Bellringer Newsletter

Good morning. I hope everyone has had the chance to dig out from this past Saturday's WInter Storm. Please be on the lookout for scheduling information for the 2022-23 school year in the coming weeks. We will also be sending out 2nd Quarter Report Cards early next week. Continue to check the Important Dates and Reminders section of the Bellringer Newsletter for a schedule of upcoming events. As always, if you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me directly at everner@easthamptonct.org.

• February 2--Incoming 9th Grade Parents Information Session--6:30
• February 9--Chorus Concert--7:00
• February 10--Band Concert--7:00
• February 18--Professional Development--NO SCHOOL for students
• February 21--22--Presidents Day Recess
• March 11--Professional Development--NO SCHOOL for students
• March 18--Student Council Blood Drive
• March 21---24--Washington DC Trip
• March 23--SAT School Day Testing--11th Grade Students
• March 25--Early Dismissal--Professional Development
• April 13--NHS Induction Ceremony
• April 15--No School--Good Friday
• April 18--22---April Vacation
• April 26--NGSS Testing--11th Grade Students

East Hampton High School has been given an additional home test kits that have been specifically designed by the State of Connecticut for use by students in our schools. These test kits are available at no charge to families.

Parents must administer the tests if interested in a home test. School personnel are not allowed to administer the test.

Please contact the EHHS Main Office to obtain a home testing kit.

We are looking forward to meeting with current 8th Grade Parents (Class of 2026) this Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 6:30 in the EHHS Auditorium. This event is only for adults. Masks are required. We will also be giving families a copy of the 2022-23 EHHS Program of Studies. If you are unable to attend, please contact the Main Office as EHHS to obtain a copy.

Beginning January 26, 2022, Mrs. Zupan will be hosting an after school SAT Prep Course in preparation for the March SAT. The course will cover the Verbal section of the exam (Reading and Writing & Language). You will learn tangible and actionable strategies that will, if practiced, improve your SAT score! All juniors are welcome to join. Please register by joining the SAT GCR (code: oxo4yif).

The SAT course dates will be as follows:

Jan 26
Feb 2
Feb 9
Feb 16
Mar 2

If you have questions concerning the course, contact Mrs. Zupan directly: azupan@easthamptonct.org

Jason Reynolds, author of bestselling and award-winning books such as Long Way Down and Ghost, visited with students from East Hampton High School through RJ Julia bookstore’s Authors to Schools Program. In this (virtual) visit Reynolds answered questions from high schoolers around the state on his creative process and experiences as a writer. His thoughtful comments gave students a lot of insights about the importance of the arts in our lives. He especially focused on discussing the fascinating story of his collaboration with his friend Jason Griffin on the creation of their new book Ain’t Burned All the Bright, a mashup of Reynolds’ writing and Griffin’s art that explores the period of lockdown during 2020.

Girls Ice Hockey Co-Op defeated Wilton/McMahon/Norwalk 6-5. Their current season record is 3-7. They are scheduled to play next on Wednesday 2/2 vs Wilton/McMahon/Norwalk in Ridgefield at the Winter Garden Ice Rink and on Saturday 2/5 vs Simsbury at home in Cromwell.

Boys Ice Hockey Co-Op lost to Amity 3-6. Their current season record is 9-2. They are scheduled to play vs Sheehan on Wednesday 2/2 at Choate and on Saturday 2/5 vs Lyman Hall at home at the Northford Ice Pavilion.

Indoor Track will be competing on Saturday 2/5 in the Shoreline Conference Championships in New Haven.

Boys Freshmen Basketball had their game postponed this week due to the weather. Their current season record is 0-4. They play next on Saturday 2/5 at Old Saybrook.

Boys Junior Varsity Basketball lost to Old Saybrook 33-52, Shepaug 46-50 and Lyme-Old Lyme 37-51. Their current season record is 4-8. They are scheduled to play at Morgan on Tuesday 2/1 and at Valley Regional on Friday 2/4.

Boys Varsity Basketball defeated Old Saybrook 62-54, Shepaug 52-39 and Lyme-Old Lyme 73-47. Their current season record is 8-4. They are scheduled to play at Morgan on Tuesday 2/1 and at Valley Regional on Friday 2/4.

Girls Junior Varsity Basketball lost to Old Saybrook 21-31 and Lyme-Old Lyme 29-39. Their current season record is 1-10. They play next at home on Tuesday 2/1 vs Morgan.

Girls Varsity Basketball defeated Old Saybrook 53-19 and Lyme-Old Lyme 42-39 in Overtime. Their current season record is 12-1. They are scheduled to play at home vs Morgan on Tuesday 2/1 and at home vs Valley Regional on Friday 2/4.

Follow all game results, highlights and athletic content on Twitter and Instagram at:

Twitter- BellringerSports @EHBellringers

Instagram: bellringer.athletics

For all athletic season schedules/results and CIAC tournament information go to ciacsports.com

All home basketball games can also be viewed on the NFHS network with a subscription.

It’s time to pre-order your 2021-2022 East Hampton High School Yearbook! The Yearbook Club has been hard at work making sure this year’s book captures all the wonderful activities and happenings around school that we have missed out on with the past two turbulent years. By purchasing a yearbook, you will also have a way to remember both your friends and teachers without masks!

Parents! We are also beginning our Parent Ad sales which allow you to purchase an ⅛, ¼, ½, or full-page advertisement in the yearbook to dedicate to your student. This is a great way to help support Yearbook Club in funding our professional pictures year after year and keeping our hardcover, full-color yearbook at a reasonable cost. Parent Ads are a great way to memorialize family pictures and notes to your students for years to come as well!

Pre-orders and Parent Ads for the 2021-2022 EHHS Yearbook may only be purchased through www.balfour.com. Please see the attached resources below to help you go through the steps of placing an order for a yearbook, an advertisement, or both!

Resources:
Yearbook Pre-Order and Parent Ad Steps
AdBuilder Demo Video

Last Monday ALL SOPHOMORES were visited by the school ocunseling department to discuss PSAT Scores, made sure students had access to their CollegeBoard account and linked their KHAN Academy to it as well.

This Monday- we will do the same and visit ALL freshmen.

The end of the week the counselors will be going to Junior English classes to do presentations on post secondary planning. Additionally - Juniors should check their calandars as individual meetings have already started.

SENIOR INFO:

All students that have completed the transcript release form and shared it with your conselors in an appropriate time, your materials that you requested - letters of rec, transcript, and MP 1 grades have all gone to your colleges (as indicated on your transcript release) via Naviance. If you recieve notification that the HS materials have not been sent- please know it takes a couple of weeks for them to match our materials with your application materials.

We genuinely hope that all senior families are starting move along in their FAFSA - at this time all familes are strongly encouraged to create an account - click here for a direct link to the FAFSA site to create and/or log in https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

Please take a moment to read this important announcement regarding changes to the Counseling Caseloads for 2021-2022 School Year.

Distributions are listed below-

• Class of 2022 (Seniors) will remain with your counselors for next year- completing your four years with Mrs. Catlin (A-K) or Ms. Malcolm (L-Z).

• For ALL other students Classes of 2023 and beyond your counselor will stay with you for your entire high school journey.

• Mrs. Sullivan will have students A-D in grades 9-11

• Mrs. Catlin will have students E- M in grades 9-11

• Ms. Malcolm will have students N– Z in grades 9-11

The East Hampton Arts & Culture Commission is accepting applications from East Hampton High School Juniors and Seniors for a $250 grant to support an annual East Hampton High School Capstone Project.

The grant will help support one student's proposed Capstone Project, a multifaceted assignment that serves as a culminating academic and intellectual experience for students. Capstone projects may take a wide variety of forms including a long-term investigative project that culminates in a final product, presentation, or performance.

Applicants for the EHACC Capstone Grant will be invited to present his/her Capstone Project idea to commission members during an agreed upon commission meeting. Deadline to apply is Feb. 1.

Applications are available at www.artsforeasthamptonct.org and can be submitted to arts@easthamtponct.org or can be mailed/dropped off at the town manager's office at the East Hampton Town Hall.

Recently we have been having some issues with student dismissals from school and in particular, being dismissed due to illness without first going to the nurse. We ask that parents familiarize themselves with our attendance policy which is in the EHHS Student Handbook. Some of the main policies/procedures that we are asking for parents’ to help in adhering to are.

• EARLY DISMISSALS: A written request (no phone calls) from a parent or guardian must be presented to the main office before school begins so student may obtain an early dismissal slip. Students will wait in the main office for their parent/guardian to call the office and we will send your child out to meet you after they sign-out.
• NURSE DISMISSALS: In case of illness during school, dismissal will be arranged through the school nurse, or in her absence, through the office. Students feeling ill should report directly to the nurse's office. Students should not be texting or calling home when not feeling well.

Please note that having a parent’s written request before the start of the day allows the students name to appear on the Daily Attendance sheet so their teachers will be aware that they may not be in class on that day. This also eliminates the office staff from calling in and disrupting a classroom to dismiss the student. We do realize that there may be occasions when you may need to unexpectedly pick your child up early. In those cases we will call the student down when the parent/guardian arrives to the school

Masks are required (per the Governor's Executive Order) to be worn at all times at EHHS unless students are actively eating and drinking, outside on a mask break, or have been given specific permission by a staff member to remove their masks.

Please make sure that you check your child’s masks to make sure that they are cleaned regularly and are appropriate for use in schools. The school is glad to supply student masks in regular and child size for those who need a mask for a day. Please note that neck gaiters are allowed as a mask, but if they are thin, they should be doubled up. Bandanas are not allowed as a mask.

As a reminder, our daily focus at EHHS is on teaching and learning as well as the safety and well being of all members of the EHHS Community. If students are not wearing masks appropriately, our staff will work to correct and enforce student mask wearing. Should there be continued issues regarding mask wearing and non-compliance to teacher directions, students may be referred to the office for potential disciplinary action up to and including suspension.

Our Next meeting is Wednesday, March 2, 2022 @ 630p in the EHHS library.

website: https://ehhsprojectgraduation.com/ (add this to your starred or favorites)

facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EHHSProjectGraduation/ (like our page)

AMAZON Ordering - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/homepage?orig=%2F choose EHHS Project Graduation. An easy way for us to earn money.

1. We are a fundraising group raising funds to provide a drug and alcohol free party for our new graduates every year.

2. We are an all volunteer group.

3. Most of us who have been attending meetings consistently are graduating in the spring, so we need your help to maintain this for classes to come.

Cyndi Buchan

President EHHS Project Graduation

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: everner@easthamptonct.org
Website: www.easthamptonps.org
Location: 15 North Maple Street, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: 860-365-4030
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