Notes from Eddy

Hello Eddy Families,

I hope you had a safe and fun Halloween for those who participate. Since there is so much candy floating around, we ask for you to limit candy that comes into school in your student's snack and lunch, as it is not the best energy for a day of learning (but certainly an ok treat). Please do not send in candy with your student to distribute to others.

We celebrated #FarmToSchool month this past week; see below for more information and pictures!

We will hold a Veterans Day Assembly on Thursday, November 12 @ 9:00am. Veterans who are connected to Eddy Elementary (any loved one of an Eddy student or staff member) are invited to join us for the assembly, and we will have light refreshments afterwards. If a veteran connected to Eddy would like to attend, please sign them up here: Eddy Veterans Assembly RSVP 11.12.26

As you saw via email earlier this week, CoffeePond will have picture retakes on Monday, November 2 here at school. Please send in the original pictures with your student, and those students who will get retakes will be called down by grade level to the music room for retakes.

Just a reminder that we ask for all students to refrain from bringing in stuffed animals, toys, and fidgets, unless it is for a special show-and-tell that a teacher has requested or for a special reward day (for example, pajamas and stuffies day). If your student needs a fidget, please touch base with your student's teacher and we can provide them at school. Bringing in valuable items from home can lead to things getting or broken or missing. Thank you for your help with this!

Don't forget: this Wednesday, 11/4 @ 5-6:15pm is STEM Night for Brewster @ Eddy! All are welcome, including family members and siblings. It is a casual, fun night of games and prizes all centered around science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)! All students PreK-5 are welcome. You are encouraged to stay for some or all of this fun night, where students will play games and rotate through classroom stations to engage students in STEM activities. There will be games, prizes, and giveaways! We thank Mrs. Evans for all her help organizing this event, the Cape Cod Regional STEM Network for their support and donations, and to Cape Cod Five for their financial support. All students from Stony Brook and Eddy are welcome: please bring siblings, parents, caregivers, grandparents, and friends!

Here's to a great week of learning at Eddy Elementary School!

Best

Steve Guditus

Eddy Elementary School Principal and Lead Learner

We are excited to have celebrated Farm to School Month in October in two different ways: We held Apple Crunch Day on Thursday, where all Nauset students across the district ate Massachusetts-grown apples. At Eddy, we enjoyed Macoun apples, and you can see some of those pictures below.

Additionally, a big thank you goes out to Mr. Fuller, Mrs. Aucoin, and Mr. Messer from our Eddy Food Services, for taking the beautiful kale grown right here in the Eddy vegetable garden, and harvested by our students and Dave Krieger-Dewitt, our Farm to School Coordinator, and creating a delicious kale and potato soup, which many enjoyed (myself included!). This was a wonderful example of collaboration of construction by Sustainable Roots, grant writing and funding by our Director of Health and Wellness MaryEllen Reed, assistance with planting and tending to the garden by students and the Cape Cod Master Gardeners, and especially our students, who planted, weeded, tended, grew, and harvested kale and then ate it for lunch! What a success! Thank you to all who helped our students see and realize the importance of growing our own food and eating it!

Any veteran connected to Eddy (a loved one of an Eddy student or staff member) is invited to attend our Veterans Day assembly. Please RSVP that veteran any any other guests below.

Congratulations to our green card winners this week! These students were selected from those who earned green cards this week for demonstrating our core values of respect, empathy, accountability, determination, and your best. Congratulations to Christian, Jazzy, and Declan!

A note from Interim Student Services Director, Dr. Erin Sullivan:

We invite families of students receiving special education services to attend our second ‘26-’27 school year Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) meeting. This meeting will host Nauset Regional High School Special Education Department Chair Genna Margotta for a presentation on “Supporting Your Secondary Student.” This presentation is intended for families of middle and high school aged students to learn how you can support your student to “do school.” However, it will also be beneficial for families of elementary students to begin to think about the changes that occur for students entering the secondary level.

SEPAC Meeting: Supporting Your Secondary Student
Thursday, November 12 · 12:00 – 1:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/jas-kiqk-csn
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 224-990-0346‬ PIN: ‪624 389 621‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/jas-kiqk-csn?pin=9993323557843

SEPAC meeting provides an important opportunity for families to share experiences, ask questions, offer feedback, and work collaboratively with the district to support the success of our students with disabilities. Whether you are new to special education or have been involved for many years, we hope you will join us. We look forward to building SEPAC together with you.

If you are interested in providing feedback about potential SEPAC meeting topics or schedule, please complete the survey below:

SEPAC 26-27 Survey

Sincerely,
Erin Sullivan
Interim Director of Student Services
Nauset Public Schools
508-255-8800
sullivane@nausetschools.org

We are building an Eddy reading wall! Please send in a picture of your student reading their favorite book - or snap a picture and email it to Mr. Guditus at gudituss@nausetschools.org and he can print it out for the bulletin board. Thank you for sharing our love of reading!

Nurse Miller is making a call for donations of additional pants for students. We are looking for donations of lightly-used leggings, elastic waist pants, sweat pants, track pants, and athletic pants. You can send donations into school, labeled to Nurse Miller's attention. If you have any questions, you can contact Nurse Miller at millerm@nausetschools.org.

Here is the Eddy Family Success Guide, a comprehensive guide to all things you need to know about Eddy Elementary School.

The Brewster PTO and S&J Exco have teamed up to help provide a place to recycle your scrap metal of any amount! Just mention “Brewster Schools fundraiser” to give credit to the PTO when you weigh in. Thank YOU for supporting our kids and recycling responsibly!

Accepting metal during operating hours throughout the school year️!

S&J Hours
Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Closed Sundays

Ms. Teevens is our new PE and Health Teacher at Eddy. She so excited by our students' enthusiasm for PE class! Please remember to wear sneakers on your designated PE day of the week. If you forget, you will get a paper slip home as a reminder to wear sneakers for your next PE class. If you're not sure when your student has PE, see the schedule below.

🚨Back To School Sale!🚨

Hello from the Brewster PTO! The Brewster PTO is the parent/teacher organization for the elementary schools in Brewster, MA. From their website, "The Brewster PTO is a volunteer-driven 501(c)(3) nonprofit organized to support the education of children at Stony Brook Elementary and Eddy Elementary by fostering relationships among schools, parents, caregivers, and teachers, and enriching the educational experience of every child."

The executive board is seeking to fill their open secretary position, vacated by a graduating parent/caregiver. The commitment is eight (nearly) monthly meetings (see below for dates), plus monthly executive board meetings to review minutes and budget requests from staff. If you are interested in learning more, please send an email to the PTO at: brewsterpto@gmail.com

Executive Board

• President: Christie Peterson
• VP: Sarah Marini
• Treasurer: Kristen O’Neal
• Secretary: *OPEN*

Meetings all take place at 7:00pm in person or on Zoom (Zoom link here):

• September 9, 2026: Stony Brook
• October 14, 2026: Eddy
• December 9, 2026: Stony Brook
• January 13, 2027: Eddy
• March 10, 2027: Stony Brook
• May 12, 2027: Eddy
• June 9, 2027: Stony Brook

You can learn more about the Brewster PTO at their website: https://brewsterpto.com/. Please considering joining us to help the students and staff at Brewster elementary schools!

• 1: Daylight Savings time ends

• 2: Picture Retake @ Eddy
• 4: Brewster Schools STEM Night @ Eddy (All PREK-5 students and families welcome, 5:00-6:15pm)
• 11: No School (Veterans Day)
• 12: Veterans Day Assembly @ 9:00am
• 12: SEPAC Meeting on Google Meet @ Noon (https://meet.google.com/jas-kiqk-csn)
• 12: Brewster School Committee @ 6:30pm
• 16: Brewster Town Meeting @ Stony Brook
• 25-27: No School (Thanksgiving Break)