Wellness Week was a big hit at East Hill last week. The majority of the
students dressed in the selected color of the day to represent different healthy fruits
and vegetables. Most of our students earned a plastic toe token for walking
five miles during recess over the course of the week. Several students also
brought in pictures of colored fruits and vegetables that Miss O’Keefe
displayed on a rainbow collage (see below.)
Students
participated in DRAE every day – Drop Everything And Exercise! Students took
this very seriously as you can see by the pictures of Mrs. Augello's and Mrs.
Devereaux’s kindergarten students. They had such a great time!
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| Mrs. Augello's Class Dropping Everything and Exercising |
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| Mrs. Devereaux's Class |
You should
have received a letter from me about our upcoming Halloween Parade and parties.
Our parade will begin at 2:00 Thursday. If the weather allows, we will parade
around the front circle a couple of times. Please do not park on the front
circle on Thursday. Please remember to send your child’s costume
(elementary-appropriate costume of course) in a bag, versus having them wear it
to school. Only those parents who are designated as room helpers will be
permitted in the classrooms during the parties. Helpers should sign in at the
main office. All treats should contain a label so that they can be checked as
we have many students with food allergies. Following these guidelines will help
us to make the day a safe and enjoyable one for all of the students.
I’m happy to
report that the momentum is still strong for our math words of the day.
Students can’t wait to tell me the word when I walk in their classroom or see
them in the hallways. The words for this week are fact family (M), standard
form (T), expanded form (W), word form (Th), and estimate (F). Please encourage your child to talk to you about
these words and tell you what they mean.
We have
decided to move our math night that was tentatively scheduled for November 5th
to Thursday, December 5th. More information will be sent out to you
about this night. We will be asking you to RSVP so that we can get an idea of
roughly how many people will be coming. This night will be for parents only.
K-2 parents will come from 6:00 – 7:00 and 3-5 parents will come from 6:30 –
7:30. Again, more information will be sent out soon.
Please
remember to mark your calendars for the November 4th PTA meeting.
Dr. Brown will be here to discuss the upcoming capital project which means a
lot of important and needed changes for East Hill as well as for the rest of
the district. The meeting begins at 6:30 in the East Hill library.
In my next
blog I will inform you about the exciting changes that are happening to our
parking lot that are sure to make arrival and dismissal much more safe for all
of us.
Have a great
week and a safe and enjoyable Halloween!
- Lisa
