murray

I teach: Pre-K3

I've Taught for): 5 Years. 4 in the Montgomery Public School System and this is my first year at Saint James.

Hometown: Montgomery, AL

High school: Saint James School

College/Degree: Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from The University of Alabama

Favorite Book: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Favorite Movie: The Parent Trap

Favorite Food: Japanese Food

Married to: Brett Murray

Church: Frazier United Methodist Church

Fun Fact: Both my husband and I both are proud Alumni of Saint James School! Go Trojans! 

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No Tricks, Only Treats!

Happy Halloween from STJ! The admissions office had some special visitors this morning. PreK stopped by for some trick-or-treating and kindergartners and their senior buddies dressed in their favorite costumes. Some of our teachers also joined in on the fun. Have a happy and safe Halloween!

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A Whole New Mind

This week in science class, middle school students were introduced to A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. They took a quiz to determine if they are left-brained learners or right-brain learners. Typically, right-brain learners prefer a spontaneous, creative, discovery-based learning environment which is focused on presenting information in a visual manner. If you're mostly analytical and methodical in your thinking, you're said to be left-brained.

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Students discussed their results and then completed an activity in their interactive notebooks. Throughout the semester, students will analyze if the activities and lessons engage the left brain or right brain and strategies to use both.

Faculty Spotlight: Mrs. Libby Conner

I teach: Latin

I've Taught for: 20 years, all at STJ

Hometown: Montgomery, AL

High school: Robert E. Lee HS

College/Degree: Sweet Briar College, B.A.

STJ Extracurricular: Senior sponsor, Latin Club, Key Club

Favorite Book: The Aeneid

Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride

Favorite Food: Anything from The Commons!

Married to: Andrew Conner

Children: One daughter, Karen

Church: Church of the Ascension

Fun Fact: I enjoy staying in touch with our STJ alumni on Facebook and Instagram; it's wonderful seeing all they achieve after graduation!

Festival of Lights

Happy Friday! This week, STJtv Season 6 episode 7 features two “Videos of the Week” to explain the Hindu holiday Diwali. Diwali is this Sunday, October 27. The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word deepavali, meaning "rows of lighted lamps". Also known as the Festival of Lights, Diwali is celebrated every autumn with firework displays, decorations, feasts and sweets, prayers, and other celebratory events.

“We have candles all around and light sparklers and firecrackers. We also do rangoli (sand art) and go to temple.”

Aditi (3rd grade) and Aradhya (Pre-K4)

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STJtv is Saint James School’s official elementary news station. The program is open to 4th and 5th graders to apply with an audition. All STJtv cast and crew must have excellent academic grades, conduct grades, and attendance. The students come up with the ideas for their segments. Mr. Zach Beard, STJtv advisor, helps write the scripts, films and edits the segments each week. Check out the STJtv channel to see past videos!

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Amanda Ousley

Dr. Ousely at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England

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I teach: Chemistry, AP Chemistry, and Organismal Biology, Science Department Head

I’ve taught for: 8.5 years

Hometown: Mobile, AL

High School: W.P. Davidson High School

College/Degree: BA in Chemistry and Molecular Biology from Huntington College, Ph.D. Biochemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology

STJ Extracurricular: I am the faculty rep for girls and boys Varsity soccer

Favorite Book: Harry Potter

Favorite Movie: Remember the Titans

Favorite Food: Pasta

Fun Fact: I love to travel!

Homecoming 2019

STJ is out of this world! Today we celebrate our school and welcome alumni back to campus. High school students enjoyed a picnic on the quad before the entire school gathered to watch the homecoming parade. We capped off the day with a pep rally featuring one of our favorite traditions, the senior/mom dance. We cheered for our athletic teams and announced our homecoming court and queen, senior Sarah Rice. We can’t wait to see everyone on Carlisle field at 7pm when we kickoff against Prattville Christian Academy. Go Trojans!

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Think Pink!

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Today, Saint James students, faculty, staff, and parents are going pink! STJ has partnered with The Joy to Life Foundation in special support of their breast cancer initiatives in the River Region. Joy to Life provides free screenings and mammograms to underserved individuals in addition to bringing awareness through education. The foundation promotes "Live Here- Give Here" as services are locally directed, providing critical services to our very own neighbors. This morning during carpool, volunteers collected monetary donations and passed out pink rubber awareness bracelets. Dickie and Joy Blondheim, founders of Joy to Life, joined us in their best pink attire and helped spread the pink love all over campus.

STJ is Out of this World!

We’ve launched into homecoming week and our students and faculty are so excited, they were sent into orbit! Today is “aliens and astronauts” day. This Friday, we go boldly where no man has gone before, to intergalactic battle with Prattville Christian Academy at 7pm on Carlisle Field. We can’t wait to see our alumni return to campus and celebrate all of the fun going on at Saint James School. At STJ, the sky is the limit! #STJhomecoming2019

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The Periodic Table Never Tasted Better!

Mrs. Whigham's 8th grade Physical Science students had such a fun time teaching their grandparents how to use the periodic table during the "cookium" activity on Grandparents' Day in the Middle School. Using the periodic table, they answered a series of questions about their "atom" (which was a cookie). It was an interactive and yummy way to practice atomic structure skills, periodic table skills, and learn something new about the world around them. Grandparent’s Day is an annual tradition at Saint James School.

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