East Haven High School

As you know, students at East Haven High School receive free breakfast upon arrival to school. Staff at Sodexo will be offering a "Second Chance Breakfast" at the conclusion of Block 1 for any student who cam in late to school. This means any student who did not have an opportunity to receive breakfast, came in late, etc. can access their free breakfast outside of the LMC or on the upper level in front of the teacher's lounge at the conclusion of Block 1. Please note that this is for the student's one free breakfast that they receive at EHHS. If they already received breakfast when they arrived in the morning and want a second breakfast, they will have to purchase that meal.

The Parent- Faculty Organization (PFO) will be meeting on Wednesday, February 28th at 5:30pm in the Library Media Center to discuss their Bingo event scheduled for April 5, 2024 as well as After Prom, which is on May 16th. Any and all parents who are interested in helping, please attend the meeting.

Exploring Science Tuesdays, 6-7 PM EST, on Feb 27, Mar 26, and Apr 30 Open to grades 6-10

Join us for an online discussion with Yale scientists about the subjects they love! Learn about their pathway to science, their field of interest, and how in the world they actually study it! From particles to planets there is so much to explore! Zoom links will be sent the day before the event to registered students.

Register by Feb 25 (https://click.message.yale.edu/?qs=93a362d330c793bd42958569ca620ec24533e465ee732ae3af8851ad7384ce87057be914486d27bb04315f593485a4146ec5c9589c5fd535777fdf80282caca2)

Application Due: Feb 29

Program Dates: Summer 2024 Eligibility info on website

Yale's Program in Physics, Engineering, and Biology and the School of Engineering and Applied Science will offer research opportunities for high school students in areas at the interface of physics and biology. The high school student apprentices will develop DEM simulations to investigate the stress history of packings of frictional and non-spherical particles in 3D. The students will learn to use numerical simulations to model geological flows and have significant exposure to scientific programming, the Unix environment, and running large-scale simulations on high-performance computation clusters. The students will also be trained to communicate their research to a broad range of audiences. Apprentices will gain insight into STEM careers, graduate school applications, and DOD graduate fellowships. We expect that the students will be coauthors on a peer-reviewed publication and present their work at an internal summer research symposium and a scientific conference. There are also other opportunities at labs across the country! Apply by Feb 29 (https://click.message.yale.edu/?qs=93a362d330c793bdfed7221479ed5f0b030e0c02a81ea187c7ec5333efbee0e0b3106ae222c2fada3e1d5d591d5189f2d2d39d0148dcdfa6dfa41f0721db12c7)

Next yearbook meeting will be on Monday 3/4 in W103. All are welcome!

Yearbooks are on sale! The cost of the book is $80; we only have 27 copies left and they are going quickly! You can go to www.jostensyearbooks.com to purchase.

Have you ever wanted to know what it's like working behind the stage? If you're interested in building or painting sets, making costumes, making props, using spotlights, or moving sets backstage, Drama Club crew is right for you! Join us February 28th to find out more!

Want to support EHHS Drama Club? Put a personal or local business ad in our playbill for Curtains! For more info about ad sizes and to place an ad go to: tinyurl.com/ehhscurtainsplaybill

School Day SAT will be Tuesday, March 26. All juniors will be taking the SAT test on this date. One way that students can meet the College and Career Readiness graduation requirement for math and reading is to reach benchmark on those areas of the SAT. We are offering preparatory SAT courses through the online platform Edgenuity. Students can enroll in these courses by logging onto Edgenuity through Classlink. If they hit the plus sign (+) and select enroll, two courses will be available. The course titles are EHHS SAT Prep Reading and SAT Math Prep. Further practice opportunities are also available on Khan Academy.

Check out this article about our EHHS Maritime Program: https://www.zip06.com/news/20240215/ehhs-students-explore-careers-at-sea-in-new-program/

Maritime Program Students Sea Scouts Ship #100 will meet after school on Wednesday, February 28th in room S313.

This week on The Comet Isabella Mott reviewed the rom com To All the Boys I've Loved Before on Keepin' it Reel, Ella Angelo caught up on Boys Basketball's great season, new reporter Shayla Baston reviewed Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter on HoneyBooks, Ana Romero featured Michael Savo on Stat Chat this week, Willow Torres reviewed "Swallow" by Kevin Atwater on Buzz Beats, and Holly Speers caught up with the manufacturing teachers to talk about women breaking the stigma in the field.

Take a few minutes and browse through some of our new or old work at ehhscomet.org.

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The new date for Books and Brownies next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 13th in the Media

Center after dismissal. The book, " The House in the Cerulean Sea" by, TJ Klune will be discussed.

See Ms. Veleas or Ms. Dominguez if you have problems obtaining the book.

The next Saturday session of the SATs will take place at EHHS on March 9th! We wish everyone taking the test good luck. It will be the first DIGITAL test offered on Saturdays. All students can register at https://mysat.collegeboard.org/ by February 23.

Learn about fee waivers and see if you are eligible here: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration/fee-waivers