Bellringer Newsletter

Good morning. April Vacation begins at the ends of the day on Thursday. I hope everyone has an enjoyable week off and is able to rest up for the final stretch of the school year. When we return to school on Monday, April 25, there will be 38 days left in the school year. Third Quarter Report Cards will be mailed out at the end of this week. Continue to check the Important Dates and Reminders section of the Bellringer Newsletter for a schedule of upcoming events. As always, if you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me directly at everner@easthamptonct.org.

• April 13--NHS Induction Ceremony--6:30
• April 15--No School--Good Friday
• April 18--22---April Vacation
• April 26--NGSS Testing--11th Grade Students
• April 27--May 1--EHHS Music Trip to Disney
• April 27--Administrative Assistant's Day
• May 2--13 AP Exams
• May 27--Senior Class Trip--Lake Compounce
• May 30--Memorial Day--No School--EHHS
• May 31--Senior Capstone Expo
• June 4--Senior Prom--Waters Edge

Congratulations to Liz MacDonald and Drew DiStefano, the 2022 recipients of the CAS-CIAC Scholar Athlete Award. They will be recognized at the Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet at the Aquaturf Club in May.

The Art, Environmental, and Business/DECA club members had a successful campus clean up this past week.

English students will celebrate by coming down to the EHHS LMC to select new independent books and participate in other fun activities including a community puzzle, coloring, and a “match the teachers to the books they love” game. English classes will also compete in a library trivia contest. Keep an eye on district web pages and social media accounts as all four school libraries will be featured this week!

After a two year hiatus, the return of the K-12 Districtwide Art Show was a tremendous success. Families of artists crowded the front hallways and foyer of EHHS to view paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculptures for two different nights of receptions. Art Club members welcomed visitors to the high school while Interact Club members stayed busy both nights selling baked goods. Over $800 was raised to benefit the Ukraine. Thank you to all who bought goodies or donated to this cause.

Graduation will be held at 6:00 PM.

Varsity Softball lost to Cromwell 1-13. Their current season record is 0-2. They are scheduled to play at home vs H-K on Monday, home vs Hale-Ray on Wednesday and home vs North Branford on Thursday.

Varsity Baseball lost to Cromwell 2-6. Their current record is 1-1. They are scheduled to play at H-K on Monday, at home vs Hale-Ray on Wednesday, at Coginchaug on Friday and at North Branford on Saturday.

Junior Varsity Baseball did not play last week. Their current season record in 1-0. They are scheduled to play at home vs H-K on Tuesday, at Hale-Ray on Thursday, home vs Coginchuag on Saturday and also away vs North Branford on Saturday.

Varsity Golf has not yet begun their competition season. They are scheduled to play their season opening match on Monday April 11th vs North Branford at Indian Springs Golf Club.

Girls Tennis lost at Morgan 2-5 and at Westbrook 1-6. Their current season record is 0-2. They are scheduled to play at North Branford on Monday and vs Cromwell at Portland on Saturday.

Boys Tennis lost at Morgan 2-5 and lost to Westbrook 2-5. Their current season record is 0-2. They are scheduled to play vs Cromwell at Portland on Saturday.

Track competed on Tuesday vs Valley Regional and Portland at Valley Regional and at Lyme-Old Lyme in the Wildcat Relays on Saturday. They are scheduled to compete vs Portland and Westbrook at Westbrook on Tuesday.

Fall sports registration will open on FamilyID.com later in the spring. An announcement will be sent out when it opens.

Follow all game results, highlights and athletic content on Twitter and Instagram at:

Twitter- BellringerSports @EHBellringers

Instagram: bellringer.athletics

For all athletic season schedules/results and CIAC tournament information go to ciacsports.com

FRESHMEN INFO:

Counselors began visiting your Guided Study Halls last week and will finish this week doing an interst inventory in Naviance.

JUNIOR INFO:

Juniors should check their calandars for individual meetings.

SENIOR INFO:

All students that have completed the transcript release form and shared it with your conselors in an appropriate time, your materials that you requested - letters of rec, transcript, and Mid-Year grades have all gone to your colleges (as indicated on your transcript release) via Naviance. If you recieve notification that the HS materials have not been sent- please know it takes a couple of weeks for them to match our materials with your application materials.

We genuinely hope that all senior families are starting move along in their FAFSA - at this time all familes are strongly encouraged to create an account - click here for a direct link to the FAFSA site to create and/or log in https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

Please take a moment to read this important announcement regarding changes to the Counseling Caseloads for 2021-2022 School Year.

Distributions are listed below-

• Class of 2022 (Seniors) will remain with your counselors for next year- completing your four years with Mrs. Catlin (A-K) or Ms. Malcolm (L-Z).

• For ALL other students Classes of 2023 and beyond your counselor will stay with you for your entire high school journey.

• Mrs. Sullivan will have students A-D in grades 9-11

• Mrs. Catlin will have students E- M in grades 9-11

• Ms. Malcolm will have students N– Z in grades 9-11

Throughout the past two years, covid has impacted what education, college and career exploration opportunities were available - we are putting feelers out to all students in grades 10, 11 and 12 regarding the ASVAB Career Exploration Program. Now more than ever, students will benefit from robust career exploration as they plan to step out into a changed world.

It's not just a military test! The ASVAB Career Exploration Program is the only career planning resource that enables students to explore multiple paths to post-secondary success --college, certificates, apprenticeships, licensure programs, and the Military - in one place. The ASVAB CEP encourages students to explore a wide variety of career options rather than limiting their exploration by telling them what they can or should do. The program promotes career literacy through exposure to the requirements of entering over 1100 specific fields as well as the variety of approaches that can be taken. The program also provides both numerous resources and experienced educators to schools and students at no cost. The materials used in the program meet the National Standards for School Counseling Programs set forth by the American School Counselors Association (ASCA) and the Career Development Competencies established by the National Career Development Association (NCDA).

To those parents that have already expressed interest, THANK YOU. Please email or parent square Mrs. Sullivan (ksullivan@easthamptonct.org ) if you are interested in having your child take the ASVAB. Please note that at this time we have not yet scheduled a date- we will compile interest through Feb. 23rd.

ATTENTION ALL Seniors - Important Scholarship Info:

Mrs. Wyzykowski sent this to all seniors and their parents last week:

Dear Seniors and Parents:

Naviance is the best place to start looking for scholarships:

1. Log in to Naviance,

2. Go to the college tab on the very top center of page

3. Select scholarship and money

4. Select scholarship search for our local and regional scholarship list.

5. Click on See More Details button for more info about each scholarship

6. Read description carefully to see if you qualify

7. Click on Download Application Button or Apply Online Button, whichever is available for that particular scholarship.

8. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR EACH SCHOLARSHIP

Some scholarships will want you to apply online and submit online others will need you to download the application and email it to them directly and others will require you to email them to me. Please read the directions and descriptions carefully!

If you need to upload a transcript, send me an email request or come see me.

Let me know if you have any issues.

You can also search Nationally; Instead of selecting the Scholarship Search in step 4 Click National Scholarship Search.

Check Naviance everyday as I am uploading new scholarships as they come in!

Good Luck!

Mrs. Wyzykowski

Guidance Administrative Assistant

Should you have any questions please reach out to Mrs. Wyzykowski

lwyzykowski@easthamptonct.org

(P)860-365-4031

It’s time to pre-order your 2021-2022 East Hampton High School Yearbook! The Yearbook Club has been hard at work making sure this year’s book captures all the wonderful activities and happenings around school that we have missed out on with the past two turbulent years. By purchasing a yearbook, you will also have a way to remember both your friends and teachers without masks!

Parents! We are also beginning our Parent Ad sales which allow you to purchase an ⅛, ¼, ½, or full-page advertisement in the yearbook to dedicate to your student. This is a great way to help support Yearbook Club in funding our professional pictures year after year and keeping our hardcover, full-color yearbook at a reasonable cost. Parent Ads are a great way to memorialize family pictures and notes to your students for years to come as well!

Pre-orders and Parent Ads for the 2021-2022 EHHS Yearbook may only be purchased through www.balfour.com. Please see the attached resources below to help you go through the steps of placing an order for a yearbook, an advertisement, or both!

Resources:
Yearbook Pre-Order and Parent Ad Steps
AdBuilder Demo Video

Recently we have been having some issues with student dismissals from school and in particular, being dismissed due to illness without first going to the nurse. We ask that parents familiarize themselves with our attendance policy which is in the EHHS Student Handbook. Some of the main policies/procedures that we are asking for parents’ to help in adhering to are.

• EARLY DISMISSALS: A written request (no phone calls) from a parent or guardian must be presented to the main office before school begins so student may obtain an early dismissal slip. Students will wait in the main office for their parent/guardian to call the office and we will send your child out to meet you after they sign-out.
• NURSE DISMISSALS: In case of illness during school, dismissal will be arranged through the school nurse, or in her absence, through the office. Students feeling ill should report directly to the nurse's office. Students should not be texting or calling home when not feeling well.

Please note that having a parent’s written request before the start of the day allows the students name to appear on the Daily Attendance sheet so their teachers will be aware that they may not be in class on that day. This also eliminates the office staff from calling in and disrupting a classroom to dismiss the student. We do realize that there may be occasions when you may need to unexpectedly pick your child up early. In those cases we will call the student down when the parent/guardian arrives to the school

Our Next meeting is Wednesday, April 6, 2022 @ 630p in the EHHS library.

website: https://ehhsprojectgraduation.com/ (add this to your starred or favorites)

facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EHHSProjectGraduation/ (like our page)

AMAZON Ordering - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/homepage?orig=%2F choose EHHS Project Graduation. An easy way for us to earn money.

1. We are a fundraising group raising funds to provide a drug and alcohol free party for our new graduates every year.

2. We are an all volunteer group.

3. Most of us who have been attending meetings consistently are graduating in the spring, so we need your help to maintain this for classes to come.

Cyndi Buchan

President EHHS Project Graduation

The school community of East Hampton is committed to the mission of honoring and celebrating the diversity of our students, our community, and our nation. We strive to guide our students to conscious, deliberate, individual and collective actions that cultivate the respect of all races, religions, and social backgrounds. Our school community endeavors to produce graduates who are equipped with a greater understanding of the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The East Hampton Board of Education, in compliance with federal and state law, affirms its policy of equal educational opportunity for all students and equal employment opportunity for all persons. It is the policy of the District to promote nondiscrimination and an environment free of harassment regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, ancestry, disability (including but not limited to, intellectual disability, past or present history of mental disorder, physical disability, or learning disability), genetic information, marital status, or age or because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, or age of any persons with whom the individual associates. The District shall provide to all students without discrimination, course offerings, counseling, assistance, employment, athletics, and extracurricular activities. The District shall provide equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The District shall make reasonable accommodations for identified physical and mental impairments that constitute disabilities, consistent with federal and state statutes and regulations.

Email: everner@easthamptonct.org
Website: www.easthamptonps.org
Location: 15 North Maple Street, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: 860-365-4030
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