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MAY

3rd- 6th Grade Honor Roll @8:30AM

• 7th Grade Honor Roll @9:40AM

12th- 7th Grade Trip to NYC

13th- Saturday School

16th- 9th Grade Trip to NYC

17th- Early Dismissal @10:50AM

• Parent Dinner (5:30pm) & Town Hall (6PM)
• CREC night at YardGoats (All citizen athletes were given tickets to the game! )

18th- Social Emotional Rock Painting @6PM

19th- Music in the Parks Band Competitions

20th- Saturday School

23rd- Senior Decision Day @9:45

• 6th Grade to Hartford Athletic Stadium
• World Music & Band Spring Concert @6PM

24th- 11th Grade Trip to New York

25th- 8th Grade Trip to Boston

26th- 6th Grade Trip to Winding Trails

29th- No School

JUNE

1st- 9th-11th Grade to Latina Symposium

2nd- Junior & Senior Prom

3rd- Saturday School

5th- 12th Grade to High Meadow

7th- Early Dismissal @10:50AM

9th- 8th Grade to High Meadows

***June 14th-22nd- Early Dismissal***

14th- 8th Grade Promotion

15th- Class of 2023 Graduation

22nd- Last Day of school

The Den will be open for a parent Town Hall.

Topics of discussion are fundraising, safety, upcoming events, concerns and a Q&A.

DATE: 5/17

TIME: 5:30PM

More info to come later this week!

The PTA is on it's way to start again!

We will be holding our 1st board meeting this summer!

Information about how to join the PTA will be coming soon!

Yearbook orders are due by May 31st!

Want to send a special recognition to your student? Purchase an Ad to be inserted into this year's yearbook!

The seniors our counting down to graduation......30 more school days to go!!!!

This is an exciting an nerveracking time for them as they are preparing for finals, IB Exams, making after graduation decisions, and so much more!

Seniors in Visual Arts are thrilled to have completed their required work and IB submissions prior to April Vacation. Some of Ms. Livingston's seniors are leaving their legacy by working on beautifying our school as they paint murals on the large bulletin boards in each pod. This endeavor is entirely student led and executed.

As we finished April we completed Quarter 3 and are now in Quarter 4. We have welcomed our third rotation of middle school students for the year. We are moving ahead and have completed the Flag Football, Volleyball units and are currently completing the State Physical Fitness unit. Classes are also starting to split time between outside and inside as the weather improves. The children remain enthusiastic and enjoy every challenge we give them. What we are starting to see is people trying to bring those phones back into gym class. Please remind your children that the phones have no place in gym class.

Your partners in Physical Education,

Coach Glowacki

Mr. Champ

Ms. Meyer

The 6th graders in Mrs. Lattanzio's classes have been learning about sustainable wind energy. Groups were given the task of creating a model to use for a race against their peers. Each class then discussed what worked well for each model, why it worked, and what could have been improved.

Mrs. Winston's 7th Grade classes had the privilege to visit our reorganized library. While there they got to meet our new librarian Mrs. Tierney. Before checking out some great books, they got to learn about an author coming to visit the Den and more.

On Sunday, April 23rd, the Den welcomed our newest Dragons that have been accepted in the 1st round of the Lottery. The Den was filled with over 350 people who enjoyed music by DJ-Kotic, salsa dancing taught by Ms. Thibault, African Drumming & Dance lessons by Nia Arts, food, raffles, games and more!

Thank you to all of the vendors that came to support us, and the staff that helped make the event a success!

Spring Sports are Beginning!

Come on out and support our Dragons!

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**If your child has any unreturned uniforms from a previous season, they will not be allowed to practice until the uniforms are returned. **

Student Spectators NOT ALLOWED TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL for games.

Middle School Students in attendance MUST have a Parent/Guardian with them.

ALL SCHOOL RULES APPLY.

CREC HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.

CT State Department of Public Health requires that all students have an updated physical exam and specific immunizations prior to the entrance of the 7th and 10th grades. This is a friendly reminder that physical exams and immunization services are available to all MLC Students, including CDLA students

Please reach out to the School Based Health Center if your student is need of receiving updated immunizations, or for required physicals!

We also provide physicals for college entry or sports participation.

Completed documents may be returned via fax to 860-286-1195, via scan/email to kfoster@crec.org or have the student return forms to school nurse's office.

Michelle Moss, RN, School Nurse. x2306

Josiane Alexandre, APRN, SBHC Nurse Practitioner, x2513

Tameka Foster, LPN

If your child or anyone in your household is experiencing COVID-19 related symptoms please refrain from sending your child to school until the appropriate quarantine has taken place. For more information or COVID-19 related questions please contact our school nurse.

NEW FACEBOOK PAGE......

Click on the picture to Add Ms. Gibson as a FRIEND on Facebook to stay connected with family and community resources such as the ones below and so much more!

With the uncertainty of school closures, text messaging is the easiest and fastest way for the school to communicate with you. Receive text messages from the school for immediate access to what is going on!

• Important messages
• Upcoming Events
• School Cancellations and Delays

Yesenia Hernandez, Principal

Thomas Craig, Assistant Principal

Henry Munoz, Assistant Principal

April Williams, Dean of Students

Eleisha LeMay, Dean of Students

Emily Wright, IB Coordinator, MYP

Stacy Pagliaro, IB Coordinator, DP