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Weekly Update May 5, 2023
A Teacher Affects Eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. – Henry Brooks Adams
Families,
This week is teacher appreciation week, and Memorial School is full of the most dedicated, hard-working, compassionate educators on the planet! We’ll be celebrating them all week, but please take a moment to let our teachers know how much you and your learners appreciate them as well. A simple “thank you” goes a long way.
In addition to teacher appreciation, we will also be recognizing our school nurses on Wednesday, and our cafeteria & custodial staff on Friday. It’s going to be a week full of gratitude. Let’s keep the positive energy flowing!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Joey Bauer and Andrea Montovani
Cheetahs In Action
This month students are learning about CONFIDENCE. We are teaching, modeling and encouraging students to feel sure of themselves and their abilities. It is that quiet inner knowledge that they are capable!
Pet Food Drive
Smart Start Continues To Collect Cat And Dog Food To Be Donated To a Local Shelter
Current totals of our cat and dog food drive for May
25 cans/bags of dog food
100 cans of cat food
Kindergarten Visited Bushy Hill
Memorial School's Gratitude Garden
Rebecca Flannery, Library Media Specialist, has been growing a Gratitude Garden this month on the library windows. Students are writing notes to someone they’re grateful for at Memorial and adding them to the garden. We can’t wait to watch it continue to grow!
Garden News
This week in garden club we cleaned the garden buckets where our pumpkin plants will start to grow. We freshened the dirt, added peat moss, and got the beds ready for planting!
Smart Start Builds a Pterodactyl
With Mrs. Vining’s help, Mrs. Gibson’s class built a Pterodactyl that will be on display in the front lobby. Over the last few weeks, the class has learned so much about dinosaurs!
Eversource Delivers Trees to Memorial Students
Pawsitive Office Referral
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.
Memorial Models
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!
Preschool/Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Order Of The Cheetah
This week we recognize Mrs. Calos, a paraprofessional, as the Order Of The Cheetah. Mrs. Calos goes above and beyond to help all students. She brightens everyone's day with her positive attitude and contagious smile. She if flexible and willing to do whatever it takes to help staff and students.
Congratulations to Jen Bove, Director Of Nutrition
Congratulations to Mrs. Haydu and Ms. James
They are 4 of 158 CT Fund For Teacher recipients who will be traveling this summer!
Coaches Corner
Math Work Places
Work Places are engaging math exploration activities and games that reinforce key skills taught in Bridges and Number Corner lessons. They are designed for students to use independently whether they work alone, with partners, or in small groups. When students are introduced to a new Work Place, they first play as a class against the teacher so that they can learn the directions. After the game is introduced to the class, students are able to play the game during the math block. Usually there are 4-6 Work Places in rotation at the same time, so it gives students plenty of opportunities to practice various skills. Check out a few digital Work Places your mathematician has played this year and try them out at home through The Math Learning Center.
Literacy
Writing Celebration
Music News
Dear Grade 3 Families,
On May 11th, third grade students will participate in an “Instrument Petting Zoo” during the school day! Ms. Gould (Center School Music Teacher) and I, along with some high school student visitors, will demonstrate the various band instrument choices for fourth graders! Students will experience the sights and sounds of the instruments and get a chance to hold each instrument. They will get to ask questions and find out why playing each instrument might be a good choice for them! Although they won’t get a chance to play the instruments, we hope that holding and listening to each one will inspire our third graders and help them decide whether they might like to be in band next year! Students will come home with an idea of which instrument was most interesting to them, as well as details about how you can help them get signed up for fourth grade band lessons!
Following this event, Ms. Gould will host Band Sign Up Night on 5/16 at 6:30 PM in the Center School gym. At this event, you will learn about the band program and will find out how to get your student an instrument! Please direct any questions to Ms. Gould at egould@easthamptonct.org.
Thank you for continuing to support your student’s musical growth!
Mrs. Maldonado
Thank You To Mrs. Maldonado For Composing Our New School Song
Physical Education News
PE NEWSLETTER - Gymnastics
During the month of April, we began our gymnastics unit, which the kids love!
Clear expectations of technique and safety of the skills were explained.
Listed below are some of the activities performed:
Nurse's Notes
Dear Families of Memorial Elementary Students,
Spring has sprung! As the days grow warmer, and our students spend more time being active outdoors, it’s important to reinforce good personal hygiene habits. Personal hygiene plays a critical role in promoting a positive self-image and reinforces healthy habits. We encourage these good hygiene strategies at school and encourage you to do the same at home. The following are examples of good DAILY hygiene practices. Children of different ages need different things. Some hygiene habits are indicated for all students, and others are not. Please consider which tasks are most appropriate for your child:
• Shower or bathe everyday or every other day.
• Wash hands ALWAYS after using the restroom, before and after eating, playing outdoors, touching animals.
• Wash hair daily or every other day.
• Use deodorant or antiperspirant.
• Brush teeth twice a day and, preferably, floss daily.
• Wear clean/unsoiled clothes.
• Wear clean socks and underwear.
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.
Celebrations are an important part of childhood. We strongly encourage non-food items to share with classes when celebrating birthdays. Many students are living with life threatening allergies (i.e. nut/tree nut/dairy/egg/soy/fruit) and we do our best to limit their exposure to anything that may negatively impact their health and want to keep all of our students safe. 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
Upcoming Events:
3rd Grade Dance
Project Graduation
Hiking
Preschool Animal Donation
MAY you please send in a can of cat/DOG food to
support the local food bank and pets?
PRE-K CARES.
We are collecting canned cat/DOG food in May to donate!
Bring your donations to room 38 in the box provided!
THANK YOU!
Save The Dates
May/June
5/8- Board of Education Meeting
5/8-5/12-Teacher Appreication Week
5/9- Town Council Meeting
5/10- Nurse Appreciation Day
5/12- Cafeteria and Custodian Appreication Day
5/12- PTO Sponsored Grade 3 Dance 5:30-7:00pm
5/19 PTO Sponsored Movie Night
5/24-5/25- Writing Celebration Open Houses
5/26- Author Visit: Alan Katz
5/26- IT Appreication Day
5/29- Memorial Day = No School
5/30-6/2- Fun Days
6/5 & 6/6- Kindergarten Shows
6/8- Grade 3 Step up Ceremonies
6/9- Grade 3 visits Center School
6/9 - Smart Start Graduation
6/12- Integrated Preschool Graduation
6/13- Last Day Of School Early Dismissal
Breakfast Menu
Lunch Menu
Preschool Breakfast and Lunch Menu
School Base Health Center
School Base Health Center
Safe School Climate
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.
Attendance Matters
Please note
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.
Covid Protcols
Memorial School's Profile of a Graduate
Board of Education Statement on School Safety
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement of the East Hampton Public Schools
Non-discrimination 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.
Memorial Elementary School Contact Information
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