Cheetah Pride Press

The Smart Start PreK class performed a seasonal show for their families on Thursday. They sang songs about snowmen, and created a snowman craft together.

Her teacher is Mr. Evans.

She is special because she loves acting.

One of her favorite things is books and reading.

She wanted to be on cheetah council because she is a great friend.

Her favorite thing about school is art class.

Memorial Models are chosen weekly by their teacher. These students have excelled all week in taking care of themselves, others, and things. The recipients will dine at a VIP table during lunch every Friday!

A PAWsitive office referral is submitted when a staff member recognizes a student who is going above and beyond to exemplify one of our three school rules - taking care of others, taking care of self, & taking care of things.

Congratulations to Mr. Gowac for being recognized as The Order of the Cheetah. Mr. Gowac creates entertaining Minute to Win-It activities for the Cheetah Pride Assemblies. He is positive and always willing to lend a helping hand! Thank you for all your do Mr. Gowac!

Preschool and Kindergarten students have been learning all about CLAY! We are touching it, shaping it, and even smelling it. We are learning that clay is a natural resource that is found in the ground and dug up for us to use to make beautiful, fragile artwork! We first learned how to roll clay into a ball (sphere), and then turn a ball into a pinch pot. Pinch Pots have been dated back as the earliest forms made from clay. We are turning our pinch pots into Pinch Pot “Triple-Bowl Snowmen”. Our bowls have dried and are currently getting fired in the Kiln. Students have learned the pottery cycle of finding moist clay, gathering clay, shaping clay, drying clay, and then firing clay. The last step to this pottery cycle is to paint the clay with GLAZE and then fire it a second time. We will be taking our beautiful “Triple-Bowls” home after winter break! We can’t wait to be able to actually use them, as they will be completely food safe, and drink safe (but hand-wash only)!

First grade students have learned all about the artist Vincent Van Gogh. If I had to pick a favorite artist, Vincent Van Gogh would be at the top of my list. We learned about who he was as a person, as an artist, and what he loved most about painting. Color and brush strokes would make textured paintings of the world and people around him, and capture his feelings! We then learned how to make brush strokes using different paint brushes. We learned that brush strokes don’t spread paint, like when we usually paint, and that they instead jump, dash, dot, and wiggle across the paper. We then used brush stroke painting techniques to create our very own paintings of a “Winter Wonderland” including evergreen trees and falling snow, resting snow, and a blanket of snow. Once our paintings were dry, we wanted to add the most special details. We are currently finishing our masterpieces with the use of colored pencils and pastels. We looked at a live video compilation of animals in winter landscapes, and also read the book “Stranger in the Woods” by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick. Here is a read-aloud fo that same book: https://youtu.be/atSNueCq9E4?si=ZIqWBjTB2791FDY3 This book helped us to wonder about what animals, creatures might be there in our winter wonderlands, and imagine exciting discoveries we might find! We can’t wait to bring these home!

Second grade students have begun our very own Surrealist Collages after learning about one of the original Surrealist artists, Rene Magritte, and discussing and critiquing two of his paintings. We began our collages by searching and scouring through magazines to gather images that would help us to create a COLLAGE that represents a dream we have/had. After sketching our dreams (dreams while asleep or day dreams while awake), we began to rip out the pages of the magazines and collect different images, places, words, to go into our works of art. We then learned advanced cutting skills, in order to cut carefully and remove any background from around the item/image we needed for our collages. After winter break, we will glue these collage images together and complete our Surrealist Dream Collages! The will be so vivid, colorful, and exciting, and we can’t wait to bring them home.

Third Grade students began conferences with me, and we are discussing our progress towards our goals for Choice Art. Each student will have an individual conference with me 3 times this year. With this being the first conference, we are learning how to have a meaningful discussion about our progress, reflect on our experiences, and search for places to grow. These conferences also help students to celebrate their strengths and successes during choice art class, and I am loving hearing all about it. Our studio etiquette and artistic behaviors are becoming more developed and we will not only master how to maneuver through the art room, and take care of any art supply, but we will be able to critique our own and others works of art, as well as offer constructive suggestions/feedback about our own and others works of art. We continue to discuss and celebrate “risk taking” within the art room environment. Students know at this point in the year that all of their works of art will be staying in their portfolios. I wanted to remind families that we are holding all student work for third grade in order to host a 3rd grade art show at the end of the year! This will highlight their success and the amazing creations they’ve made and hard work they’ve put into that work this year! Then students will take their completed portfolios home at the end of the school year:)

23rd-1st- Winter Recess

2nd- School is back in session

13th- PTO 5:30pm

13th- BOE Meeting at 6:30pm

20th- MLKJr. Holiday= No School

31- Cheetah Pride Assembly

The East Hampton Board of Education and the school community as a whole promote a secure and productive school climate, conducive to teaching and learning that is free from threat, harassment, and any type of bullying behavior. Therefore it shall be the policy of the Board that bullying and/or teen dating violence committed against a student by another student is prohibited. The Board believes that a school environment in which students feel safe, supported, engaged and helpfully challenged is optimal for learning and healthy development. The Board seeks an environment in which students and adults feel socially, emotionally, intellectually and physically safe; an environment that is free of harassment, intimidation, teen dating violence and bullying. Our website provides links to various policies and reporting forms including our Safe School Climate Plan. Hard copies are also available in our main office. If at any point you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to building administration for further assistance.

When considering the number of absences your student has accrued, keep in mind that a student must be present for 195 minutes in order for the day to count! When bringing your student in late, or signing them out early if they have not been in school for a 195 minutes the day will be recorded as an absence.

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