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Families,

This weekend is full of important events. For those of you involved with Little League, it’s opening weekend! PLAY BALL! In addition to the official kickoff of the baseball season, our Unified Sports athletes will be traveling to Glastonbury High School for a competition. We wish them all the best of luck! And tomorrow is Earth Day! We hope you are able to spend some time outside appreciating all of the benefits of nature.

May is just around the corner, and there are many exciting activities ahead. Don’t forget to check our “Save the Dates” section.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Joey Bauer and Andrea Montovani

This month students are learning about IMAGINATION. We are teaching learners to form new ideas, be creative, and resourceful.

This week in garden club we raked the garden beds, planted carrot seed strips to grow, watered the beds where we have seeds planted, added peat moss to beds and raked them to get them ready for lettuce seeds next week. We also were able to check on our garlic that is growing!

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.

This week we celebrate Mrs. Williams, our school nurse. Mrs. Williams helps keep everyone healthy and happy at Memorial School. We are thankful for how she cares for everyone, whether it may be by a applying a band-aid, administering medications, or helping students that feel ill. We appreciate all that you do and the positivity you exude!

Dear Grade Three Families,

As Spring and the end of the year approaches, we will reflect with our students on their growth both personally and academically. We have seen our students persist, persevere, and accomplish so much this year. In the coming months, we will also measure student performance formally through the Smarter Balanced Assessment in Mathematics and Literacy. This will be our grade 3 students’ first experience with the summative state assessments. However, students have had regular exposure throughout the school year to the content and skills specific to grade level standards measured by the assessments, the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills embedded in the assessments, and the technology and assessment platform on which they will be assessed. Assessment schedules are structured to limit the amount of time students are assessed on any given day. Students are given all of the time they need to complete the assessment to their satisfaction. As a result, testing schedules are flexible and responsive to student needs. Through our district assessments, we have been supporting students by cultivating a positive culture where students are encouraged to do their best and proudly show what they know. We will continue the same support as we prepare students for Smarter Balanced. The schedule for Smarter Balanced Assessments are as follows:

• English Language Arts Computer Adaptive Test - April 25th & 26th
• Mathematics Computer Adaptive Test - May 2nd & 3rd
• Mathematics Performance Task - May 5th

We anticipate that both the preparation for the assessment and the assessment schedule will help students feel comfortable and allow them to perform at their best. We have strategically planned the preparation and assessments across multiple weeks to avoid assessment fatigue and to best support our learners. We encourage strong attendance during the testing days along with healthy habits, including appropriate rest and daily breakfast.

This assessment information is only one measure of our students and their impressive efforts this year. We consider multiple data points when considering student progress and planning for instruction. This is a critical tool for this ongoing work and we appreciate your partnership as we gather information about our students at the conclusion of such an incredible school year.

As always, please contact us if you have any questions regarding this process. We appreciate your continued support.

Best,

Joey Bauer

We were happy to welcome students back on Monday and we hope everyone had a restful vacation. The next month will be exciting as we continue our tradition of May Mathematicians. Each week during announcements, math riddles will be read aloud. Students will have the opportunity to solve the problem in their classroom and then enter it into a bucket in the lobby for a chance to win a prize. On Fridays throughout the month of May, the entire school will participate in an estimation activity. An estimation jar filled with a math manipulative will be placed in the lobby and students estimation skills will be put to the test! Check out some of the puzzles below to get your mathematician ready for May.

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News from the Art Room

During the month of April, we have happily welcomed all of the changes and happenings of the Spring! As artists, we have noticed many beautiful details, such as flowers blooming, budding trees, warm sunshine, and returning COLOR in our natural environment. We have flexed our “imagination muscles” and worked to create unique and meaningful artworks. Here are the classroom expectations for this past month during art class:

Prek:

We have begin a unit on PUPPETS! We are learning how to construct a puppet that we can bring to “life”! We will be working on our very own puppet show as well, learning how to connect our puppets to action and music over the rest of this month! The song that is inspiring our puppets and puppet show is “Robin in the Rain” by Raffi! This is one of my favorite songs about spring:) Listen to it here! https://youtu.be/ly1jh0I1wXs

Kindergarten:

We finished learning about and exploring the PRIMARY COLORS! We have mixed and finished our rainbows and rainbow paintings, and are experts at color mixing. We then began a new art unit, and are exploring self-portraits and portrait making! We are using mirrors and are looking for SHAPES that exist on our own faces. We are observing and looking closely for the different details of our faces, such as iris’s, pupils, eye lashes, eye brows, hair lines, foreheads, lips, nostrils, hair texture, and whatever other details we might find when observing ourselves closely in the mirror. We are working on a traditional, and realistic style, trying to represent our own selves the way we really see ourselves. We will finish this unit by adding color and comparing our self portraits from the beginning of the school year to see how much we have grown and improved as artists!

Grade 1:

We have been diligently working on our realistic animal sculptures, and are now glazing them! We have learned how glaze is NOT paint, and how it is such a special art material. We continue to work on our Non-fiction books, writing our facts about our particular REAL animals and drawing beautiful illustrations to go with our writing. Our animals and our non fiction books will be on display in the library during the writing celebration this coming May:) Be on the lookout for an official invitation, coming soon!

Grade 2:

We have been working hard to complete our subtractive winter bird sculptures. These colors and textures of a bird were challenging and fun to explore color combinations and glaze layering. We are awaiting our final results after our sculptures get fired. While we wait, we are creating our very own written Haiku’s to further bring our imaginative birds to life! We also learned how to create a multilayered matted frame for our own haikus. We can’t wait to bring these home in a few more weeks!

Grade 3:

Third grade students are coming down to the end of their school year, and with that, are checking in and making personalized learning plans to reach their individual goals by the end of this school year! It is hard to imagine that we only have 6 art classes left!!!! Please discuss with your child what their plan is, and how they will reach their end of year goals, where they will have completed 6 different art works that represent 6 different art subjects, including a portrait, landscape, still-life, animal, abstract, and design works of art. We have had individual conferences and are setting our final plans in motion! I am so beyond proud of the growth and learning that our third graders have demonstrated this year!

ARTISTS OF THE MONTH:

These students have been selected to receive this award for demonstrating exemplary student artwork, as well as positive behavior and citizenship during art class for this past month!

K: Keily Erlandson

1: Karlee Brown

2: Marley Guay

3: Charlotte Arnold

THANK YOU!

We had the best turn out ever at the annual K-12 District wide Art Show! Thank you so much to all families who attended, and for all of your support for our student artists, and all of their incredible hard work!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Vining

Art teacher, Memorial School

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

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!

School Library Month

4/24-5/5 Smarter Balance Assessments in Grade 3

4/24-- Board of Education Meeting

4/25- PTO Meeting

4/25- Town Council Meeting

4/26- Administrative Assistant Appreication Day

4/28- Cheetah Pride Assembly

5/1-Teacher Appreication Week

5/3- ACES Walk( All Children Walk Simultaneously)

5/8- Board of Education Meeting

5/10- Nurse Appreciation Day

5/12- Cafeteria and Custodian Appreication Day

5/12- PTO Sponsored Grade 3 Dance

If you have any questions, feel free to call Melissa at Memorial School on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays at email: GelineM@chc1.com

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.

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.

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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