Kindergarteners in Mrs. Shaya's class have been learning their sight words and are so proud of themselves. Encouraging and supporting each other during partner writing builds a supportive writing community. We wrote our sight words and made sentences together. Mrs. Shaya’s  Rock Star Writers!

Dear families,

Exciting News!

Wednesday, February 1st is World Read Aloud Day sponsored by LitWorld. There are many opportunities to read aloud to your students: zoom in with an author who will read aloud with your children, watch a read aloud with an author at your convenience, or bring in a special guest to read aloud with your kids. 

Kate Messner is an amazing author who helps to plan World Read Aloud Day. Here is a link to her newsletter. She creates a list every year of authors who are willing to connect with your class and read from their books. See her newsletter (about half way down is the author information)  and you can contact to set up a virtual visit for free. 

Another opportunity is to tune in for live readings throughout the day. See Schedule HERE  

For more information see www.storyvoice.live

Have an exciting reading day!

Mrs. Livingston

Eastover families have an open invitation to join our building Global Ed Team (GET)/Wellness Team. This is a learning group that meets monthly to grow together and build a community that supports a restorative culture through relationships and educational equity for all. This is a low commitment group, participants are free to come when they can with no long-term obligation. 

In addition, this team will dig into our District's focus on Social-Emotional Learning and continue to focus on the implementation of three practices based on CASEL's Core Competencies. The goals are: Building classroom community through daily routines and daily check-in, meetings centered in staff wellness, and whole school weekly transformative SEL. 

This school year, we are also working with the Anti-Defamation League to be designated as a  "No Place for Hate" school. The program is student-led and focused on improving the climate of the school for all students. Our work with the ADL also supports cultivating student leadership, uniting the school community, and engaging students and staff in active learning.

As a team, we will collaboratively brainstorm ways to make Eastover a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all students and families. If this sounds like a mission you would like to be a part of, please join us at our GET/Wellness meetings! 

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 31st @ 8:15 am. Please feel free to drop in and join us or email Mrs. Singh at hsingh@bloomfield.org for additional questions or information. We hope you'll join us!

First semester student report cards will be posted on Friday, February 3rd on Parent Portal.

We have a new format for the report card this year. Please see this letter from Kimberly Hempton, Director of Elementary Education, for an overview of what to expect.

As a reminder, report cards can be accessed online in your Parent Portal. To login, visit https://www.bloomfield.org/my-bloomfield and enter your username and password. If you don't remember your login information, use the "forgot username and password" link, enter your email address on file, and the system will email it to you. If the email is incorrect or you are still unable to access the portal, please email communications@bloomfield.org for assistance. Instructions for how to view and/or print your student's report card after you have logged in to your Parent Portal are available HERE.

Hello families!

I am excited to share dates have been set for our upcoming Eastover music programs for first, second, and third grade students. All programs will be held at East Hills Middle School in the Cafeteria on the following dates:

1st Grade: March 9 6:00 pm

2nd Grade: March 9 7:00 pm

3rd Grade: May 4 6:30 pm

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Philp kphilp@bloomfield.org. We look forward to seeing you there!

Kate Philp

Music Teacher- BME, MLS

Kate Philp
Music Teacher- BME, MLS
Eastover Elementary School
@KatePhilpMusic

Students DK-3rd grade got to participate in some maker-centered learning during P.E. Following the initiative, Agency by Design, students were able to create their own games using various P.E. equipment. This proved to be a very hands-on, creative, teamwork experience! Check out this website that goes into greater detail on this exploration: 

http://www.agencybydesign.org/

Please remember that our learning begins at 9:05 am and goes until the end of the day. When students arrive late or leave early, valuable instructional time is lost.  Aside from the impact on them (it can feel awkward and embarrassing for a child to enter a room late), it also can bring the learning of the rest of the class to a halt as the teacher pauses to welcome the student and bring them up to speed. Please do your best to get your children to school on time. 

If you do arrive late to school, please walk your child to the main door and sign them in on the clipboard. Ring the doorbell so the main office staff can let your child into the school. For the safety and security of our students, we appreciate having a parent/guardian escort their child to the door. Thank you.

There have been questions recently concerning the tardy and absence reporting for Eastover. To clarify those questions, the following are the attendance guidelines for Eastover.

Morning

If your student arrives after 9:05 am, your student will be marked Tardy.

After 10:30 am your student will be marked absent for the morning

Afternoon

If you pick up your student before 2:30 pm, your student will be marked Absent for the afternoon.

Yearbook Info 2022-2023

Eastover Elementary school has a year's worth of memories that'll become more cherished as time goes by. Your child will love seeing friends, favorite places and everything that makes this year so much fun.

Order today at:

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Yearbook ID Code: 12235023

Order Deadline: March 15, 2023

Please contact eastoveryearbook@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Thank you for supporting our yearbook at Eastover Elementary School!

Eastover teachers have hosted many families including Arabic-speaking guest readers who read in English and Arabic. 

Eastover Elementary is celebrating Black History Month with a large display of books by Black authors and with Black characters.

First grade classes at Eastover had an opportunity to be pumpkin scientists. Teacher Julie Jacobs said the project is designed to give students a hands-on, engaging experience.