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“Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.” ―Bob Beauprez

Thank you for your participation and flexibility during our week of scheduled virtual conferences. We look forward to this time each year because it is a great opportunity to celebrate your student's growth and to work alongside you to plan for continuous improvement.

Our home-school partnership in East Hampton is truly amazing and we are #BetterTogether. As always, we continue to look for ways to grow our practice and appreciate any feedback you have around how the conferences were scheduled and structured. Please email or call us directly with your thoughts-- agonzalez@easthamptonct.org, bgadoury@easthamptonct.org & 860-365-4020.

With pride,

Andy & Brandy

• Implement Second Step Social Emotional curriculum with fidelity across all grade levels and classrooms.
• Achieve individual growth targets as measured by the i-Ready reading and math diagnostic assessment for all students.

The Second Step program teaches skills in the following four areas:

1. Skills for Learning: Students gain skills to help themselves learn, including how to focus their attention, listen carefully, use self-talk to stay on task, and be assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.

2. Empathy: Students learn to identify and understand their own and others’ feelings. Students also learn how to take another’s perspective and how to show compassion.

3. Emotion Management: Students learn specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings, such as anxiety or anger.

Ways to Calm Down: Belly breathing, using positive self-talk, counting

4. Problem Solving: Students learn a process for solving problems with others in a positive way

i-Ready Personalized Instruction provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and needs, so your student can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your student engaged as they learn. We recommend usage should be limited to 45 minutes per week per subject area! See below for how to access the progress and time on task for your student.

• Implement Fundations with fidelity across k-3 grade levels and classrooms.
• Utilize the workshop model of instruction in mathematics in all classrooms.

• Ensure that all teachers engage in Individual Data Meetings with Reading/Math Specialists and Administration to review student performance data, set individual growth targets for every learner, and create instructional plans to help realize these goals.
• Create teacher driven goals at the classroom level to enhance communication, connection and support in response to the 19-20 Parent Feedback survey.

All mid-year assessments have been completed including the i-Ready Diagnostic in reading and math. This assessment data along with other universal screening data informs our structures and groups for intervention services. Intervention services provide students additional instruction in math or reading. Our reading and math instructional specialists and classroom teachers have been reviewing and analyzing student performance data over the last several weeks. As a result of this careful analysis, new intervention groups have been formed and will begin meeting the week of March 1st. If you have any questions regarding math or reading intervention services, please contact:

Reading Specialist: Jess Warner and Andrea Montovani

Math Specialist: Andrea Winiarski

March 14--Daylight Saving Time Begins--Time to Spring Ahead

March 18--Internet Safety Presentation for Parents (Must preregister)

March 19--Rock Your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day

March 19--Deadline to Submit Preschool Registration Packets

March 20--First Day of Spring!

March 26--Calendar Change--Now a Full Day of School

March 26--Deadline to Submit Kindergarten Registration Packets

March 29--EHE PTO Fundraiser Pick-up--Butter Braids & Cookie Dough

April 2--No School--Good Friday

April 9--Calendar Change--Distance Learning in AM--Professional Development for Staff in PM

April 10-18--No School--School Vacation Week

2021-2022 Kindergarten Registration packets will be available at the Memorial School foyer and online on Wednesday, February 17, 2021.

To secure a screening appointment for your child, we ask that you please return all completed registration paperwork to the Memorial School Office or drop box in the foyer by Friday, March 26, 2021.

A Parent information night will be held Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 6:00 pm. Details to follow.

Kindergarten Screenings will be held 9am -2pm the week of Monday, May 24th – Friday ,May 28th.

Integrated Preschool and Smart Start packets for 3 & 4 year olds are now available in the outer lobby at Memorial School, the Town Library, and www.easthamptonps.org. The deadline for submitting packets to Memorial’s office is March 19, 2021. Preschool Screens will be conducted April 7 & 8. Please contact Kelly Caruso at Memorial for more information.

This year's Butter Braid event is paperless. Please us the link below to register your child and order/sell scrumptious baked treats: https://my.mcmfundraising.com/signup/9WTV

Questions: Feel free to contact Julie at 978-660-6838 or email jafoulis@gmail.com

Orders closed March 5. Pick up/delivery on March 29 will be contactless in the bus loop at Memorial School.

Thank you so much for your support!

We appreciate how proactive families have been in taking students to get tested for COVID. Please know that if you choose to do this, you are required, per Chatham Health guidance, to keep your learner home until the negative results are shared with the school. Please also remember that rapid molecular and PCR tests are the only tests accepted by our schools.

Close contact: within 6 feet of an infected person (confirmed COVID19) for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period, or a direct exposure to possibly infected droplets of saliva or nasal mucus (e.g., being sneezed or coughed on in the face).

The East Hampton Public School District Nutrition Program would like to remind families that thanks to Federal funding and support from the CT Department of Education, free breakfast and free lunch is available for all students 18 years and under for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. Check out these PSAs by the School Nutrition Association of CT for all the details: English Version PSA and the Spanish Version PSA!

Additionally, in an effort to be able to flex and respond to frequent schedule changes, EHPS is now featuring weekly lunch menus.

Our normal meal pick-up time continues to be Noon - 1:00 PM on Wednesdays in the HS side parking lot by the Tennis courts for the foreseeable future.

A big thank you goes out to all our Cafeteria staff for adjusting to all the changes this year!
Be safe, be healthy and support your local lunch program!

Did you know that children who eat a healthy breakfast are proven to have improved academic performance, reduced behavioral problems and a reduced risk of obesity? Every parent knows how challenging it can be to get your kids to eat something healthy before rushing off to school. We have the solution - Memorial school is now offering a healthy breakfast FREE OF CHARGE to all students through December 31st! Simply go to the Nutritional Services page of the School Website or cut and paste this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXEzxnyQnQXNb-tAkgdEgCcTEOC1kwg0sDey9StHXP_5ZcIg/viewform each weekend to order breakfast to be delivered to your child’s classroom. All school breakfasts include a whole grain item and/or lean protein, 100% fruit juice, a fruit and milk.

A Message from the Department of Children and Families

We are asking for your help spreading the word about the state’s new “Talk It Out Line”, which is a Department of Children and Families’ initiative created to provide support and services to help parents and caretakers with the stress and increased needs resulting from caring for their children during the COVID-19 crisis. Parents and caregivers are invited to call 833-258-5011 and/or visit www.talkitoutct.com to speak with trained professionals (in both English and Spanish) who will listen and discuss their concerns and, if additional help is needed, refer them to responsive services. The "Talk It Out Line" is available Monday-Friday from 8am to 8pm; and on weekends from 1 pm to 8 pm.

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.

Home of 570 PK-3 Proud Young Cheetahs and Future Bellringers!

Email: memorialoffice@easthamptonct.org
Website: http://www.easthamptonps.org/o/memorial-school
Location: 20 Smith Street, East Hampton, CT 06424
Phone: 860-365-4020
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ehmemorialschool/