SJS Community Resources

We are pleased to announce that beginning July 2025, Saint James School will transition to a new learning management system called Veracross, which will replace Blackbaud.

On June 12, PARENTS should have received an email with instructions for creating a Veracross account. If you did not receive this email, please contact Ms. Jonson, (IT Department) at sjonson@stjames.edu. STUDENT account access information will be shared soon.

Please be sure to bookmark the new Veracross portal for easy access in the future:
https://accounts.veracross.com/stjames/portals/login

Please note that you will still be able to access your Blackbaud account through the summer, but access will close at the start of the new academic year.

Student billing

We are excited to announce that you may now view your student account statements and process payments on your Veracross Parent Portal.
 
Please keep in mind that statement balances payments are still being reconciled between Blackbaud and Veracross. We thank you for your patience and understanding if your account balance is not yet accurately reflected in Veracross, as we complete the data-entry and migration process.
 
We are working hard to complete the necessary updates and expect to have all accounts/statements accurately reflected by 7/31/2025. After this time, if you have any questions or concerns with your student account, please contact Mrs. Williams in the Business Office (301-671-4852) to assist with researching any discrepancies and to answer your questions.

Medical forms need to be completed and signed by your child’s physician during the annual physical examination. All medical forms are due no later than July 25th, 2025. 

Please send completed forms via email as a pdf to tlum@stjames.edu OR fax to 301-671-2591. A jpeg or picture sent via email will not be accepted.

Medical Forms for 2025-2026:

• Medication Authorization Form
• Consent for Medical Treatment
• SJS Student Health Card
• SJS Student Health Form

Medical Insurance

All students are required to provide proof of medical insurance. Please scan the front and back of your insurance cards and send these along with your medical forms to Nurse Teresa Lum. International students should visit the ISM insurance website to review and purchase the required health/medical insurance.

Contact the school nurse with any questions:

Teresa Lum, CRNP
Phone: 301-733-9330 Ext. 3006
Email: tlum@stjames.edu

From the Athletic Trainer

If you have any questions, please contact Arianna Hunt, Athletic Trainer.

• 2025-2026 SJS Concussion Policy
• CDC Parent Concussion Fact Sheet

Please login to Veracross and complete the 2025-2026 Academic Forms:

https://family.veracross.com/stjames/school-policies/form-17

View the 2025-2026 School Calendar

View the 2026-2027 School Calendar

Website calendar

Athletics calendar

Read an online copy of the 2025-2026 Student Handbook.

Late arrivals and absences must be communicated with Mrs. Parish and/or Nurse Lum by emailing SJSattendance@stjames.edu. If your child is ill and will not be in school, please notify us prior to morning Chapel (8:00 a.m.) 

If you are picking up your child for an appointment, please let us know as far in advance as possible, noting the times for pick up and return. All students should be picked up in the upper parking lot of Alumni Hall after they have signed out in the Academic Office. Students should sign in when they return with Mrs. Parish during the academic day or by calling the duty phone after 3:00 PM. Any student who will miss a day of classes must also complete an anticipated absence form which can be picked up in the academic office. Failure to do so may result in demerits.

Any boarder who wishes to leave campus for the weekend must receive the Dean of Students’ permission. In order to do this, the boarder must log-in to their Reach Boarding account and apply for leave. Applications must be done by 11 p.m. on Wednesday. A permission email will then go to the parent/guardian as well as the host (if applicable). If the student is going to visit a schoolmate’s home, permission must come from the student’s own parent and host parent. Permissions may also be granted by any of the following means:

• Permission may be e-mailed to Weekends
• Calling 301-733-9330 ex 3052

The English Department has created reading assignments for all students, new and returning, to encourage and reinforce the idea of Saint James School as a community of readers. This common experience, and these shared stories, will hopefully create lively and new conversations, friendships, and classroom discussions in our early opening fall days together.

View the summer reading assignments.

To log your service learning hours visit: Moblieserve

For those of you using the MBS service for purchasing your student’s textbooks, you will need your Veracross Student ID (for returning families this is different than the Blackbaud student ID used previously). Below are the methods available for obtaining this information:

• For new families - your Veracross Student ID number will be included in the Microsoft account information email you will be/have received.
• For new & returning families – you can find your Veracross Student ID number on your Veracross Parent Portal (you should have received an invite email on 6/12):
   
  • Log in to your VC parent portal using the credentials you created when establishing your account
  • From the homepage of your portal > under “My Children” > hover your cursor over the “image”/icon > the ID number displayed is the Veracross Student ID number needed for the MBS textbook ordering process (screenshot below)

MBS Textbook Website 

Our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program requires all new and returning SJS students to have laptops (no iPads or tablets) that meet the specifications below:

COMPONENT REQUIREMENTS

Windows OS

• Windows 10 or higher
• 8^th generation Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 processor (Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 preferred)
• 8 GB of RAM (16 GB preferred)
• 256 GB HDD storage (256 or 512 SSD preferred)
• At least a 14-inch screen with 1920x1080 minimum resolution
• Solid build quality

macOS

• MacBook with Apple M1 chip
• 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred)
• 256 GB SSD storage (512 GB SSD preferred)

The school provides a Microsoft 365 subscription license for the duration of the student’s enrollment. Each student should also have a sturdy carrying case for transporting the laptop to and from classes.

View the list of suggested, required, and prohibited items to pack.

All current parents are members of the SJS Parents' Association and are invited to participate in Parents' Association meetings and activities. For more information click the button below.

Parents' Association Website

For current and previous issues of the Review magazine, visit: Publications

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