Back To School Night

is scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Please join us at 6:30pm for a general meeting followed by an opportunity to walk your General's schedule and learn about all of this year's classes. This event is for parents and guardians only.

• Tuesday, September 10th: Fall Sports Start
• Tuesday, September 10th: Board of Ed. Meeting, 7:00 pm
• Wednesday, September 11th: Back to School Night, 6:30 pm

Summer Reading is due 9/20.

SUMMER READING NEWSLETTER

Math packets for Accelerated and Honors math are due 9/23.

REQUIRED SUMMER MATH-Accelerated/Honors Math

SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL MATH WORK

Our doors officially open to all students at 7:15am and our school day begins at 7:25am.

Please refer to the photo below for student drop off and follow the green arrows for the traffic pattern. We open the side doors from 7:00-7:15 then all students are invited to proceed to homeroom from 7:15-7:25. Once the 7:25 bell rings signaling the start of period 1, all student drop offs must be done at the front door.

All parents/Guardians will enter the lot between Eisenhower and Catena. If your son/daughter is in 6th grade, you will follow the same traffic pattern as morning drop off, picking up your son/daughter along the 6th grade side of the building (Yellow Arrows). Once you have your son/daughter safely in the car, you will merge with the traffic following the access road behind the building.

If you are picking up a 7th or 8th grader, you will follow the green arrows through the center aisle of the parking lot to the access road behind the building and pick up your child on the cafeteria side of the building. (If you happen to be picking up students in 6th and 7th or 8th, please decide as a family where the driver will go and communicate this to your children.) Please see the dismissal map below and follow the arrows that correspond to your child's grade level (6th=Yellow; 7th & 8th=Green).

Staff will direct you when it is safe to exit the front parking lot.

We are excited to continue our Advisory program at Eisenhower this year. For those who may be new to Eisenhower, Advisory provides the opportunity for students and staff to form connections in a safe and supportive small group environment. Those students who attended Eisenhower last year will continue with their same Advisory group and advisor, and those new to Eisenhower have been assigned to an Advisory group and a specific advisor. These groups will stay together with the same advisor for the duration of their time at Eisenhower. Advisory groups will meet weekly (every Wednesday) and will address a variety of topics from goal setting, team building, social emotional learning, and meaningful conversations. We are so excited for the opportunity this affords your General(s) to develop a meaningful connection to a caring Eisenhower staff member. You should be able to see the name of your child's advisory in Genesis.

Information regarding high school opportunities for rising freshmen can be found here as it is shared with the Guidance Office.

FRHSD

MAGNET/IB PROGRAMS

Kids At Heart Photography will be taking DDE School Pictures on Tuesday, September 24th. Order forms will be sent home with students via homeroom this week.

You may pre-order photos online using the following link: DDE PRE-ORDER LINK.

A make-up day has not yet been secured. Once we have that information it will be shared with all parents/guardians.

Ms. Anastassia Yaccarino is our school nurse. Looking forward to a great year!

Any questions or concerns, you may call 732-431-3910 x4108

or email ayaccarino@freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us

Mrs. Linda DiStasi, Principal's Secretary (ldistasi@freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us)

Ms. Danielle Wright, Guidance Secretary (dwright@freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us)

Mrs. Karen Loges, Office Assistant (kloges@freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us)

• If your child is going to be absent or late to school, report the absence via your parent portal.

Reporting an Absence Instruction Sheet

• Clarification on attendance:

• Attendance is taken after the 7:25am bell/start of homeroom.

• If you have not reported the absence/tardy by 8:00am, you will receive an automated phone call reminding you to do so.

• If you’ve already reported the absence/tardy, disregard the automated call.

• Please refer to Mr. Dickstein’s August 2024-District Attendance Letter outlining the district’s attendance policy and procedures.

• Please direct all questions relating to attendance to Ms. Wright, guidance secretary, dwright@freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us

• Please DO NOT ring the bell or call ahead. The bins are monitored and out all day, for your convenience.

• All items should be labeled with your child’s name & grade. Pens & Post-its are available in the bins.

• Place the item(s) in the appropriate grade level bin.

• The lunchroom staff collects items throughout the day & distribute them to the students during their lunch period.

• If the item is for an after school sport/activity, instrument, binder, chromebook, it will be placed in cubbies located in the main lobby. Students should come check bins at an appropriate time for their items.

• Due to security protocols, office staff will not come to the door to retrieve items on demand.

• Clubs/Activities-Sign up information, upcoming meetings, advisor contact information
• Sports-Tryouts, Practices, Games/Meets
• Special school events and announcements

• We appreciate prior notification of early pick ups. You may report the early pick up through your parent portal. Please refer to these Daily Pickup Release Instructions.

• Have your license ready to scan upon your arrival.

• Students will be called out of class once the parent/guardian has arrived and your ID has been scanned.
• Please complete the early pick up form located outside the main entrance. It will be collected when a staff member walks your son/daughter out of the building.
• Students are not permitted to leave the building on their own.

If you have technology issues, please email Mr. Goldstein at sgoldstein@freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us.

• Wednesday, September 18th: PTO Meeting, 6:30 pm
  
• Tuesday, September 24th: School Pictures
• Thursday, September 26th: Early Dismissal, Staff Development

To see your child's Genesis Parent Portal in another language:

1. Sign into Genesis.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
3. Look in the bottom left corner where you will see the prompt to select the language, as pictured here.

Puede traducir este boletín a otro idioma. Haga clic en el boletín y haga clic en el botón de traducción que se parece a la imagen aquí.

The mission statement of the Eisenhower Middle School is to encourage children to reach their unique potential and to empower them to become lifelong learners.

Website: http://dde.freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us/
Location: 279 Burlington Road, Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone: 732-431-3910
Twitter: @ftsdde

• 2024-2025 School Calendar
• Freehold Township School District Website