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Order your Yearbook NOW!
This is the lowest price in two years and this price is
ONLY available until Friday, September 21st.
Log on to www.jostens.com or bring a check to the main office for $28 to reserve your yearbook for the absolute lowest price.
Price will increase after September 21st.
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Open House 2018
Please note the time and itinerary
for your child's grade level below
4th and 8th grade
Thursday, September 20th
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Children are encouraged to attend!
Book fair is open in the library from 5:00 ~ 8:00
5:00 – 5:30
Classroom visits
Please visit your child’s classrooms and meet his/her teachers, including unified arts. You may also visit our support services such as guidance, reading & math interventionists, and our school psychologist.
5:30 – 6:00
Meet with the grade level teaching teams as a group. During this time you will receive information detailing the curriculum, classroom expectations, and grading practices.
4th grade
Marino/Mackenzie Rm 404
Quinn/Daley Rm 406
8th grade
Rm 805
6:00 – 6:30
Visit one of the many informational tables set up
all evening throughout the school including:
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5th, 6th, and 7th grade
Thursday, September 20th
6:30pm – 8:00pm
6:30 – 7:00
Classroom visits
Please visit your child’s classrooms and meet his/her teachers, including unified arts. You may also visit our support services such as guidance, reading & math interventionists, and our school psychologist.
7:00 – 7:30
Meet with the entire grade level teaching team as a group. During this time you will receive information detailing the curriculum, classroom expectations, and grading practices.
5th grade in the cafeteria
6th grade will meet in all academic classrooms
7th grade in room 704
7:30 – 8:00
Optional - Health curriculum meeting in the cafeteria (with a focus on the 6th & 7th grade topics.)
MPAC ~ find out how you can get involved
School Store ~ where you can get your NHRMS gear
East Haddam Parks and Recreation
Local Prevention Council
Amazon Smile and Stop & Shop ~ Register to provide “free” funds for our school
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The Board of Education will be hosting a Capital Improvements Study Presentation on September 27, 2018 at 7:00pm in the HS Auditorium
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Join us for a trip to Montreal!
7th and 8th grade Spanish and French students.
Click here for the information packet
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Congratulations!
Hannah Robinson
National History Day State Champion
Hannah Robinson, grade 8,
was chosen as the CONNECTICUT STATE CHAMPION
for National History Day.
Hannah competed against over 3,000 students at the University of Maryland from Sunday, June 10th through Thursday, June 14th. Hannah did her research on Typhoid Mary with a focus on individual rights vs. the rights of all in regards to the issue of contagious diseases. She also brought in issues of women's rights, education equivalency, and immigration rights. This information was presented in a website that Hannah created. She did an amazing job! All 50 states were represented at the event, as well as students from other countries.
Hannah received the honor of being named National Finalist,
which means she was in the top five rank in the country!
Mark Gilsenan, grade 8, took THIRD PLACE at States as well. Mark studied the economic impact of the Berlin Wall. He had several interviews with a veteran he met at our Veterans Day celebration who was stationed there in the early 1960s. He also interviewed a professor at UCONN who specializes in this time period. Mark is the alternate for Nationals.
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Sally Riley and Julia Freeman, grade 8, took FOURTH PLACE and won a Special Award. They studied the Hartford Convention and went to the State House to get primary sources with experts. This convention was held in 1814 and much of it was done in secret, so finding original letters of people involved at the time as well as standing in the place it actually occurred was a wonderful experience. They won for the Best Use of Material from CT Archives.
This year’s theme is Conflict and Compromise.
The theme is broad to encourage participants to delve into history, whether it be a topic from the ancient world or the history of their own city. Students needed to begin research with secondary sources to gain a broader context, then progress to finding primary sources, and finally make an argument about the effects of a topic in history.
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Congratulatons!
Cate Tarnowski
National Invention Convention
Cate Tarnowski, was invited to compete at the National Convention.
This event took place from May 31st to June 3rd in MIchigan.
Only 50 CT children out of the 800 attendees are chosen...this is a HUGE honor!
Cate at Nationals!
Judge Extraordinaire!
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2019 East Haddam Land Trust Nature Calendar
According to East Haddam Land Trust Editor, Martha McLaud Tonucci,
the Land Trust receives numerous accolades for its calendar,
due largely in part from the copious art work submitted from students.
Special thanks to Bev Ventres
for including the calendar art work within her classroom curricula
and to Martha McLaud Tonucci,
for her hard work in putting the calendar together.
Please congratulate the following winners:
TEENS
1st: Bethany Powell, Geese Flying Over Lake Hayward, September
2nd: Selina Zhang, Turk’s Cap Lily, July
3rd: Jasmine Ziobron, Beaver Carrying Branch, Page 10 or 11
Honorable Mention:
Maxwell Lennon, Large-mouth Bass, May
Susan Cormier, Screech Owl, Page 6 or 7
Hannah Powell, Snowy Owl, Back Cover
YOUTH
1st (tie): Meigan Joslyn, Titmouse, January
1st (tie): Susanna Zhang, Chickadee, January
2nd: Olivia Doiron, Mountain Laurel, June
3rd: Woynitu Ciccarello, Blue Jay, February
Honorable Mention:
Brooke Linares, Hepatica, April
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The Odyssey of the Mind Competition
Held at Southern Connecticut State University
on March 17th
The Odyssey of the Mind teaches students to learn creative problem-solving methods while having fun in the process. By tapping into creativity, and through encouraging imaginative paths to problem-solving, students learn skills that will provide them with the ability to solve problems -- great and small -- for a lifetime. The Odyssey of the Mind teaches students how to think divergently by providing open-ended problems that appeal to a wide range of interests. Students learn how to identify challenges and to think creatively to solve those problems. Students will choose a problem, create an eight-minute play of which they must author, create props and costumes, and perform their solution in front of a panel of judges.
Alynna Karpiej, Sally Riley, Reid Aillon, Sadie Herold, Miles Gagne,
Luke Karpiej, Nathan Matetich, Mrs. Bernard
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