Bellringer Newsletter

Good morning. It was great to see so many of our students present their Senior Capstone Expo, perform at our Spring Concert, and having a great time at the Prom this past weekend. Senior Exams begin tomorrow (Tuesday, June 7) and exams for grades 9, 10, and 11 begin on Friday, June 10. Please continue to check the Important Dates and Reminders section of the Bellringer Newsletter for a schedule of upcoming events. If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me directly at everner@easthamptonct.org.

• June 7--Community Band--EHHS
• June 7---June 10---Senior Final Exams
• June 8--Top 10 Recognition Ceremony--Town Hall--6:00
• June 9--EHHS Scholarship Evening--6:00
• June 10, 13, 14, and 15--Grades 9, 10, and 11 Final Exams
• June 13--Graduation Rehearsal--10:00 AM
• June 14--Graduation Rehearsal--10: 00 AM
• June 15--Graduation Rehearsal--12:00
• June 15 Bellringer Walk--1:15
• June 16--Last Day of School
• June 17--Graduation--6:00

Freshman Orientatation for the Class of 2026 will take place at East Hampton High School on August 25, from 1:00--3:00. This event is for student only. More information will be sent out to 9th Grade families over the summer.

Senior Chromebooks will be taken back on June 13th prior to the Graduation Rehearsal. It is a graduation requirement to return them. Any Senior needing to make alternative arrangements should see Ms. Kuck as soon as possible. Important to note: If anything is missing and/or damaged you will be charged. All charges have to be resolved prior to graduation. Most common are lost charger fee of $25, and broken Screen fee of $50.

Juniors, Sophomores and Freshman are keeping their Chromebooks over the summer. Please take good care of them and charge them before coming back to school in August.

The E.H.H.S. English teachers and library media specialist are happy to collaborate with staff from the East Hampton Public library to encourage students to read over the summer! Information about the summer reading program for the school, including the Google form for all students in grades 9-12 and additional requirements for seniors and students taking level 1 classes, can be found here. We encourage everyone to visit the public library. Learn more about their summer offerings, including fun activities and prizes, here! Students are welcome to check out library books from the school library over the summer as well.

Graduation will be held at 6:00 PM.

On June 11th & 12th, the Connecticut Special Olympics Summer Games are being held on the athletic fields of Southern Connecticut State University. East Hampton students in grades 8-12 are eligible to participate in this special opportunity as volunteers. Our volunteers have a responsibility to show everyone there that we are kind, compassionate, hardworking volunteers. The most important thing to remember is that this is an incredibly special day for the athletes. Many of them have been training all year for these events, and most have family members, coaches, and friends who are there to support them. It is our job to make them feel as important and as proud of their hard work as possible. Volunteers assist with activities that can include:

• Escorting athletes
• Presenting awards to athletes
• Setting up and running field events
• Keeping score or timing events
• Announcing events
• No experience is needed
• A brief orientation is provided before the events begin

Please check out our highlights for more information as well as how to sign up. Together, we can make a difference!

Varsity Softball lost at Shepaug Valley 3-8 in the first round of the CIAC Class S State Tournament. Their final season record is 8-13.

Varsity Baseball lost at Somers 3-5 in the first round of the CIAC Class S State Tournament. Their final record is 8-14.

Junior Varsity baseball season has concluded. Their final season record in 7-4.

Varsity Golf season has concluded. Their final season record is 0-10.

Girls Tennis season has concluded. Their final season record is 2-14.

Boys Tennis defeated Cromwell 5-2 in the first round of the CIAC Class S State Tournament and lost to Stonington 0-7 in the second round of the CIAC Class S State Tournament. Their final season record is 11-5.

Track competed in the CIAC Class S State Championships; the girls team finished 5th and the boys team finished 20th. Individual state championships were won by Kaylee Gravel in the 800 meters and Nick Rivard-Lentz in the pole vault. The following athletes have qualified to participate in the CIAC State Open on Monday 6/6 in New Britain: Nick Rivard-Lentz in pole vault, Kaylee Gravel in the 800 meters, Katie Ireland in the 300 meter hurdles, Brylee Montanari in the long jump and Jordan Murphy in the high jump, triple jump and the 100 meter hurdles.

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

We are still in need of particiapants for the Bellringer Open and Outdoor Yoga. Please see the flier below.

More infornation is available at www.EHHSBOOSTERS.com

Counselors will be meeting with students to discuss schedules as needed.

Underclassmen meetings are underway, please have students check thier calendar for thier individual counseling meeting, if they have not yet met.

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 Mid-Year 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

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

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

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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
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