Bellringer Newsletter

Good morning. It's hard to believe that this Friday, October 1, marks the Mid-Point of the 1st Academic Quarter. Please take a few moments this week to sit with your child and discuss their grades and academic progress. If you have any questions, now is a great time to connect with teachers and School Counselors. EHHS continues to be a busy place as we are in the midst of Fall Sports, Field Trips, and Fall Concert. Please check the Important Dates and Reminders section of the Bellringer Newsletter for a schedule of upcoming events. As always, if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me directly at everner@easthamptonct.org.

Tori Schiavoni has been named as a Commended Scholar in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students are placed among the top 50,000 students across the nation who entered the 2022 competition by taking the 2020 PSAT/NMSQT.

Recently we have been having some issues with student dismissals from school and in particular, being dismissed due to illness without first going to the nurse. We ask that parents familiarize themselves with our attendance policy which is in the EHHS Student Handbook. Some of the main policies/procedures that we are asking for parents’ to help in adhering to are.

• EARLY DISMISSALS: A written request (no phone calls) from a parent or guardian must be presented to the main office before school begins so student may obtain an early dismissal slip. Students will wait in the main office for their parent/guardian to call the office and we will send your child out to meet you after they sign-out.
• NURSE DISMISSALS: In case of illness during school, dismissal will be arranged through the school nurse, or in her absence, through the office. Students feeling ill should report directly to the nurse's office. Students should not be texting or calling home when not feeling well.

Please note that having a parent’s written request before the start of the day allows the students name to appear on the Daily Attendance sheet so their teachers will be aware that they may not be in class on that day. This also eliminates the office staff from calling in and disrupting a classroom to dismiss the student. We do realize that there may be occasions when you may need to unexpectedly pick your child up early. In those cases we will call the student down when the parent/guardian arrives to the school

This past Saturday, 49 students and 9 staff members from East Hampton participated in the Relay for Life at Rockville HS. The group raised $13,169 to help save lives from cancer. Over the past 10 years, the East Hampton Community has generously donated $109, 350 to the American Cancer Society.

• September 29--EHHS Band Trip--Big E (Springfield, MA)
• October 8--Early Dismissal--Professional Development
• October 11--Columbus Day--No School
• October 13--PSAT Testing--Grades 9, 10, and 11
• October 13--College Visitation Day--Grade 12
• October 20-- College Funding/Financial Aid Night
• October 20--EHHS PTO/PPAG Meeting 5:30
• October 23--Shoreline Conference Cross Country Championship Meet
• October 27--EHHS Choral Concert--7:00
• October 28--EHHS Band Concert 7:00
• November 1--End of 1st Quarter
• November 2--No School--Election Day--Professional Development
• November 3--2nd Quarter begins
• November 11--Veteran's Day--NO SCHOOL
• November 24--Early Release--EHHS
• November 25--28--Thanksgiving Recess

Last week’s recap:

Girls Varsity Soccer lost to Coginchaug 0-2 at home. Their season record is currently 1-3-1. They play this week at Westbrook on Tuesday and at home vs HK on Friday night which is senior night.

Boys Varsity Soccer tied Coginchaug 2-2 on the road and were defeated by Cromwell at home 0-1. Their season record is 1-3-1. They play this week home vs Westbrook on Monday night which is Senior Night and at H-K on Thursday.

Boys Junior Varsity Soccer defeated Coginchaug at home 6-0 and Cromwell on the road 2-1. Their current season record is 2-1. They play this week Tuesday at Westbrook and Friday at home vs HK.

The Varsity Football Co-Op defeated Old Saybrook/Westbrook Co-Op 40-0. Their season record is now 3-0. They play at Stafford/East Windsor/Somers Co-Op on Friday at Stafford High School.

Junior Varsity Football lost to the Valley/Lyme-Old Lyme Co-Op 24-16. Their season record is 0-2. They play this week on Monday at home Old Saybrook/Westbrook Co-Op.

Junior Varsity Volleyball defeated Cromwell at home 2-0 and H-K on the road 2-0. Their current season record is 4-2. They play this week at home vs Valley Regional on Wednesday and at The Morgan School on Thursday.

Varsity Volleyball defeated Cromwell at home 3-0 and lost to H-K on the road 1-3. Their current season record is 4-2. They are scheduled to play this week at home vs Valley Regional on Wednesday and at The Morgan School on Thursday.

Cross Country results from The Going to the Sun Invitational last week:

Girls Varsity won the race and Senior Kaylee Gravel was the race winner.

Boys placed 2nd and Sophomore Aiden Palen was the top finisher.

Ben Fazekas won the Boys Junior Varsity race.

Camryn Sprague won the Girls Junior Varsity race.

The team is scheduled to run on Tuesday at Cromwell and on Friday at the Nonnewaug Invitational.

Follow all game results, highlights and athletic content on Twitter and Instagram at:

Twitter- BellringerSports @EHBellringers

Instagram: bellringer.athletics

For all athletic season schedules/results and CIAC tournament information go to ciacsports.com

All home volleyball matches can also be viewed on the NFHS network with a subscription.

From the Superintendent:

We are asking parents to contact the school Principal every time there is a positive case of COVID-19. This is not meant to bypass the Chatham Health Department, but hearing directly from parents as to the timing of symptoms and date of testing determines the nature of contact tracing.

Also, please monitor symptoms of COVID-19. As the weather changes, please do not assume that symptoms are due to allergies or a cold. Please keep children home and get them tested in order to prevent the education of other students from being impacted by cautionary quarantining.

Keeping students home if not feeling well is essential given the spread of the delta variant in students. School contact tracing is not necessary if the positive case has been out of school 48 hours prior to symptoms or prior to testing if asymptomatic. For example, if a student has symptoms on a Monday and does not come to school and gets test results on Tuesday, no school contact tracing is necessary as the student did not have contact within a 48-hour window prior to the onset of symptoms. (Keep in mind, there could be contact tracing necessary for other town or family social activities.)

Chromebook Insurance enrollment period has ended. The form is no longer available, and if you have not responded, you are automatically listed as declining the optional coverage. If you had indicated you wanted insurance, but we have not yet received payment, we are assuming you have changed your mind, and are declining the optional insurance plan.

Students are reminded to bring their Chromebook to school charged and ready for work. Chromebook loaners are available on a very limited basis for genuine repair and technical issues, until the student’s assigned Chromebook is repaired.

A limited amount of chargers are available for check out at the LMC in the event of an occasionally forgotten charger, or uncharged Chromebook.

For help with technical issues, student can self-report Chromebook malfunctions on a google form via this link https://tinyurl.com/EHHS-Chromebook-Loan-Request or this QR Code.

Counselors visited ALL senior english classes two weeks ago and Individual Senior Meetings began last week - students should check their Google Calendar.

PLEASE NOTE DATE & VENUE CHANGE: This year’s College Funding/Financial Aid Night has been moved to October 20th and will now be through zoom - parents that would like to attend need to register in advance.

Please see attached flyer, and below is the zoom link for families to register. Please take a minute and please double-check first before sending it to ensure everything is as you planned.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://financialguide.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcuGupzsuGNbT8rkBS1JT2AnUX2AzqU2T

Passcode: College

College visits are back and in person!!!

All visitors are required to show proof of their vaccine and/or a negative covid test from the past 7 days.

Sign Ups are in Naviance - Please remember that you are responsible for all work that you may miss in ALL classes.

The morning of your visit please come pick your pass in the school counseling office.

See below for the visits scheduled for the next two weeks:

Le Moyne College Mon September 27, 2021 10:43 AM

Emmanuel College Mon September 27, 2021 12:47 PM

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Tue September 28, 2021 8:31 AM

Sacred Heart University Tue September 28, 2021 10:07 AM

University of Mass-Dartmouth Tue September 28, 2021 1:23 PM

Salve Regina University Wed September 29, 2021 1:23 PM

Merrimack College Thu September 30, 2021 8:31 AM

Western New England University Thu September 30, 2021 1:23 PM

Castleton University Fri October 1, 2021 1:23 PM

Lasell University Mon October 4, 2021 7:45 AM

Elms College Mon October 4, 2021 10:43 AM

College of Charleston Mon October 4, 2021 12:47 PM

Mitchell College Tue October 5, 2021 1:23 PM

University of Connecticut Wed October 6, 2021 10:07 AM

Stonehill College Wed October 6, 2021 1:23 PM

Springfield College Thu October 7, 2021 1:23 PM

Please take a moment to read this important announcement regarding changes to the Counseling Caseloads for 2021-2022 School Year.

Distributions are listed below-

• Class of 2022 (Seniors) will remain with your counselors for next year- completing your four years with Mrs. Catlin (A-K) or Ms. Malcolm (L-Z).

• For ALL other students Classes of 2023 and beyond your counselor will stay with you for your entire high school journey.

• Mrs. Sullivan will have students A-D in grades 9-11

• Mrs. Catlin will have students E- M in grades 9-11

• Ms. Malcolm will have students N– Z in grades 9-11

Attention Students and Parents:

On Wednesday, October 13th ALL students in grades 9-11 will be taking the PSAT - students should report to their testing rooms by 7:35 and will be done by lunch.

Rosters for all testing rooms are currently hung in the main hallway and outside of the cafeteria.
The alpha and grade breakdown can be found below:

Grade 9:
RM 600- A-Correia
RM 601- Casio-Frost
RM 602- Galovich-Kelly
RM 603- Kieda-Murphy
Cafe- Nafis-Yorker

Grade 10:
RM 202-A-Burnham
RM 205- Byrne-Frost
RM 206- Gagne- Johnson
RM 208- Judkins- Lira-McGuire
RM 702- Lockhart-Miro
RM 703- Morrell- Pugo
RM 704- Pyrek-Steiner
RM 708-Sullivan-Zimmerman

Grade 11:
RM 101- A-Cahoon
RM 102-Cardillo-Dubos
RM 103-Dus-Ireland
RM 104- Jacobsen-Lisboa
RM 203-Magaldi-Pettine
RM 204-Phillips-Shellenberger
RM 700- Soltanpanah-Zuber

Students should bring their own calculator BUT will be provided with number 2 pencils.


Please reach out to your counselor if you have any questions.

Our Next meeting is Wednesday, October 6 @ 630p in the EHHS library.

Do the below now as you are reading this post:

website: https://ehhsprojectgraduation.com/ (add this to your starred or favorites)

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EHHSProjectGraduation/ (like our page)

AMAZON Ordering - use amazon smiles and choose EHHS Project Graduation. An easy way for us to earn money.

1. We are a fundraising group raising funds to provide a drug and alcohol free party for our new graduates every year.

2. We are an all volunteer group.

3. Most of us who have been attending meetings consistently are graduating in the spring, so we need your help to maintain this for classes to come.

4. We are looking for the following people to help round out our executive board:

a. Secretary to take notes and send info to our group.

b. Social Media Director - someone to manage our Facebook account and work with Rich Mardirosian (our website manager) to help promote our group and what we are trying to accomplish.

c. Treasurer - at this point our treasurer, Michelle Curtin has graciously agreed to help us out. Her children have graduated so we will be looking for her replacement as we go along this year.

d. President and/or Co-president - currently it is Cyndi Buchan and Pam Gardiner. We are both Senior Parents and will need to train someone to take over next year.

Cyndi Buchan

President EHHS Project Graduation

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.