Center School Chronicle

Center School Families

It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to signify my resignation as the principal of Center School, effective December 2024.

I anticipate being appointed by the Berlin Board of Education as principal of McGee Middle School on Tuesday evening. This was an extremely difficult decision, driven and ultimately decided by my family's needs.

In East Hampton, under strong central office leadership, the support of the Board, the community, and an amazing group of teachers and students, I have grown as a leader, an educator, and a person.

Please know that for these next few weeks, I will continue to lead as I have for the past nine years. I will always speak highly of the East Hampton community and feel fortunate to have had the privilege to lead alongside this team.

With appreciation,
Chris Sullivan

We are so grateful to our amazing school community for your incredible support of this year's PTO Jog-A-Thon! This event was a tremendous success because of all of you. Your contributions will go a long way in supporting programs and activities that benefit our students. Thank you for your continued commitment to Center School!

Lab time! Fourth-grade students worked to determine volume & capacity with customary and metric measurements.

Fifth-grade scientists making observations and inferencing.

We appreciate our partnership with the EHFD and thank Fire Marshall Klotzbier for stopping by during National Fire Prevention Week to review critical safety practices and procedures.

Staff with a variety of skills and positions joined students in the first, Library of the People event. We appreciate everyone's time and the students for crafting such thoughtful questions!

Please see the message below from our Director of Food & Nutrition Services, Kathleen Caselli.

CT Grown for CT Kids Week that I held with Amanda Aldred of the National Dairy Council. Students were able to sample yogurt from Hastings Farm of Suffield, which was also featured on the menu for the day.

I am appreciative of the Garden Club's help in promoting this event, with their informational and eye-catching posters!

Check out Rob's work here: https://www.amazingheroart.com/index.html

This assembly is sponsored by our EHEPTO...Thank you!!!

If a student has four unexcused absences in one month or 10 unexcused absences in a year they are classified as truant. If a child misses 18 or more days in a school year – excused or unexcused absences – the student is classified as chronically absent.

Access to the East Hampton attendance policy is available HERE

Email process for reporting an absence:

To increase the ease of reporting an absence and documenting parent approval of the absence for a student’s first 9 absences, the East Hampton Public Schools has created email addresses that parents can use to contact their student’s school and report an absence. Effectively immediately, the following email addresses can be used by parents to report and document their approval of an absence:

• Memorial_Attendance@easthamptonct.org
• Center_Attendance@easthamptonct.org
• EHMS_Attendance@easthamptonct.org
• EHHS_Attendance@easthamptonct.org

If you have successfully emailed the school, you will receive an autoreply that notifies you that the absence communication has been received and recorded. This process is effective for your student’s first 9 absences. After your student has more than 9 absences, additional documentation or communication will be required to excuse the absence. Please use the email to continue to notify the school that your child will not attend. You may call your child’s school at any time to report an absence, as well.

Email: csullivan@easthamptonct.org
Website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/o/center-school
Location: 7 Summit Street, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: (860) 365-4050

Please visit www.ehepto.com - Twitter: @ehepto

Facebook: PTO East Hampton Elementary

October 14 No School Columbus Day

October 18 Picture Retake Day

October 18 Rob Surette Assembly 1:30

October 21 PTO Meeting 5:30 Center School

October 29 Grade 4 to Mystic Seaport Museum

School Meals are a great value to our students! Prepayment is expected for all cafeteria purchases. Families eligible for free and reduced meals may qualify by completing an application online on [easthampton.familyportal.cloud]Easthampton.familyportal.cloud or by paper application here: Application for Free and Reduced School Meals(also available in the school’s Main Office). Families with children enrolled in HUSKY or Temporary Family Assistance programs will have their status transmitted directly by the State of Connecticut to the District.

To deposit funds on your child’s account, please visit [easthampton.familyportal.cloud]Easthampton.familyportal.cloud . Our Cafeterias also accept checks made payable to “East Hampton Cafeteria Fund”.

In September, students can enjoy fresh apples from Beckett Farms of South Glastonbury and carrots from Cold Spring Farm of Colchester. Keep an eye out for upcoming celebrations!

If you have questions, please contact Director of Nutrition Services, Kate Caselli at kcaselli@easthamptonct.org or 860.316.7324.

For all school menus, click the link below to view our nutritional services page:

https://www.easthamptonps.org/page/nutritional-services-and-school-lunch

Please review this important information below.