Math Night Tonight!

Please join us tonight for our K-5 Math Night. Teachers will be on hand to explain some of the strategies that your child is learning. Math Night is from 6:30 – 7:15 in the following rooms:

Kindergarten (Mrs. Cregan and Mrs. Bush) – Room 2

First Grade (Mrs. Wangsness) – Room 1

Second Grade (Mrs. Thome and Mrs. Wolbert) – Room 7

Third Grade (Mrs. Tynan) – Room 24

Fourth Grade (Mrs. McPeak) – Room 26

Fifth Grade (Mr. Meaney) – Room 28

Well, it’s almost Thanksgiving and that means it’s time for our kindergarteners to explain how a turkey is cooked. In case you need some advice, here are three different recipes:

Thank you to all of you who were able to contribute the Student Council/PTA Thankfulness Project. We are still accepting donations until this Wednesday. The primary classrooms were asked for a specific food donation while the intermediate rooms were asked to bring in a dollar or two if possible.

It’s time to order your East Hill Yearbook!  Orders are due by December 21, 2015 to get the Early Bird Special of $13.00 for a standard soft cover yearbook, or $18.00 for a standard hard cover yearbook. After December 21, the price with go up $2.00 for each yearbook, so order soon! December will be here before you know it. You can order online at www.ybpay.lifetouch.com. The yearbook ID code is 10705616.  You can see the variety of package deals on the flyers sent home earlier this month, or view them online. Contact Tonya Wilson, PTA Yearbook Advisor, with any questions at 440-4184.

Please remember that students are not allowed into the building until 9:00 a.m. as there is no supervision for them until that time. Students dropped off prior to 9:00 a.m. have to wait outside. The weather is getting colder so it would be appreciated if you not drop them off early. Students getting breakfast are allowed to enter the building at 8:50.

Parent teacher conferences are next Monday and Tuesday. Each day is a half day with an 11:30 dismissal. If you are unsure of your conference time, please contact the school. 

This week’s Words of the Day are product (M), gist (T), persuasive (W), adaptation (Th), and frustrated (F.) Our November PTA meeting is this Wednesday at 6:30 in the library. Please join us!

- Lisa

Happy November!

First of all, I'd like to thank all of the room parents and volunteers who helped to make our Halloween parties so much fun for all of our students. Shown below are just a few of the clever costumes that the students wore.

Last Wednesday five East Hill students represented our school at the annual District Spelling Bee. Nicolo Benenati, Ella Kemp, Avery Reina, Payton Voss, and Lilliana Corrigan (all shown below) earned the right to participate based on their written test results.They all did a fantastic job! Nicolo made it to the top twelve which means that he will move on to the next round. Good luck Nico!

Last Thursday our third graders presented a wonderful assembly on Thankfulness, which is the November character education trait. They reminded us that we all have so much for which to be thankful.

Speaking of thankfulness, our 5th Grade Student Council, in conjunction with our PTA, is working on a thankfulness project. Hopefully you received a half-sheet of paper last Friday explaining this project. The fifth graders explained it to each class after leading the classes in their Fit Friday routine. We are hoping to provide ten East Hill families with a Thanksgiving meal this year. Each class has either been assigned a food item or a dollar or two to donate. The student council will sort all of the food into meal boxes, and the PTA will shop for the turkeys, rolls, and pies. Families can take their meal home with them when they come for parent conferences. Thank you in advance for helping us out with this project. If we could help your family out with a Thanksgiving meal this year, please let me know. We would really love to help.

This week's words of the day are factor (M), fluency (T), democracy (Th), and angry (F.) Please remember that there is no school this Wednesday in honor of Veterans Day, and also remember that school picture retakes and group photos are this Friday. Lastly, if you have children in grades K-3 and are interested in learning more about the different math strategies that your child is learning, please join us next Monday night, November 16th, from 6:30 - 7:15. Have a nice week!

- Lisa