2025 Kids Heart Challenge

Sign-up online:

https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageNavigator/ym_school_search.html

Type “Elizabeth Shelton” into the school search and find our school

Create a username and password.

Download the app to your phone to help track your progress, you can also sign up via the app.

Kid’s Heart Challenge:

• Everything will be online this year (no cash or checks)

• Students will participate during their classes the week of Feb 18th-21st (donations are open until the 28th of Feb)

• Jump rope for heart day will take place during your students Pe class the week of Feb 28th.

• All prizes will be given on Fridays of each week except for the end of event prizes like tshirt, jump rope, basketball those will be distributed after the event when they get delivered to our school.

• PTO donates Kid’s Heart Challenge Cups to each student in the school

• You do not have to raise money to sign up online.

Week of the event:

• Your child will participate during their regular scheduled PE class

• Jump rope activities and challenges during class

• Students can bring a water bottle down to the gym, but waters and gold fish will also be provided

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Incentives:

• 75% of class signs up online will receive an incentive from their teacher(ex. Pajama day)

• Grade level challenge. The class in the grade level who raises the most money will receive a free recess. One winner per grade level.

• The students who finish in the top 10 of donations will receive the Mr. KHC (the leader of our heart heroes) Key chain.

• The student who raises the most amount of money will get to pie Mr. Murphy at a school assembly.

Where does the $$ go:

• Students who raise money will receive thank you gifts

• American Heart Association for research and to families affected by heart issues

• ESS to purchase new PE equipment

Kickoff video:

https://vimeo.com/1037554184

Any questions please email dmurphy@sheltonpublicschools.org

Dennis Murphy

ESS Pe Teacher

As you start to plan for Valentine's Day, please be sure to make a Valentine for all students that are part of your child's homeroom. If students are participating in the exchange, students must make a card for each person in the class. I ask parents to check the Valentines to be sure all messages and cards are school appropriate. Your child's teacher will send home a list of students

I have attached the list of food/candy that can be sent in, which is a recent change from years past. For your planning purposes, the 13th is an early dismissal day and the 14th is a day off so check with your child's teacher when the exchange will take place.

On Tuesday February 25th, there will be a Special Election held at ESS. All workers and voters will be in the gym only. PE classes will be held in the classrooms and recess will be inside. Those are the only changes for that day

February’s PTO Restaurant Fundraiser
Pier 131 Kitchen and Bar

9 Riverside Drive, Shelton, CT

Monday, February 10th from 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm

ESS will receive a percentage of all take-out and in-dining sales during this time. Gift card purchases will not apply.

PLEASE BE SURE TO MENTION ESS!

Menu - https://pier131.com/the-menu/

Volunteers needed at ESS Library Media Center -only current parents of ESS students please

In our large elementary school of 465 students, a lot of library books are checked out and returned during the school year. Mrs. Bush is seeking volunteers to commit to 1-2 hours per week to help check in and reshelve returned books. The time slots available are daily from 9:05- 9:45. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Mrs. Bush for more information at: kbush@sheltonpublicschools.org.

In person registration will begin on February 3rd for all students who are eligible to attend Kindergarten next year. Please see the district website for updated forms to fill out. You will need to contact the Main Office (203-929-1330) to set up a registration appointment. Your child DOES NOT need to attend registration with you.

Those students who are not 5 by September 1st will have to fill out a waiver in order to be considered for registration. That link will be on the district website prior to February 3rd.

Current News-

I hope you had a good week.

Thank you to those who sent in soup-so far Kansas City is in the lead!

We had a fun week with assemblies. We had the Gael-hawks join us and show off their robot they will be competing with. Students were able to interact with the robot

Then we had a Tae Kwon Do demonstration where students and staff were also able to participate.

Have a nice weekend-Mrs Weber

Old News-

It was nice to get some fresh air for a few days this week at recess when it wasn't so windy. Just a reminder to have your child bring hats/gloves

We have so many items in lost and found. We will be making a donation at the end of the month with any jackets, sweaters, etc that we have without names on them because we are running out of room. Parents are free to come and look through the items anytime between 10:00-2:00

Please be sure you are aware of what websites your children are accessing at home. Many students are trying to replicate certain challenges they see online or are using words that are inappropriate for a school setting based on what they are seeing on the phone/tablets/laptops/computers.

Just another reminder that student phones and smart watches are NOT allowed to be on during the school day. Please refrain from contacting your child on these devices during the school day

Please be sure if you are in the back for parent pick up that you remain in a line and wait patiently for your child to be dismissed. Parents are pushing in front of others and it is an unacceptable practice. For everyone's safety, children will be dismissed in an orderly fashion based on the order of the list of names we have. Children will not be released until their name is next on the list, regardless if you cut the line. Yelling at staff members for doing their job is also an unacceptable practice. Please relay this message to anyone who is picking up at ESS. Your cooperation with this request is appreciated.

Children must have a coat each day, hoodies are not warm enough if we go outside for recess or have fire drills. Your assistance with this is greatly appreciated. Should you need a coat for your child, please let me know and we can arrange to get one for your child. If your child is giving you a hard time about wearing a coat, please let me know and I will speak with him/her

Please not that IF we have a snow day, the day is added on to the school year and made up in June. Everyday we are closed due to inclement weather adds onto the days in June. If we have a large number of snow days, additional school days are taken from April break. As of today, the tentative last day is Monday June 9th

• Please be sure you have read and have familiarized yourself with all the rules/expectations at ESS-especially about morning arrival and afternoon dismissal https://www.smore.com/app/pages/preview/mh5j6

• Link to our school website which contains lots of information-http://elizabethshelton.sheltonpublicschools.org/home_page