East Haven High School

Marking Period 1 has closed at EHHS and teachers are working to finalize their grades in PowerSchool. This will be completed by Tuesday of this week. Report cards will be sent electronically to students and parents/guardians later this week, however, the grade that you see on PowerSchool on Tuesday will be the final grade for the Marking Period.

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 16th from 12:30-2:30 in the afternoon and again from 6:30-8:00 in the evening.

Attached are the directions on how you can sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences, which will be scheduled through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.

Any students who are interested in the EHHS Maritime Program should complete the back of the flyer they received during the assembly on Oct. 27th. You can return the flyer to any of the teachers listed below and they will give you the permission slip needed for the Mystic Seaport Field Trip on Nov. 30th.

• Mrs. Pompano - S322
• Mr. Callahan - S317
• Mr. Oshana - S313

All permission slips will be due by Nov. 14th. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Pompano. (mpompano@east-haven.k12.ct.us)

The National Honor Society will be collecting donations until November 15th for our Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit the East Haven Food Pantry. Please drop off non perishables to the Main office or the East Main Wing. Collection boxes are available in both areas. Thank you for your support!

Books and Brownies will have a meeting on Thursday, November 9th after school in the Media Center. See Ms. Veleas or Ms. Dominguez if you have any questions.

All are Welcome!

Next yearbook meeting will be on Monday 11/6 in W103. All are welcome!

The Comet Beat club will be meeting on Monday November 6th at 3:00pm in E121 for anyone interested in joining the Newspaper staff as a reporter, investigator, photographer, artist, etc!

Over the past week we have been surprising senior students in their classes and recognizing them for exemplary performance on the NGSS State Assessment last spring. Congratulations to the following students: Melania Korenovsky, Lainie D'Auria, Natalie Brown, Alexis Lamprea, Katelyn Webster, Brian Malicki, and Gabryella Vedder.

EHHS Drama Club is looking for Creative Writers and Actors to create original short plays for a performance on December 2nd! If you are interested attend our info meeting on 11/6!

Seniors & Senior parents/guardians, please click on the link for all information about the yearbook--buying ads for your graduating senior, buying a yearbook, etc. There are due dates of things as well. Any questions please reach out to Mrs. Gardner or Mrs. Wright. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12WmCBjpFvtcBY-7gqMcrTCnoDEDmhMBiM5wIIoWYvT8/edit?usp=sharing

Yearbooks are now on sale! The cost of the book is $70. Go to www.jostensyearbooks.com to purchase. The cost of book will be $80 after 11/17.

Senior Students and Parents/Guardians! What should you be doing now to prepare for college? Create your FSA ID!

The 2024-2025 FAFSA is opening in December. The FAFSA, or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, determines the student’s eligibility for financial assistance to colleges and many other 2-year programs. To access the form, both the student AND contributing parents will need to create an FSA ID.

To create your FSA ID, go to https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch and create an account. Students will need their social security number and date of birth to create their ID. Parents/Guardians can create an ID even if they do not have a social security number! If a student does not have a social security number, there are other forms, such as the AACTUS, that can help them receive aid.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Ms. Reagan, this year’s College/Career Adviser! Email her at rwoitowitz@east-haven.k12.ct.us or schedule an appointment using this link: https://calendar.app.google/yLQwPPSjY7gtdw328.

SENIOR students must pay their class dues this fall! Dues will go towards the cost of caps and gowns for graduation and senior activities (luncheon, trip, prom, etc.). All students should pay $100 over the last four years ($25 for each year you are an EHHS student).

Pay on E-Funds: https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56620/

Check out this video on how to use E-Funds: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RIsKVGmXb4BsMO2p7Zk4Kjfl0GQhAFzc/view?usp=drive_link

Nov 1st was a busy day in the School Counseling Dept! The University of Connecticut held a Free Application Day where any senior could apply for admission to the university for free that day. Dozens of EHHS students took advantage of the opportunity and submitted their applications! We hope to see some of them become future Huskies!

Seniors, don't forget to take advantage of these other state universities that are sponsoring their own Free Application Days!

Southern CT State Univ: Apply for free between Nov 1st and Nov 15th

Central CT State Univ: apply for free during the whole month of November

Western CT State Univ: apply for free during the whole month of November

AP Students:

Any student who indicated through My AP that they will be taking an AP exam will be charged a $40 deposit per exam in their Student Account, which must be paid through EFunds by Nov. 12th.

Students, take advantage of our upcoming days off on Tues, Nov 7th and Fri, Nov 10th and visit some colleges! All students (freshmen through seniors) are encouraged to take a tour, walk around campus, eat in the student dining facilities, etc. Check college websites to see if pre-registration is required.

On Friday, November 3, EHHS's Writing Center tutors presented a workshop at UCONN's Writing Center Conference. They spoke about the work they did to be become tutors and to develop our Writing Center, and they then facilitated table discussions with both teachers and students from other schools on how to make writing centers effective in schools. They truly embodied EHHS's Vision of the Graduate. Congratulations to Melania Korenovsky, Faith Papa, Valerie Sortito, Devlan Vithayarath, and Nicholas Vocatura!

If you are bringing an outside guest to Homecoming on November 17th, please fill out the outside guest form in the description and have it approved by an administrator.

Once your order is approved, your tickets will be placed on your eFunds account.

The last day to REQUEST a homecoming ticket was November 3.

You will have until November 13 to have your outside guest form approved AND pay on E-Funds.

Thank you for your support!

The EHHS Class of 2024 Officers and Advisors

If you are interested in taking the Saturday December 2nd SAT at EHHS register at https://mysat.collegeboard.org/ by November 17th

Learn about fee waivers and see if you are eligible here: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration/fee-waivers

Volunteer opportunity: 8th Grade Open House Tour Guide

Location: EHHS

Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Time: 6:00 pm

Any student interested in serving as a tour guide and/or assisting a teacher during our 8th Grade Open House on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 can sign up in advance in the main office.

Looking for student volunteers for Special Olympics Bowling at AMF Circle Lanes 525 Main Street, East Haven

Date: November 18th and 19th

Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm Students can volunteer for a day or half day shift

Job: Lane Assistants

Sign up using the link below or stop by the main office for more information.

https://tinyurl.com/EHHandSOBowling

There will be a meeting on Wednesday at 2:30 pm in E121 for all students who wanted to volunteer for Homecoming community service hours!

Fair Haven Community Health Center, East Haven High School's Medical School Based Health Clinic, can provide flu shots to students enrolled in their program. See the letters below for more details:

Flu Letter - English

Flu Letter - Spanish