EGMS Band and Chorus
On January 14, EGMS's Band and Chorus performed its annual Winter Concert to a full house audience in the EGHS Auditorium! Great job done by all!
Quarter 2 Announcement Team
Many thanks to Darsitha Nair and Colton Alexander for a job well done leading us each day with the Pledge of Allegiance and the morning announcements!
Grade 6 ELA: "Stranger Sagas: Tall Tales"
In Ms. Marini's class, many of the 6th graders entered a nationwide writing contest. Students had to write 100-word short stories about something mysterious or unusual; appropriately, the contest was called "Stranger Sagas: Tall Tales" by Young Writers USA.
Recently, they got the results back, and almost half the grade was selected to be published in the contest's book this coming March! Additionally, EGMS will be receiving free copies of the book courtesy of the contest.
Below is the list of students who were selected for publication:
Kendall Akerlind: "The Short Walk"
Ayden Schipper: "The Computer"
Elizabeth Peters: "The Uncle"
Izzy Kardos: "The Movies"
Myles Jones: "The Shadows In The Halls"
Dina Ibrahimovic: "Waterlily"
James Houghton: "The Kidnapper"
Lily Conklin: "The Disappearance"
Harrison Byrne: "The Box"
Barbara Baker: "The Endless Laugh"
Henry Taczanowsky: "Then, I Screamed"
Chuck Taczanowsky: "Mud, Blood, Leaves, And Aliens"
Logan Stone: "Skin Thief"
Jeyren Rivera: "The Lure"
Brooklyn Rinaldi: "I See You"
Cole Lyman: "Halloween Night 1999"
Kyla Gaedje: "The Awakening"
Mia Dunlevy: "The Awakening"
Khaleesi Bravo: "The Doll"
Trestyn Almodovar: "No Caller ID"
Adam Zygmunt: "Radiation"
Daniel Victor: "Shrunk: No Escape"
Elyse Roy: "The Run"
Dustin Plaisted: "Dying"
Maeve Miller: "The Bus Stop"
Arrow Madden: "Bunkidori"
Olivia Beaulieu: "Strange"
Brooklyn Backman: "My Group Was Taken"
Lyle Uttberg: "River of Death"
Joey Spiriti: "The Box"
Jackson Mullane: "Run Or Stay?"
Zainab Ghumman: "The Guard"
Sri Sresta Ala: "Run!"
Grade 8 Health
Visitors from youth services and members from Amplify visit Mr. Ziff's 8th grade health class for hands on activities as an extension of the substance abuse unit.
Grade 7 Science
In Mrs. Ciccarelli's class, students made s’mores as part of their introduction to heat transfer. Students loved the snack in science class while analyzing a real world example and applying newly learned concepts about conduction, convection, and radiation.
Literacy Cafe - Grade 7 with Mrs. Pelletier (Gr 7 ELA)
After finishing our unit examining narrative and plot structure, students celebrated the upcoming holiday break by listening to the narrative “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. Their barista prepared them each a warm & cozy holiday beverage, topped with their choice of festive toppings.
Daughters of the American Revolution
This year, several of our eighth graders participated in the Abigail Phelps Chapter of the Daughters of the American revolution essay competition. We are excited to announce the Sofiia Boiarchuk's essay won first place with her historical fiction story about having lunch with one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Sofiia's essay will now be entered to compete at the state level. In addition, Darsitha Nair placed second and Sooper Whitehouse placed third in the competition with their creative historical fiction stories. Congratulations to our three eighth graders for a clean sweep in this year's chapter competition! EGMS is very proud of you!
PJ Day for a Cause
In December, EGMS wore pajamas and raised funds in support of Connecticut Children's Foundation and its cancer research. We had great spirit and participation!
Family and Consumer Science
Mrs. Corey's 6th grade class had fun making cheesy egg burritos!
Advisory - 7th Grade
Students in 7th grade did a whole group lesson on thinking before speaking, and then responding and repairing when words were hurtful or harmful. It was a great way to learn about our impact in our school community.
MET Robotics - 7th Grade
Students in Mr Berardy's 7th grade MET class use snap circuits to learn about electricity and circuits.
NRMS Music Festival Acceptances
Ms. Chaloux and Mrs. Gilbert are thrilled to announce that 14 of our MS Music students have been accepted to the CMEA NMHS Music Festival, which will take place at Central Connecticut State University in March. They are:
Isla Aguilar, Gr. 8, Violin, Orchestra
Brantley Alexander, Gr. 8, Bass, Mixed Choir
Colton Alexander, Gr. 8, Tenor, Mixed Choir
Macy Barrett, Gr. 6, Soprano, Mixed Choir
Lily Conklin, Gr. 6, Alto, Mixed Choir
Cole Dallesander, Gr. 8, Timpani, Orchestra
Ashley French, Gr. 7, Soprano, Mixed Choir
Kai Hazard, Gr. 8, Tenor, Mixed Choir
Sarah Holjes, Gr. 7, Alto, Mixed Choir
Andrew Houghton, Gr. 8, Tenor, Mixed Choir
Morgan McKenney, Gr. 8, Alto, Mixed Choir
Rachel Mullane, Gr. 8, Alto, Mixed Choir
Mary Nagle, Gr. 7, Soprano, Mixed Choir
Kaitlyn Triblets, Gr. 7, Soprano, Mixed Choir
Top Turkey and Happy Thanksgiving
On behalf of the EGMS Student Government and the East Granby Friend to Friend Food Pantry, we would like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone for your generosity and efforts in supporting our families in need these past few weeks! Our EGMS Student Government was able to collect over 500 food items and raise over $200 to donate on Monday, November 24! To celebrate, EGMS Student Government led a popsicle celebration in the EGMS Gym to kickoff the Thanksgiving Break. We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Break!
Grade 7 PE
Congrats to the Quarter 2 Pickleball Champions, Natalie Passeri and Alexa Nelson!
Life Skills: Thanksgiving Feast
Dr. Schoorens' Life Skills students have been working on their annual Thanksgiving feast all week. They started with setting a menu and budgeting for the groceries across three different stores to find the best deal, then went on a field trip to Aldi earlier this week to buy the groceries. After cooking for the past two days, they finally got to enjoy all of their hard work. Attached are some pictures from their feast.
Cooking Club
Mrs. Corey's Cooking Club had a successful pasta making experience afterschool. It looks like they were going to have a nice dinner!
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.
