Eagle Talk | December 14, 2021

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EJH Newsletter - December 14, 2021

For Your Information

School Events


December

14 - Winter Concert #2

16 - 6th Grade Winter Concert

17 - Early Release Day


December 21 - January 3 - Winter Break


January

4 - School Resumes After Winter Break

14 - Early Release (2.5 hours) School Improvement Day

17 - MLK Day - No School

28 - Early Release (2.5 hours) - End of 1st Semester

31 - Start of 2nd Semester

Lost and Found

Does your child seem to be missing coats, shirts, shoes, water bottles and/or notebooks? Rather than replace them as holiday gifts, have your student check the lost and found box located outside the office. Each day we gather the leftover items left behind by students and place them in this box in hopes that the owners might collect them at a later date. Right now the box is full and ready for collection!

Office Hours During the Holidays

The Edgemont office will be closed starting at noon on December 17th. It will reopen again at 7:00 am on January 4th.

Extended Absences

If you are planning to have your child out beyond the normal holiday dates, please notify the office as soon as possible so we can mark them accordingly. This will help avoid the phone calls after the fact to try and clear up the unexcused absences. Also, we can help get homework so students don't fall behind.

Tutoring

Struggling in a class? Need a tutor? We have tutors available to help you!

How to access tutoring:

  • Let the teacher for the class you are struggling with know that you need a tutor
  • Let your homeroom teacher know that you would like to work with a tutor during that time
  • Come in for after school homework help sessions on Tuesdays (all subjects) and Wednesdays (Math specific)
  • Make an appointment to meet with an online tutor outside of the school day or on weekends

Contact Mrs. Mozrall (On-Time Graduation Specialist) if you have questions about how to set up tutoring!

Athletics Calendar

Please check ArbiterLive for all of our fall sports schedules at EJH and PHS. You can access the site using this link.

Prevention Message

Things to Do Besides Smoking

The best way to break a bad habit is to replace it with something else. Quickly coming up with an alternative to smoking can feel near impossible. After all, craving pecks at you like an insistent toddler in the candy aisle. Here's an at-the-ready list to help you say no.


Just reading through this list can help strengthen your resolve. Try a few and track what helps. Keep the list growing by adding your own. (For the full list, follow link below)

  1. Eat crunchy, fresh vegetables
  2. Eat a piece of candy
  3. Chew on a toothpick
  4. Chew gum
  5. Take deep breaths
  6. Drink a cold glass of water
  7. Eat a popsicle
  8. Brush and floss your teeth
  9. Get the mail
  10. Think about your reasons for quitting
  11. Take a shower
  12. March in place


Indiana University Health: 85 things to do besides smoking

https://iuhealth.org/thrive/85-things-to-do-besides-smoking

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