Robotics Spring Meetings

The SJS Robotics Club is getting ready for the 2018 season. Eight new members have joined from the current 6th grade class. We do not get our 2018 robotics challenges until the fall, but we have a few meetings in the spring to get organized and go over basic robotics.

Michael B. helped Michael S. learn to program the robot to drive around our practice board.

Kristen is building a robot using a design that is very different from last season's robot. She is getting help from one of our parents.

Every year, we pick a team name that reflects the theme of the competition. The students selected "Team Rocket" which fits with our theme of outer space. The students designed t-shirts to go with our new name.

Some students like designing with paper and pencil.

Some students prefer to use t-shirt designing websites.

Here, Paul is presenting his design to the team.

Our spring work is finished! All our students have a basic knowledge of how to program and build our Lego robots. We have a new name and will be ordering our t-shirts. Next, in our summer season, we will take a few trips to get some background knowledge and prepare for a project about space.

K - 2 Craft Club

Craft Club members had fun decorating canvas bags with their initials using fabric paint.  Students will have fun showing off their bags, while using them for the beach, camp, sleep overs, etc.  This was our last Craft Club of the school year - we had a great time!!

K - 2 Craft Club

Using sand, stone and moss students used their creativity to make terrariums.

 

 

Math Games Club

In Math games club this month we made marshmallow catapults out of plastic spoons, popsicle sticks and rubber bands. Then we tried slingshots. See how the size of the fulcrum and your height off the floor can make your marshmallow the winner! We had a contest and measured the distances of the flying marshmallows. Dominic was the winner whose marshmallow flew with 20 feet!

STEM club

The St. James STEM club made DIY lava lamps during its March meeting!

Our STEM Club is made up of students from grades 3-5. Each month we do a project to explore a different topic in science. In March, we made DIY lava lamps. Each student took a new water bottle and drank half the water. Then they decorated the outside and added food coloring to the water.

We filled the rest of the bottle with oil and made two layers. The color stayed in the water layer.

 When we shook the bottles hard enough, the layers mixed together for a little while.

 Alka-seltzer tablets made the water bubble up into the oil. Just like a lava lamp!

 Putting a light underneath made it look even better!

Student Council

Saint Anthony of Padua Easter Meals

Saint James School has a long relationship with Saint Anthony of Padua Church. We are always happy to support the many great works that they do to help the community. This year, our Student Council held a hot chocolate sale and donated all of the proceeds to Saint Anthony’s to purchase items for their Easter Meal project. The parishioners of Saint Anthony’s, along with many volunteers, provide complete Easter dinners for members of our community who are homebound or who struggle to make ends meet. Families with children also get Easter baskets for each child.


Some of our students wanted to do more than just raise funds, however. They wanted to put their faith into action. On the Saturday morning before Easter, Kristen, Juliana, Akshaya and Brittany joined many volunteers in assembling and packing 375 meals for residents in our community. These young women truly live the Gospel message and made Easter much happier for families that need help.

Hot Chocolate Sale