December Group 1- https://bit.ly/3fjGKKh

 

December Group 2- https://bit.ly/3kOazU9

 

Full Year Calendar- https://bit.ly/3osstPp

Yes - the planning for your current 8th grader to move to the high school begins this month. Starting this week, the school counselor, Mr. Traver, will be sharing materials with parents and students regarding the 8 go 9 transition process. Students will be reviewing a Power Point, the Program of Studies booklet and a worksheet in preparation for a classroom presentation in Social Studies class the following week. Please ask your son/daughter to view the PPT and look at the Program of Studies booklet.

 

The Program of Studies is available on the District website under the “Academics” tab and then the “Academic Programs Overview” heading or can be accessed at the following link: https://www.eastiron.org/Page/4249

 

Additionally, starting in January, Mr. Travers, will be scheduling individual virtual meetings with each 8th grader to review each student’s selections. This month you work with your child to look over the material and make decisions about which classes to take in high school.

 

Mr. Traver can be reached by email james_traver@eastiron.monroe.edu.

The National Junior Honor Society is holding a mitten, scarf, and hat drive. All items gathered will be donation to House of Mercy. This is a competition - Thunder House vs Lightening House!!!! Support your house and help the community in need at the same time. Donations can be dropped off by the security desk between December 8th - December 18th.

If you anticipate food needs for the upcoming winter break that starts on 12.24, please give us a call at 339-1405 for assistance.

 

Please remember, if your son/daughter is an in-person student, at the end of the two day cycle, food to take home is available.

Nurse - 339 -1404
Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdziel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

 

ALL Students must complete the Nearpod. By signing in that will be how we track their attendance for Monday.

 

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/DzCTtlLrNu

CALENDARS

 

REMINDER- Monday November 30th and December 1 is a Group 1 day

 

December Group 1- https://bit.ly/3fjGKKh

 

December Group 2- https://bit.ly/3kOazU9

 

Full Year Calendar- https://bit.ly/3osstPp

This is the time to reflect on the year and think about all the things we are thankful for. We as an Administrative team cannot stress enough how fortunate we are to have the staff we do, but just as important is the support we get from you at home! We are working hard to build a Lancer Community with everyone involved at the middle school and you are our number one partner, YOU! We hope this week allows for safe family time and no need to worry about whether it is a bus day or a stay home day and if your internet will work!

 

We love our Lancer community!

Don't forget to register by November 30th to attend part one of the virtual series for families to support teen mental health. Part 1 is to be held on December 2nd at 6pm, and is entitled, Supporting Teens' Mental Health During the Pandemic. For more information follow this link:

 

https://bit.ly/32ww1GY

Nurse - 339 -1404
Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdziel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

 

CALENDARS

 

Group 1 Yellow-

https://bit.ly/3dW7Aau

 

Group 2 Purple-

https://bit.ly/2TsTmod

 

Full Year Rotation (Both Groups)-

https://bit.ly/3osstPp

 

Remember that Monday, November 23rd Parent Conferences will take place. The students will be given an Nearpod on Digital Citizenship to complete on Monday or Tuesday.

Here is our Principal, Ms. Sloane, receiving the rapid test

https://youtu.be/TthGznosujM

 

Quick Bullets-

 

• We need to test 20% of all staff and students that enter the building who give consent.
• We will only test with consent. We will notify those selected for testing 24 hours in advance. Nobody will be excluded from school as a result of their choice not to be tested.
• Test results will be available in 15 minutes. Positives will be isolated in designated health office areas and will need to be picked up as soon as possible, as is the protocol currently for students showing symptoms. Those testing positive will need to follow up with their medical provider prior to returning to school.
• THE TEST IS EASY AND NON-INVASIVE! Monroe County is providing the tests and the training. This is the simple, quick, shallow nasal swab test.

• Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.

• Practice physical distancing and stay home when sick.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Avoid touching your face.
• Cover your cough or sneeze using a tissue or your sleeve.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched services.

First quarter report cards will be mailed home on Monday, November 16th. Keep an eye out for them and reach out to any teacher if you have any questions about grades or what steps can be done in second quarter!

 

If your son or daughter qualifies for High Honor Roll or Honor Roll - certificates will be ready after Thanksgiving.

 

If your son or daughter has an incomplete or INC on his/her report card, please reach out to that teacher asap. The teacher should have already reached out to you, but in case they didn't please email or call them. An INC means that your son or daughter did not master the learning needed to pass the first 10 weeks of that course. The learning needs to be demonstrated to the teacher before a grade can be assigned.

All of next week please send in non-perishable food items as the NJHS students collect to donate these items to the Irondequoit Community Food Pantry.

Suggested Items:

Pasta

Spaghetti Sauce

Peanut Butter

Tuna

Cereal

Soup

Rice

Mac and Cheese

East Irondequoit will be providing breakfast and lunch to any child under the age of 18 for 5 days during the Fall Holiday (Nov 23rd- 27th)

 

 

If interested or know any families interested, please fill out this link by this Wednesday, November 18th.

 

https://bit.ly/3l6bEHU

 

In addition this link will take you to the Monroe County Drive Up Food Distribution Program:

https://bit.ly/32jlLlr

This link will give you the updated information on Winter Sports.

 

https://bit.ly/38NaEoG

Nurse - 339 -1404
Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdziel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

The Grading Period ends Tuesday. Teachers have until Friday to enter the grades for students. For the first quarter only, report cards will be mailed home. After that please make sure you are signed up for the Parent Portal, as that will be the platform you are able to view report cards on in the future. We need you as parents/guardians to review your child's grades, talk with he/she about areas of strength, and areas of improvement. Please pay special attention to anything marked incomplete or missing - That means your child missed learning in the first quarter and has to work with their teacher to complete it

 

As a staff, EIMS believes, our parents/guardians are vital partners in educating our students. After reviewing your son/daughter's grades, we recommend setting one or two goals for second quarter. Thank you for being a partner with us as we work together in educating our Lancers.

We are holding a virtual town hall meeting this Tuesday November 10th . Our hope is to build a format to communicate about EIMS each quarter and answer any questions that may be on your minds.

 

6th Grade from 5:30- 6:15

https://bit.ly/36d18bx

 

7th & 8th Grade from 6:30-7:15

https://bit.ly/2I84YdN

Please keep any symptomatic children and their siblings home until COVID like symptoms pass. Additionally, families should consult their healthcare providers if they are unsure if the symptons are COVID related.

East Irondequoit will be providing breakfast and lunch to any child under the age of 18 for 5 days during the Fall Holiday (Nov 23rd- 27th)

 

 

If interested or know any families interested, please fill out this link!

 

https://bit.ly/3l6bEHU

 

In addition this link will take you to the Monroe County Drive Up Food Distribution Program:

https://bit.ly/32jlLlr

Group 1 Yellow-

https://bit.ly/3dW7Aau

 

Group 2 Purple-

https://bit.ly/2TsTmod

 

Full Year Rotation (Both Groups)-

https://bit.ly/3osstPp

Nurse - 339 -1404
Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdziel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

 

What a great Red Ribbon Week we had at EIMS. Thanks to Chuck Dossier and Eileen Ferrari for organizing the week, of course with the support of our PTSA. Thank you to all.

 

We are coming to the end of the first quarter. If you as a parent have not check your parent portal, please do this asap. All missing assignments that you see in the portal are equated to missed learning. If students don't make up the learning and finish the essential assignments prior to the end of the quarter, your child may end up with an Incomplete. If your child receives an Incomplete, they will need to commit time to complete the learning with their teacher(s). If you are still not using the parent portal, call Jacqui Walker @339-1436 and she can assist you with gaining access to the parent portal.

 

In addition, November 23rd and 24th are parent conference days, no school on either of those days for students. If interested in a parent conference contact the counseling office and they will forward you to the correct team leader. The counseling office number is 339-1405.

November Group 1(Yellow)

https://bit.ly/3dW7Aau

 

November Group 2 (Purple)

https://bit.ly/2TsTmod

 

Full Calendar

https://bit.ly/3osstPp

 

A note about November - although we have parent conferences on Nov. 23rd and 24th, we do in fact staff on the calendar rotation, so November 30th is an A day and Group 1/Yellow Day.

If you had your son/daughter do a retake and wants to order photos, please go to the following site: inter-state.com/order use code 5060XB.

Tuesday November 10th

 

We will continues to hold town hall meetings to meet virtually about what is happening at EIMS!

 

We will send the links out next Monday through talking points (text message) and in the SMORE, the Principal's newsletter.

 

 

• 6th Grade- 5:30-6:15

 

 

 

• 7th &8th Grade- 6:30-7:15

A reminder, Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day, a day off from school for all students In-Person and Remote. If you are in need of meal kits for that day, please check Parent Portal this week and put in your order. If you are in need of a meal kit for the upcoming holiday break the week of 11/23, you can also order one on Parent Portal for pickup. Please call or email us if you have a need that needs to be addressed over the break and we will make sure you get some help.

The staff at EIMS is learning and dialoguing about racial equity, and what role can we play in creating equity for all. The Rochester United Way developed a Racial Equity Challenge. This link will take you to one of the many readings the United Way as offered. This link offers tips to parents on how to speak to your child about race. The District is fully committed to developing a broader understanding of equity in our staff, students, and community members. To quote the article, "The act of discriminating against others starts young. Children can differentiate race as early as six months, and the days of teaching kids to be “colorblind” are behind us. Talking about race and teaching the benefits of seeing color will help our children see and embrace the beauty that comes with diversity." Please take time to read this article and discuss with your child or children at home. The Benefits of Teaching Children to See Race

REMINDER- Students your missing work means you have missed important learning. Teachers cannot grade work that is not turned in and if the work is missing, the LEARNING is missing. Teachers will reach out to remind students and parents of what is missing and continue to work on what learning is missing in the classroom.

 

Don't just look at the GRADE- Look for the assignments that are missing!

EIMS now has a small Food Pantry courtesy of Irondequoit Community Cupboard! The Pantry has nonperishable items such as pasta, cereal and canned goods.

Please call our Counseling Center at 339-1405 to receive food from the EIMS Pantry. We can then talk about the best way to get it to you.

This Pantry is meant as a bridge to other services, so if you have a long term need please call to let us know as well.

Liberty Resources has partnered with East Irondequoit CSD to offer school-based mental health services. Services are currently provided both in person and via telehealth. Available services for families and students include: individual therapy, family counseling, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, crisis consultation/intervention, group therapy, case management, school consultations and referrals to community resources.

Services are provided year-round, even when school is not in session. Liberty Resources offers a holistic approach to mental health treatment, involving students, families, teachers, and others.

Our mission is to provide culturally competent, high quality integrated care that positively impacts our clients’ lives, and our community. If you are in need of only a diagnosis for an issue such as ADHD, please instead consult with you pediatrician. For services or to learn more, feel free to contact Jenn Breau directly at (585)-435-1867 or the EIMS Counseling Center at 339-1405. Thank you!

Nurse - 339 -1404
Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdziel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

Nov Group 1-

https://bit.ly/3dW7Aau

 

Nov Group 2-

https://bit.ly/2TsTmod

 

Full Calendar-

https://bit.ly/3osstPp

This week is Red Ribbon Week!! Thanks to the hard work of our Health teachers, Mr. Dossier and Ms. Ferrari, along with our EIMS PTSA contact Ms. Pacheco, the planned activities are fun and include educational material about the negative impact of substances. Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United States. It began as a tribute to fallen DEA special agent Enrique Camerena in 1985. This week has a long history in our school communities and we are proud to take time to dedicating this week to the why we shouldn't use substances for our Lancers. This is one week, but I can assure you that our staff spends 365 days a year educating our young minds as to the negative impact substances can have. Make sure you remind your child to join in the fun, but take time to speak to them about the why substance should not play a part in their lives. This year's national theme is; Be Happy, Be Brave, Be Drug Free. Go Lancers!

 

This link will take you to Red Ribbon Week days of the week. https://bit.ly/3o5c1V5

 

This link will take you to an interactive SWAY you can sit and discuss with your child. https://sway.office.com/ofd8uBNyImwaunAp?ref=Link

The plan for school picture retakes has changed. On 10/28 and 10/29 students in need of pictures will need to come to the hall side of the cafeteria after 12:30 pm. They will be pulled from 7th and 8th period classes. If you are an in-person student who still wants your picture taken, please tell your 7th or 8th period teacher and they will write you a pass. Remote learners will be able to come in after school on 10/28 2:30 to 4:30. Please enter the door by the gym, in the back of the school.

REMINDER- Students your missing work means you have missed important learning. Teachers cannot grade work that is not turned in and if the work is missing, the LEARNING is missing. Teachers will reach out to remind students and parents of what is missing and continue to work on what learning is missing in the classroom.

 

Don't just look at the GRADE- Look for the assignments that are missing!

EIMS now has a small Food Pantry courtesy of Irondequoit Community Cupboard! The Pantry has nonperishable items such as pasta, cereal and canned goods.

Please call our Counseling Center at 339-1405 to receive food from the EIMS Pantry. We can then talk about the best way to get it to you.

This Pantry is meant as a bridge to other services, so if you have a long term need please call to let us know as well.

 

Liberty Resources has partnered with East Irondequoit CSD to offer school-based mental health services. Services are currently provided both in person and via telehealth. Available services for families and students include: individual therapy, family counseling, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, crisis consultation/intervention, group therapy, case management, school consultations and referrals to community resources.

 

Services are provided year-round, even when school is not in session. Liberty Resources offers a holistic approach to mental health treatment, involving students, families, teachers, and others. Our mission is to provide culturally competent, high quality integrated care that positively impacts our clients’ lives, and our community.

 

If interested in pursuing services or learning more, feel free to contact Jenn Breau directly at (585)-435-1867 or the EIMS Counseling Center at 339-1405. Thank you!

 

Interested in STEM - for $5.00 join the STEM-A-PALOOZA November 7th - all virtual.

 

 

https://bit.ly/31Hol4v

Be Safe this Weekend Everyone!!!!

 

 

https://bit.ly/2G0thK7

 

Nurse - 339 -1404
Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdizel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

Group 1 - Yellow Calendar - Wednesday and Thursday

Group 2 - Purple Calendar - Monday, Tuesday, and Friday

Fully remote learners - keep signing on

 

October Group 1 (Yellow)

 

 

https://bit.ly/336Jp5t

 

 

October Group 2 (Purple)

 

 

https://bit.ly/34bSHN0

 

 

If you want to plan ahead please use this document, as it has all of the yellow and purple days for the year:

 

Full Calendar

 

https://bit.ly/3cBc5qt

Hi Lancer Families,

 

5 Weeks has ended!!!! Progress Reports are available through the Parent Portal in our student management system, called Infinite Campus or IC. If you have not signed up for the Parent Portal, we need to get you signed up. Not already set up on the Parent Portal - just call Jacqui Walker at 339-1436. EIMS teachers give homework, classwork, or tests/quizzes, to evaluate your child's learning. Missing assignments are a huge issue!!! If your child does not turn their assignments in or complete their tests/quizzes, there is no way for a teacher to accurately assess what your child has learned, and they could end up with a failing quarter grade. It is very important that as a family you stay connected to the parent portal.

You are receiving this survey in the link below to let us know if your student will be CHANGING instructional models for the second marking period on November 9, 2020. Only fill out this form if students in your household that would like to CHANGE INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS. Please fill our this form by October 23, 2020. Once you have submitted your response, you will receive a confirmation call from your student's school. Your decision is final on October 23, 2020. No changes will occur after that until February 1st, the start of the third marking period. We thank you for your continued partnership and for taking the time to communicate your decision with us.

 

Change in Instructional Model Survey

https://bit.ly/3lXOVxO

Liberty Resources has partnered with East Irondequoit CSD to offer school-based mental health services. Services are currently provided both in person and via telehealth. Available services for families and students include: individual therapy, family counseling, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, crisis consultation/intervention, group therapy, case management, school consultations and referrals to community resources.

 

Services are provided year-round, even when school is not in session. Liberty Resources offers a holistic approach to mental health treatment, involving students, families, teachers, and others. Our mission is to provide culturally competent, high quality integrated care that positively impacts our clients’ lives, and our community.

 

If interested in pursuing services or learning more, feel free to contact Jenn Breau directly at (585)-435-1867 or the EIMS Counseling Center at 339-1405. Thank you!

Did your child get his/her picture taken and you didn't like it?

Does your child still need to get a school photo?

 

Plan on getting their photo taken on either Oct. 28th or 29th during the day or Oct.28th from 2:30-4:30 for our Fully Remote Learners.

Here is the list of days we will celebrate during Red Ribbon Week - Go Lancers

 

 

https://bit.ly/3o5c1V5

 

Nurse - 339 -1404
Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdizel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

The EIMS PTSA is a wonderful group of parents who meet monthly and support our Lancers with dances, contests, a book fair, and are open to new ideas to help support our students in this time of COVID. The PTSA also treats the EIMS staff with an opening day breakfast and a yearly luncheon. Join the fun. It is only $5.00.

 

Please refer to this letter for more information:

East Irondequoit Middle School PTSA Membership Letter 2020-2021.docx

• Tell your child - reach out to the teachers if they need help or to get clarification on an assignment.
• Check and re-check Infinite Campus for missing assignments - missing assignments means loss of learning.
• Make an appt to stay after school to get help on Monday and Wednesday. The late bus is running.
• Wear that mask above your nose.
• Make sure to move your body and drink lots of water.
• Modified Sports will not start until February.

Join in whether you are at home as a virtual learner or here learning in-person!!!!! Join the fun!!

 

• Monday, October 5th – Favorite Sports Team T-shirt, Hoodie, or Jersey Day
• Tuesday, October 6th – Hat and Hood Day
• Wednesday, October 7th – Wacky Wednesday – you should not match…..
• Thursday, October 8th – PJ Bottoms Day
• Friday, October 9th – Lancer Gear Day – show your Lancer Pride!!!!

 

This Friday, with Group 1/Yellow students, we will be dismissing at 2:05, as we practice our early evacuation procedures for the year. We will do this again on Tuesday for Group 2/Purple students. This dismissal time is for all students, bus riders, walkers, and pick-ups. If you are picking up please plan on this dismissal time for this coming Friday and Tuesday.

 

Please remember this is no school on Monday, October 12th

On October 16th the school district will be sending a survey to the families of all students who are currently learning in a 100% remote learning model. The purpose of this survey is to offer the choice to remain in a remote learning model or to return to an in person/hybrid model beginning November 9th. Once you receive this survey on October 16th please fill out the survey questions for each child in your household by October 23, 2020. Once you have submitted your response, you will receive a confirmation call from your child's school. Your decision is considered final after this confirmation call and we will be unable to make changes again until February 1st, the start of the third marking period. We thank you for taking the time to communicate your decision with us.

When a teacher is absent, a substitute is not able to connect with the remote learners. All staff are aware that if they are going to be absent, they are to create a message and post it. It will appear on TEAMS under POSTS. The visual posted is just an example of what the students would see under the post.

October 28th during the day for in-person learners and from 2:30-4:30 pm for remote learners.

October 29th during the day for in-person learners only.

 

Order online at inter-state.com/order Use order code 50650XB.

The Yellow and Purple calendars for October can be found below:

 

Group 1/Yellow Days - Monday, Thursday, and Friday this week

Group 2/Purple Days - Tuesday and Wednesday

 

October Group 1 (Yellow)

 

 

https://bit.ly/336Jp5t

 

 

October Group 2 (Purple)

 

 

https://bit.ly/34bSHN0

 

 

If you want to plan ahead please use this document, as it has all of the yellow and purple days for the year:

 

Full Calendar

 

https://bit.ly/3cBc5qt

The EIMS PTSA is a wonderful group of parents who meet monthly and support our Lancers with dances, contests, a book fair, and are open to new ideas to help support our students in this time of COVID. The PTSA also treats the EIMS staff with an opening day breakfast and a yearly luncheon. Join the fun. It is only $5.00.

 

Please refer to this letter for more information:

East Irondequoit Middle School PTSA Membership Letter 2020-2021.docx

On Thursday, November 19th, the AVID team would like to set up a Virtual Career Day for our AVID students. We are hoping to hear from people in a wide variety of careers, so please join us!

 

Each of the speakers would be meeting with us virtually during the AVID periods and would talk with small groups of students in rotating breakout rooms.

 

If anyone is willing to talk with some middle school students about their careers, please contact Maria Mead - marie_mead@eastiron.monroe.edu. Please join us and share what you do with our Lancers!

Nurse - 339 -1404

Security Desk - 339 - 1408
Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402
Mr. Kurdizel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403
Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403
Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410
Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412
Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414
Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428
Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415
Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204
Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

Until December 31st your son/daughter can eat breakfast and lunch for Free. Yes Free. The students can grab and go breakfast as they walk in. The students can order lunch on the app in homeroom. Please go onto the Parent Portal in IC to order lunch or your child can order in homeroom. Link to ordering https://www.eastiron.org/orderinginstructions No need to order Breakfast as there is only one choice in the mornings. From the EI website: In these new challenging times, it is best if families utilize our FREE “cashless” system MySchoolBucks. It is the safest, healthiest, and easiest way to pay for your child’s purchases in the cafeteria.www.myschoolbucks.com.

All students must sign in for attendance each class. If you are on campus, you do not need to sign in, but when you are off-campus and participating remotely you do. If you are a full remote learner, you must sign into Teams for each class. Please remember that you will receive an invite from your teacher for your class via Teams.

 

 

How to access your East Irondequoit EMAIL:

 

https://bit.ly/2GpOv3P

 

 

How to access TEAMS:

 

https://bit.ly/36qHL0D

 

Modified sports have been postponed until March. Registration for Modified sports can not be done until end of January. More details to follow.

 

When a teacher is absent, a substitute is not able to connect with the remote learners. Therefore all staff who need a substitute have been asked to post a message and directions for the students for that day. If there is a substitute teacher, students should find an announcement in their posts in that specific class/team they are on in the teams app. It should look something like this example supplied by Mrs. Johnson - notice this is under POSTS.

• Please make sure your son/daughter is symptom-free before returning to school after they have felt sick
• We need everyone to make sure your iPad settings are on LIGHT mode appearance. To check that you have the correct setting selected, please now go to your SETTINGS app on the home screen of your iPads. Next, select "DISPLAY & BRIGHTNESS". The appearance that should be checked here is LIGHT. If yours is on DARK, you need to change it now. We are experiencing many problems with student iPads on DARK mode, so it is an expectation that your iPads stay on LIGHT mode. Please be aware that if your son/daughter does his/her work on DARK mode - they will not be able to send it to the teacher to view - therefore the work done will be lost.
• Students should be coming to school on the days are assigned - yellow-group 1 or purple-group 2
• If your child is a fully remote learner and missing class due to illness, we still need you to call the attendance office. 339-1407 is the correct number for the Attendance Office
• When at home for fully remote learning or hybrid remote learning, students will not be invited to SAS. This is their time to have study hall at home and do work. They do not need to report to SAS for attendance.
• Teachers are inviting students to classes, but we did find a glitch in TEAMS which randomly blocks the invite. We are working on fixing this issue. If your child is unable to click on an invite to a class, please call 339-1436, and we will notify the teacher to resend that invite. We apologize for this issue and hope to have it settled shortly.
• It is important to review the process if your son/daughter should get sick in school and demonstrate one of the COVID-19 symptoms. To be more specific, if your child has a temperature of 100 degrees or above OR demonstrates fever, chills, shortness of breath, sore throat, loss of taste/smell, headache, cough, nasal congestion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, muscle or body aches. If your child has to be sent home - you will need to contact your health care provider and receive a negative COVID test prior to returning to school.
  

Please note your child will need a negative COVID test to return to school as required by Monroe County Department of Public Health

The EIMS PTSA is a wonderful group of parents who meet monthly and support our Lancers with dances, contests, a book fair, and are open to new ideas to help support our students in this time of COVID. The PTSA also treats the EIMS staff with an opening day breakfast and a yearly luncheon. Join the fun. It is only $5.00!!! A bargain.

 

 

PTSA Membership Link-

https://eastirondequoitms.memberhub.store/

Lancer Families - if you are in need of IT help - drive up tech help is available on 9/30 from 4 pm to 6 pm, at the High School front bus loop.

If you missed Open House last week - here are the links.

 

 

8th Grade Thunder-

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/x5Q9SePa

7th Grade Thunder (Power Point)-

https://bit.ly/340rCMx

 

6th Grade Thunder-

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/s6LZg2x5

 

8th Grade Lightning-

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/q9C8KkWx

 

7th Grade Lightning-

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/i4CSo97A

 

6th Grade Lightning-

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/Zy7c5RPo

Main Office - 339 -1436

Attendance Office - 339-1407

Nurse - 339 -1404

Counseling office - 339-1405

Security Desk - 339 - 1408

Ms. Sloane - Principal - 339 -1402

Mr. Kurdizel - Assistant Principal Thunder Team - 339 - 1403

Mr. Zeller - Assistant Principal Lightning Team - 339 - 1403

Mrs. Harnden - 6th grade counselor - 339-1410

Ms. Potter - 7th grade counselor - 339 - 1412

Mrs. Patterson - 8th grade counselor 339 - 1414

Mrs. Haritatos - Social Worker Thunder Team - 339 - 1428

Mrs. Nowakowski - Social Worker Lightning Team - 339 - 1415

Technology Help Desk - 339 -1204

Cafeteria Manager - 339 -1424

The Yellow and Purple calendars for October can be found below:

 

October Group 1 (Yellow)

 

https://bit.ly/336Jp5t

 

 

October Group 2 (Purple)

 

https://bit.ly/34bSHN0

 

If you want to plan ahead please use this document, as it has all of the yellow and purple days for the year:

 

Full Calendar

 

https://bit.ly/3cBc5qt

 

Group 1 - Yellow - attend in person school Monday, Tuesday, and Friday

Group 2 - Purple - attend in person school Wednesday and Thursday

 

If you are a fully remote learner - continue to sign on to TEAMS and your classes.

As many of you may know, our 8th grade school counselor will be going out on maternity leave this week. We wish her well and can wait to meet our newest Lancer!!!!

 

Mr. James Traver, a retired school counselor from Gates will be her substitute. Mr. Travers has years of experience with this age group and we welcome him with open arms to our Lancer Family. His email will be james_traver@eastiron.monroe.edu. His phone number will remain the same 339-1414. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Traver.

Modified sports have been postponed until March. Registration for Modified sports can only be done 30 day before the start of a season, therefore the earliest students can register for sports will be the end of January

The fire drills and hold in place drills went very well and will continue throughout October.

Thanks to Mrs. Johnson if you go to this word document you can see how sign ons and passwords work for EIMS.

 

https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/mzeller_eastiron_monroe_edu/EQ31n9A89hpEhwQfKD2ZJ54B4nQG1-9UvJey3-rk-PZ0ww?e=Au3l85

 

This video should show students to create and organize folders in their One Drive;
https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/njohnson_eastiron_monroe_edu/EdiIXFBfOJ9FuOLhAeuBYiUBfdVdZvCctsoqwxY9djziOA?e=pMpRcq

 

Another helpful set of steps:

 

Connecting with East Irondequoit's Schools While Learning From Home

 

1. Connect to the internet or mobile hotspot.
2. On the first login screen put in username First initial, last name, graduation year. (ex: jsmith25)

• Password for elementary and GRADE 6 their school prefix followed by their student id number. (ex: ig999999 or de999999). For grade 6 students the school prefix is the school they attended LAST YEAR. If you don't know your child's student ID, please call the school.
• Password for secondary is unique to each student. If your grade 7-12 student does not know their password please call the middle or high school and ask to be transferred to the Student Helpdesk.
• 3. Open Microsoft Teams and put in networkusername@student.eastiron.monroe.edu (ex: jsmith25@student.eastiron.monroe.edu) and same password as above.
• 4 Open your Teams calendar (toolbar on left hand side) and click "join" on the first class for the day.
• 5. Teachers will be able to help you from there!

Since there is so much information being sent out to you all, the District added a quick links for parents on the latest district news. You can access all the information that we have sent out about the health screening, meal orders, technology, log in for remote learning and more in one place. If all else fails - go to this link https://www.eastiron.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=20&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=16007&PageID=1

Make up picture days are Oct 28th and 29th - remote learners can come in for pictures from 2:00pm - 4:30pm on the 28th only.

• Please let your child(ren) know that the cost of breakfast and lunch is nothing. Yes until Dec 31st, breakfast and lunch are FREE. The Federal Government extended the "free meals" initiative. Menus are posted on the website already, and you will notice the number of choices is limited. Please go onto the Parent Portal in IC to order lunch or your child can order in homeroom. Link to ordering https://www.eastiron.org/orderinginstructions No need to order Breakfast as there is only one choice in the mornings. From the EI website: In these new challenging times, it is best if families utilize our FREE “cashless” system MySchoolBucks. It is the safest, healthiest, and easiest way to pay for your child’s purchases in the cafeteria.www.myschoolbucks.com.

ALL GRADES TIME SCHEDULE

6TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

LUNCH 10:45 AM - 11:11 AM

Period 5 11:15 AM - 11:57 AM

Period 6 12:01 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

 

7TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

Period 5 10:45 AM - 11:27AM

LUNCH 11:31 AM - 11:57 AM

Period 6 12:01 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

 

8TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

Period 5 10:45 AM - 11:27AM

Period 6 11:31 AM - 12:13 PM

LUNCH 12:17 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

All students and staff, as well as visitors, are required to wear a mask in the school building. Teachers will provide mask breaks to students, but wearing a mask is not optional as we navigate this health crisis.

Lancer Families,

 

All students must sign in for attendance each class. If you are on campus, you do not need to sign in, but when you are off-campus and participating remotely you do. If you are a full remote learner, you must sign into Teams for each class. Please remember that you will receive an invite from your teacher for your class via Teams. Below are two videos, one about signing into to Teams, and the other is how to find your email.

 

How to access your East Irondequoit EMAIL:

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/Hd85Qsx7

 

How to sign onto Teams:

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/i2NYe8y7

 

 

In addition this is a site with additional helpful videos:

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/hapi/v1/ui/permalinks/p8Z6RaTf

We thought it best, before we begin to schedule fundraisers, to announce that we are in fact canceling the 8th grade trip to Washington. We do not have confidence that a trip like this will be safe for our students, as we can not currently predict the impact COVID-19 may have on our community over the next year. We know this is disappointing, but promise to plan a fun end of the year trip for the class when our circumstances with this health crisis improve. Thank you for your understanding.

If you have any books at home, textbooks, library books, books you borrowed from your teachers - PLEASE RETURN THEM. You can simply drop that off to the main office from 7:30-2:30 Monday - Friday. We want our books back.....and appreciate you returning them.

 

Hi Lancer Families and Students who are fully remote. We have books, planners, water bottles, materials from math class, science materials etc. for you to pick up this week.

 

You will drive through the bus loop, give us your name, and we will hand you a bag with a variety of materials.

 

Pick up - Thursday, September 24th 3pm - 6pm. Friday, September 25th - 3:00pm - 4:30pm.

 

See you for a few minutes one of these days - we miss you!!!

We unfortunately can not hold a traditional Open House this year, as we can't have large group gatherings. We instead will be hosting Open Houses by teacher teams. Parents will receive and invite for a TEAMS Open House from the team leader, but in case you don't the links are below.

 

These meetings are all on Monday, September 21st:

 

6th grade Team Thunder - Team Leader Mrs. Rovitelli - 5:15pm - 6:00pm

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Mzg1ZWYzY2UtNjI2Mi00Y2YxLWI4ZGEtY2Q3MDllOTY3MzRh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eceb72b1-26d0-44ff-95e5-6eb6d0f4a370%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%226a914d5b-0e7e-42d0-b9fc-1fd076eba0a3%22%7d

 

 

6th grade Team Lightning - Team Leader Mrs. Walsh - 6:00pm - 6:45pm

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGI0ODRhZTktNDE0Zi00NTcxLTgyZDAtMDZiZjM5OTNhY2Q2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eceb72b1-26d0-44ff-95e5-6eb6d0f4a370%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22db28380b-f728-4be2-b5b3-ec357e760ab3%22%7d

 

 

8th grade Team Thunder - Team Leader Mr. Wadhams - 6:45pm - 7:30pm

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a760863a7624d4102b17ec2e9c709af63%40thread.tacv2/1600688995354?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eceb72b1-26d0-44ff-95e5-6eb6d0f4a370%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22432dc54b-7f61-4824-a6df-d6a71de3c76e%22%7d

 

 

These meetings are all on Tuesday, September 22nd:

 

7th grade Team Lightning - Team Leader Mrs. Bozzelli - 5:15pm - 6:00pm

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ad48cd97a2b004a03a25c9c071d893df5%40thread.tacv2/1600273922473?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eceb72b1-26d0-44ff-95e5-6eb6d0f4a370%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fb21ac5b-0eed-4cfd-903c-d0290b6eef16%22%7d

 

 

7th grade Team Thunder - Team Leader Mrs. Schmidt - 6:00pm - 6:45pm

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjUxZTU1NzMtYzg0NC00YTI2LWFkM2MtMTVmMTg0NjAyZTcw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eceb72b1-26d0-44ff-95e5-6eb6d0f4a370%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%227fd845c5-7c70-4c44-87f6-8588e1435988%22%7d

 

 

8th grade Team Lightning - Team Leader Mr. Dioguardi - 6:45pm - 7:30pm

 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2FiNDUyYTctYTQ1Yy00ZDcyLWI3NDktZjQwZWNlMDRhNDYy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eceb72b1-26d0-44ff-95e5-6eb6d0f4a370%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220df3b178-54a7-4d70-b64b-34bc17a3e89f%22%7d

 

 

Again, you will receive a TEAMS invite for your child's team. The teachers will introduce themselves and answer any questions you may have about their course.

We will be running the NYS required fire drills and hold in place drills. The first few will be planned, which means teachers will be able to notify your child that a drill will be taking place, therefore changing the time he/she will need to sign on. Add dates???/

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2FhZTQ3NDUtYzY3Ny00NTE1LThiZjYtMzYzYzBmM2NiMjc0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eceb72b1-26d0-44ff-95e5-6eb6d0f4a370%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22adab8d91-5e65-4c30-a344-2b1956fe4812%22%7d

 

 

Join the Facebook Group - East Irondequoit Middle School PTSA

 

EIMS 20/21 PTSA Board Officers are:

Paula Gullo, President

Merari Rowley-Pacheco, Vice-President

Chris Gardner, Secretary

Jennifer Piece, Treasurer

Kristin Hart Daly, Membership Chairperson

 

Join the group for $5.00 - well worth the money

 

Group 2 - Purple - attend in person school Monday, Thursday, and Friday

Group 1 - Yellow - attend in person school Tuesday and Wednesday

If you are a fully remote learner - continue to sign on to TEAMS and your classes.

Thanks to Mrs. Johnson if you go to this word document you can see how sign ons and passwords work for EIMS.

 

https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/mzeller_eastiron_monroe_edu/EQ31n9A89hpEhwQfKD2ZJ54B4nQG1-9UvJey3-rk-PZ0ww?e=Au3l85

 

This video should show students to create and organize folders in their One Drive;
https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/njohnson_eastiron_monroe_edu/EdiIXFBfOJ9FuOLhAeuBYiUBfdVdZvCctsoqwxY9djziOA?e=pMpRcq

 

Another helpful set of steps:

 

Connecting with East Irondequoit's Schools While Learning From Home

 

1. Connect to the internet or mobile hotspot.
2. On the first login screen put in username First initial, last name, graduation year. (ex: jsmith25)

• Password for elementary and GRADE 6 their school prefix followed by their student id number. (ex: ig999999 or de999999). For grade 6 students the school prefix is the school they attended LAST YEAR. If you don't know your child's student ID, please call the school.
• Password for secondary is unique to each student. If your grade 7-12 student does not know their password please call the middle or high school and ask to be transferred to the Student Helpdesk.
• 3. Open Microsoft Teams and put in networkusername@student.eastiron.monroe.edu (ex: jsmith25@student.eastiron.monroe.edu) and same password as above.
• 4 Open your Teams calendar (toolbar on left hand side) and click "join" on the first class for the day.
• 5. Teachers will be able to help you from there!

Since there is so much information being sent out to you all, the District added a quick links for parents on the latest district news. You can access all the information that we have sent out about the health screening, meal orders, technology, log in for remote learning and more in one place. If all else fails - go to this link https://www.eastiron.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=20&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=16007&PageID=1

You wait for the photos to come in, follow the directions the company sends. If you have questions you can reach the company directly three ways http://www.inter-state.com/support or http://www.inter-state.com/callme or 585-544-2610. These links are not live, so you will need to cut and paste them.

 

Make up picture days are Oct 28th and 29th - remote learners can come in for pictures from 2:00pm - 4:30pm on the 28th only.

Good morning everyone,

 

We continue to get a calls about two topics, so let me clarify SAS and being invited to class. In addition please read about FREE food and what happens is your child is sent home from school ill. We hope you have a great week!!!!

 

• When at home for fully remote learning or hybrid remote learning, students will not be invited to SAS. This is their time to have study hall at home and do work. They do not need to report to SAS for attendance.
• Teachers are inviting students to classes, but we did find a glitch in TEAMS which randomly blocks the invite. We are working on fixing this issue. If your child is unable to click on an invite to a class, please call 339-1436, and we will notify the teacher to resend that invite. We apologize for this issue and hope to have it settled shortly.

• Please let your child(ren) know that the cost of breakfast and lunch is nothing. Yes until Dec 31st, breakfast and lunch are FREE. The Federal Government extended the "free meals" initiative. Menus are posted on the website already, and you will notice the number of choices is limited. Please go onto the Parent Portal in IC to order lunch or your child can order in homeroom. Link to ordering https://www.eastiron.org/orderinginstructions No need to order Breakfast as there is only one choice in the mornings. From the EI website: In these new challenging times, it is best if families utilize our FREE “cashless” system MySchoolBucks. It is the safest, healthiest, and easiest way to pay for your child’s purchases in the cafeteria.www.myschoolbucks.com.

 

• It is important to review the process for if your son/daughter should get sick in school and demonstrate one of the COVID-19 symptoms. To be more specific, if your child has a temperature of 100 degrees or above OR demonstrates fever, chills, shortness of breath, sore throat, loss of taste/smell, headache, cough, nasal congestion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, muscle or body aches. If your child has to be sent home - you will need to contact your health care provider and receive a negative COVID test prior to returning to school.
  

Please note your child will need a negative COVID test to return to school as required by Monroe County Department of Public Health

ALL GRADES TIME SCHEDULE

6TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

LUNCH 10:45 AM - 11:11 AM

Period 5 11:15 AM - 11:57 AM

Period 6 12:01 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

 

7TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

Period 5 10:45 AM - 11:27AM

LUNCH 11:31 AM - 11:57 AM

Period 6 12:01 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

 

8TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

Period 5 10:45 AM - 11:27AM

Period 6 11:31 AM - 12:13 PM

LUNCH 12:17 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

All students and staff, as well as visitors, are required to wear a mask in the school building. Teachers will provide mask breaks to students, but wearing a mask is not optional as we navigate this health crisis.

Lancer Families,

 

All students must sign in for attendance each class. If you are on campus, you do not need to sign in, but when you are off-campus and participating remotely you do. If you are a full remote learner, you must sign into Teams for each class. Please remember that you will receive an invite from your teacher for your class via Teams. Below are two videos, one about signing into to Teams, and the other is how to find your email.

 

How to access your East Irondequoit EMAIL:

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/Hd85Qsx7

 

How to sign onto Teams:

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/i2NYe8y7

 

 

In addition this is a site with additional helpful videos:

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/hapi/v1/ui/permalinks/p8Z6RaTf

We thought it best, before we begin to schedule fundraisers, to announce that we are in fact canceling the 8th grade trip to Washington. We do not have confidence that a trip like this will be safe for our students, as we can not currently predict the impact COVID-19 may have on our community over the next year. We know this is disappointing, but promise to plan a fun end of the year trip for the class when our circumstances with this health crisis improve. Thank you for your understanding.

If you have any books at home, textbooks, library books, books you borrowed from your teachers - PLEASE RETURN THEM. You can simply drop that off to the main office from 7:30-2:30 Monday - Friday. We want our books back.....and appreciate you returning them.

If you are a student assigned to group 1 - Yellow days, you start school this Thursday, September 10th in person.

If you are a student assigned to group 2 - Purple days, you start school remotely September 10th and in person on Monday, September 14th.

If you are a fully remote learner - you start school from home on September 10th.

All parents driving their child to school must drop off in the North Lot. Drop off begins at 7:35. The front loop is for buses only this year. Look for the signage.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

ALL GRADES TIME SCHEDULE

6TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

LUNCH 10:45 AM - 11:11 AM

Period 5 11:15 AM - 11:57 AM

Period 6 12:01 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

 

7TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

Period 5 10:45 AM - 11:27AM

LUNCH 11:31 AM - 11:57 AM

Period 6 12:01 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

 

8TH GRADE SCHEDULE

Period Time

Homeroom 7:20 AM- 7:41 AM

Period 1 7:41 AM - 8:23 AM

Period 2 8:27 AM - 9:09 AM

Period 3 9:13 AM - 9:55 AM

Period 4 9:59 AM - 10:41 AM

Period 5 10:45 AM - 11:27AM

Period 6 11:31 AM - 12:13 PM

LUNCH 12:17 PM - 12:43 PM

Period 7 12:47 PM - 1:29 PM

Period 8 1:33 PM - 2:15 PM

All students and staff, as well as visitors, are required to wear a mask in the school building. Teachers will provide mask breaks to students, but wearing a mask is not optional as we navigate this health crisis.

Lancer Families,

 

All students must sign in for attendance each class. If you are on campus, you do not need to sign in, but when you are off-campus and participating remotely you do. If you are a full remote learner, you must sign into Teams for each class. Please remember that you will receive an invite from your teacher for your class via Teams. Below are two videos, one about signing into to Teams, and the other is how to find your email.

 

How to access your East Irondequoit EMAIL:

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/Hd85Qsx7

 

How to sign onto Teams:

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/i2NYe8y7

 

 

In addition this is a site with additional helpful videos:

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/hapi/v1/ui/permalinks/p8Z6RaTf

We thought it best, before we begin to schedule fundraisers, to announce that we are in fact canceling the 8th grade trip to Washington. We do not have confidence that a trip like this will be safe for our students, as we can not currently predict the impact COVID-19 may have on our community over the next year. We know this is disappointing, but promise to plan a fun end of the year trip for the class when our circumstances with this health crisis improve. Thank you for your understanding.

Hello Lancer Families,

 

This newsletter continues to explain how we will start the school year. We know you might have questions, we have set up Town Hall meetings for 7th and 8th grade parents, which are listed below.

 

• All students enter the building with a mask.
• Students who ride buses will be dropped off starting at 7:20. All students will go directly to their homeroom.
• Students who are being dropped off will now be at the NORTH parking lot - not out front. Please do not drop off until 7:35 as we need to stagger the amount of students in the hallway.
• First period will not start until 7:41 am, to allowing all students to get into their homerooms.
• As students enter all students will get their temperature taken at our new temperature stations.
• If they have a temperature above 100, they will be ask to sit in the cafeteria until the nurse does a second reading. If the temperature is below 100 they will move to class, if not you will be contacted to pick them up.
• No lockers will be assigned to any student to keep the hallways clear for appropriate social distancing.
• Breakfast stations will be in the hallway for a grab and go breakfast as the students move to homeroom
• Students will attend either AB days (group 1) or CD days (group 2) - a color coded calendar for the first month was sent home with your student’s schedule last week if you chose the hybrid option.
• Students will attend classes, moving only among their own teams. Team Lightning students will stay in the south end of the building - Team Thunder will stay in the North end of the building.
• Lunch will be in classrooms. Students will order in when in homeroom, and again will be guided out to the lunch stations set up in the hallways.
• After classes are complete, bus riders will be called down to their bus for dismissal starting at 2:15. We will then dismiss those being picked up and walking home approximately at 2:30.
• For the first two weeks of school, there will not be an option to stay after with a teacher. Week three, students will be able to stay after with a teacher only by appointment. This is due to the fact we will only have a limited number of seats on the bus due to COVID 19 stipulations.

This should give you some sense of the day. As questions arise please feel free to email them to me at chris_sloane@eastiron.monroe.edu.

 

 

 

Below are a couple of links to assist you with learning more about our plans via a video and a Q&A. In addition your third link will take you to the page on the website that allows you to sign on to the parent portal and complete a survey about whether you intent to send your child back to school in September. If you don't have a parent portal sign on - this link will get you to the information needed to get signed on to our parent portal. This portal is a great asset to you, as you can see grades and attendance throughout the school year.

 

Parent Portal Link:

 

https://www.eastiron.org/domain/1113

 

Healthy and Safety Link:

https://youtu.be/XqJAxE8Pa_s

 

What Will Instruction Look Like link:

https://youtu.be/1pElZkIz3a4

 

Details About EIMS for September Video link:

https://youtu.be/tUORcxbCCZk

 

Q&A About School Opening:

https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/dgorevski_eastiron_monroe_edu/Efga_ubQuEBBnVl2GophpBkBh7N40_vB8cq6EZaTa71nqQ?e=10MF2n

We unfortunately can not hold a traditional Open House this year, as we can't have large group gatherings. We instead will be hosting Open Houses by teacher teams. More information about dates and times to be out soon.

• All buses will be out front - the parent drop off will now be in the North lot and students will enter via door 22. Transportation information will be send to you via Infinite Campus - the Parent Portal. This is new - more information to come about this.
• The cost of breakfast and lunch is nothing. The Federal Government extended the "free meals" initiative. More information to come. Menus are posted on the website already, and you will notice the number of choices is limited. From the EI website:

  In these new challenging times, it is best if families utilize our FREE “cashless” system MySchoolBucks. It is the safest, healthiest, and easiest way to pay for your child’s purchases in the cafeteria.

  www.myschoolbucks.com

• There will be no bells - students will have limited movement during the day and that movement will be teacher directed. Students in 6th grade will be staying on the main floor, 7th and 8th grade students will remain on the second floor.
• Students will attend PE class as scheduled.
• Class size for those students coming to school, will not exceed 13.

There are still yearbooks available. Please call the main office to purchase one.

If you have any books at home, textbooks, library books, books you borrowed from your teachers - PLEASE RETURN THEM. You can simply drop that off to the main office from 7:30-2:30 Monday - Friday. We want our books back.....and appreciate you returning them.

 

All students and staff, as well as visitors, are required to wear a mask in the school building. Teachers will provide mask breaks to students, but wearing a mask is not optional as we navigate this health crisis.

Good Morning Lancer Families,

 

Here is the time schedule for all classes. We apologize for the delay but needed to make an adjustment just last week. All students must sign in for attendance each class. If you are on campus, you do not need to sign in, but when you are off-campus and participating remotely you do. If you are a full remote learner, you must sign into Teams for each class. Please remember that you will receive an invite from your teacher for your class via Teams. Below are two videos, one about signing into to Teams, and the other is how to find your email.

 

How to access your East Irondequoit EMAIL:

 

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/Hd85Qsx7

 

How to sign onto Teams:

 

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/Watch/i2NYe8y7

 

 

In addition this is a site with additional helpful videos:

https://ensemble.monroe.edu/hapi/v1/ui/permalinks/p8Z6RaTf

 

 

Click here for Time Schedules - the class time alters depending on grade due to lunches. Again, If you are a remote learner, or home on your remote learning days as a hybrid student, you need to sign into teams each class.

 

We thought it best, before we begin to schedule fundraisers, to announce that we are in fact canceling the 8th grade trip to Washington. We do not have confidence that a trip like this will be safe for our students, as we can not currently predict the impact COVID-19 may have on our community over the next year. We know this is disappointing, but promise to plan a fun end of the year trip for the class when our circumstances with this health crisis improve. Thank you for your understanding.

Hello Lancer Families,

 

This newsletter continues to explain how we will start the school year. We know you might have questions, we have set up Town Hall meetings for 7th and 8th grade parents, which are listed below.

 

• All students enter the building with a mask.
• Students who ride buses will be dropped off starting at 7:20. All students will go directly to their homeroom.
• Students who are being dropped off will now be at the NORTH parking lot - not out front. Please do not drop off until 7:35 as we need to stagger the amount of students in the hallway.
• First period will not start until 7:41 am, to allowing all students to get into their homerooms.
• As students enter all students will get their temperature taken at our new temperature stations.
• If they have a temperature above 100, they will be ask to sit in the cafeteria until the nurse does a second reading. If the temperature is below 100 they will move to class, if not you will be contacted to pick them up.
• No lockers will be assigned to any student to keep the hallways clear for appropriate social distancing.
• Breakfast stations will be in the hallway for a grab and go breakfast as the students move to homeroom
• Students will attend either AB days (group 1) or CD days (group 2) - a color coded calendar for the first month was sent home with your student’s schedule last week if you chose the hybrid option.
• Students will attend classes, moving only among their own teams. Team Lightning students will stay in the south end of the building - Team Thunder will stay in the North end of the building.
• Lunch will be in classrooms. Students will order in when in homeroom, and again will be guided out to the lunch stations set up in the hallways.
• After classes are complete, bus riders will be called down to their bus for dismissal starting at 2:15. We will then dismiss those being picked up and walking home approximately at 2:30.
• For the first two weeks of school, there will not be an option to stay after with a teacher. Week three, students will be able to stay after with a teacher only by appointment. This is due to the fact we will only have a limited number of seats on the bus due to COVID 19 stipulations.

This should give you some sense of the day. As questions arise please feel free to email them to me at chris_sloane@eastiron.monroe.edu.

 

We are currently finishing the assignments of students to days, making sure classes are balanced, and that the rooms are meeting all social distancing guidelines.

 

Below are a couple of links to assist you with learning more about our plans via a video and a Q&A. In addition your third link will take you to the page on the website that allows you to sign on to the parent portal and complete a survey about whether you intent to send your child back to school in September. If you don't have a parent portal sign on - this link will get you to the information needed to get signed on to our parent portal. This portal is a great asset to you, as you can see grades and attendance throughout the school year.

 

Parent Portal Link:

 

https://www.eastiron.org/domain/1113

 

Healthy and Safety Link:

https://youtu.be/XqJAxE8Pa_s

 

What Will Instruction Look Like link:

https://youtu.be/1pElZkIz3a4

 

Details About EIMS for September Video link:

https://youtu.be/tUORcxbCCZk

 

Q&A About School Opening:

https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/dgorevski_eastiron_monroe_edu/Efga_ubQuEBBnVl2GophpBkBh7N40_vB8cq6EZaTa71nqQ?e=10MF2n

Got questions?

Please join us on zoom August 31st from 5:30pm - 6:15pm or 6:30pm - 7:15pm. Can't make one of those times, join us September 1st from 1pm - 2pm. We will answer all the questions you have for you.

 

Link for these meetings is the same:

https://zoom.us/j/4884221194?pwd=RVdwdWg4dWNxREZYVjFyVEh0Rm9IUT09

Meeting ID: 488 422 1194
Passcode: eims

We unfortunately can not hold a traditional Open House this year, as we can't have large group gatherings. We instead will be hosting Open Houses by teacher teams. More information about dates and times to be out soon.

• All buses will be out front - the parent drop off will now be in the North lot and students will enter via door 22. Transportation information will be send to you via Infinite Campus - the Parent Portal. This is new - more information to come about this.
• The cost of lunch this year is $1.35 and lunch is $2.75. Menus are posted on the website already, and you will notice the number of choices is limited. From the EI website:

  In these new challenging times, it is best if families utilize our FREE “cashless” system MySchoolBucks. It is the safest, healthiest, and easiest way to pay for your child’s purchases in the cafeteria.

  www.myschoolbucks.com

• There will be no bells - students will have limited movement during the day and that movement will be teacher directed. Students in 6th grade will be staying on the main floor, 7th and 8th grade students will remain on the second floor.
• Students will attend PE class as scheduled.
• Class size for those students coming to school, will not exceed 13.

Please remember that the MS building remains closed but if you need anything from the Middle School this summer our hours are 7:30 am - 3:00 pm Monday - Thursday. On Friday's the office closes at 2:30 pm. Best phone number to leave a message is 339-1436. We would ask that you call and make an appointment if you need to speak to an administrator. If you are just dropping off an instrument or library books, please feel free to stop by during our office hours.

There are still yearbooks available. Please call the main office to purchase one.

If you have any books at home, textbooks, library books, books you borrowed from your teachers - PLEASE RETURN THEM. You can simply drop that off to the main office from 7:30-2:30 Monday - Friday. We want our books back.....and appreciate you returning them.