• 4/23 HMS/Whitney Day- Hartford Yard Goats Game @ 1:05 pm, tickets are sold out
• 4/26 American Red Cross Blood Drive in the GYM: Volunteer workers and Volunteer donors are needed, 11am-7pm
• 4/27 Berkshire Music Presentation- caregivers welcome to attend
• 4/27 BINGO Night 6:00-7:30 pm
• 4/28 Progress reports emailed home

MAY SNEAK PEEK:

• Smarter Balance Assessment continues: Math and makeups
• Week of 5/8- Teacher Appreciation Week
• 5/8 5th Grade JFK Trip- NEWSIES
• 5/11 Principal, Vice Principal, and Chief of Staff for the Day!
• 5/12 JFK Visitation Trips
• 5/16 3-3rd grade classes to Dinosaur Park
• 5/18 PJ's for Enfield K-9 Unit
• 5/19 JFK Visitation Trips
• 5/22 BOOK FAIR week, Spring Picnic, 5/23 rain date
• 5/24 Early Release
• 5/25 4th grade trip to Science Center
• 5/26 3-3rd grade trip to Dinosaur Park
• 5/26 Band Concert 9:00 am, parents of band members invited to attend
• 5/29 No School
• 5/31 Author Visit, One Book-One School Culmination Activity

Language Arts Testing will be held on Wednesday 4/19 and Monday, 4/24.

Grades 3 and 4 will test in the morning. Grade 5 will test in the afternoon.

Math Testing will be held on Monday, 5/1; Wednesday, 5/3; Monday, 5/8; and Wednesday, 5/10.

Grades 3 and 4 will test in the morning. Grade 5 will test in the afternoon.

Science Testing will be held on Thursday 4/27 and Friday 4/28 for GRADE 5 ONLY!

Grade 5 will test in the afternoon.

Testing will be conducted on the days listed above. There may be situations where students will be testing outside of these times.

We have headphones available for all students, but students may choose to bring their own headphones.

Cell phones and smart watches/devices are not permitted in the room while testing.

Please join the EPS community in celebrating the arts this weekend at our 57th Annual Arts Festival sponsored by The Woman’s Club of Enfield. The festival will be held in the Enfield High School Cafeteria on Friday, April 21st, 7:00-9:00 pm and Saturday, April 22nd, 12:00-3:00 pm.

Your students and colleagues will truly appreciate seeing you there.

This year’s attractions include:

• Artwork from students in all PK-12 schools
• Large collaborative installations centered on this year's theme of Multiples
• Art-making demonstrations from Enfield students
• Performances from Enfield's Musical Arts Department
• 7th Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser- all proceeds benefit the Enfield Food Shelf
• Fundraisers, raffles, and refreshments

Order Forms Due April 24th - Whitney PTO Spring Fundraiser

A friendly reminder to please send in your order forms and payments for the Butter Braids fundraiser by Monday, April 24th.

You may also set up on online account at: https://my.mcmfundraising.com/signup/MB4M

Orders will be ready for pick up May 12th between 4:00pm and 6:00pm at Eli Whitney.

Please send an email to ewpto@yahoo.com with any questions.

WHITNEY FAMILY BINGO NIGHT

Thursday, April 27th

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Please RSVP at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054CAEAD2FA4F49-rsvp

The purpose of this email is to share a new resource for families from the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Educational, Safety, Mental Health, and Food Insecurity Resources

As required under Public Act 21-46, the CSDE has updated Educational, Safety, Mental Health and Food Insecurity Resources for Families and Students.

This resource also includes Support & Services | Wrap CT (connectingtocarect.org)developed by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Please note: Public Act 21-116 requires each local and regional board of education to distribute the Support & Services information at least semi-annually to the parents and guardians of each student in the school district and to any student taking a course in health and safety and make the link available on its website.

https://www.enfieldschools.org/parent_support/esmhafir

Mark Dube

Coordinator of Health and Physical Education

Enfield Public Schools

(860) 763-7585

Please Consider Donating Your Gently Used Children’s Books to EW PTO!

Eli Whitney PTO is collecting gently used books suitable for 3rd-5th grade reading levels.

Donated books will be gifted to Whitney students who are unable to shop our Spring Scholastic Book Fair.

Help us ensure every student gets to bring home a “new to them” book!

A collection bin is located in the main office. Please send in book donations by May 12th.

Please contact the school nurse, Jackie Rustic at (860) 763-7543 or at jrustic@enfieldschools.org with any health-related questions. Please notify the nurse as well with any specific health issues/concerns if you send the information to the classroom teacher. This includes new symptoms your child is experiencing, new health related concerns, and/or medication issues. No prescribed or OTC medications can be sent into school with student/backpack. They must be dropped off by a parent/guardian and a physician’s order must be provided to be administered in the nurse’s office. This includes cough drops. If you give your child permission to have cough drops in school, they need to be dropped off by parents with a note from the parent giving your child permission to have the cough drop in the nurse’s office only. Please provide your child with a reusable water bottle each day. Students are not allowed to drink from water fountains around the school, but they may fill their water bottle at them. We encourage our students to drink water throughout the day. Drinking plenty of water helps alleviate many complaints of headaches, stomachaches, and sore throats. Breakfast and lunch remain free and available to any student through the end of the month. Please remember to provide your child with a snack each day. We are unable to provide snacks for the children. Every classroom has a special time for snack daily.