March Madness

This Friday will be SU day at East Hill so please encourage your children to wear orange to show their SU spirit and support the Orange men’s and women’s basketball teams! Last week many students showed their spirit on each of the themed school spirit days. Shown below are some of the pictures that were taken from Future Career Day and Red Carpet Day.

Haylie - Future Hair Stylist

Molly - Future Chef

Alex - Future SU Basketball Player

Paige - Future Police Officer

Cara and Kayla - Future Doctors

Anna - Future Nurse

Grace and Mrs. Craig, Future and Present Principal

Shea and Mrs. Hendrickson, Future Chefs

Zayvion and Zyaire - Future Video Game Designers

A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Causer and the third grade students for putting on a great afternoon concert assembly and an awesome evening performance last Wednesday! The students really enjoyed showcasing their talents and the parents were entertained and impressed.

As a reminder, the New York State ELA assessments will be given next Tuesday – Thursday, April 5 – 7, and the New York State math assessments will be given the following Wednesday – Friday, April 13 – 15, for students in grades 3-5. If you could make sure your children are well-rested, well-fed, and on time to school we would appreciate it. They are more than prepared to take these assessments which are shorter than previous assessments, untimed, written with NYS teacher involvement, and generated by a new vendor.

Our fifth grade student council will be meeting today to discuss the contents of the time capsule that will be buried under the new playground. Items we have decided to include so far include a current newspaper, a yearbook (it will need to be last year’s yearbook), and a letter from student council to future students. If you have any suggestions for what we should include in the time capsule, please let me know. We don’t yet have a date for installation of the new playground but I will let you know as soon as we do.

This week’s words of the day are elapsed (M), cause (T), effect (W), introduction (Th), and citizenship (F).

Have a great rest of the week. Go SU!

-          Lisa

Happy Spring!

Thank you to everyone who was able to come out to last Thursday night's Education Fair! Thank you, also, for helping the students to complete their projects. We had a nice variety of science and reading projects. Students enjoyed teaching their parents how to play math games in the classrooms. Shown below are just a few pictures from the evening.

On St. Patrick's Day we were treated to another wonderful assembly by the talented Irish dancers from the Johnston School of Irish Dance. The students are always captivated by their performance.

This week's words of the day are area (M), unique (T), octave (W), and recreation (Th). Please remember that there is no school on Friday because of Good Friday.

Have a great week!

- Lisa

Education Fair Tomorrow Night!

East Hill's Second Annual Education Fair takes place tomorrow night. Projects can be dropped off after school today (Monday) from 3:15 - 4:30 or they can be brought in tomorrow morning between 7:15 and 8:20. Students will get to view the projects during the day with their class. Families are invited to attend in the evening. The night begins with math games in the classrooms (one room at each grade level) from 6:15 to 6:45. You can then view the projects in the gym from 6:45 - 7:45. Students should take their projects home with them at the end of the night. It is my favorite event of the year; I hope you can attend!

Thank you to our PTA for coordinating another fun night of BINGO for our students and families at CMS last Friday night. We had a great turnout! Shown below is Colbey Barth who was a winner of one of the raffles and got to call one of the BINGO games with me. Nice job Colbey!

This past Saturday night over thirty of our our East Hill 5th graders sang the National Anthem at the Syracuse Crunch game. Thank you to Mrs. Causer for arranging this exciting evening for our students!

Next week is spirit week at East Hill. Monday is West Genesee Day. Students should wear their blue and gold. Tuesday is Future Career Day. Students are encouraged to dress as they would look in their future career. Wednesday is Red Carpet Day. Students can dress up in their finest on this day if they would like. Thursday is Rainbow Day; Each grade level has been assigned a different color to wear - Kindergarten: blue, 1st grade: yellow, 2nd grade: green, 3rd grade: orange, 4th grade: purple, and 5th grade: pink. Please remember that there is no school on Friday, 3/25.

Are you planning to travel outside the continental United States over spring break? If so, it would be wise to read these documents (click on links) that were provided to our district by the Onondaga County Health Department. The first one is a letter from the county that discusses what the Zika virus is and precautions that should be taken. This second document also discusses ways to prevent mosquito bites and provides a map and listing of countries where infestation has occurred.

This week's words of the day are perimeter (M), erode (T), repel (W), recycle (Th), and embarrassed (F).

Have a great week!

- Lisa

Not Your Father's Oldsmobile

The Oldsmobile commercial has been running through my head as I walk around the building as of late. For those of you too young to remember the commercial (or for those of you who were not yet born for that matter!), the commercial was intended to market the Oldsmobile as a new, more modern version of the car to attract new, and younger, buyers.  What students are learning and doing is very different from what our father’s learned and did in school, that’s for sure!

In first grade students are learning about the geographical features of the earth's surface. High school earth science teachers will be happy to learn that they are already being exposed to the three types of rock: metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous. In second grade the students have just started learning about the amazing world of insects. They have learned about the parts of the insect body. They previously learned about Westward Expansion and the Pony Express. Students were shocked that the Pony Express riders were chased by wolves and had to trudge through deep snow. Nothing could stop them! Third graders are learning all about the Vikings. They are fascinated by them.

Our father’s would also be surprised to see what is happening in our special area classrooms. In physical education the students are learning how to play golf. The younger students are learning how to putt while the older students are learning how to properly swing the club. In art class, first graders have drawn Henri Rousseau inspired lion pictures. So clever! In music class second graders are learning how to play on the bass xylophones. I wish we had those in second grade!

There are 8 days left to order a yearbook as ordering closes on 3/15. You can place an order online at www.ybpay.lifetouch.com.  This year’s edition will have a commemorative cover of the old playground. If you have any questions about the yearbook you can email Tonya Wilson, tonyafored@gmail.com.

Patience and Acceptance are the character traits for the month of March. Our second graders did a great job teaching us about these traits at our assembly this afternoon.

Kindergarten registration has been extended through 3/25. 

This week’s words of the day are quadrilateral (M), categorize (T), attract (W), endurance (Th), and nervous (F). This Wednesday is SU day at East Hill. All students should wear orange and blue for the start of the ACC tournament. The March PTA meeting will be held this Wednesday at 6:30 in the library and BINGO will be held on Friday night at CMS. Doors open at 6:00 and games begin at 6:30. Hope to see you there! Lastly, don't forget to come to the Education Fair which is held next Tuesday, 3/15 from 6:15 - 7:45. Math games will take place in the classrooms from 6:15 - 6:45 and the projects will be on display from 6:45 - 7:45. Have a great rest of the week!

- Lisa

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