Agenda and Minutes from Sept. 9 PTO Meeting

Meeting Minutes
Agenda
Draft Budget

Please take a moment to review these documents and discuss in the comments below. (Clicking on "No Comments" allows you to leave one!)

Some Work on the PLTW Course Weight Issue -- What Do Other Schools Do?

Southington High School (Southington, CT) -- PLTW weighted same as AP, designation "H"

Drama Program, grades 6 - 8

Yale Children's Theater applications are due tomorrow, Sept. 14th.

A Message from Guidance: Two Scholarship Lists

One specifically for African-American students and the other for all seniors.  Check them out soon, as many due dates are approaching!

Don't Forget -- PTO Meeting on Tuesday at 5:30

Message from Guidance: Scholarship Deadline Oct. 6

AES Scholarship Deadline Is Approaching

 

The deadline for the 11th annual AES Scholarship is October 6, 2016. 

 

Visit our website at http://aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm and please encourage your students to apply.  We wish them all good luck!

The winner(s) will be announced within 2 weeks of the deadline.

Each winner will be personally notified by email.

Michelle Ryan-Muniz
Guidance Counselor
ESUMS

Oct. 31 Scholarship Due Date: A Message From Guidance

Once again the Horatio Alger Scholarship is open for applications.  The scholarship rewards students who possess the character to succeed in life . It helps seniors overcome the financial barriers of pursuing higher education. To qualify the senior should have at least a 2.0 GPA and require financial assistance (less than $55,000 adjusted gross income) to go to college. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 31st, 2016.

Short Notice: Event Today at Career

A message from the Superintendent:
Dear Parents,

As we all know, starting strong this school year is incredibly important. That’s why we’re inviting students, staff, and community members out for the Stronger Together Symposium this today , September 1, at Career High School at 6:00pm.

The symposium will give students an outlet to discuss their social justice concerns, parents and opportunity to learn about our security policies and procedures, and teachers the space to delve into cultural competency and invest in their own health and well-being. The goal of the symposium is to give an opportunity for our community to share perspective and enter the school year with a commitment to cultural inclusion, and well-being and resilience.

This is a joint project with ConnCAT, Junta for Progressive Action, Citywide Youth Coalition, Integrated Wellness, Clifford Beers and our own Security Team. Each workshop is specifically designed to engage and inform our entire district community.

Looking forward to seeing many members of our district community in attendance – Students, Teachers, parents, and you this evening 

Please share this information with your networks and encourage your students to attend.

Flyer attached.
Best,
Superintendent Harries,

High School Students Reporting Community Service Hours

One of our PTO parents has drafted this reporting form for high school students to document their community service hours.  It does not replace the students' obligation to log in to x2vol to record those hours with powerschool.  Students must have 40 volunteer hours to graduate.

ESUMS Spirit Wear

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FOLLOW THE LINKS ABOVE TO SEE WHAT'S NEW.

T-SHIRTS MAY NOT BE WORN AS AN APPROVED UNIFORM SHIRT... SHOW YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT IN YOUR ESUMS T-SHIRT AS YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT ; )

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Pokemon Players ALERT

This Saturday, August 27, 2016,  The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History once again has Pokemon GO pokestops and gym.   ESUMS senior ISAAC FAUSTINO (aka Professor Oak)  designed the POKEMON GO pokestops and gym of the Peabody Museum.  There will be a battle and a special 30 minute tour with the Professor.  You might even see creatures that may have inspired your favorite pokemon!

Free admission this Saturday at Summer's Last Roar Event.  

Second-Hand Uniform Exchange

Parents, there are free hand-me-down uniform pieces available in the teachers' room.  The collection is a bit of a mess, and we are looking for high school student volunteers to clean it up and organize it. In the meantime, feel free to look through the piles to find anything that might fit your child.  And don't forget to donate your past uniforms -- we particularly need larger high-school sizes.  Thanks!

All Those Nickels and Dimes

The ESUMS PTO participates in a few small fundraisers that cost you absolutely nothing (but a little effort).  Each year, these passive fundraisers generate several hundred dollars to support ESUMS activities.

(1) Send your Boxtops in to the main office and register at Boxtops4Education.com.

(2) Sign up your Stop & Shop card number -- just fill in the number on the volunteer form at orientation and use the card when you shop.

(3) Amazon Associates: use the link in the right-hand margin of this blog (or directly, https://www.amazon.com/?tag=esptan-20) and the PTO will receive 4 - 7% of your purchase price at no cost to you.  It can be hard to remember to use the link, though, so change your Amazon book mark or use Amazon Smile.

(4) Amazon Smile: designate ESUMS PTO as your charity partner and do your Amazon shopping through https://smile.amazon.com/.  Amazon Smile will donate 0.5% of your purchase to the PTO.

Volunteer Opportunity for Students and Parents

A Message from NHPS:

This is the week of the Kindrgarten Canvass!  As we prepare, we are looking for volunteers to help us assemble 1,500 bags that we'll be given out over a two day period to our students. This is a great opportunity for high school students to get ahead on their volunteer hours before school starts.

Here are the shifts:

Tuesday, Aug 23: 12pm-4:30pm
Wednesday, Aug 24: 9:30am-4:30pm

**United Way, 370 James St. 4th Floor.  If you are interested, please email Adriana Joseph.

Schedule of PTO Meetings for 2016-17

All PTO meetings will be held in the Art Room -- until we move to the new building!

9/13 (5:30 pm, plan walkathon, recruit committee chairs)

10/18 (5 -7 pm, with financial aid town hall, debrief walkathon, vote funding requests, plan dance)

12/6 (5 -6 pm, followed by band concert)

3/7 (6 -7 pm, with Mini-Expo)

4/4 (5 -7 pm, with ISSP town hall, nominate officers for next year)
5/2 (5 -7 pm, with town hall for rising 9th & 12th grade families, vote officers, plan end-of-year events)  

Don't Forget Those Boxtops!

A message from our Boxtops Chair:

We hope that everyone has had a wonderful summer.

Please take a few minutes to sign up for an account at the Boxtops4Education.com website. We are listed as ESUMS on this website. With your permission, this website will occasionally send you an email regarding contests that give ESUMS the opportunity to win cash and other prizes. Please give us a chance by submitting an entry. 

Please submit your Box Tops, directly to the school, along with the student's name and grade. There is a collection box located in the Main Office for your submissions. Each Box Top is worth ten cents  - so ten Box Tops equals a dollar for ESUMS.

Fundraiser for Digital Media New York Trip

Donate at this link.

The Engineering Science University Magnet School was invited back to NYC! We will be participating in the 2016 AAHSFF AT&T Film Invitational.

Dress Code Review

Shirt with collar in navy blue, royal blue, "goldenrod" yellow, or white;
Pants in navy or tan;
Shorts and skirts are acceptable if (1) long enough to touch knees and (2) worn with socks or tights in dress code colors only (or black).
No dangling jewelry, no tight "skinny" pants, no jeans, no sweats, no exposed undies, no hoodies.
Sweaters and jackets must comply with dress code if they are to be worn all day.

Middle school:
Shoes/sneakers are supposed to be a single color -- all black with black soles or all brown with brown soles.  These are hard to find, so sometimes parents might have to settle for a pair with white soles.
Students must have a belt and shirts must be tucked in.

High school:
Allegedly, the one-color-shoe rule has been relaxed and students may wear shirts untucked.  The high school uniform has also been expanded to allow black and grey sweaters, scarves, and ESUMS logo shirts.  No hats, but religious head coverings are fine.
High school dress code violations are taken seriously.

The school has a great selection of used uniforms; just ask in the office and be sure to donate your gently used ones!

New Haven Board of Education Calendar Dates for 2016-17 School Year

Click to view the Calendar.

Stay informed and stay involved!  All of these meetings are open to the public.  Please note, meetings of the full Board of Education are listed in the third column.  The location, Beecher School, is at 100 Jewel Street, not James Street.