The Panther Post

Good afternoon Panther Families,

We started off the week with our second quarter PBIS celebration! We were thrilled to celebrate our students and their positive behaviors. Students were able to choose the activity they wanted to participate in. Highlights from the afternoon are within this newsletter!

For our 8th grade families, we are eager to be welcoming Mr. Verner, principal of EHHS, and members of the EHHS guidance team to come introduce themselves to our students this coming Wednesday. More information regarding the visit on the 8th and all other opportunities for our learners to learn about the high school will be sent through Parentsquare.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Christina & Emily

• February 6th - EHMS Jazz Band,
• February 7th - Bible Club, Homework Club
• February 8th - Robotics Club, Drama Club, Panther Ambassadors
• February 9th - EHMS Early ACT
• February 13th - Board of Education Meeting
• February 17th - Teacher Professional Day (Staff only)
• February 20th-21st -February Recess

Each month Team Leaders will share an update on current happenings throughout the team. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to your child's Team Leader. Contact information is within each newsletter.

Below is access to team's January newsletters. Don't forget to check out Team Amethyst's newsletter. This is our specials and P.E. team. Team Leaders will be sending out their December newsletters through Parentsquare. Team newsletters will be sent out soon for February!

Enjoy!

Congratulations to Jaime Sullivan, this month’s Employee of the Month.

Multiple nominations honored Jaime for her superb work with our students!

We are so proud when our students exemplify our PBIS pillars.

6th Grader Aiden Hatcher for showcasing Compassion!

Our Good Morning EHMS crew were hard at work providing students with the morning announcements. A big thank you to the EHMS PTO who has provided the group with a teleprompter to more efficiently report out our daily news!

We had a great time during our second quarter PBIS assembly! Pictured below were our winners who received PBIS prizes for demonstrating positive behaviors. There were various activities around the building that students could choose to participate in. Enjoy the pictures!

Sixth grade students are finishing up their informational essays on their self-selected topics. Topics include Titantic, Animal Activism, Outer Space, Germs and Diseases, and Environmentalism. Be sure to ask your sixth grader to read their informational essay to you!

Our 7th graders continue with our partnership with Project Oceanology! Students visited their partnering school to complete a science activity.

Thank you for your patience as we get Ski Club up and running!

We will be running things just as we did last year.

• Family members Grades 2 and older will be able to join at the club rates!
• There will be no bus to and from the school; students and their families will be responsible for providing their own transportation. The school will leave it to parent/guardian discretion as to how their child and equipment (which cannot be stored at the school) get to and from the mountain each week.
• Arrive at the mountain at 3:30 PM, depart from the mountain at 7:30 PM

The dates we have booked are:

Thursday, 2/16

Thursday, 2/23

We have rescheduled our first ski club trip to THIS COMING Thursday February 2nd! More information will be provided to the Ski Club Group on Parentsquare.

Pricing per person for the 4 passes varies depending on which package you choose:

Lift Ticket $140

Lift and Lesson $192

Lift and Rental Equipment $212

Lift, Lesson and Rental Equipment $252

While there are no refunds for missed days, Mount Southington will let you trade your lift ticket in for a different day later this season or the following one.

The PTO is busy planning upcoming events at EHMS!!

Please join us at our next meeting on

Wednesday, February 8th at 5:30pm in the EHMS office conference room.

We will discuss:

- Munson’s Chocolates fundraiser

- Restaurant events

- Panther Prowl planning (the largest fundraiser for our school)!

Come to listen and learn about the PTO or share ideas for future events and fundraisers.

We’d love to meet you!

A reminder that the following email addresses can be used by parents to report and document their approval of an absence:

Memorial_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

Center_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

EHMS_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

EHHS_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

If you have successfully emailed the school, you will receive an autoreply that notifies you that the absence communication has been received and recorded. This process is effective for your child for the first 9 absences. After your student has more than 9 absences, additional documentation or communication is required to excuse the absence. However, please continue to use the email designated for your child's school to continue to notify the school that your child will be absent. You may call your child’s school at any time to report an absence but please make sure to follow up a phone call with a note or email to the attendance email.

Message from Nurse Hafele:

We are working on creating a collage of pets for the health office. Please send in a picture of your pet to add to our wall! Any and all pets welcome! Please hand in to Mrs. Hafele.

Now that Winter is upon us and the germs are starting to get a little too comfortable, let’s review the below guidelines.
Consider keeping your child at home for an extra day of rest and observation if he or she has any of the following symptoms:

• Very stuffy or runny nose and/or cough
• Mild sore throat (no fever, no known exposure to strep)
• Mild headache and/or stomachache
• Fatigue

Definitely keep your child at home for treatment and observation if he or she has any of these symptoms:

• Fever (greater than 100 degrees. May return to school after 24 hours of no fever WITHOUT fever reducing medications)
• Vomiting (Even once. Must wait 24 hours after last vomit episode to return to school)
• Diarrhea (Must wait 24 hours after last episode to return to school)
• Chills
• General malaise or feelings of fatigue, discomfort, weakness, and/or muscle aches
• Frequent congested, wet, or croupy cough
• Lots of nasal congestion with frequent blowing of nose

To help prevent the flu and other colds, please remind your child(ren) about good hygiene habits:

• Wash hands frequently
• Do not touch eyes, nose, or mouth
• Cover mouth and nose when sneezing/coughing and then wash hands
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick

Helpful resources:
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

If at any point you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at khafele@easthamptonct.org or call the school office at 860-365-4060.

Thank you!

Mrs. Hafele

EAST HAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

ATHLETICS SCHEDULE

FEB 6 - FEB 10

MONDAY, FEB 6

Girls volleyball 2:35 until 4:30 pm

Boys volleyball study hall 2:35 until 4:00 pm (mandatory study hall in Rm 32) Note: please bring a light snack and drink.

Boys volleyball 4:15 until 5:30 pm

TUESDAY, FEB 7

Girls volleyball 2:35 until 4:30 pm

Boys volleyball study hall 2:35 until 4:00 pm (optional)

Boys volleyball 4:15 until 5:30 pm

Note: Player/Parent Meeting in Commons (cafe). This meeting is mandatory for all athletes, and we strongly encourage a parent or guardian to attend.

Girls 4:30 pm

Boys 5:30 pm

WEDNESDAY, FEB 8

Girls volleyball 2:35 until 4:30 pm

Boys volleyball study hall 2:35 until 4:00 pm (optional) arrive 4:10 pm for practice.

Boys volleyball 4:15 until 5:30 pm

THURSDAY, FEB 9

Girls volleyball 2:35 until 4:30 pm

Boys volleyball study hall 2:35 until 4:00 pm (optional) arrive 4:10 pm for practice.

Boys volleyball 4:15 until 5:30 pm

Note: Pay to participate fee due!

FRIDAY, FEB 10

Girls volleyball 2:35 until 4:30 pm

No Boys Volleyball!

If your child is having any Chromebook or technology issues please click on the link below to do some troubleshooting: EHMS TroubleShooting Tips

If the troubleshooting doesn't work click on the link below to submit an IT work ticket:

Chromebook Trouble Ticket

Please encourage your child to take pride and care in their device. Below is a video to review the proper care of Chromebooks with your child.

Registration for East Hampton Little League Baseball & Softball is available online from

January 1st to February 12th, 2023. The late registration fee is $50 per family. Our

hope is to have everyone register on time this year. Please forward this email to

anyone that may be new to EHLL (5 year old players, someone who didn’t play last

year, or recently moved to East Hampton.)

Please go to https://clubs.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1181917 to register.

You can click the red login button if you already have an existing account and have

previously registered. If you do not have an account, click on Register and follow the

steps.

The registration fee for each program is:

Tee Ball Clinics- $50 (League Age 5) (Saturdays only, all parents will be expected to

participate.)

Tee Ball- $75 (must be league age 6)

Farm B Baseball $125

Farm A Baseball $125

Farm Softball $125

Minors Baseball & Softball - $150

Majors Baseball & Softball - $150

If you have more than one player there is a family cap fee of $300.

IF YOUR PLAYER IS NOT REGISTERED BY FEBRUARY 12 AND THEY ARE

ELIGIBLE TO PLAY MAJORS, THEY MAY BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST.

Age determination for Baseball and Softball are slightly different. Please understand

that Little League USA sets the age determination and it is flexible. Each town

designates certain ages depending on what programs are available. If you go to the

Little League USA website to look up a players age, it may say they are eligible to play

Majors baseball (if they are 9). East Hampton Little League then can decide to allow 9

year olds to play minors and not play majors. These decisions are made by the EHLL

Board of Directors. East Hampton Little League’s age determination rules are within

the guidelines of Little League USA.

Please click the link below to determine where your child will play in East Hampton this year:

2023 Age Determination for EHLL BaseballSoftball

We hope to see you out there this spring!

EHLL

Board of Education Statement on School Safety:

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.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement of the East Hampton Public Schools:

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.

Nondiscrimination 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.

Email: camaral@easthamptonct.org
Website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/o/ehms
Location: 19 Childs Road, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: (860) 365 4060