As you can
see by the pictures below, the past week has been great at East Hill. We had
our monthly character education assembly presented by our fifth graders, a visit from the Camillus Fire Department to talk about fire safety
with our first graders, another production from the Merry-Go-Round Youth
Theatre for our fifth graders, and our two-week Reading Celebration
was kicked off today.
The
character education trait of the month is Respect. The fifth graders acted out
the book Hey, Little Ant by Phillip
and Hannah Hoose. They also talked about different ways students can
demonstrate respect.
Jordan
Davie, a firefighter and EMT from the Camillus Fire Department spent an hour
with each of our first grade classrooms discussing fire safety. He reviewed
what students should do if there is a fire in their home, and what they
shouldn’t do. He reinforced the importance of all families having a safe spot
where they should go to in the event of a fire, like the mailbox, and an escape
plan. He suited up in full gear so that students would know what a full-dressed
fire-fighter would look like if one needed to come into their home. He even put
on his oxygen mask so students could hear his Darth Vader talk.
The
Merry-Go-Round Youth Theatre presented “Emelia and the Heart of the Amazon” to
the fifth graders. The Merry-Go-Round actors spend the first 30
minutes of their time here in the individual classrooms preparing students for
the production. The message of this particular play was that everyone has to
play a part in protecting the environment.
Today was
the kick-off for our two-week reading celebration. Miss Stevens wrote the story, "Timmy Finds the Magic" and Mrs. Wolbert, Mr. Meaney, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Deegan, Mrs. Procopio and Mrs. Tuttle acted it out. The students loved it. Please encourage your child to read every day for at least fifteen minutes, not just during this two-week reading celebration.
Please
remember that our new dismissal procedures start today. The doors will be open
at 3:05 and all students being picked up will be called down at 3:15 with a
blanket announcement, “All students being picked up are now dismissed.” Please
depart the building as soon as you meet up with your child to help clear the
lobby. Please be here by 3:15 to pick up your child, and make sure we have a
note in advance. As explained before, one note will suffice for the year if the
days remain the same, but if you randomly pick up your child, we will need a
note that morning. Thank you for your cooperation. The intent is to ensure that
we are taking every possible precaution to keep our students safe. Lastly, please remember that Friday, October 24th is a half-day. Dismissal is at 11:30.
- Lisa
