Cheetah Pride Press

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming Step-Up Concert, featuring talented student musicians from across the district! The concert will take place at East Hampton High School on March 11th during the school day. Due to limited space, the concert is not open to public attendance. However, families can still enjoy the performance via a live stream, with the link provided before the event begins. We can't wait to celebrate the incredible musical talent within East Hampton Public Schools!

Dismissal Incentive winners for February enjoyed riding our local animals Cosmic and Dash this week!

Her teacher is Mrs. Hennessey.

She is special because she can do a double black diamond skiing.

Her favorite things are skiing and soccer.

She wanted to be on Cheetah council because she likes helping.

She loves her friends, teachers, and writing best at school.

Shop Date:

2nd/3rd graders shop on 3/14.

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.

Coaches Corner -((please note there is a hyperlink at the bottom embedded into the wording))

Memorization versus Memory:

We often hear the word fluency as it relates to our mathematicians progress in the classroom. Common Core State Standards has fluency expectations for each grade level.

But what does it mean to be fluent? How does one become fluent in their facts? K-5 math educator Graham Fletcher explains the difference between memorization and from memory. Fast does not equal fluent. True fluency means that students have developed efficient, accurate, and flexible ways of learning.

Efficiency - Efficiency implies that the student does not get bogged down in many steps or lose track of the logic in the strategy. An efficient strategy is one that the student can carry out easily, keeping track of sub-problems and making use of intermediate results to solve the problem.

Accuracy - Accuracy depends on several aspects of the problem-solving process, among them, careful recording, the knowledge of basic number combinations and other important number relationships, and concern for double-checking results.

Flexibility - Flexibility requires the knowledge of more than one approach to solving a particular kind of problem. Students need to be flexible and choose an appropriate strategy for solving the problem at hand. They can use one method to solve a problem and another method to double-check the results.

Fletcher states that memorization is void of strategy while learning facts ‘from memory’ relies on strategy as the more we continue to use and practice a strategy, the more that strategy becomes automatic. This informational video from Graham Fletcher is about the difference between memorization and memory.

**Adapted from The Math Learning Center**

Hello Memorial Families! Please find your student’s grade level below to see learning expectations for the past month in music.

Classroom Expectations:

Preschool: Students enjoyed vocal exploration, moving to music, and playing sticks. Students practiced following directions during stick tapping songs and also tried making letters with their sticks. They have especially enjoyed singing “Down by the Bay”.

Kindergarten: This month, we continued to practice the concept of high and low. Students learned a song about an elevator and used movement to show when the music was high and when it was low. They also drew a design for their own special elevator as a connection to the song! Students are now expected to demonstrate a high or low voice when singing or speaking.

First Grade: Students finished their xylophone unit this month. While using xylophones, they are expected to demonstrate appropriate technique with mallets and to play a specific pattern as a background part to the song. They also explored songs made up of only two notes - a high and a low note and are now expected to notice the difference between a high and low note.

Second Grade: This month, students practiced reading, writing, and singing our new solfege note, Do (pronounced “doh”). They found the note in known songs like “Bluebird”, and “Rocky Mountain” as well as a new song called “Mother Mother”. They also practiced singing and reading Do with games such as Post Office and Sol-la-mi. Through the post office game, they were expected to identify the correct melodic pattern out of a selection of different ones. Now, some classes started working on a new mystery note, which can be found in between Mi and Do!

Third Grade: Third graders worked hard to prepare for the District-Wide Step-Up Concert this month, and they did an amazing job! They learned to be confident performers and they were also expected to demonstrate good audience behavior when listening to the other groups. They also continued working hard to earn “belts” in recorder karate! Students are expected to earn at least their “green belt” by the end of the school year. Starting with level 3, “orange belt”, students will be able to send in videos from home if they would rather do their recorder test that way.

Please check out the music room website for more information about the music program. Feel free to reach out at any time by emailing smaldonado@easthamptonct.org.

March

3/10- BOE Meeting

3/11- Step-Up Concert

3/17- PTO Meeting At Memorial School = 5:30pm

3/24- BOE Meeting

3/25- EHPS Art Show 5-6:30pm @ EHHS

3/27-Internet Safety Presentation For Caregivers @ 6:00pm

3/27- Para Educator and Interventionist Appreciation Day

3/28- Early Dismissal- Professional Learning

3/29- Preschool Touch- A- Truck at 9am-12pm

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.

Memorial School Attendance email:

memorial_attendance@easthamptonct.org * there is an _ between memorial and attendance!

Please Review This Important Information Below.

Students, parents, and community members have access to an anonymous tip line on the front page of the school district website to report self-concerns, mental health concerns of a friend, or concerns of violence. Simply click here or view on the website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/.

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