THIS WEEK! Early Release - THIS Friday, May 15, is an Early Release Day so teachers can participate in professional development. Thank you!
🪩 NEW! Teacher Appreciation Lunch 🪩 - THANK YOU! to all of the incredibly generous families who contributed to make today’s “Stayin’ Alive…Thanks to Our Saint Chris Teachers” Lunch such a wonderful experience! Our teachers on both campuses loved their time together enjoying the fun and festive decorations (including some groovy tunes!) and delicious food. Special thanks go to Luk’s Bar & Grill in Hudson for the main dish donation, to Liliana Velasquez for the balloon decorations, and to all those who donated through the online giving fund or purchased items on the Amazon wish list! Extra special shout out to Brianna Anthony, Lisa Coronis, and Angela Jefferies for their over-the-top coordination and work for this luncheon. We are SO appreciative!
NEW! Nashua Bus Transportation Survey - To be eligible for bus transportation, students must live in the City of Nashua and must be in grades kindergarten thru 8. Students at the lower campus must live at least a mile or more from the school. Upper campus students must live at least two miles or more from the school. If you anticipate that your child will be needing bus transportation in Nashua at any time in the next year, please complete the confirmation form HERE by Friday, June 5.
NEW! Upper Campus Uniform Changes for the Fall - We will have several changes to our uniform policies at the upper campus this fall:
- Polo shirts may be worn year-round.
- Oxford shirts are only required for Formal Dress Days (Mass Days, Special Event Days, etc.). Students will be told prior by the school when a Formal Dress Day is scheduled.
- Skorts will only be allowed from the first day of school through October 31 and April 1 through the end of school. Khaki pants only are to be worn from November 1 through March 31.
- Belts must be worn with khaki pants or khaki shorts and an oxford shirt.
NOTE: There are no changes to the lower campus uniform for the fall.
To view a pictorial representation of uniforms for both campuses in the fall, please click HERE.
NEW! Last Day for Milk - The last day for milk will be May 29th!
NEW! No Rosary Club - Because it is an early release day, there will be NO Rosary Club this week on either campus. There will also be NO Rosary Club the following week, May 22nd, as there is no After Care due to the BBQ. The next Rosary Club will take place on Friday, May 29.
NEW! School BBQ! Our annual BBQ is NEXT Friday, May 22nd at the upper campus….whoo-hoo!! All current families are invited…and new friends joining us next fall! We are looking forward to a great night!! A few important notes:
After Care - There will be NO After Care on the 22nd!
Parking - Please remember to observe all parking rules in the neighborhood!
Chairs and Blankets - Don’t forget that the BBQ is BYOC/B…Bring Your Own Chair/Blanket! We’ll be spread out on the lawn behind the upper campus building!
Dessert Table Donations - While the school provides hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, watermelon, drinks, and more, we are looking for contributions to our famous dessert table! Please see the SignUp Genius HERE! (Note: You can drop your dessert off at either campus during the school day or simply bring it with you to the BBQ! Please, no nuts in any dessert!)
Volunteers - We are looking for a few volunteers to help with clean up during the event and after! Both will be quick and easy! Please see the SignUp Genius HERE to help out! Thank you!
Memorial Day NO SCHOOL - There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. Have a super day off!
No After Care - The final BUSY six weeks of school include several days when the After Care program on both campuses is CANCELED. Please make note of these days and be sure that you have made arrangements for your child after school. These dates include:
- THIS Friday, May 15 - Early Release
- Tuesday, May 19 - STEM Night
- Friday, May 22 - Family BBQ
- Wednesday, June 3 - Baccalaureate
- Monday, June 8 - 5th Grade Convocation
- Wednesday, June 10 - Early Release/Last day of school!
NEW! Summerbook Workbooks – Worried about the student “summer slide”? Help your student keep his or her school skills sharp with a Summerbook Company 10-week summer review workbook for students entering Kindergarten and up! Books may be ordered individually online HERE. Saint Chris strongly recommends that students complete summer work in addition to summer reading assignments!
NEW! Upper Campus Math Summer Solutions Book - All upper campus students (rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade) will receive a Summer Solutions math workbook before they leave for the summer, along with instructions for completing required summer math work. Each student’s workbook will be matched to his or her anticipated math class for the fall. The cost of the book will be billed through FACTS Incidental Billing.
NEW! Upper Campus Tissue Request - It’s allergy season….and the upper campus is in need of tissues! Donations requested!
NEW! Upper Campus Lost and Found - The UC Lost and Found…located in the cafeteria…is overflowing! Please remind your student to come down and visit! Among the treasures, we have...
32 water bottles
10 lunch boxes
multiple food containers
21 quarter zips
many jackets, coats, and sweatshirts
a pair of sneakers
5 sweatpants
7 gym shirts
6 uniform polos
3 pair of uniform pants
many oxfords
...I believe that I also saw a partridge in a pear tree...
NEW! LOWER CAMPUS LIBRARY NEWS:
Birthday Books - Over 50 new books were donated to the library this year! There is still time. If you would like to purchase a birthday book for your student this year, please send Mrs. Noon an email or a note by May 18th to allow time for the book to be delivered and processed. If you have more than one student, feel free to get their birthday books at the same time! For more information on the birthday book program find it HERE. Thank you for your generosity!
End of Year Library Dates:
Week of May 18th
- Email notices will be sent home regarding long overdue books
- Last week to check out library books
Week of May 26th
- Students return all library books
- Email notices sent home regarding books that have not been returned
Grades 2-5: Feel free to check your student's library account. Click on "Login" and then go to "My Stuff" to see books that are currently checked out. If you need login information, please email me at [email protected]. Please have your student check both new and old backpacks, cars, home bookshelves, desks, cubbies, lockers, etc. Books have a way of hiding in plain sight!
Congratulations! The Catholic Schools Office has released the list of Recognizing Excellence award nominees and recipients…and we are pleased to announce that we have two nominees and one award winner! Please join us in extending heartfelt congratulations to Hailey Nott and LoRetta Lowry for their nominations for the St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Award (Catholic School Teacher of the Year) and to Jackie Langenfeld as a winner of the St. John Neumann Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education! Mrs. Langenfeld will receive her award on June 19 at the Recognizing Excellence Gala in Manchester.
Important Nurse Note - Parents are reminded that students should not be carrying ANY over-the-counter medications in their backpack or storing it in their locker during the school day. All medications must be distributed to students by the school nurses ONLY. It is especially important that students do not share ANY medication (including over-the-counter pain medications or cold medicines) with other students at any time. Many students have allergies and risk adverse reactions to medications, including common over-the-counter medicine. If a student must carry medication during the school day, the school nurse must have a doctor’s order for them to do so. Please discuss this with your child and remind them of the necessity of following these rules. Thank you!
iReady Testing - Our final iReady testing window will take place through June 5. Please encourage your student to do his or her best!
NEXT WEEK! STEM Day - Our STEM Day is coming up on Tuesday, May 19! All students on both campuses will participate in presentations by STEM professionals in a variety of fields. We look forward to welcoming our special guests!
NEXT WEEK! STEM Fair - On the evening of Tuesday, May 19, families are invited to return to both campuses for the annual STEM Fair portion of the day to view student science projects! The lower campus will be open for families from 5:30 to 6:30 PM and the upper campus will be open from 6:30 - 7:30 PM.
Hot Lunch Ends - Don’t forget….Hot Lunch service ends on Thursday, May 28 on the lower campus and Friday, May 29 on the upper campus! All students must bring a lunch from home through the end of school. There will be no “Forgotten Lunches” available at the lower campus. If a student does not bring a lunch, a parent will be called.
Lower Campus Field Day – Field Day is coming for our lower campus students on Friday May 29th! There are volunteer opportunities in the morning for Pre-K and K parents and afternoon for 1st through 5th grade parents. We will also be looking for donations to add to the fun of the day. Click HERE to sign up.
Student Class Colors - Each grade is assigned a color for Field Day. Students should wear a shirt of that color with school appropriate bottoms and sneakers.
PreK - Yellow
K - Purple
Grade 1 - Green
Grade 2 - White
Grade 3 - Orange
Grade 4 - Blue
Grade 5 - Red
Expanded Trivia Night! Mrs. Lowry and Ms. Nott will hold their final Trivia Night of the school year on Friday, May 29 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM in the church hall! They are excited to invite not only the 5th through 8th grade students, but all 4th grade students as well! There’s no cost to attend and no need to RSVP…just come and have a great time with your friends!
NEW! Lower Campus Cross Country - Lower Campus Cross Country Registration for fall 2026 is now open! Cross country is open to all students entering 2nd through 5th grade next school year. Click HERE to register. There is a full season schedule as well as an invite to the BAND page at the top of the registration form.
Fiber Arts Studio Thank You - Mrs. Fessenden would like to thank all those who came out for the Lenten Fiber Arts Studios on Friday afternoon during Lent….$250 was raised from participation fees and was used to purchase items from the Marguerites’ Place wishlist.
Arts Request - Mrs. Fessenden also thanks parents for the magazine donations left at the Fine Arts Center! She is currently in need of white coffee filters, plain white paper plates of any size, and q-tips. As always, donations may be left on the porch of the Fine Arts Center. Thank you!
Fine Arts Festival - Please join our music groups for the Spring Fine Arts Festival concert on Wednesday, May 27 at 6:30 PM in the gym at the upper campus.
Gym Tarp Help - The last two weeks of school are busy, busy, busy in the upper campus gym! To protect the floor, we are in need of a minimum of 8 volunteers to help cover the gym floor with a tarp on the morning of Friday, May 29. Volunteers can be from either campus! If you can help from approximately 9:00-10:00 AM, please email Marta at [email protected]. Many hands make light work! Thank you!
2026 Summer Basketball Camp – Join our Tri-County championship team players, along with Saint Chris alumni, for some basketball fun this summer! Sign up for one or both weeks to work on basketball skills and drills along with a team tournament.
Who: Boys and girls entering 3rd, 4th and 5th grade for the 2026 - 2027 school year
When: Week #1 - Monday June 15 - Wednesday June 17
Week #2 - Monday July 20 - Wednesday July 22
Where: Saint Chris Upper Campus Gym
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Price: $90 per week
Questions: please contact Mrs. Beauregard ([email protected])
Click HERE to sign up now!
NEW! UC Girls Summer Basketball Workouts - This summer, the upper campus girls basketball program will have skills sessions on Monday nights from 5:00-7:00 pm. They will begin on June 29 and continue each Monday night for 8 sessions throughout the summer, concluding on August 24 The cost will be $150 for the entire summer or $25 for each individual session. Any Upper Campus girls and incoming sixth graders interested in playing next year are invited. Please contact Head Coach Scott Purcell at [email protected] with any questions.
End of Year Dates - The list of dates below outlines the final days of school before summer vacation…please mark your calendar accordingly! Please note: Our end-of-school calendar is different from the Nashua schools and other surrounding communities. We follow all state education requirements for cumulative school hours over the course of the year. While the Saint Chris calendar allows for two snow days per school year, the use of Google Classroom days on other weather-related closure days allows us to finish the year without adding any additional days.
- NEXT WEEK! Friday, May 22 - All-School BBQ…all are welcome!
- June 3
- Early Release for 8th grade at 11:30 AM
- No After Care on either campus
- Baccalaureate Mass and Dinner at 5:00 PM
- June 5
- Q4 Grades Close
- 8th grade Graduation at 7:00 PM
- June 8
- Early Release for 5th grade at noon
- No After Care on either campus
- 5th grade Convocation at 5:00 PM
- June 10
- Early Release for all students (grade 6 & 7 at 11:30 AM and grades Prek to 4 at noon)
- Last Day of school
2026-2027 School Calendar - The 2026-2027 Academic Calendar can be downloaded HERE. (Please note that some changes to Early Release Days may occur. We will inform parents of any changes as soon as possible.) Parents can add these important back-to-school dates to your calendar now:
- PreK, Kindergarten and 1st grade Playground Days - Who wants to play? We will hold special Playground Days for PreK, Kdg, and 1st grade students in August to help students and parents get to know each other before the start of school! PreK students are invited to the playground on Monday, August 3 from 9:00 - 10:00 AM. Kindergarten students are invited to play on Monday, August 10 from 9:00 - 10:00 AM. And 1st grade students will enjoy the playground on Monday, August 17 from 9:00 - 11:00 AM. If we need to cancel for rain, we will reschedule later in the same week. Come on down! This is a great time for the kids...and parents....to make important connections with friends before the school year begins!
Wednesday, August 26 –
- First day of school for 6th grade students ONLY. This will be a half day for 6th grade students. More details will be sent to 6th grade parents later in the summer.
- Lower campus Meet the Teacher from 9:00 - 11:00 AM. Class lists will be posted in the school lobby that day.
Thursday, August 27 - First day of school for ALL students on both campuses. (2nd day of school for grade 6.) Students should be in full school uniform.
Friday, September 4 and Monday, September 7 - No School…Labor Day Weekend
Friday, September 18 - Early Release
Open Faculty Positions - We are hiring for the 2026-2027 school year! We are currently in need of:
- 2nd Grade Teacher
- 4th Grade/Science teacher
- Substitutes
More information about each position can be found HERE. Please pass this on!
DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY! Helen J Horan Scholarship Applications for 8th Grade Students – Applications for the Helen J. Horan Scholarship for graduating 8th grade students are now being accepted. This scholarship provides support to a deserving Saint Christopher Academy 8th grade student who plans to continue his or her education at a Catholic high school next year. Established by the late Father Denis Horan in loving memory of his sister Helen, the Helen J. Horan Scholarship is the top award for our graduating students and will be awarded at Graduation on June 5th. The deadline for applications is May 15. Please see the description HERE for qualifications and other important information.
⚾️ Saint Chris Night at the Silver Knights! ⚾️ - Families are invited to join friends and family for Saint Chris Night at Holman Stadium on Thursday, June 18 for a 6:03 PM game against the Westfield Starfires. The Silver Knights have informed us that the game will be televised live on NESN that night! Tickets are just $7 per person and everyone who purchases their ticket through the Saint Chris portal will sit together! Purchase your tickets by clicking HERE and using STCHRIS as the password. We look forward to a GREAT night at the ballpark together!
Chess, Checkers & Cribbage Club! Please click HERE for the meeting schedule. All are welcome!
Cribbage Tournament - Students are invited to participate in a year-end cribbage tournament! The tournament will take place during Chess, Checkers & Cribbage Club meetings on May 4 and May 18 at 7:45 AM. All participants MUST commit to attending BOTH days as the tournament will be run in bracket form over those two days. Each game will be 20 minutes long. For more information, please reach out to Mrs. Morrell at [email protected].
NEW! Hot Lunch Volunteer Schedule - Thank you to our fabulous Hot Lunch volunteers! The upcoming schedule is:
Thursday, May 14
LC: Melissa Richardson, Crystal Romero
UC: Lani Johnston, NEED A VOLUNTEER
Friday, May 15
LC: NO HOT LUNCH - Early Release
UC: NO HOT LUNCH - Early Release
Monday, May 18
LC: Dorene Krauss, Michael Vacca
UC: Jen Liba, Diane London
Tuesday, May 19
LC: Ashley Capone, Krista Spadano
UC: Lani Johnston, NEED A VOLUNTEER
Wednesday, May 20
LC: Amanda Vargas, Leslie Bellows
UC: Amy Algeo, Lani Johnston
Popcorn - Our poppers for this Friday are:
Lower Campus: Early Release - No popcorn
Upper Campus: Early Release - No popcorn
CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWS
Bishop Guertin First Look - Students in grades 5 through 7 are invited to attend Bishop Guertin High School’s First Look program on Thursday, May 21 at 6:30 PM. The evening will be an introduction to Bishop Guertin and offers the opportunity to connect with current students and explore the school. For more information and to register for the program, visit the BG website HERE! Space is limited!
St. CHRIS PARISH NEWS
St. Christopher’s Moms & Minis – Meet with other moms for hot coffee, light treats and conversation in the church hall. Our minis get to play while we chat and grow in faith and fellowship! We meet every 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 9 - 10:30 AM during the school year, with play dates throughout the summer. For additional information call or text Alex Sullivan at 603-479-4554.
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY NEWS
NEW! Immaculate Conception Parish Bible School -
Rainforest Falls - Exploring the Nature of God
August 10-14, 9AM - Noon each day
Immaculate Conception Parish, 216 East Dunstable Road, Nashua, NH
This summer, you are invited to step through the mist into Rainforest Falls, overflowing with wild waterfalls, towering trees, and colorful creatures. Beneath a canopy of chattering birds and howling monkeys, we will plunge into a lifelong adventure of discovering the nature of God. Children ages 4-12 are invited to join us as campers; those completing Grade 6 and up are encouraged to join us as Volunteers! Register at: iccnashuanh.org/vbs.
