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Families,

Next week is Random Acts of Kindness Week! Mrs. Montovani and I witness random acts of kindness at Memorial School every day. But this week, we are challenging our students and staff to be even more intentional about how and when they share their kindness with others. In addition to what our community already does, we are encouraging everyone to try to spread kindness in a new way. You can do this at home as well! Here is a link with some great ideas: RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS Have fun, and be kind!

With appreciation,

Joey and Andrea

Our Profile of a Graduate Principle this month is CARING. We are teaching, modeling and encouraging students to care for one another.

Preschool celebrated the 101st day of school by becoming 101 Dalmatians. The Memorial School Post Office is officially open. Students and staff can show how they care by writing letters.

On Wednesday evening, the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) honored students from around the state for their excellence in music and visual arts. The “Celebration of The Arts” event included dinner, awards, and entertainment. A great time was had by all who attended. Congratulations, William and Eli!

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!

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.

Forget chocolates and flowers, nothing says love like math! The Math Learning Center just released a new feature – the ability to save and share work from even more apps. This free website allows students the opportunity to use virtual manipulatives both in school and at home.

To celebrate the upcoming holiday, the MLC is encouraging all mathematicians to…

Check out the series of shared problems and activities using the place value app. You can use the linked activities – or create your own!

Visit the website to get started: https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/blog/share-math-love-mlcs-pattern-shapes-app

Hello Memorial Families! Please find your student’s grade level below to see learning expectations for the past month in music.

Classroom Expectations:

Preschool: Students learned to be an echo while singing the silly song “Down By the Bay”. They even tried making up their own verses with rhyming words! We also had fun pretending to build a house while singing “Bling Blang”.

Kindergarten: This month, our musical comparison words were high and low. These words are often confused with loud and soft, so we do many activities to reinforce the concept. Students met our two puppet friends, Blue Dog (with a low voice) and Kitty (with a high voice) and were expected to find high and low sounds in various poems, songs, and stories. Favorites included “Mr. Wiggle and Mr. Waggle”, “Grandma’s Glasses”, “See Saw”, and “Goldilocks”. We had fun imitating the characters’ high and low voices!

First Grade: Students learned about a new music word this month - ostinato (a pattern that repeats). Students also started a unit learning how to play xylophones! Our unit focuses on the song “Who’s in the Woods on this Snowy Day”. We are learning to play three different ostinato parts to go with the song, focusing on playing with a group, using proper technique, and making the parts fit the song. Students will explore the bass xylophone, alto xylophones, soprano xylophones, metallophone, and soprano and alto glockenspiels! They are expected to play with the instructed technique and to show appropriate audience behavior.

Second Grade: This month, students reviewed the concept of ostinato (a pattern that repeats), including watching a silly music video about the word! Then, they were expected to use teamwork to complete a composing project, creating an ostinato to “remix” a music class song. They finished by performing their song and ostinato pattern for the class! Creative performances involved a tool on our chromebooks called “Chrome Music Lab”. The other focus this month was on learning our new note on the music staircase - Do! This low note was found in songs like “Knock the Cymbals”, “Who’s that Tapping at the Window”, and “Rocky Mountain”.

Third Grade: Third graders spent the past month working hard to earn “belts” in recorder karate! Many students are now taking the initiative to learn songs and notes on their own. They have been provided with time to practice and then test when they are ready to try for a new belt! We have also continued to practice identifying notes on the treble clef staff. Students are expected to earn at least their “green belt” by the end of the school year. Starting with level 3, “orange belt”, students will be able to send in videos from home if they would rather do their recorder test that way. For more information, visit the recorder resources page on my music room website.

Please check out the music room website for more information about the music program. Feel free to reach out at any time by emailing smaldonado@easthamptonct.org.

Mrs. Maldonado

Dear parents/guardians,

Please bring in a change of clothes as well as socks and shoes for your child to keep at school. Also, snowpants and snowboots are needed in order for them to play out in the snow. The nurse's office has very limited supply of spare clothing to donate. We would also appreciate any gently used donations of boys size 8 and up sweatpants/joggers and girls size 8 and up leggings.

Thank you for your assistance.

Nurse Katie and Miss Michelle

East Hampton’s Memorial School PRE-K is looking for trucks or vehicles that you are willing to bring to TOUCH-a-TRUCK on Sunday March 26th from 10-1pm at Memorial School.

If you are interested please contact Stacey Gibson at sgibson@easthamptonct.org

We would love the support of the community for this event.

TOUCH-A-TRUCK will be for the whole community of East Hampton to have a hands-on interactive experience with a variety of vehicles parked in Memorial school’s parking lot.

Donations to attend support PreK experiences at Memorial school.

Are you interested in learning tennis, or improving your skills? As part of their senior Capstone Project, two of our former cheetahs, Eshani Karkun and Kira Roloff, will be holding a clinic to teach some new skills. The clinic is open to students in grades 1-8. See the flyer below for more information.

The East Hampton Lions will be hosting an outer wear drive for residents of East Hampton. The collection will begin on Monday, February 6th and run thru February 14th. Please drop off your CLEAN, GENTLY USED coats, jackets, gloves, hats, scarves and, sweaters at St. Patrick's Parish Center at 47 West High St week days between 8 and 4, as well as Paul & Sandy's, or the foyer of Memorial School.

The free clothes will be available at the St. Patrick's Parish Center on Thursday, February 15th between 6:00pm-7:30pm and if donations last on Friday, February 16th between 6:00pm-7:30pm.

For further information please call Lion Mary at 860-977-5760.

East Hampton Little League Registration is now open. Please follow the link to register. Registration is open until February 12th.

African American History Month

Random Act of Kindness Week 2/13-2/17

2/13-BOE Meeting at 6:30pm

2/14- Valentine's Day/Kindness Day- Spirit Day!

2/17- No School Teacher Professional Development

2/20- President's Day= No School

2/21- Winter Weekend Break= No School

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
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