Good afternoon everyone,

On Wednesday March 29th & Thursday March 30th, we will be holding our Spring Parent Conferences. Please be on the lookout in the next couple of weeks as we will be sharing further details through Parentsquare.

At any time, if you wish to meet with your child's team, please feel free to reach out to your child's team leader.

Best,

Christina & Emily

• February 27th - Jazz Band, Drama Club, Board of Education Meeting
• February 28th - Bible Club, Yearbook, Drama Club
• March 1st - Art Club, Drama Club
• March 2nd - Panther Ambassadors
• March 3rd - Intramurals, Student Council
• March 10th - No school - Professional Development
  
• March 14th - EHMS Band and Chorus Step up Concert
• March 17th, 18th, 19th - EHMS Guys and Dolls Production
• March 29th & 30th - Parent Conferences

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 February newsletters. Don't forget to check out Team Amethyst's newsletter. This is our specials and P.E. team.

Enjoy!

Monday

School Spirit Day – Wear Panther gear or school colors

Tuesday

Inspiration Day – Wear a shirt with an inspiring or kind message

Wednesday

Dress for Success Day- Dress up as your future (or dream!) career or dress as if you were going on an important job interview

Thursday

PJ Day – Wear PJs and be ready to cozy up with a good book during Flex

**On Thursday (3/2), Read Across America Day, the entire staff and students will drop everything they are doing and read for 15 minutes during FLEX to show students that we are a united community of readers.

EHMS students have been diligently rehearsing under the direction of Mrs. Werme and Ms. Rahusen to prepare for their upcoming performance of Guys and Dolls.

Production Dates

• Friday, March 17th at 7pm
• Saturday, March 18th at 2pm & 7pm
• Sunday, March 19th at 2pm

Mrs. Kalisz’s sixth grade students practiced identifying informational text structures during class this week. Students watched a video comparing text structures to the job of an architect. Then, students read short passages and searched for signal words to help identify which text structure the writer was using.

This week, Team Diamond enjoyed a special Fun Flex period for showing the most growth in ELA on their fall to winter iReady diagnostic. Students were able to sign up for an activity of their choice. Activities included woodworking, sewing, listening to music with friends, and board games. Way to go, Team Diamond!

Our annual East Hampton Music Department Step-up concert is approaching rapidly!

The Step-Up concert is a special concert during March:

Celebrating Music in our Schools month.

Where: East Hampton High School Gymnasium

When: Tuesday, March 14 (snow date Wednesday March 15)

Time: 9:30am in the East Hampton High School gymnasium.

What: East Hampton School music ensembles from Memorial Elementary School, Center

School, EHMS, and EHHS play and sing music in the EHHS gymnasium, culminating

with a special combined school music performance of the EHHS school song ‘Alma

Mater’.

Permission slips will be sent home shortly through Parent Square as well as hard copies.

While there is only space in the EHHS gym for chorus students, band students, and teachers, we are working on coordinating a livestream of the event that can be watched on the East Hampton School District You Tube channel.

Very Respectfully,

Neil Shilansky and Raelynn Rahusen

EHMS Music Teachers

On sale now!! For 2 weeks only!!!!

Here’s a delicious way to support the students of East Hampton Middle School! Order your favorite confections from Munson’s Chocolates, and the proceeds will go right back to helping our EHMS students.

Click this link to go straight to the EHMS PTO fundraising page. All orders must be placed online by March 8th. Payment should be in the form of a check made out to EHMS PTO and be sent to school labeled "Munson's Chocolate Order." Please send payment as soon as your order is placed. If your payment has not been received by March 8th, we will not be able to fulfill your order. Orders will be available for pick-up the last week of March...in plenty of time for the holiday! Pick-up details to follow.

Please feel free to share the link with family and friends and remind them to include your child's name when placing the order.

Email PTOEHMS@gmail.com with questions.

As always, thank you for your support!!

During FLEX this week, East Hampton High School's Guidance Department came to help support our students in selecting courses for freshman year. Our guidance team will help support students who need to finish their course selection. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to your child's guidance counselor, Mr. Mannes or Mrs. Mercaldi, for assistance.

Below is the presentation that was shown to all 8th grade students last week.

Below is my communication sent through Parentsquare that outlines all the opportunities we have this month to help support our 8th graders as we begin planning for their transition to high school.

We are excited to announce that last week the Governor signed a bill renewing funding to allow us to serve school breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge for the rest of the school year. Starting March 1st, 2023, school meals will again be free for all students. Each student may receive one school breakfast and one school lunch each school day at no cost.

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 MS ATHLETICS SCHEDULE

FEB 27 - MARCH 2 (subject to change)

MONDAY, FEB 27

East Hampton boys volleyball at McGee MS (Berlin), 2:20 dismissal, 2:30 bus.

McGee girls volleyball at East Hampton MS (Teams: Panthers/Pride)

TUESDAY, FEB 28

East Hampton girls volleyball (Teams: Pacesetters/Producers) at McGee MS, 2:20 dismissal, 2:30 bus.

McGee boys volleyball at East Hampton MS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1

Girls volleyball intersquad scrimmage (Parents welcome to come and watch!)

No boys volleyball study hall or practice.

Note: This will conclude our girls volleyball season, thank you!

THURSDAY, MARCH 2

Boys volleyball intersquad scrimmage

(Parents welcome to come and watch!)

Note: This will conclude our boys volleyball season, thank you!

(Baseball and Softball only)

Just a reminder, Spring registration for baseball and softball is now open on familyid.com. Your child will need an updated physical within 13 months in order to attend tryouts. Once registered, you will receive an email from familyid. If you do not receive an email, then you did not register properly or it was incomplete. There is no payments do at this time, more information to follow for those who make our teams. A information sheet will go out on Wednesday, March 15th with further information and times for tryouts. Tryouts are scheduled to begin on Monday, March 20 (subject to change)

The deadline for registration is Monday, March 13th.

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.

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