Nathan Hale-RayMiddle School

Click below for

8/7/2020 Draft
of the Middle School Reopening Plan

The link to the reopening survey
for you to complete for your children


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Summer Hours
Main Office Open Daily
8:00 to 2:30

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NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

This is a multiple step process.  

First step is to click on the Enrollment Express link.  This link will gather basic student, household and guardian information. The link will then send an alert message to our school; to grant access to PowerSchool for the guardian to complete all necessary forms.

Enrollment Express

An office staff member has approved this alert, then an email will be sent from PowerSchool with instructions on how to create a parent portal account and to complete the necessary forms.  You will also be asked to upload documents for proof of residency, health records, and the birth certificate for the student that you are enrolling.


During the school year, you may also visit the school offices to register your student.  

If entering Grades K-3:   East Haddam Elementary School 
45 Joe Williams Rd
860-873-5076

If entering Grades 4-8 Nathan Hale Ray Middle School
75 Clark Gates Rd
860-873-5081

If entering Grades 9-12 Nathan Hale Ray High School
15 School Drive
860-873-5065

For registration during the summer holiday, please be sure to call the school prior to ensure that someone is there to assist you.

PROOF OF RESIDENCY :

In order to register for school, the student must physically reside in the East Haddam district.  This includes the towns of East Haddam and Moodus.  There are areas that have mailing addresses in Colchester, Hadylme and Salem that may fall within the East Haddam District.  Please check with the East Haddam Tax Collector to see if your property lies in this area.

Please note: Owning land or a business in the East Haddam district, does not qualify for residency for the purposes of enrolling students in East Haddam schools.

Upon initial enrollment or re-enrollment, the student’s family is required to show proof of residency.
Acceptable proof of residency documents include:
~A fully executed rental agreement with occupancy dates
~Mortgage documentation (i.e. payment coupon)
~Sales purchase agreement with closing documentation with occupancy dates

AND any one of the following:
~Valid driver’s license
~Utility bill (gas, electric, heat, phone)
~Real Estate Tax Bill

Please note: An advertisement mailing is not considered an acceptable form of proof of residency.

If the family is going to be moving to the East Haddam District (either new construction, purchasing an existing home or renting), they must supply a complete copy of the contract and closing documentation. The contract must contain an anticipated closing date. If building a home, a copy of a builder’s contract for new construction with an anticipated occupancy date and closing date must be included. Copies of rental agreements must be fully executed by all parties and must include occupancy dates. If the closing or occupancy date on the closing documents, contracts or rental agreements is after the first day of school (August 30, 2017), the family must also request in writing to the Superintendent permission to enroll their student prior to the district being allowed to accept the registration. Families may be required to complete residency affidavits. 

If you have any questions regarding the enrollment of your child(ren) please contact the Board of Education, 860-873-5090 and ask for the Superintendent's Assistant

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Click here to report an absence 
or  leave a message for the office

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Teacher of the Year

Mr. Carl Mayhew

Here are some excerpts from his nomination:

Carl is always finding ways to encourage, and engage all his students.
He is a tremendous role model.
He not only is a fabulous teacher at NHRMS but he is the boys soccer coach as well. He volunteers his time at dances and attends all extra-curricular activities with pleasure. He has gone out of his way to attend children's soccer events that are not school related.
Mr. Mayhew engages and connects with his students in the classroom.
Shows kindness, respect, and genuine care for a child.
He demonstrates patience and understanding with all students’ needs.

Support Staff
Person of the Year


Ms. Ashley Delaney
Paraprofessional

Here is a sampling of the comments in her nominations:

Professional, Responsible, Dedicated
Hard working, Outstanding
Extremely dedicated to the students.
She finds the balance between holding our students accountable,
yet being approachable and caring.
Ms. Delaney goes out of her way to make connections with students.
She is a rock star!
Perseveres with challenging students.
Problem solving approach, rather than assigning blame.
Skilled in modifications and accommodations for students.
Offers valuable insight to student performance in class.
Actively involved in school activities.
Valuable team member.
Effective communication skills between staff members.
She goes above and beyond to make sure all of the support 
staff feels secure in their role.s
Collaborating with administration to create a professional
resource for para-educators.  
Offers resources to staff and teaches skills to others.
Supportive and helpful to all the staff.

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2020 ~  3rd Trimester

High Honors
Honors

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Congratulations!

2020 Promotion Video

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Virtual Art Gallery

4^th and 5^th Grade

6^th, 7^th, & 8^th Grade

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Click on the links below
to see all the action and fun
that is part of Project "O"

Group "1" Video
Group "2" Video
Group "5" Video

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We Are Here For You


STAFF APPRECIATION FROM STUDENTS


6TH GRADE TEACHERS FOR STUDENTS


TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR OUR STUDENTS


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Connecticut History Day 

Outstanding Entry Award

Abigail Martin



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Congratulations go out to the following students who
competed in the Regional competition in March.
They were top winners in their category and moved on 
to the state competition. 

S. Brown, A. Martin, C. Tarnowski, C. Valli, B. Shizume

1st place: 
Chelsea Valli, Paper,
Goodspeed Opera House 
Isabella Fitzpatrick and Abigail Watkins,
Website,The Great Depression:
The End of Child Labor in Connecticut 
Catherine Tarnowski, Exhibit, 
Joann Morgan: I’ve Got Rocket Fuel in my Blood

2nd place:
Samuel Brown, Website, Tokugawa Ieyasu 
Lily Jahne and Delila Herold, Documentary,
Women Spies, Revolutionary War

3rd place:
Abigail Martin, Exhibit, Mystic Massacre 
Braeden Shizume, Website, Beethoven 

Ms. Bernard, L. Jahne, C. Valli, I. Fitzpatrick, A. Watkins
A. Martin, B. Shizume, S. Brown 
Missing from photo: D. Herold, C. Tarnowski

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CT Interscholastic Athletic Conference Unified Sports

2019-2020
The Mike Savage Exemplary Unified Teammate Award


Co-Winners 
Omar Lopez-Crespo and Galaxy Weiss
In recognition of outstanding dedication and sportsmanship



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2020 Peace Poster Winners


Nicole Wang


Natalie Dorr


Erin Maniebo

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2020

5th grader, Kaelyn Cambi is competing in the first Virtual State Competition for Connecticut Invention Convention.  

Kaelyn spent endless hours during this distance learning, on top of her assigned classes, to put forth her idea…The Safe-TEE.

This innovative shirt is for children under the age of 14. She learned that three children die every day due to drowning and wanted to find a way to stop that tragedy. She spent hours researching how life jackets work, did experiments to understand monomers and polymers in nylon work, and combined the two ideas in one shirt.

Her idea is for parents on the go. This shirt would be worn prior to any interaction with water. Parents sometimes lose sight of their child. If the child accidentally fell in the water, this fun and comfortable shirt would inflate using a carbon dioxide release to fill the inflatable tubes inside the shirt, and raise the child’s head above the water.

Good Luck Kaelyn!

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National History Day 2020

Congratulations to the following students for their success
at Saturday’s National History Day regional finals in Norwich. 
They will move on to compete at States on May 2^nd 

1^st Place Overall

Cate Tarnowski, Exhibit, Joann Morgan – I’ve Got Rocket Fuel in my Blood – Grade 7

Chelsea Valli, Paper, Goodspeed Opera House – Grade 8

Isabella Fitzpatrick and Abigail Watkins, Website, The Great Depression: The End of Child Labor in Connecticut – Grade 8

2^nd Place – Overall

Sam Brown, Website, Tokugawa Ieyasu – Grade 7

Lily Jayne and Delila Herold, Documentary, Women Spies, Revolutionary War – Grade 6

3^rd Place – Overall

Abby Martin, Exhibit, Mystic Massacre – Grade 7

Braeden Shizume. Website, Beethoven – Grade 8

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2020 Geography Bee Winner

Sam Brown
Two years running!




Final question......

The entire group getting ready for the start

The competitors were
Arwen Little, Sydney Jandreau
Trevor Phaneuf, Connor Kittleman 
Jonathan Smith, Sam Brown
Braeden Shizume, Sadie Herold, Ziggy Matthews

Great job everyone!
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