Bellringer Newsletter

Good morning. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and remembered to turn the clocks ahead on Sunday morning. It's hard to believe that the start of Spring is just around the corner and with that, the start of Spring Sports. We are also excited to have a full slate of end of year events planned for all of our students at EHHS. Please 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.

• March 16-- Junior Digital Pre-Administration for CT SAT
• March 16--Washington D.C Parent Meeting--6:00
• March 18--Student Council Blood Drive
• March 18--Senior Dance--7:00--9:00
• March 21---24--Washington DC Trip
• March 23--SAT School Day Testing--11th Grade Students
• March 25--Early Dismissal--Professional Development
• March 31--Music Department Cabaret Evening
• April 13--NHS Induction Ceremony
• April 15--No School--Good Friday
• April 18--22---April Vacation
• April 26--NGSS Testing--11th Grade Students

The Middle Haddam Public Library is collecting sneakers to support this cause.

Drop-off your new or used sneakers & we will recycle them for you!

Drop off locations:
All East Hampton Public Schools
Middle Haddam Public Library
for more information visit our website:
middlehaddampubliclibrary.com
Thank you for your support!

In the United States at least 200 million pairs of shoes & sneakers end up in landfills each year.
Shoes in landfills can take up to 30-40 years to decompose!

Harmful chemicals are emitted into the soil & air which pollutes our surroundings.

Girls Ice Hockey Co-Op final season record is 7-10.

Boys Ice Hockey Co-Op lost to Farmington Valley 1-4 in the first round of the CIAC Division 2 State Tournament. Their final season record is 10-10-1.

Indoor Track competed has completed their season.

Boys Freshmen Basketball has concluded their season and their final season record is 3-7.

Boys Junior Varsity Basketball has concluded their season and their final season record is 5-15.

Boys Varsity Basketball lost to Windsor Locks 46-51 in the first round of the CIAC Division 5 state tournament. Their final season record is 13-10.

Girls Junior Varsity Basketball season has concluded and their final season record is 4-12.

Girls Varsity Basketball defeated Seymour in the ¼ Final round of the CIAC Class M State Tournament. Their current season record is 23-2. They are scheduled to play at Plainville High School in the CIAC Class M State Tournament Semi-Finals on Monday 3/14 at 6:00 pm.

All CIAC State Tournament tickets must be purchased on-line, there will be no tickets available to be purchased at the door. Tickets can be purchased through Go Fan and that information can be found on the CIAC website.

The Cheerleading Team competed at the CIAC Class S State Championships and placed 6th. They als competed at the Team of the Year competition on Sunday 3/13 at North Haven High School.

Spring sports registration is now open on FamilyID.com

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

All home basketball games can also be viewed on the NFHS network with a subscription.

During the first week of March, the Spanish and French clubs sponsored a weeklong celebration of languages and cultures. Throughout the week, students enjoyed a number of different activities that promoted active learning and curiosity about the world. The school kicked off the week with an international flag hunt, which required students to find a world flag, and identify the country and the language spoken there. The next day featured a build the Eiffel tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks competition, and a French monument guessing activity. On Wednesday, students signed up to learn how to dance typical dances from Latin America, including salsa, merengue, bachata and the salsa choke. On Thursday, homerooms competed in an international trivia contest, and students stayed after school to learn how to cook Chasha Momo, traditional Tibetan dumplings. The week culminated in a Cultural EGGspert event, that challenged students to answer questions about cultural etiquette, customs, and traditions. Some of the questions asked students to reflect about the complex nature of intercultural interactions. Throughout the week, students participated in an international door decorating contest, that inspired homerooms to represent another country on their classroom doors. Mrs. Luppachino- Gilson’s homeroom took the prize for the best decorations for their representation of Egypt, while the second and third place prizes went to Mr. Zawacki’s and Mr. Lucas’ homerooms’ representations of France and Germany. A number of students deserve to be acknowledged for their outstanding leadership and support, especially Eshani Karkun and Delaney Russell, who were the co-chairs who organized all of the Spanish club sponsored events, and Jaelyn Taylor, Tori Schiavoni, Kira Roloff, Hannah Briere, and Riley Flatley, who helped make the French club activities shine. Amber Murphy, Samantha Kearney and Rileigh Govoni created a beautiful wall display to teach students how to greet others in different languages while Valentina Morales taught students how to dance the salsa choke during the X-block dance workshop. Overall, many students contributed to and participated in this very festive celebration.

Just a reminder that ALL juniors will be doing pre-administration for their CT SAT next Wednesday, March 16 during xblock.

Testing will be the following week, March23rd -

Juniors will report directly to thier testing rooms below at 7:35

RM 101- A-Cahoon

RM 102- Cardillo- Dubos

RM 103- Dugan-Ireland

RM 104- Jacobsen- Lisboa

RM 203- Magaldi-Pettine

RM 204- Phillips- Shellenberger

RM 700- Soltanpanah- Zuber

JUNIOR INFO:

Juniors should check their calandars as individual meetings have already started.

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, March 2, 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
Twitter: @EH_CTPrincipal