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Dear Families,

This week at Memorial School our hallways were filled with lots of caring and celebration. The East Hampton Rotary Club donated dictionaries to all third grade students. It was heartwarming to see grade 3 students proudly holding their dictionaries in hand and using them in class to strengthen their knowledge. "Knowledge has a beginning but no end"~ Geeta Lyengar. Our Math and Reading specialist planned a great celebration for all the students that completed their Summer Reading and Math Challenges! Lastly, as principals on Friday we were showered with caring pictures, cards, letters, and thoughtful gifts by students and staff. We feel honored to lead such a CARING Building.

Best,

Joey and Andrea

Memorial Models are chosen weekly by their teacher and have excelled all week in taking care of themselves, others, and things.

This month we are learning about being a Caring Member of the Memorial School Community. We are encouraging students to care about others, themselves, and their things. We are celebrating caring students this month who show kindness and concern for others.

Hello Memorial Families! It has been an exciting month of learning in the music room. Read on below to hear about your student’s classroom expectations in music!

Preschool Expectations: Students have practiced saying hello and goodbye using our four voices: talking, whispering, calling, and singing. During class, they enjoyed singing “Engine Engine” and playing sand blocks to make the train sound. They also tried using a hand drum and singing “Frog in the Bucket” while making a frog hop on different spots! Our finger story this month has been “Five Little Ladies”. Check the music room website for song lyrics.

Kindergarten Expectations: Students practiced five voices using the Voices Poem. They also tried singing individually when the singing ball rolls to them. They enjoyed singing songs like “Engine Engine”, “Here We Go Looby Loo”, and “Sally Go ‘Round the Sun”. They also had fun exploring to find new ways to make sounds with their voices.

First Grade Expectations: Students continued to practice making a “perfect match” when using the singing ball. They also focused on keeping a steady beat by playing drums (large and small), bouncing a ball to the beat, and singing songs like “Frog in the Bucket” and “Charlie Over the Ocean”. First graders also worked hard on their new music room jobs, including “Compliment Squad”. The squad picks one student in class that they think did something great in music that day and then gives that student a compliment!

Second Grade Expectations: These students reviewed rhythms and notes from first grade, remembering how to read and sing them. Now, they have noticed a new mystery rhythm, which gets two heartbeats but makes one long stretched out sound! In the coming month, this new rhythm will be revealed and practiced. Favorite songs and games this month included “Bluebird”, the dot game, and “Rico’s Pizza Restaurant” (which involved singing a silly pizza order). Students also practiced describing music they listened to, including the song “In the Hall of the Mountain King”.

Third Grade Expectations: Third graders focused on reviewing previous notes and rhythms from second grade. They also worked on describing what they heard when listening. They have been working on discovering the names of two mystery notes on our staircase, and have found the notes in songs like “Biscuit”, “Alabama Gal”, and “Ghost of Tom”. They have even tried decoding the songs on a virtual piano on their chromebooks! I am so impressed with their work!

Please check out the music room website for more information about the music program. Feel free to reach out at any time by emailing smaldonado@easthamptonct.org.

Mrs. Maldonado

2020-2021 Yearbooks are still available for purchase. Yearbooks cost $20.00 and can be paid with cash or a check made out to East Hampton PTO.

10/18 No One Eats Alone Week

10/15- Summer and Math Challenge Celebrations-Don't forget to turn in your forms.

10/19- Author Visit with Brendan Wenzel on October 19 from 1:00-1:45.

10/21 & 10/22 Kona Ice Truck for all students- Thanks to the PTO!

10/22- Bus Driver Appreciation Day

10/25- Board of Education Meeting at 6:30pm

10/29- Spirit Day-TBD

• This week, the Connecticut General Assembly gave the Governor authority to extend Executive Orders through February 15, 2022. Executive Order No. 9, Section 1, and Executive Order No. 13A, provides the authority to require masks in schools, childcare facilities, and certain higher-risk settings, as well as providing municipal authority to require universal masking in certain settings.
• If a student is quarantined, asynchronous assignments will be provided and communicated by your student's teacher.
• Volunteers and guest speakers are welcomed in the building. All volunteers and guest speakers who enter classrooms, hallways, or other areas where children are located will be required to be vaccinated or submit testing results upon entering the school.

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: jbauer@easthamptonct.org
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Location: 20 Smith Street, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: 860-365-4020
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