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Families,

After a few days of rain, the weather cleared just in time for Fox 61 News to visit our school garden! On Thursday morning, Jen Bove, EHPS Director of Food Services, was interviewed about our Farm to School program. Some of our PreK and grade 3 students also had their moment in the spotlight! If you didn’t happen to catch it when it was airing live, here’s the link: https://www.fox61.com/article/news/education/school-squad/east-hampton-connecticut-student-farm-to-school-garden/520-f3976020-18e4-487f-b37d-8765a891a887East Hampton students get hands-on lesson in new farm-to-school garden

www.fox61.com Enjoy! We will be officially debuting our garden on October 18th at 5:30pm. This is a family event. Please join us!

It is going to be a beautiful long weekend. We hope you are able to spend some time outdoors enjoying the many fall activities around our community. We’ll see you on Tuesday!

As always, thank you for your partnership!

Joey and Andrea

Memorial Models are chosen weekly by their teacher. These students have excelled all week in taking care of themselves, others, and things. The recipients will dine at a VIP table during lunch every Friday!

A PAWsitive office referral is submitted when a staff member recognizes a student who is going above and beyond to exemplify one of our three school rules - taking care of others, taking care of self, & taking care of things.

Congratulations to Mrs. Basile the newest member to the second grade team! Mrs. Basile is a great addition to the Memorial Family. She has worked hard to get to know each of her students and accommodate their needs, while making learning fun!

We had LOTS going on in the garden this week!

Monday Ms. Gibson’s cooking club made 2 different types of veggie pizzas!

Tuesday morning we hosted our first Garden Club meeting and our students got to harvest and taste lettuce fresh out of the garden and a radish! They were amazed at how crisp the lettuce was, and most were not thrilled with the strong taste of the radish, but every one of them tried it! Great job Garden Club!

Ms. Gibson’s class and Ms. Haydu’s class were TV stars this Wednesday when Fox 61 News visited our Garden! They showed Julia LeBlanc around the garden, let her taste the Lemon Basil Sorbet that Ms. Gibson’s class made, and released some butterflies back into the garden. Check out the Memorial Garden on Fox 61 News!

Sadly, we had to postpone our ICE CREAM IN THE GARDEN Ribbon Cutting ceremony due to the rain. But please join us on Tuesday 10/18 for Ice Cream and Hot Cider, crafts, scavenger hunts and more!!! Festivities start at 5:30 in the garden and the Ribbon Cutting will be at 6:00!

Hi Cheetah families!

It has been a busy month in the Memorial School library! Students have been practicing their library skills each week and are becoming more independent library users.

See below for grade level classroom expectations.

• PreK students are enjoying a variety of read alouds and songs with the themes of fall, apples, and pumpkins. We have also practiced some sorts, reinforcing colors, the same and different, and practiced counting together.

• Kindergarten is working on discussing the role of the author and the illustrator. We have read This is My Book and have done several sorts and songs to aid in this discussion.

• First grade is beginning their unit on digital citizenship by listening to the “Mouse Who Went Surfing Alone”. We will talk about what the internet is and what kinds of things we can do with the internet. The message of these lessons is that using the internet is a big responsibility and we need adult supervision when using it.

• Second grade has begun their unit on digital citizenship. They are learning about the types of information that are safe to put online versus what is unsafe. We will learn that we should never share our username/passwords, birthday, school, or address. They have also been introduced to Typing Club which is a keyboarding program they will be using up until 5th grade. In addition second graders have begun listening to Emily’s Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

• Third grade has also begun their unit on digital citizenship. They are reviewing the types of information that are safe to put online versus what is unsafe. They are also discussing how to create a safe and strong username. In addition, we have reviewed how to use Typing Club and are reading the first book of The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi.

Happy Socktober

“Each night in the United States, an estimated 600,000 people live on the streets. This October, we want 2 million people to show that even a small act of love, such as donating a pair of socks, can make a big difference in the lives of our neighbors who are homeless.” --www.happysocktober.com

All month long, through library class, 3rd grade students will be collecting socks to donate to a local area shelter. Please consider donating new mens, womens, and children’s socks through October 31st. Students can drop donations off at the Memorial School library.

For more information and updates, make sure to check out the library website at https://sites.google.com/site/centermemoriallibrary.

Questions, contact Mrs. Flannery at rflannery@easthamptonct.org.

Mrs. Flannery and Mrs. Hill

ALL Month Is Socktober and UNICEF Drive!

• 10/10- No School
• 10/11- Physical Education Summer Challenge Celebration (For students who met their summer goal)
• 10/14- Summer Reading and Math Celebration (For students who turned in their logs)
• 10/17- PTO @ 5:00pm Center School Library
• 10/18- Ice Cream/ Cider In the Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 5:30pm
• 10/21- Bus Driver Appreciation Day
• 10/28- Spirit Day and PBIS Assembly
• 10/31- Halloween..Boo!

When considering the number of absences your student has accrued, keep in mind that a student must be present for 195 minutes in order for the day to count! When bringing your student in late, or signing them out early if they have not been in school for a 195 minutes the day will be recorded as an absence.

The East Hampton Board of Education is committed to a safe and secure learning environment that honors and celebrates the diversity of our students, our community, and our nation. The Board of Education in partnership with the school community will not tolerate any threat of violence in the schools or any hate speech that targets any race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. Each student is held to the highest standards of responsible decision making within a culture that is expected to foster compassion, caring, and empathy.

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.

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