What a week it was at East Hill! First of all, I am
thrilled to report that the changes to our parking lot are complete! I will be
sending home a letter, complete with a drawing, to explain the changes that
have been made. As I mentioned in a previous blog, we have entered into an agreement
with the Town of Camillus to let us use the ski hill parking lot for drop-off
and pick-up. You can now pull right into the ski hill parking lot, alleviating
the need to drive around the circle. The area between the ski hill and the
entrance on Blackmore will be two-way. Because it will be two-way, there will
be no parking on the circle opposite the school as we will need to be sure that
vehicles can easily fit past each other in that area. Additional parking spaces
have also been created for the staff in the back of the building. I appreciate
your taking note of the new traffic pattern and obeying the posted signs. This
new system is sure to make things safer for our children while at the same time
making it easier for parents to get in and out of the school. Please let me
know if you have any questions about the new traffic pattern.
Our PARP
(Parents as Reading Partners) Reading Celebration concluded on Friday with a
visit from Jan Reynolds. Several families attended the family night
presentation on Thursday night and she entertained and educated our students
with two assemblies on Friday. What an amazing person she is! She is also quite
the adventurer and photographer. An order form was sent home on Friday in case
you are interested in purchasing any of her books. Several students were
randomly selected to have lunch with her on Friday. She really enjoyed sitting
with the students and answering their questions. Thank you to our PTA for
making her visit possible, and also for providing our students with bookmarks,
“parp”sicles, and an abundance of guest readers over the past two weeks. Thank
you also to our new librarian, Maureen Gridley, who did a super job preparing
our students for her visit.
Another
exciting thing that happened last week was the publishing of our first ever
fifth grade newspaper, The Junior Wildcat Times. The idea for the newspaper came from Clara Soltys and Kaylei Walker
(see picture below.) Students did a great job writing articles and meeting the
deadlines. They can’t wait to start work on the December edition!
Parent
conferences are next Monday and Tuesday, November 25th and 26th.
Dismissal will be at 11:30 on these two days. There will not be any school
Wednesday – Friday, November 27th to 29th.
The math
words of the week are equation (M), expression (T), division (W), quotient
(Th), dividend (F), divisor (next Monday), and inverse operation (next Tuesday.)
I will most
likely not be sending out a blog next week as it is only a two day week. If I
don’t see you between now and then, have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with
your family and friends!
-
Lisa
