Lancer Update

Hello Spring! This weather couldn't be any nicer... especially for early April

A few notes- We had a great dodgeball tournament today! Lots of smiles and cheering.

Tonight we have the Student/Staff basketball game. Game starts at 7pm and door opens at 6:45 pm. Admission is $5 at the door per person. Students can come with their families or come and enjoy by themselves. It should be a fun night for all!

PTSA Spring Dance is next Friday, April 21st at 6:30

After March and Spring Break, NYS testing will start for both Math and ELA. I would like to take a second to talk about the importance of all testing we do here at EIMS. All our students participate in MAP testing, Unit Assessments, and State Testing. We feel that this is not just a data point for our students, but most importantly a complete data set for us as a district. When everyone participates, we can truly understand where we are as a district and what we can focus on to be better! Also, at the end of their middle school career, every student will be sitting down for a Regents Living Environment exam and their World Language exam. Test practice makes perfect practice! Our students need to be exposed to more challenges for longer periods of time, and our MAP assessments and NYS assessments help with that practice. We will continue to encourage all students to participate and do their best! If you have any questions about these, please reach out to the middle school!

April 21st- Spring Dance 6:30pm-8pm

April 24th-25th- NYS Testing ELA

April 28th/29th- Musical- Little Mermaid- EHS

May 1st- PTSA Meeting- 6:30pm-7:30pm

May 3rd-4th- NYS Testing Math

May 5th- Dance 6:30pm - 8pm

A reminder to families and students: the district has a 24-hour safe school helpline available to report any concerns about unsafe or potentially disruptive activities or situations including drug or alcohol abuse, weapons, harassment, bullying or threats. All calls are completely confidential. You can call 800-418-6423 (800-4-1-VOICE ext. 359); text 66746, enter TIPS into the message; use the website www.safeschoolhelpline.com; or download the Safe School Helpline app in the App Store or Google Play.

Beginning after Spring Break, the purchasing of snacks during lunch will only be on Tuesdays and Fridays. This is because of timing and issues with snacks being a disruption during students next period classes after lunch.

If you are dropping off lunch for your child please be aware of the lunch times for our students

6th grade- 10:40am

7th Grade- 11:25am

8th grade- 12:10pm

Please note that if something is ordered or dropped off for your child and it is past that time we will hold on to that until after school for them.

We are seeing an uptick in the need to "text my mom" or "call my dad" from students this month. We wanted to remind all, that cell phones are not allowed in class for any reason. If there is an emergency, please call the school (339-1436) and we will do our best to help you communicate with your child. Remember, students do get a chance to have their cell phones in the halls during passing time and in the cafeteria.

Thank you for working with us on that!

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East Irondequoit CSD is excited to announce the addition of Full-Day Pre-Kindergarten beginning in the fall of 2023. If you are interested in receiving information about the pre-k lottery, fill out the form at the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/MKDC050B6U. For more information on our Pre-K Program, visit our website: https://www.eastiron.org/page/pre-kindergarten-program or call the registration office at 585-339-1213.

Our 8th grade field trip this year is going to be a repeat of last year's successful trip to Watkins Glen. This will be happening on June 2nd.

Background on how we as a team got to this trip:

In years past, we had an 8th grade field trip to Washington D.C., that field trip was 3 days long and in the years before COVID we had the following number of students participate:

2019- 85/223 = 38%

2018- 98/206 = 48%

2017-86/241 = 37%

These numbers included doing major fundraising for two years, scholarship opportunities, and financial support from multiple teachers and the Board. We as team looked at this and decided it truly wasn't a class field trip, a class field trip should be the entire class. We began to look for solutions that would allow us to do that. Last year, we were awarded a grant to send students to a state park. In that grant we received enough money to get nice buses and a personal tour of the state park. We applied again this year and received that grant again and are excited to do this with the 8th grade class.

I can tell you that when the majority of the class went last year the interest was low, but that changed immensely when they came back and shared pictures, laughs, and stories about the day. It was fun because they were all together and that is our WHY for the change.

We have seen an uptick in flu cases this early winter and we are reminding families that if their child does not feel well, they should stay home until symptoms subside. A reminder, we have plenty of PPS in our schools should anyone like a mask, sanitizer, hand washing, etc.

The district is looking to hire teacher aides, bus drivers, and cleaners. For more information, job descriptions and to apply, click the links below:

• Teacher aides
• Bus Drivers
• Cleaners