Bellringer News
May 18, 2020
Principal's Message
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me at everner@easthamptonct.org if you have any questions or concerns.
Senior Class News
Starting this week we are encouraging ALL graduating seniors to sign-up for a quick photo opportunity to help capture and commemorate who you are as a person and the years you have invested as an East Hampton Bellringer. Photos will be taken at the high school by Trent Donohue (Maggie's dad) with the intent of compiling them into a product for display to our community. While the end to your senior year may not be exactly as you expected, we continue to want to celebrate who you are as a person and a student. Please make plans to participate in this wonderful project by clicking on the following link to learn more about the project and to sign-up to participate. Feel free to contact me directly should you have any questions, or Mr. Donohue at 860-918-8423.
Botany Class--Annual Plant Sale
Parent Feedback Survey
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The East Hampton Public School District works to ensure the success and achievement of all students by guiding the development and implementation of a shared vision of learning, a strong organizational mission, and high expectations for student performance.
As a collaborative community, we establish and implement best practices to meet the needs of every child in the East Hampton Public Schools. Please take this opportunity to provide feedback about your child's educational experience. If you have more than one child in the district, please consider completing a survey for each child to provide specific information for each school. The survey will remain open until May 22, 2020.
Thank you in advance for completing this survey.
The link to the survey can be found below.
School Counseling News
Attention AP Students:
After the first week of online exams College Board has asked us to provide all students with the following update.
We are aware that some students have encountered challenges submitting their responses, and we've been listening closely to each student, parent, or educator who reports a problem. Beginning Monday, May 18, we're changing processes to address some of these concerns.
To help support your students during testing, please share the information below with them.
Submitting Exam Responses
We share the deep disappointment of students who were unable to submit responses. Beginning Monday, May 18, and continuing through the makeup window, there will be a backup email submission process for browser-based exams.
This option will only be available for students who were not able to submit in the standard process—and they must then email their responses immediately following their exam.
These students will see instructions about how to email their response on the page that says, "We Did Not Receive Your Response." The email address that appears on this page will be unique to each student. Any student testing between May 18–22 who can't successfully upload their response through the exam platform or send it to us by email, will need to request a makeup exam.To protect the security and validity of exams, we're unable to accept submissions from students who tested May 11–15. However, these students can feel confident that the email option will be in place for them during the makeup exams.
Setting Up Your Students for Success
Given the wide variety of devices, browsers, and connectivity solutions students have access to, we're unable to prevent every possible local error from occurring during the exam. In advance of the administration, we created a testing guide, Exam demo, and test day checklist to help students avoid potential issues. It's important that students review this information and know to:
- Locate their e-ticket, which is emailed two days before each exam
- Use a recommended browser, update it to the latest version, and disable plugins
- Keep an eye on the time and begin their submission at the 5-minute mark
- Additional tips to help your students succeed are available here.
LMC News
"Welcome to our on-line book fair! THIS WEEK ONLY, click on the links below and be directed to our community partner, Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore’s website, for descriptions, reviews, and purchase information and have your items shipped to your home for free! Even better, our school will receive 10% of each purchase. At checkout, please be sure to write our school name in the ‘special instructions’ field to ensure our fundraising success!"
New from the Nurses Office
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness month. How is your mental health doing? When there is a large change in lifestyle, mental health can often be affected. While you are spending more time at home and spending less time in routine, start thinking about your mental health. Here are some tips for Creating Healthy Routines as a tool to thrive from Mental Health America.
https://mhanational.org/sites/default/files/Handout%20-%20Creating%20Healthy%20Routines.pdf
Work, paying bills, cleaning, cooking, shopping, exercising, getting enough sleep, and taking care of children are just some of the things millions of Americans do each day and it is easy to be overwhelmed. It can feel impossible to get everything done, let alone take care of yourself – especially if you’re already struggling with a mental health concern like depression or anxiety. By creating routines, we organize our days in such a way that taking care of tasks and ourselves becomes a pattern that makes it easier to get things done without having to think hard about them
Fast Facts
· When it comes to diet, sleep and exercise, having good, strong routines is linked to improved mental and physical health.
· People with more daily routines have lower levels of distress when facing problems with their health or negative life events.
· It takes an average of 66 days for a behavior to become automatic (a habit), but for some people it can take as long as 8 1/2 months. Don’t give up!
Tips For Success
Create the routine that is right for you. We don’t all have the same schedules or responsibilities and some of us struggle with certain parts of daily life more than others. All healthy routines should include eating a nutrition-rich diet, exercising, and getting enough sleep, but no two routines will be exactly the same. In fact, your routine may not even be exactly the same every day.
Start small. Changing up your day-to-day routine all at once probably won’t end up with lasting results. Pick one small thing each week to work on. It could be adding something new and positive, or cutting out a bad habit. Small changes add up.
Add to your existing habits. You probably already have some habits worked into your routine, like drinking a cup of coffee in the morning. Try adding new habits to existing ones. For instance, if you want to read more, you could set aside ten minutes to read while you have your coffee (instead of drinking it on your drive to work).
Make swaps. Think about the things you do during the day that aren’t so healthy and swap them with better behaviors. For example, if you feel sluggish in the afternoons and eat sugary snacks for a quick pick-me-up, try taking a brisk walk instead to get your blood pumping and endorphins flowing. Or if you find yourself having a few alcoholic drinks after a long stressful day, try sipping hot tea instead.
Plan ahead. When life gets hectic, you may be tempted to skip out on the new parts of your daily routine. By doing things like prepping meals ahead of time, picking out an outfit the night before work, or having an alternate home workout option for the days you can’t make it to the gym, you help set yourself up for success even when you’re hurried.
Make time for things you enjoy. Even if it’s just 15 minutes a day, set aside time to do something you find fun or relaxing—it will release chemical messengers in your body that are good for your physical and mental health.
Reward yourself for small victories. Set goals and celebrate when you reach them. Have you added exercise to your weekly routine and worked out every day as planned for the last couple weeks? Treat yourself! Watch a movie you’ve been wanting to see or try out that new video game.
Don’t beat yourself up if you miss a day. Making life changes can be hard and you might forget to do something that is new to your routine every once in a while. You don’t have to be perfect, just try to do better the next day.
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Nondiscrimination Statement:
The East Hampton Board of Education, in compliance with federal and state law, affirms its policy of equal educational opportunity for all students and equal employment opportunity for all persons. It is the policy of the District to promote nondiscrimination and an environment free of harassment regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, ancestry, disability (including but not limited to, intellectual disability, past or present history of mental disorder, physical disability, or learning disability), genetic information, marital status, or age or because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, or age of any persons with whom the individual associates. The District shall provide to all students without discrimination, course offerings, counseling, assistance, employment, athletics, and extracurricular activities. The District shall provide equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The District shall make reasonable accommodations for identified physical and mental impairments that constitute disabilities, consistent with federal and state statutes and regulations.