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Families,

The next three weeks will be full of exciting events, beginning with the Writing Celebration next week. We hope you’ll be able to join us on Wednesday or Thursday evening! Following the Writing Celebration, we’ll be gearing up for Fun Day, Kindergarten shows, and grade 3 Step Up ceremonies. We look forward to celebrating the many successes of the 2022-23 school year with you and our students over our final days.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Joey & Andrea

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 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!

This week we recognize Mrs. Nafis, an Interventionist in our ABA program. Mrs. Nafis goes above and beyond to help all students. She is flexible and quick to help out the team in any way possible. Mrs. Nafis we are proud to recognize you as this week's Order Of The Cheetah!

Thanks to the amazing EHEPTO, grade 3 students were treated to a glow-themed dance last Friday. A great time was had by all!

In recognition of Police Officer Appreciation week, Memorial School is sending a big “Thank You” to the EHPD, and to CT State Troopers. We are so lucky to have you keeping our community safe. Today, two of our classrooms had a special visit from State Troopers Buck, Booker, and Detective Cuoco, as well as K9 Officer Floss! We learned about what to do in an emergency, how to operate the lights, and sirens, and enjoyed a demonstration from Canine Officer Floss.

They raised $1200 for St. Jude's!

This week in garden club we checked on our crops. We noticed our strawberries are growing. We also made toilet paper roll bird seed feeders to hang outside near our garden for the birds to enjoy outside.

Literacy News

The Writing Celebration at Memorial is one of the year’s biggest highlights! It is a chance for students to showcase their written work from throughout the school year. It is always amazing to see the growth from the beginning of the year to now. You will see samples from a variety of different genres that the students have explored this year. Here is a guide to familiarize yourself with the different types of writing you may see at this wonderful event.

Narrative writing:

• Personal narrative – a true story from the author’s life and the author’s. perspective. When focused in time,these pieces can often be referred to as “small moments.”

• Realistic Fiction – A created story with fictional characters, plot and/or setting.

• Historical Fiction- A created story with historically accurate details.

Opinion/Persuasive: This type of writing refers to the ability to convince someone to see things from your perspective.

• Review – A piece in which the author presents their praise and/or criticism of a particular subject. The author may review restaurants, movies, concerts, books or plays.

• Argument – The author makes a claim and then provides reasons for that claim. The reasons are backed with information from credible sources. The author will present the reasons, or evidence, and then explain how the reasons support the claim. The author may also include counter-claims.

Informational Writing: This type of writing gives readers facts about a certain topic.

• All- About Books- Teaches the reader all about a topic, often based on personal expertise.

• How- to-Books- Teaches the reader how to do something.

• Research Reports- Teaches the reader about a topic that involves research by the author.

Poetry- Poetry is language that is written following specific patterns, rhythms, structures, and/or rhymes to express ideas and emotions.

Literary Essay- A piece of writing in which the author identifies a theme or big idea about the character of a text by generating a thesis statement. Within the literary essay the author uses several pieces of text evidence to support the thesis.

We hope you will join us in celebrating your child’s accomplishments at the celebration next week!

Students will be taking their spring i-Ready diagnostic in school beginning Tuesday May 16th. The first week will be i-Ready reading and the second week will be i-Ready math. Testing will occur over multiple days. Please be sure to send your child to school with headphones if they don’t already have them here. Below you will find some information about i-Ready.

What is i-Ready?

i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year. i-Ready allows your teacher(s) to meet your student exactly where they are and provides data to increase your student’s learning gains. i- Ready consists of two parts: Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction.

i-Ready Diagnostic:

The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized 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 questions. The purpose of this is not to give your student a score or grade but instead to determine how best to support your student’s learning.

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!

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

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, 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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