The Panther Post

Good afternoon,

As we continue through the year, we have many upcoming events for our students. From field trips and Capstone Convention to Field Days and Memorial Day Ceremony - be on the lookout for further details as we come upon each event.

We hope our panther community can come out on the evening of Wednesday May 24th to support our 8th graders at this year's Capstone Convention. Everyone is invited! The event will begin at 6:00 with 8th graders arrive at 5:30 to set up their projects.

Best,

Christina & Emily

Mon., May 22nd: Jazz Band, BOE Meeting at Town Hall

Tues., May 23rd: Bike Club

Wed. May 24th: robotics, 8th Grade Capstone Convention

Thur. May 25th: Bike Club

Fri. May 26th: Memorial Day Observance 9:00am

Fri. May 26th: Festival of Flight 6th Grade

Mon., May 29th: No School - Memorial Day

Tues. May 30th: Empower Field Trip

Fri. June 2nd: 7th Grade Field Day

Mon. June 5th: 6th Grade Field Day

June 8th: 8th Grade Step Up Ceremony 1:00pm

Each month Team Leaders will share an update on current happenings throughout the team. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to your child's Team Leader. Contact information is within each newsletter. Team Leaders should be sending April newsletters soon!

Below is access to team's May newsletters. Don't forget to check out Team Amethyst's newsletter. This is our specials and P.E. team.

Enjoy!

Our students gave a big thank you to our East Hampton Police Department with specialty cookies! We invited some officers to come down to EHMS so we can thank them in person.

On Friday May 26th at 9:00, we will hold our annual Memorial Day Ceremony. We would love to invite any family member to our students who is a veteran so we can honor at this ceremony. If you have a veteran you would like to honor, please fill out the following google form.

iReady Diagnostic

Each year the East Hampton Public Schools administers the i-Ready Diagnostic in Reading and Math in the fall, winter, and spring to monitor student growth and performance. The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your child’s needs. Each item a student receives is based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier ones. The purpose of this is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning. These results are reviewed as one data point amongst other assessments, observations and data regarding student performance. The assessment is integrated into your child’s day as part of their academic learning and is paced to ensure that they work on the assessment in small chunks of time. The implementation of this assessment is completed in accordance with Connecticut State Department of Education guidelines. I-Ready will begin on Monday May 22nd in all Math classes. The i-Ready Diagnostic will provide results that help our team identify your child’s strengths and determine next steps for instruction.

What can I do to help?

To help prepare your child for the i-Ready Diagnostic, encourage them to:

• Get a good night’s sleep and eat a full breakfast the day of the assessment.
• Try their best on each question and try not to rush.
• Try not to worry about questions they do not know—remind them that it is expected they
• will only get about half of the questions correct.
• Be respectful of other students who take longer to finish
• Students should come to school with their earbuds and a fully charged chromebook.

Eighth grade students have been working on press release flyers for their Capstone projects! Want to learn American sign language? Do you know the latest developments in cybersecurity? Always wanted to learn how to make macarons?

Be sure to attend our Capstone Convention on...

Wednesday, May 24 at 6:00 pm

Below are just a few examples of our impressive projects this year. We hope you can come and check them out!

8th graders are to arrive at 5:30 in order to set up their projects.

Thank you to EH Parks & Rec and the Prevention Partnership for their collaboration with our student council in organizing this year's 6th & 7th grade dance! Students had a great time dancing with friends!

The Panthers raced valiantly Tuesday as East Hampton hosted the second race of the (first ever at EHMS) season, taking two podium spots - Charlotte Daniels finishing 1st over all in the girls category and Luke Garcia placing 2nd overall for the boys for the second week in a row. Several East Hampton boys were also in the hunt for a medal with Lee Barron finishing 4th, Dolan Krasnitski in 5th, Owen Fielding in 6th and Forrest Bellucci in his first race finishing in 10th.

Thank you to all the club members and families that came out on such a beautiful day and cheered us on. A special thank you to Coach Mercaldi for helping us to coordinate with the baseball and softball teams!

All eyes will be on the final race next week in Ledyard where the home team will try to repeat as season champions. We'll need to bring our best to try and stop them...Let's go Panthers!

Hunter Steiner, pictured below, is celebrated this week for representing our PBIS pillars through his efforts and leadership as baseball team manager!

Chess during lunch continues to be popular for our grade levels. If students are interested, sign up in the library on Thursdays!

The PANTHER PROWL was a huge success as both a fundraiser and as a fun and healthy school-wide activity! We’re thrilled to say that EHMS students raised $6,490 for their school! The funds will be used for many things from technology and equipment needs for the school and much more.

On Friday morning, Mrs. Gieras’ homeroom will be treated to a breakfast cart delivery to their classroom as they finished in first place, raising $1,295! Raffle prizes will be awarded to students during the school day as well. We thank all families for your partnership in making the Panther Prowl a super successful fundraiser for EHMS!

The SPIRIT WEAR SALE starts on Monday. Everything site-wide will be 25% off. Get your warm weather gear for summer! The PTO will send a ParentSquare message Monday with all the details you’ll need to shop the sale.

East Hampton Middle School

YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW!

Cost of Yearbook: $30

Cash or checks are accepted

Please make checks payable to: EHMS

Paper forms are available in the main office or send an email with your student's name and Homeroom to cbuchan@easthamptonct.org

NOTE: Students will receive their yearbooks on the last day of school.

There will be NO yearbook sales on the last day of school.

The Nutmeg Game Show is coming! From now until the end of May, we will be running a fun reading initiative that will culminate with grade-level “Nutmeg Game Show” assemblies on June 6!

What Students Will Do:

• Read as many of the 3 Nutmeg titles selected for their grade level as they can. All books can be checked out in the LMC.
• Submit questions about the book(s) via Google Form linked on the library website here (These questions maybe used during the game show!)
• Form teams of 3-4 students to participate in a preliminary round within their ELA classroom in mid-May
• Winning teams from each ELA class will go on to complete at grade-level assemblies the end of May/June
• The winning team from each grade level will get to pick 1 friend to join them to watch a movie in the LMC during the last week of June…movie snacks will be provided!

With the start of spring comes planning for all our end of the year events. We have been honored with the opportunity to see your child grow over the last three years. Each student has become an integral part of our Panther community and has evolved into an individual with interests, passions, and goals. We look forward to partnering with you as we open the doors to your child’s high school experience and all the opportunities that await while celebrating and closing the door to all they have accomplished over the last three years at EHMS.

We are planning a culminating event for our 8th graders. On Thursday June 8th at 1:00, we will hold our 2nd annual 8th grade Step-Up ceremony in our gymnasium. We will continue to celebrate our students that evening (June 8th) with our 8th Grade Formal that will be held at EHMS from 7pm to 9pm. We encourage all families to come for pictures starting at 6:30pm. The next day, our students will be attending their 8th grade High Meadow class field trip on Friday June 9th. More specifics to these events will be communicated out, but we wanted to provide you the dates to save in your calendars! If there are any questions, please feel free to reach out to administration or our 8th grade co-advisors; Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Mercaldi.

Our first event that will take place will be our students showcasing all their hard work around their Capstone projects. Our 8th Grade Capstone Convention will be held on Wednesday May 24th at EHMS from 6pm to 8pm.

A reminder that the following email addresses can be used by parents to report and document their approval of an absence:

Memorial_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

Center_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

EHMS_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

EHHS_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

If you have successfully emailed the school, you will receive an autoreply that notifies you that the absence communication has been received and recorded. This process is effective for your child for the first 9 absences. After your student has more than 9 absences, additional documentation or communication is required to excuse the absence. However, please continue to use the email designated for your child's school to continue to notify the school that your child will be absent. You may call your child’s school at any time to report an absence but please make sure to follow up a phone call with a note or email to the attendance email.

Also, just a friendly reminder to have your child bring lip balm with them to school, if needed. This year has been tough for those lips!

Nutrition is so important for growth and development. Please be sure that your student is bringing enough snacks for themselves and remind them to eat breakfast and lunch. As a reminder, the school offers breakfast and lunch, free of charge for all families.

Is anyone else having Spring Fever?! If we aren’t going to be getting snow, then bring on Spring!

If at any point you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at khafele@easthamptonct.org or call the school office at 860-365-4060.

Thank you!

Mrs. Hafele

EAST HAMPTON MS ATHLETICS SCHEDULE MAY 22 - MAY 26 (subject to change)

MONDAY, MAY 22

East Hampton baseball/softball at Beman MS (Middletown), 2:20 dismissal, 2:30 bus, 3:45 pm game.

Note: Pat Kidney Fields

TUESDAY, MAY 23

Griswold MS (Rocky Hill) baseball/softball at East Hampton MS, 3:30 pm game.

Note: Coaches will collect uniforms at the conclusion of the game. Players will change back into their school clothes. This will conclude our spring season, thank you!

If your child is having any Chromebook or technology issues please click on the link below to do some troubleshooting: EHMS TroubleShooting Tips

If the troubleshooting doesn't work click on the link below to submit an IT work ticket:

Chromebook Trouble Ticket

Please encourage your child to take pride and care in their device. Below is a video to review the proper care of Chromebooks with your child.

Board of Education Statement on School Safety:

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.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement of the East Hampton Public Schools:

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.

Nondiscrimination Statement of the East Hampton Public Schools:

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: camaral@easthamptonct.org
Website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/o/ehms
Location: 19 Childs Road, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: (860) 365 4060