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April 24

SEL Event: Let Go and Move on - Who is Your Superhero?

Teacher PLD
Early Release

April 25

Building Self Worth in Teens Lecture
9 - 10:30 am
Large Cafeteria

BOE Business Meeting
6:30 pm
Riverside School

April 26


COMMUNITY EVENTS
Greenwich Young Life's FIRST-ANNUAL Donut Dash 5k race is on Saturday, May 4, 4 pm at Havemeyer Field. Proceeds will go towards sending kids in Nicaragua to camp. Participation fee is $25. Sponsorships are $250. Race day volunteers are needed!
Register as a Runner, Sponsor, or Event Volunteer here.

GEMS Kids Triathlon is Sunday, June 9 at Greenwich High School!  Ages 6 - 14 will swim, bike and run at the first of this annual event.  Visit  www.gemskidstri.org for more information.

GHS Girls Basketball Summer Camp 2019. For girl basketball players 2nd grade to rising 9th graders. For more information click here. Questions contact Debbie Moses.
OFFICE REMINDERS
Please click HERE for reminders from the office regarding Absences, Early Dismissals, Nurse's office information, and Aspen login support.

QUICK LINKS
PTA NEWS
ITS NOT TOO LATE! HELP FUND OUR MEDIA CENTER!
Plans are being developed to give our Media Center  a much needed upgrade.  We need your help! 

Donate today and help give our students and teachers a  more modern, usable  Media Center!   DONATE NOW

Have Venmo? Venmo us instead!  @EasternMiddleSchoolPTA-CT

BUILDING SELF WORTH IN TEENS - LECTURE AND Q&A
Please join the PTA for a lecture by Dr. Frank Bartolomeo of the Southfield Center on Thursday, April 25, 9 - 10:30 am, as he talks about raising confident and resilient teens in an era plagued by pressure, perfectionism and pervasive social media.   He will offer insights into the factors that impact our teens' sense of self-worth and the consequences of a negative self image, and offer specific parenting tips to help your child avoid the pitfalls of school and athletic pressures, a drive for perfectionism and poor decisions.  A parent Q&A will follow the lecture.

GROWING STRONG READERS - PARENT WORKSHOP 
What does it take to read successfully in high school and college, and  what should parents be doing now?   Joan Kelley, PUP Reading founder and former educator and Harvard Graduate School of Education Language & Literacy researcher, will talk about:
  • the three types of skills children need to read well, 
  • why books and other texts become more challenging for students in the middle and high school years, 
  • how parents and grandparents can support reading skill growth - in easy and accessible ways - from birth through grade three.
Tuesday, April 30,  7 - 8:30 pm, Boys & Girls Club.
Wednesday, May 1, 10 - 11:30 am, Julian Curtiss School.
For more information in English click here, and in Spanish click here.

VOLUNTEER FOR THE PTA NEXT YEAR! EMS PTA NOMINATING 
EMS PTA has a number of open positions that need volunteers. Every position on our roster has a direct benefit to the children. Please consider volunteering for a position next year.  Click here to see all the positions on our PTA, and if you have any questions or comments please contact Alice Mullins, Nominating Committee Chair.

PTAC ESSENCE AWARDS 2019 - APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 29 
The PTAC Essence Awards recognize up to two outstanding PTA members of the Greenwich Public Schools PTAs, who through exemplary achievement, have inspired others, demonstrated selfless spirit and made a significant difference in our school community. 

Nominations can be submitted through the online form. More information can be found here.  

AMAZON SMILE PROGRAM
Shop on Amazon and support the PTA! Through AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5% of price of eligible items to EMS PTA. Please see  here  for more details.
EMS NEWS
SAME CLEATS NEW FEET
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Eastern Middle School will be collecting cleats as part of the Same Cleats/New Feet project.  Check your closets and bring in any cleats that you no longer use.  You can put them in the big boxes in the front lobby starting Monday April 22, just after break.  Rest assured that your old cleats will be put to good use by kids in Venezuela!

BOX TOPS
The SCA is continuing to collect box tops this year.  Box tops for education can be found on many forms of household goods, including cereal, granola bars, fruit snacks, paper goods, and many more items.  Cut out the boxtops and send them into AB.  The SCA is planning on using money raised through box tops to buy supplies for a school in need. Please help us to make a great donation by collecting box tops at home! 

For Daily Student Announcements 
CLICK HERE  (updated weekly by 10am).
OFFICE NEWS 
RESIDENCY VERIFICATION
8th grade parents, you should have received an email from Tom Bobkowski making you aware that you will need to provide residency verification for your 8th grader attending Greenwich High School next year.  Residency personnel will be at the middle schools for your convenience on the following dates to assist you with the 9th grade verification process.  Parents can attend any of the listed verification dates regardless of your child's school.

EASTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL: April 24 and 25, 7:30 to 9 am,  School Lobby
WESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL: April 10 and May 15, 7:30 to 9 am, School Lobby
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL: May 16 and 17, 7:30 to 9 am ,  School Lobby

For more information and to download forms click here.

SHORT-TERM SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINIING OPPORTUNITY jobs_and_careers.jpg
Every April at about this time, the Greenwich Youth Conservation Program (GYCP) starts accepting applications from local 14 and 15 year-olds for its summer work program.  Any Greenwich resident aged 14 to 15 may apply to the GYCP.  Applications are available in the guidance office.  A group interview will be scheduled by Mrs. Moore on May 7.

For questions please contact Christina Nappi.  For more information click here.   The deadline for applications is May 3, 2019 .

8TH GRADE WASHINGTON D.C. TRIP - MANDATORY MEETING
Please be sure to mark your calendar for Wednesday April 24th. There will be a mandatory meeting for parents and students taking part in the trip. The meeting will begin promptly at 7pm in the EMS auditorium. We are l ooking forward to a GREAT trip! Any questions please email David Roth.

FROM THE NURSE'S OFFICE
As required by the State of Connecticut, the nurse will be screening 7th girls and 8th grade boys in the next couple of weeks. If they had a previous screening done by their doctor (for sports physical or school physical), and that was handed into the health office, then that will suffice. If you do not want your child screened please email me or call the health office and leave a message.

DONATE YOUR OLD PHONES droid_smartphone.jpg
The SCA will be collecting old phones from April 8 - 12.  Phones will be donated to the charity Secure the Call that provides free 911 emergency-only cell phones to Domestic Violence Centers, Senior Citizen Centers, Police and Sheriff departments.  The phones donated are in turn given back to the community and used to contact the Police in the case of an emergency.  Donation boxes will be in front of the main office and in the main lobby.

CLUB & ACTIVITY BOOK
Parents can download the new Club and Activity booklet! The book can be found on our
website

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS WHO RIDE THE BUS
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All students need to have their student ID ready to show the driver when they board the bus in the afternoon. Failure to show this pass can result in a student being unable to ride the bus home.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE - DONATE TO THE PTA
We are a non-profit organization.  Please consider donating to 
support the many programs, activities and educational opportunities at our school.
Donations are tax deductible. We thank you for your support.