Gr 8 Science
In Dr. Faulkner's class, students created models to show how plate tectonics work and how they are responsible for scientific phenomena like volcanic eruptions and continental drift. We also had the projects on the same day where we had some extra "security detail" watching our school from up in the trees (i.e. a rafter of turkeys!).
7th Grade Science
In Mrs. Ciccarelli's class, students explored a physical change that had an endothermic dissolution reaction. This was a student driven experiment based on questions that students had from our baking soda, citric acid and water combination., which is the driving force to what makes a bath bomb bubble and fizz. They wanted to know if it was the same type of reaction in an ice pack that you get when you have a small injury.
Veterans Day
EGMS celebrated our local veterans in school on Monday, November 10! We shared an assembly with EGHS and invited the veterans to come back to our classrooms to share their stories from when they served our country. We are thankful for their service!
Gr 7 Social Studies - Mrs. Peterson
To conclude their unit on North American geography & history, students created museum exhibits based off of their research about Indigenous Peoples of the Northeast Woodland & New England region.
Student Government
Students in Student Government spent their last meeting prepping for our annual EGMS Top Turkey Food Drive. Student Government will be collecting non-perishable and hygiene products from Nov 11-24 for our Friend to Friend Food Pantry in town!
Visit from the Superintendent
On Friday, November 7, Superintendent Palmeiri joined our Grade 7 Assembly for the "REMIS" (I.e. weekly awards to students for Respect, Empathy, Manners, Initiative, and Scholarship) to speak about what it means to have good citizenship through the lens of our "Portrait of a Graduate" initiative. Some major takeaways echoed by some community members included how it's better to have empathy and to be supportive than to judge and speak with gossip. "Words can hurt and create realities that aren't there... you can't just yell 'fire'". Thank you to Superintendent Palmeiri for the words of wisdom and encouragement to our 7th graders!
October Students of the Month
Grade 6: Joseph Spiriti
Grade 7: Lucy Maisch
Grade 8: Aidan Gao
Spirit Week: Day 5 - Spooky Spirit Day
Great costumes, great fun, and a great way to end October!
Spirit Week: Day Four - Students as Teachers; Teachers as Students
This one's our favorite at EGMS! The pictures say it all... we ALL had fun with this one!
Intro to Theater
Mrs. Gilbert's Intro to Theater class performed their final pieces on the last days of the 1st quarter! 7th graders wrote scripts, designed costumes, coordinated tech and lights, and used stage props to act out their final projects. Teamwork, collaboration between teams, and lots of creative thinking poured into these great demonstrations of art!
Spirit Week - Day Three: Pink Out
Students and Faculty/Staff at EGMS wore pink to raise awareness for breast cancer, and it was impressive just how visibly involved our community was on Wednesday the 29th!
Spirit Week: Day Two - Rhymes with no Reason
This was a fun and quirky one. Lots of laughs as this "guy with a tie" walked around with his "art on a cart"... see if you can figure some of the rhymes out!
Here are some video links to explain some of them:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fsxccoc12GLiJRcUMo021CJ3x3TPtK0G/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ro7b3fhXlGWw3CAAdaFlvGcM8ai_CAtJ/view?usp=sharing
Spirit Week: Day One - Jerseys!
Students and Faculty wore sports jerseys on Monday October 27th. Some wore their favorite players while others wore their own! (The Patriots of from the 200s and 2010s were well represented!).
8th Grade Science Leaf Project
Students in Dr. Faulkner's 8th Grade Science class collected leaves and made "windows" for the leaves with waxed paper accompanied by inspirational quotes. It's one of our fun and more decorative projects of the school year!
CT Fitness Testing
Congrats to the following students who completed all the parameters of the CT Fitness Test successfully! Each of these students in Grades 6 & 8 finished all four components in the 1st Quarter:
Grade 6
Caycee Rhomes
Lillian Georgetti
Jayden Lamoureux
Kendall Akerlind
Maeve Miller
Daniel Victor
Aurelius Madden
Dustin Piaisted
Grade 8
John Whitehouse
Tucker Johnson
Jahvan Theuri
Zain Ejaz
Morgan Mckenney
Rachel Mullane
Emily Catter
Ella Criscitelli
Nischala Vegesana
Colton Alexander
Brianna Gaedje
River Shevel
Congratulations to the winners of the election at EGMS! Lots of thought, hard work, and creativity went into the campaigning done by the students running for offices within our EGMS Student Government. These elected students are tasked with leading and being the voice of the student body to help make our school climate even better! They may even throw some ideas our way in the form of some fun shenanigans that spice up the school from time to time... we look forward to working with them!
President: Swastika Gupta (Gr 8)
Vice President: Mary Nagle (Gr 7)
Secretary: Morgan McKinney (Gr 8)
Treasurer: Macy Barrett (Gr 6)
School Liaisons: Maggie Carew (Gr 6), Advaith Nagamalla (Gr 7), Roma Caravello (Gr 8)
Many thanks to Rachel Mullane and Gavin Richter for a job well done as the Announcement Team for the First Quarter! Nice job leading us with the Pledge of Allegiance and the daily morning announcements everyday!
Sometimes we have a little fun around here... especially when our teachers who "LOVE" hearing "6-7!!!" have their desks rearranged when they're out. :)
In Mr. Ziff's 8th grade Health class, students were doing hands on activities learning about the ill effects of substance abuse. Many thanks to East Granby Youth Services for visiting us and collaborating with us with their creative and fun lessons!
7th Grade Science
In Mrs. Ciccarelli's science class, the students are looking at different kinds of homemade bath bombs to compare and contrast to store bought ones. They are trying to figure out where the gas bubbles are coming from and if new matter is forming or just changing….
