This week's character strength focus is Love of Learning. People with this strength enjoy mastering new topics on their own and/or in school. An apple is being sent home with each child today. Please work with your child to come up with a topic they would like to learn about, write it on the apple, and decorate the apple. Please return the apple to be hung in the hallways. For more information about the strength of Love of Learning, click here.
Kindergarten Readiness
This year we are trying something new for our incoming kindergarteners. We are holding Kindergarten Readiness sessions to help these students (and their parents!) make an easy transition to kindergarten. Last night they met each of the kindergarten teachers and completed an activity with their parents in the room. During our next session, parents will receive pertinent information from some of the East Hill staff members in the library while the students complete readiness activities in the classroom. If you know of someone that has an incoming kindergarten student that has not yet registered, please encourage them to do so. We are excited to welcome the incoming class of 2031!
BINGO
Thank you to Mrs. Grosser and Mrs. Tully for planning such a great, well-run event for our East Hill families! Everything went smoothly and everyone had a great time! Thanks to all of you that volunteered your time or provided raffles or baked goods for the evening. Very much appreciated!
NYS Assessments
We completed the NYS English Language Arts assessments and are happy to report that we had very little technological difficulties at East Hill. Thank you for making sure your children had a good breakfast and came to school on time. This year we had the least number of make-ups to administer than we've ever had! I am positive that our students performed well on these assessments and am looking forward to seeing how they do on the math assessments coming up in May.
Upcoming Dates Reminders:
Tuesday, April 17: PTA, 6:15, WGHSLGI
Tuesday, April 17: Budget Presentation, 7:00 WGHSLGI
Friday, April 20: Half-Day, 11:30 dismissal (11:20 parent pick up), Spring break begins!
Have a great rest of the week and a great Spring Break!
- Lisa
