Eagle Eye Tribune

September 8, 2024

Dear AES Families,

A quick reminder: School Picture Day is on Monday, September 9th. Your child should have brought home a pamphlet with information about the picture process, available packages, and how to place an order. If you haven't received it or have any questions, please contact the main office.

This is also the final week to order MUMS from the AES PTO. You'll find more details on how to order later in this newsletter.

Please mark your calendars for our OPEN HOUSE on Tuesday, September 24th, from 5:30-6:45 PM. During the Open House, you will have the opportunity to see what your child has been working on so far this year and connect with staff. You will also have the chance to connect with and gather resources from the Grapevine, Antrim Rec., fingerprinting to become a school volunteer, AES PTO, Tuttle Library, and more!

Additionally, the Title I Annual Parent Meeting will be held just before the Open House, from 5:00-5:30 PM. This is a great time to learn about Title I funding, how it supports our school programs, and to share your feedback and ideas for new programming this year.

I look forward to seeing you all in two weeks!

Warm regards,

I look forward to seeing you at our event in two weeks!

Warmly,

Beth Gibney - Principal

Details:

• Price: $12 each for 9" pots (measuring 22" across the blooms)
• Colors Available: Red, White, Yellow, Pink, and Orange
• Sale Dates: August 27th - September 12th
• Payment Options: Purchase through PayPal (QR code below) or by check made out to AES PTO
• Pickup Date: Plants will be available for pickup the week of September 16th

Click to access order form

This week in library Ms. Revaz’s second grade and third grade worked on learning how to find books in the library and library expectations. Second grade learned about call numbers and third grade learned about the Dewey Decimal system. It have been a wonderful start to the year!

Book Checkout Procedures

Kindergarten: One book a week to remain at school.

First Grade: One book at a time to remain at school for now. I will likely begin allowing them to take books home halfway through the year.

Second Grade: One book at a time to take home or leave at school. The book should be returned when it is finished or returned/renewed at the beginning of the next library rotation. I will send home book reminders at the beginning of each library rotation.

Third Grade: Two books at a time. One book can go home and the other will stay at school. The books should be returned when they are finished or returned/renewed at the beginning of the next library rotation. I will send home book reminders at the beginning of each library rotation.

Fourth Grade: Two books at a time for either home or school reading. The books should be returned when they are finished or returned/renewed at the beginning of the next library rotation. I will send home book reminders at the beginning of each library rotation.

If you have any questions please email me at cbrett@conval.edu or call.

Happy reading,

Ms. Brett

This week, Mrs. Phaneuf’s class read The Color Monster and started talking about how our feelings can be shown by color. We painted color monsters of our own with their feelings “all mixed up”. We then learned about how we identify feelings by using colors. It was a creative and educational week!

Look at all the learning going on in our class! Math games helping us practice our skills.

In Muzart this week students were able to make tags with their name for their backpacks and begin making Dot Day projects.

Dot Day is every year on September 15th and celebrates “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds, a book about creativity and courage.

In fourth grade students learned about Picasso and started work on their very own Picasso inspired, Cubism Portraits.

First grade learned about texture rubbings this week using leaves from the forest and texture plates. Students created drawings with texture.

Kindergarten has been working on drawing shapes and lines, their project “A Study in Shapes” is displayed in the hall now.

~Mrs. Harvey

This week, second graders enthusiastically participated in their first session of our 2024 Cornucopia School Garden Program! Through this 7 week fall program, students are empowered to become environmentally conscious and responsible citizens by participating in hands-on and engaging learning experiences in our very own school garden. Second grade horticulturists will learn to plant, carefully tend to, and harvest vegetables and herbs themselves. Our program will end on October 14th with a Harvest Celebration.

This week students in 4th grade started our first Math modules all about multiplication! Students worked in partners to sort different representations/models of multiplication equations. We also discussed our eagle core value: cooperation! We watched a video, read stories, and are working together on a mural!

Each year we send links to complete for Free Reduced Lunch (F&R) and 68 Hours of Hunger. While you may not think you need either resource or think that your family would qualify, I encourage everyone to fill out the F&R paperwork because not only could some families not anticipating qualification be eligible but the percentage of families who do qualify for F&R helps the school receive funding for school wide Title I programming. This programming helps to support intervention services, enrichment services and family engagement opportunities. While you may not need the resource, filling out the forms helps all students at AES. Here is the link to the Free & Reduced Breakfast and Lunch forms.

End 68 Hours of Hunger is also an amazing resource for families. This resource does not require any paperwork and is not a need-based qualification. If you feel your family would benefit from having food provided over the weekend, on school breaks or holidays, please either complete the form attached below or contact Sarah Edwards in the main office for a form and food will be sent home with your child each week and before any breaks or holidays.

Please contact the school with any questions.

I have enjoyed becoming part of the AES family over the past couple of weeks. Your children have been welcoming and seem to be enjoying their time at school!

In the weekly newsletter I will provide you with information about what your students are learning during our time together. I will also include resources to support you as parents and caregivers.

Classroom lessons: I’m hoping to begin classroom lessons at the end of September. In the meantime, I will be having “Minute Meetings” with students. Minute meetings allow me to spend a few minutes with every student to get to know them. We will talk about school, home, friends, and emotions. These meetings help to identify students who may need some additional support from me as well as what topics may be beneficial to include in my classroom lessons or counseling sessions! I’m looking forward to getting to know your children this year! Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Zones of Regulation:

Students have been learning about the Zones of Regulation (Zones) in their classrooms. The Zones is a framework for helping students identify how their emotions affect their ability to regulate their thoughts and actions.

It is important to remember that all zones are OK - once a student identifies which zone they are in, we can work together to find tools to help them regulate and return to learning.

More information can be found at https://zonesofregulation.com/

Email: vlofstedt@conval.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/conval.edu/lofstedt/

Location: 10 School Street, Antrim, NH, USA
Phone: (603) 588-6371

Email: bgibney@conval.edu
Website: https://aes.conval.edu/

Location: 10 School Street, Antrim, NH, USA
Phone: (603)588-6371