Families,

Happy New Year! Andrea and I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and have returned to your routines feeling healthy and refreshed. This month, the Profile Of A Graduate skill that we’ll be focused on is WONDER. Throughout the month, we will be discussing what it means to wonder, and exploring how it contributes to our sense of awe about the world around us. Students will grow to understand how wondering motivates us to learn more about topics of interest.

We are also thrilled to announce that Memorial School now has a climbing wall. Thanks to the generosity of the EHEPTO, the structure was professionally installed in our gymnasium over the December break. The climbing wall will be utilized on a consistent basis during P.E. classes under the direction of our coaches, Greg Ruel and Bob Boscarino. We can’t wait to see our young cheetahs grow their muscles and coordination! Please review additional information about the climbing wall below.

Thank you for your continued partnership!

Joey and Andrea

The Profile of A Graduate Monthly Principle Is Wonder

Memorial students had class discussions about things they wonder about and created WONDERful bulletin boards. Students completed a wonder response sheet. They were so inquisitive! Someone said “ I wonder if clouds are born or made?” Another said, “I wonder what teacher I will have next year?”

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Thanks to the generosity of the EHEPTO, we are thrilled to share that Memorial School now has a climbing wall in our gymnasium! It was professionally installed over the December break, and it will be used regularly during P.E. classes. Coach Ruel and Coach Boscarino will spend the next couple of weeks reviewing expectations with students and staff; and then we can expect to see our young cheetahs growing their climbing skills! Here you can see one of our students demonstrating the proper use of the wall. Way to go!

Important Notes about using the wall: In order to use the wall, students must be wearing sneakers on their scheduled P.E. days. In addition to this, for safety reasons, students may not wear jewelry when using the climbing wall. The only exception to this are earrings that don't dangle. They may be worn. If students come to school wearing any dangling jewelry on P.E. days, they will have to remove it before climbing. Therefore, it might be best to leave all jewelry at home on the designated days.

Each year the East Hampton Public Schools administers the i-Ready Diagnostic in Reading and Math in the fall, winter, and spring to monitor student growth and performance. The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your child’s needs. Each item a student receives is based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier ones. The purpose of this is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning. These results are reviewed as one data point amongst other assessments, observations and data regarding student performance. The assessment is integrated into your child’s day as part of their academic learning and is paced to ensure that they work on the assessment in small chunks of time. The implementation of this assessment is completed in accordance with Connecticut State Department of Education guidelines. I-Ready will begin the week of January 9th.

The i-Ready Diagnostic will provide results that help our team identify your child’s strengths and determine next steps for instruction. All students in grades 1-5 have access to i-Ready Instruction upon completion of the Diagnostic. i-Ready Instruction provides students with lessons based on their individual strengths and areas for growth. These lessons are targeted based on your child’s performance on the Diagnostic, are interactive in design, and provide strategic supports to keep your child engaged as they learn.

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Dear Parents/Guardians of Preschool Students:

This is your final reminder to those families who have not yet submitted documentation regarding flu vaccine.

Per State of Connecticut statutes, all Pre-K students, 24-59 months of age, must receive an annual dose of flu vaccine given between August 1 - December 31. For those children receiving influenza vaccine for the 1st time, 2 doses of flu vaccine are required, administered at least 28 days apart.

This has been a requirement by the State Immunization Department since 2011.

Please have your child’s doctor or office staff complete the necessary form to show that the vaccine was given and send a copy to the school as soon as possible.

If your child does not receive the flu vaccine, they will be excluded from school from 1/1/23 until 3/31/23 or until the child has received at least 1 dose of influenza vaccine.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please send in a paper copy or fax to our office at 860-365-4024.

Sincerely,

Katie Williams, RN, Memorial Elementary School Nurse

Joey Bauer, Principal, Memorial Elementary School

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

1/9- BOE Meeting @ 6:30pm

1/10- i-Ready Testing Begins

1/16- No School MLK Jr. Day

1/20- Spirit Day "Wear Your Cheetah Gear"

1/23- Magical Monday in the Cafeteria

1/23- BOE Meeting @ 6:30pm

1/27- Early Dismissal For Professional Learning

2/3- 100th Day of School

2/8- School Counselor Appreciation Day

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, and any type of bullying behavior. 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.

When considering the number of absences your student has accrued, keep in mind that a student must be present for 195 minutes in order for the day to count! When bringing your student in late, or signing them out early if they have not been in school for a 195 minutes the day will be recorded as an absence.

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: jbauer@easthamptonct.org
Website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/o/memorial-school
Location: 20 Smith Street, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: 860-365-4020
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ehmemorialschool