Senior Ambassador Spotlight: Gracie Sullivan

Name: Sarah (Gracie) Sullivan

Number of Years at STJ: 14

Involvement: STJ Equestrian, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honors Society, Pep Club, Latin Club, IPRYL, Vice President for Class of 2020 during Sophomore year, Secretary for Class of 2020 during Junior year, Middle School and JV Volleyball, Middle School Basketball

College choice and major: Auburn University to continue my equestrian career on the team and majoring in Sports Medicine

Favorite memory of STJ: The love and support from faculty members every year at Saint James. I know they are going to support me in the future as well!

We love you, faculty and staff!

Normally, Teacher Appreciation Week, May 4-8, is filled with flowers, gifts, and handwritten notes. Our faculty and staff love what they do and do such a wonderful job everyday for our school. Students and their parents enjoy showing their appreciation during this special week. However, with remote learning in place, Teacher Appreciation Week had to be celebrated in a different way this year. Our STJ advancement team printed signs and hand delivered them to each faculty and staff member. What a fun and happy surprise!

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Trojan Strong, Volume IV

Trojan Strong is written, edited, and published by the middle school digital journalism staff. We hope you enjoy the featured content from our latest issue, volume IV, highlighting our last quarter of school. Remote learning was quite the adventure! #WeAreSaintJamesSchool

Congratulations, Kindergarten graduates!

You did it, Kindergarten! Congratulations. What a wonderful year we’ve had learning and having fun. Now, on to first grade!

Ambassador Senior Spotlight: Jack Branham

Name: Jack Branham

Number of years at STJ: 7

Involvement: Band, Math team

College Choice and Major: Auburn University, Mechanical Engineering

Favorite Memory of STJ: playing in the stands for the football team

Letters to Our Senior Buddies

One of our most treasured traditions at Saint James School is the Kindergarten Senior Buddy Program. Each of our graduating seniors is paired with a Kindergarten “buddy” for the year. The buddies participate in fun activities throughout the year and form a special friendship. The Kindergarten students look up to their senior friends, and the teenagers cherish the time spent with their special pals. We were so saddened to miss many traditions this spring, including the final Kindergarten Senior Buddy outing, kite flying. As one of the favorite spring experiences, the kite flying event is one everyone looks forward to. We are hoping there will be a time in the future when our buddies may have a chance to reunite one last time before our seniors leave for college. To send them off, the Kindergarten friends wrote hear-felt messages t their buddies. Theirs is a friendship that will not be forgotten! #WeAreSaintJamesSchool

Fifth grade memories, A to Z

Wow, what a year! Mrs. Parquette’s fifth graders shared their memories of the 2019-20 academic year, from A to Z. What a year it has been. This is one that will surely go down in history! #WeAreSaintJamesSchool

Senior Ambassador Spotlight: Na Yoon Kang

Name: Na Yoon Kang

Number of Years at STJ: 9 years

Involvement: Math Club, International Club, Student Ambassador, Student Government Association, Peer Leaders, Mu Alpha Theta.

College choice and major: University of Pittsburgh, Pre-Pharmacy

Favorite memory of STJ: I loved going to math competitions. I loved the BEST Robotics competition during my 9th and 10th grade years. 

Senior Ambassador Spotlight: Mary Julian Setzer

Name: Mary Julian Setzer

Number of Years at STJ: 12 

Involvement: Student Ambassador, Interact Club Treasurer, SGA 12th Grade Member at Large, Government Club, Volleyball, National Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, Art Honor Society, Youth Judicial

College choice and major: Auburn University, Nursing

Favorite memory of STJ: Homecoming week! 

Letters, letters everywhere!

Pre-K3 students are studying the letter “k.” They were tasked with forming the letter using items from their homes or yards. What items can you make the letter “k” with? #WeAreSaintJamesSchool