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Joey & Andrea

Families,

This was a short, but busy week! After a SNOW DAY on Tuesday, we spent the day celebrating kindness on Wednesday. And we ended the week with a fabulous EHEPTO sponsored assembly. After a 4 year hiatus, the Brain Show returned to Memorial School. This interactive assembly celebrates education and communicates to children that learning can be cool and fun. Students and staff all had a fantastic time competing in a fun-filled, trivia game! Thank you to our PTO for bringing such an engaging event to Memorial!

Have a wonderful holiday weekend. We return to school on Wednesday of next week.

Joey & 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.

She is in Mrs. Hennessey’s class.

She is special because she has three sisters.

Her favorite thing to do is read.

She wanted to be on student council because she feels like she can change the world.

She loves school because everyone is kind.

Congratulations to Valerie Sternberg, an Interventionist in our building for receiving the Order Of The Cheetah award this week! Valerie is always jovial. She is willing to help her colleagues and students with whatever is needed. She has a positive spirit that brightens everyone's day. Thank you for all that you do, we appreciate you!

PRE-K, K and Grade 1: The students did two weeks of fitness and skills stations focusing on eye-hand coordination, cooperative skills, fitness activities and challenges, and rock climbing. We then moved on to our scooters unit for a little over a week. We followed that unit with one that focused on cooperative movement games, movement and balance challenges, and partner physical challenges. The children finished the week with parachute activities: tossing up nerf balls, Igloo, and Waves were some of the challenges.

Grade 2 and 3: The students did two weeks of fitness and skills stations focusing on eye-hand coordination, cooperative skills, fitness activities and challenges, and rock wall climbing with increased climbing challenges to test their climbing and strength abilities. We then moved on to our scooter unit for a little over a week, which included the popular "slide and glide" movements and scooter soccer. The students also had time to rotate through the fitness lab equipment. The children finished the week with parachute activities: tossing up nerf balls, "Igloo," and "Waves" were some of the challenges.

Thank you for continuing to support and encourage your child to stay positive, active, and always to try their best while having fun. Movement makes you happy and does your body good.

--Coach Boscarino and Coach Ruel

2/19-2/120- President's Break No School

2/26-3/2- Read Across America Week- Spirit Days

2/26- PTO Meeting, Center School at 5:30pm

March- Music In Our Schools Month

3/1- Volunteer Appreication Day

3/1 Cheetah Pride Assembly- "Wear You favorite comfy clothes"

3/1-3/7- Book Fair

3/5- Progress Reports go home

3/6-3/7- Parent/Teacher Conferences

3/8- Professional Learning Day For Staff - No School for students

East Hampton’s Memorial School PRE-K is looking for trucks or vehicles that you are willing to bring to TOUCH-a-TRUCK on Saturday March 16th from 10am-1pm at Memorial School.

If you are interested, please contact Stacey Gibson at sgibson@easthamptonct.org

We would love the support of the community for this event.

TOUCH-A-TRUCK will be for the whole community of East Hampton to have a hands-on interactive experience with a variety of vehicles parked in Memorial school’s parking lot.

Donations to attend support PreK experiences at Memorial school.

Dear Families of Memorial Elementary Students,

This is an important update! We are asking for your assistance in helping keep our school healthy and safe. We have been experiencing a surge in stomach bug, coughing, strep throat, pink eye and fevers as well as several covid cases. If your child tests positive for covid or any illness, please inform the nurse office asap as we track all illnesses. Positive covid cases should stay home for 5 days and can return on day 6 as long as it has been 24 hour fever free without medication. It is also encouraged to wear a mask for days 6-10 while at school.

We have also recently had several food items brought in to share in classrooms. Please be aware that non food treats are encouraged. If food items are brought into school for sharing, it needs to be store bought, prepackaged and made in a nut free facility and the school nurse must be notified at least 24 hours in advance.

Please consider the following guidelines, provided by the school nurse, for sending students to school:

Consider keeping your child at home for an extra day of rest and observation if he or she has any of the following symptoms:

• Very stuffy or runny nose and/or cough
• Mild sore throat (no fever, no known exposure to strep)
• Mild headache and/or stomachache
• Fatigue

Definitely keep your child at home for treatment and observation if he or she has any of these symptoms and remember the 24 hour rule:

• Fever (greater than 100 degrees. May return to school after 24 hours of no fever WITHOUT fever reducing medications)
• Vomiting (Even once. Must wait 24 hours after last vomit episode to return to school)
• Diarrhea (Must wait 24 hours after last episode to return to school)
• Chills
• General malaise or feelings of fatigue, discomfort, weakness, and/or muscle aches
• Frequent congested, wet, or croupy cough
• Lots of nasal congestion with frequent blowing of nose
• redness and discharge from one or both eyes

To help prevent the flu and other colds, please remind your child(ren) about good hygiene habits:

• Wash hands frequently
• Do not touch eyes, nose, or mouth
• Cover mouth and nose when sneezing/coughing and then wash hands
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick

Often when a child awakens with vague complaints (the way colds and flu begin) it is wise to observe your child at home for an hour or two before deciding whether or not to bring them to school. Your child should be physically able to participate in all school activities on returning to school. Keeping a sick child at home will minimize the spread of infections and viruses in the classroom. We use our nursing assessment and judgment when students come into the nurse office and make calls home as we deem necessary. Thank you in advance for helping to make this year at school as healthy as possible.

*Please also update emergency contact information! In case of an emergency or in instances where your child needs to be dismissed from school, it is extremely important that we be able to reach someone on the contact list. We have also been having trouble with parent voicemail boxes that are full and we are unable to leave a message.

Please also make sure to have a spare change of seasonally appropriate clothing for your child to keep in their cubbies!!

Remember to notify the nurse's office if your child has been diagnosed with any illness (or injury). The nurse tracks illnesses and will send a note home to the class if there are 2 or more cases in the classroom. If your child has an injury that has activity restrictions, please share with the nurse's office so we are aware and can notify appropriate staff members. We want to keep our students healthy and safe and your cooperation is needed to do so. We appreciate your assistance.

Kindly,

The Health Office Team,

Nurse Katie and Miss Michelle

Please contact your child’s pediatrician first. If unable to be seen, here is a list of

local walk in/urgent care locations if unable to be seen by pediatrician:

CVS Minute Clinic, East Hampton 866-389-2727

ProHealth Extended Hours, Glastonbury 657-5940

Middlesex Health Urgent Care, Middletown 860-358-4170

Colchester Urgent Care 860-531-9749

The East Hampton Board of Education and the school community as a whole promote a secure and productive school climate, conducive to teaching and learning that is free from threat, harassment, and any type of bullying behavior. Therefore it shall be the policy of the Board that bullying and/or teen dating violence committed against a student by another student is prohibited. The Board believes that a school environment in which students feel safe, supported, engaged and helpfully challenged is optimal for learning and healthy development. The Board seeks an environment in which students and adults feel socially, emotionally, intellectually and physically safe; an environment that is free of harassment, intimidation, teen dating violence and bullying. Our website provides links to various policies and reporting forms including our Safe School Climate Plan. Hard copies are also available in our main office. If at any point you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to building administration for further assistance.

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.

Memorial School Attendance email:

memorial_attendance@easthamptonct.org * there is an _ between memorial and attendance!

Students, parents, and community members have access to an anonymous tip line on the front page of the school district website to report self-concerns, mental health concerns of a friend, or concerns of violence. Simply click here or view on the website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/.

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