Cheetah Pride Press!

Dear Families,

As we approach the last full week of May, we can’t help but reflect on how proud we are of our students and staff. This has been an amazing year! It has been a year full of growth, strength, perseverance, and so many wonderful celebrations. Watching our grade 3 students dance the night away at the EHEPTO sponsored Special Person Dance last Friday was pure joy! We can’t wait to see the smiles on our cheetahs’ faces during the upcoming Writing Celebration, Fun Days, Kindergarten Show, Preschool Graduations, and various special events and ceremonies. Memorial School is finishing the year happy and strong!

With appreciation for your partnership,

Joey & Andrea

The East Hampton Police Department paraded through our parking lot Tuesday. We were able to show our appreication by cheering, giving them cards and posters students made.

Memorial Models are chosen weekly by their teacher and have excelled all week in taking care of themselves, others, and things

The PTO hosted an amazing evening for our grade 3 students and families. Much appreication to PTO and all the volunteers for putting together the luau themed event. Students loved the DJ, selfie station, and professional pictures.

Grade 3 students are MOVIN’ ON UP! Soon they will be Center School students. We are so proud of them, and can't wait to recognize their transition to 4th grade. Please plan to join us for a brief ceremony at the following times:

Tuesday, June 14th:

• Evans at 9:00
• Frost at 9:45
• Haydu at 2:00

Wednesday, June 15th:

• Hennessey at 9:00
• Rossi at 9:45

Each ceremony will be held in the cafetorium, and will last approximately 30 minutes. Following the ceremony, there will be time for pictures in our front lobby. Bring your cameras! We can't wait to see you.

Hi everyone, a slightly different format for this last Newsletter (June’s Newsletter will be directed more towards summer activities and our PE Summer Exercise Challenge).

We have just completed our gymnastics unit and are presently doing cooperative and movement activities.

We will be doing our Track and Field Unit the 2-3 weeks leading up to Fun Days, where we will continue working on our PE class expectations, and begin doing the running long jump, shot put (light, modified), shuttle run, sprinting events, and hurdles, to name a few.

We will be outside the week of the Writing Celebration, and most days whenever we can. The days can get hot, so we are very mindful of keeping the children safe and hydrated (please make sure your child has a water bottle each day, especially on PE days so they can hydrate, the water fountains are still for filling up water bottles only). Shorts, a light colored t- shirt, and of course sneakers are best for PE days.

Thank you to all who have signed up and are able to help out with our Fun Days (the week of June 6- 9), we really appreciate your help and couldn’t do it without you! If you did volunteer, we will meet you at 830am the morning of your Fun Day in the gym (I will have the outside doors by the gym available for you to enter the gym).

Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather during our Fun Day week, it's always a great day for the children and for us too!

Stay healthy and active,

Coach Ruel

&

Coach Boscarino

Grade 3 Families,

We are excited to announce that grade 3 students will be visiting Center School on Friday, June 3rd! In order to maximize the time that our students are able to spend there, students will go straight to Center School that day. If your student rides the school bus, they will be getting off the bus at Center School that morning, as opposed to Memorial School. Center School staff members will board the bus upon arrival to greet the students and guide them into the school. If you typically transport your child to school, we ask that you drop your student off in the Center School circle between 8:25-8:40. The grade 3 teachers will meet the students at Center School. Lunch will be provided by the Center School cafeteria staff. Or, if you prefer, you may send a lunch with your child. Once everyone arrives, our students will adhere to the following schedule:

8:45-9:20 Introductions and Teacher Panel Q&A
9:20-9:30 Transition to Classrooms
9:30-10:50 Visit 4 classrooms for 20 minutes in each room
10:50-11:10 Lunch in the Center School Cafeteria
11:15-11:25 Recess
11:30 Board Buses to Return to Memorial School

Do you enjoy digging in the dirt? Are you handy at building things? Do you enjoy helping out your school community? Memorial School has been awarded a school garden grant and we need YOUR help to build it from the ground up! We will be hosting two “Grow our Garden” building days on Saturday June 4th and Saturday June 11th from 8:00 to noon. If you and/or your family (children are welcome to help) would like to be involved in the excitement of starting our very own Memorial School Garden, please use the link below to sign up to volunteer on one or both days.

Send any questions or comments to Jen Bove at jbove@easthamptonct.org

Volunteer Sign up

This project was funded in part by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s CT Grown for CT Kid’s Grant established by Public Act P.A. 21-0002, S. 364.

5/23- BOE meeting, 6:30pm

5/23-5/26- Writing Celebration

5/27- IT Appreication Day

5/27- PBIS Assembly

5/27-Spirit Day- Cheetah Gear

5/30- No School- Memorial Day

6/2- Integrated Preschool Graduation

6/3- Grade 3 Students Visit Center School

6/6- Kindergarten Fun Day

6/7- Grade 1 Fun Day

6/8- Grade 2 Fun Day

6/9- Grade 3 Fun Day

6/14- Moving Up Ceremony

6/15- Moving Up Ceremony

6/16- Last Day of School- Half Day

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: jbauer@easthamptonct.org
Website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/o/memorial-school
Location: 20 Smith Street, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: 860-365-4020
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