Good afternoon,

We are glad to have everyone back from spring break. We had an exciting return kicking off with Kindness Week. All students received the winning grade-level Kindness t-shirt today. We are asking students to wear their t-shirts for Monday's assembly. Lions Club International will be visiting all the schools on Monday and they will be here to visit our morning assembly. More on Monday is shared below.

A special thank you to our bus drivers for all they do! We appreciate our partnership during Bus Driver's Appreciation Day!

Best,

Christina & Emily

Mon April 22nd - Earth Day!

Mon April 22nd - Board of Education Meeting, Town Hall 6:30 pm

Wed April 24th - Administrative Professionals Day

Mon April 29th - Send a thank you to someone deserving!

Wed May 1st - National ACES Day - All Children Exercising Simultaneously Day!

Fri May 3rd - Nutmeg Game Show

Mon May 6th - Board of Education Meeting, Town Hall, 6:30 pm

Wed May 15th - EHMS Band and Chorus Spring Concert, EHHS Auditorium, 6:30 pm

Team newsletters are linked below! Enjoy our latest editions from our teams including Unified Arts!

EAST HAMPTON MS ATHLETICS SCHEDULE APRIL 22 - APRIL 26 (subject to change)

MONDAY, APRIL 22

East Hampton at RHAM MS, 2:20 dismissal, 2:30 bus, 3:30 pm game.

Baseball at RHAM MS

Softball at Veterans Park (across from RHAM Schools)

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

Practice Baseball/Softball 2:35 until 5 pm

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

Portland MS baseball/softball at East Hampton MS, 3:30 pm game for Softball. 3:45 pm for Baseball.

Note: Team pictures! Both softball/baseball practice players should attend in their team shirts. Baseball players in hats.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25

Practice Baseball/Softball 2:35 until 5 pm

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

McGee MS baseball/softball at East Hampton MS, 3:30 pm game.

Kindness Week kicked off this Monday April 15th as we partnered with the East Hampton Lions Club. We had various activities throughout the week where our focus is on kindness to ourselves, each other and our panther community.

Our focus for Kindness Week was on our PBIS pillars. Our goal was for students to understand the impact of kindness and demonstrate kindness and compassion to peers, staff and our surroundings.

We will end Kindness Week on Monday, April 22nd with a whole school assembly. Chris Poulos, a world champion athlete, youth motivational speaker, and aspiring author will share powerful life lessons as he demonstrates amazing bicycle stunts to our students. He specializes in core values, anti-bullying, and character education. All students received a t-shirt with the design selected by each grade-level. We ask that all students wear their t-shirt to school on Monday for our assembly. We distributed shirts at the end of the day so anyone who left early or was absent, will receive their shirt from their homeroom teacher on Monday. Below are the winning grade-level shirts!

On Monday, students were welcomed back to school with a kindness bracelet!

In science classes on Wednesday, students focused on being kind to the environment. Grade levels did a variety of activities like cleaning up outside, creating recycling posters for classrooms, and determining ways to be kind to our environment every day.

During Unified Arts classes, students painted kindness rocks. These rocks will be displayed at our school to help remind everyone to choose kindness each day.

Students this week also took time to write a thank you to someone in the community. In ELA classes, teachers reviewed writing a thank you card and addressing envelopes. In social studies classes, students were deciding a community member to write a thank you to and wrote their card.

Our Unified Sports team went to the Yardgoats game this past Tuesday! They had a wonderful time getting to watch the game with an added bonus of music by our 8th grade band and chorus students!

We are coming into the last couple months of school which means big transitions for our 8th graders. We are looking forward to all the events that will be taking place for them. Below are some save the dates for these. As we get closer, more information will be shared out. Enjoy some pictures below from their trip to Yardgoats this past Tuesday where also our Band and Chorus 8th grade students performed!

SAVE THE DATE!

8th Grade Capstone Convention - May 21st at 6:00 pm

Grade 8 Step Up Ceremony - June 6th at 1:00 pm

Grade 8 Semi-Formal Dance - June 6th at 6:30 pm

High Meadow Class Trip - Friday June 7th

Below are 6th graders who have received Positive Office Referrals for their behaviors that have exemplified our PBIS pillars of Respect, Responsibility, Compassion and Pride. Students were able to choose a reward from our menu of options like eating outside with friends! Great job! Our students celebrated this week are:

Ava Kosek and William Muzzy

As we move into the final stretch of the 2023-24 school year, we invite you to share your feedback and reflections with us. While we are proud of the work we do, we are always looking to improve and implement best practices that will meet the needs of every learner at East Hampton Middle School. Please use this link below to provide your feedback about your child's experience: Parent Feedback Survey

Looking for a way to give back? Want to help make the world a better place? Then please join the EarlyAct Club at any of our upcoming events and opportunities to spread compassion! ALL are welcome and no previous club experience is required. Check out our rolling monthly agenda to see where you can help us to make a difference!

East Hampton Middle School

YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW!

Online sale starts March 25, and ends April 19, 2024. Yearbook Cost: $25

$5 for your child’s name printed on the front cover

$1 for each icon

Sales continue after 4/19/24 until all yearbooks are sold. Payment is cash or check ONLY. Personalization and icons are NOT available after 4/19/24.

Yearbook Cost: $30 after 4/19/24

Cash or checks accepted

Please make checks payable to: EHMS

Return form to Mrs. Buchan in the office.

Or

Order online Click on “Order Your Yearbook.

The PANTHER PROWL is coming to EHMS!
THE MOST FUN, INCLUSIVE AND HUGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR
SO EASY FOR PARENTS - NOTHING TO BUY - JUST REGISTER, SHARE, PLEDGE

Look for a ParentSquare message on Monday with registration and pledging details. In the meantime, get to know this special annual event by reading on.

The EHMS PTO is partnering with the PE department to create a great opportunity for ALL students to have fun with healthy activities outdoors while raising funds for EHMS through pledges. The Panther Prowl will take place during the school day on Friday, May 10, 2024. Think of it as a stepped-up version of a Jog-a-thon or a mini field day and you’ll get the idea!

Funds raised during past Panther Prowls have gone to support:
• “Good Morning EHMS” technology
• PE equipment
• Internet safety program for students and parents
• Field trips
• Library books
• Teacher mini-grants and more!

This year, we are hoping to raise funds to begin making improvements to the lighting and sound systems for plays and productions in the Commons, purchase outdoor play/PE equipment, install new benches in front of our school and to continue awarding mini-grants and funding student activities.

Every student participant with pledges of $25 or more will be entered into raffles for great prizes, including the top prize of a Meta Quest 2 VR headset!

Look for a ParentSquare message on Monday with registration and pledging details.

Comedy Night at Rule of 3 Brewing!

🎩✨ Get Ready for a Magical Night of Laughter! ✨🎩
Join us at Rule of 3 Brewing on Friday, May 31st, as we support East Hampton Middle School PTO with a Comedy Show! It will be a great night out with comedy, raffles, drinks and food!
🕕 Doors open at 6:00 PM

💰 Tickets: $25 each
📍 Location: 201 W High ST B1, East Hampton
🎟️ Purchase Tickets: https://square.link/u/kEgfeySw

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, any type of bullying behavior, and teen dating violence. 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.

School breakfast is a great way for students to start their school day and its FREE to everyone!

Please review your student(s)’s available balance for any lunch purchases at our secure “e-Funds for Schools” portal: https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56523 Funds should be added on an as needed basis to ensure the account balance covers all purchases.

Communications to families about your meal account come directly from the payment portal. Please be alert to these emails and remove from your “junk” status the following addresses:

easthampton@mealmagic.cloud

easthampton@Familyportal.cloud

A phone call is appreciated, but only an email to our attendance inbox or written note can officially excuse absence 1 through 9. Below is our attendance email:

Note: Between the school name and the word Attendance is a underscore ( _ )

EHMS_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

If a student has four unexcused absences in one month or 10 unexcused absences in a year they are classified as truant. If a child misses 18 or more days in a school year – excused or unexcused absences – the student is classified as chronically absent.

Access to the East Hampton attendance policy is available HERE

A reminder to those students who have been excused from PE/sports due to injury: A note from the Doctor is required in order to resume activities. The note can be emailed, faxed or handed in at the school.

Also, a reminder that postural screenings are being done Thursday April 25th for grade 7 females and grade 8 males. For anyone who wants to opt out, please reach out to me. If the screening occurred at their last physical, the student will not be assessed. If there are any questions, please reach out to me.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Melanie King
EHMS Nurse
860-365-4060 Ext 5
Fax 860-365-4064
mking@easthamptonct.org

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.

Happy New Year! Did you resolve to be more on top of your and your child’s health this year? Here’s an easy solution: Sign your child up for School-Based Health Care. Your child’s school works with Community Health Center, Inc.’s School-Based Health Care program to provide health services to your child during the school day. This means they won’t miss as much class and you don’t need to miss work to support their health care needs. Learn more about the services offered at your child’s school and enroll today at SBHC1.com!

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