Please join us for Back to School night on Monday October 7th. The evening begins at 6:00 (doors open at 5:50) and there are two classroom sessions-one that begins at 6:10 and one that begins at 7:00. Parents should go straight to their student's homeroom classes. There you will watch a video from Mrs Weber, get a general overview of the classroom, the curriculum, the behavior expectations and any other pertinent information from your child's teacher. Following the first session you are invited to visit any of our community member tables that are set up, you can visit any support teacher or specialist your child sees or if you have more than one student, you can go to that classroom's presentation.

Mrs Quinlan will also be available for you to register for the parent portal if you do not already have access. Please email her ahead of time (dquinlan@sheltonpublicschools.org) so that she can get your paperwork ready. If you do not email her ,your wait time may be very long and you may not be able to register right then. You must have a photo ID with you to receive the portal paperwork.

We look forward to seeing you all next Monday. This is a night for adults only, children will not be allowed down to classrooms.

Teachers will not speak about individual children, those conversations will take place during Parent Conferences. You will sign up for those with the link sent through IC Friday at 4:00

Current News-

Thanks to all of you who donated to our Hats for Hope-we raised over $700! Amazing job Rising Stars!

Please remember if you are picking your child up early to let us know ahead of time so that the teacher knows and the students are prepared. If not, it may take some time to locate your child during lunch/recess and they may not be as quick as you need them to be.

if you have a change of custodial arrangements, no changes to IC or dismissal plans may be made without a copy of court documentation.

Have a great weekend-Mrs Weber

Old News-

Please remind your student that if they have a cell phone they should NOT be using it during the school day and if you get a text from them, please call school instead of responding.

The school playground is closed to the public from 8:45-4:00. If you bring younger siblings, they cannot go on until after dismissal. Thank you for your assistance with this.

Exciting news-thanks to the City, we will be having our gym floor refinished. I am so excited to see the new floor with our updated logo. Please note that gym classes will be outside (weather permitting) or in the classroom until further notice.

Please make sure all water bottles, lunchboxes and clothing items are labeled with your child's name. We have a large collection already

Dismissal changes MUST be communicated to the front office even if you send your child's teacher a Dojo message-you must email Mrs Roberto and Mrs Quinlan with the changes-thank you!

Please only send water or juice boxes in with your child-Starbucks, Dunkin, Prime and Monster energy drinks as well as sodas or seltzers should remain at home .

Important reminder that we are nut and peanut free school. We have students with severe allergies. Thank you for helping keep everyone safe!

Recently all the third and fourth graders had an assembly given by Mrs Butler. The topic was "Your words matter"-the assembly was about how the words that you say have an impact on those you say them to. Oftentimes children hear words or phrases from social media, websites or the adults in their life and repeat what they hear without knowing the context or impact behind them.

This is where your help is needed! Pleaser monitor your child's online activities (or better yet have them doing something not computer related!), talk about the shows they are watching on TV and online as well as about the words they hear and gestures they see. Children can be exposed to things they are not ready for when given unlimited computer/phone/IPad access

Please know that at ESS we do all that we can to ensure all children have a positive experience. We do daily teachings, reminders and administer consequences when necessary. However even with all these protocols in place, we can’t control what children are exposed to outside of the school setting. We will continue to be vigilant and support students in any way we can and will continue to hold assemblies like these throughout the year

If you haven't already downloaded the bus tracking app, it seems to be a great resource. The app is called My Ride K-12

Have a great weekend--Mrs Weber

Please help parent drop off run smoothly and safely in the mornings-it is becoming a safety concern for everyone

NO adults may get out of their cars in the drop off line-this is for children who can exit the car independently.

If you child needs assistance you MUST park and use the crosswalk to walk your child across. NO ONE CAN EXIT THE CAR IN THE DROP OFF LINE

If you are waiting for the doors to open your car must be parked along the top, it cannot be in the drop off lane. No car in the drop off lane can be unattended

NO cars may park along the baseball field at any time-it is a safety hazard

Traffic flows one way only-in from Soundview and out to Willoughby

Please follow the directions given to you by ESS staff-they are in charge during the morning drop off while I am attending to the bus drop off lane

If you are having aunts/uncles/grandparents/friends doing the drop off, please share this message with them

Thank you for your help with this-Mrs Weber

• Monday October 7, Back to School Night-6:00-This is a night for adults only. Parents will go to the classrooms to hear about their child's program and then can head to the gym where community members will have tables set up
• Monday October 14-No School
• Wednesday October 16-Orange for Unity Day,
• Thursday October 17-Parent Conferences-6:00-8:00- This is a night for adults only. Sign up information will be coming soon-only those people with scheduled appointments will be able to meet with teachers
• Friday October 18-Early dismissal, ESS GOes PInk for Valley Goes Pink, ESS PTO Trunk or Treat
• Monday October 21-, Book Fair Week
• Wednesday October 23-BOE Meeting-7:00
• Thursday October 24-PTO Meeting-5:30, Parent Conferences-6:00-8:00- This is a night for adults only. Sign up information will be coming soon-only those people with scheduled appointments will be able to meet with teachers
• Friday October 25-Fall craft/snack-anytime between 9:15-11:15, Early Dismissal
• Tuesday October 29-Fire Safety Day
• Wednesday October 30-Book character day
• Thursday October 31-Black/Orange day-no costumes allowed

• 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

Recyclables for Imagineering Time-there is a new initiative next year which students will be incorporating project based learning activities into their everyday schedule

Please consider rinsing out and saving the following items for students to use during Imagineering time:

• Clean plastic containers and/or lids (cool whip, yogurt, etc)

• Egg cartons

• Fruit containers

• Paper scraps (tissue paper, wrapping paper)

• Paper towel rolls

• Rolls of tape

• Twist ties

• Pipe cleaners

• Craft items (ribbon, paper scraps, stickers, foam shapes)

• Old gift bags

• Scraps of clean cloth/fabric

• Popsicle sticks

• Empty Tissue boxes

• Plastic water bottles

• Plastic bottle caps

• Toilet paper rolls

• Clean Take out containers & lids

• Cardboard boxes

• Fabric pieces

• Yarn/string

• Plastic cutlery

• Paper plates

• Drinking straws (various sizes/shapes)

• Plastic pipes/tubing

• Styrofoam/foam

• Plastic/paper cups

• Cable zip ties

• Pie tin pans

• Bubble wrap

• Packing peanuts

• Toothpicks/skewers

• Milk cartons, styrofoam/cardboard lunch trays & fruit cups (from the cafeteria)

• Gently used Legos, blocks, toys