Back to School Orientations

Monday August 21st
9 AM-10 AM for middle school
10:30 AM-1130 AM for high school

An evening session will be held on August 24th, all grades, 5 - 6 pm.

Please Fill Out Our PTO Survey

Hello ESUMS Families. On behalf of the PTO, we hope you are enjoying summer. As the PTO spends some of our summer planning for next year, we'd like to hear your thoughts and needs as well. Your voice matters!

Please take some time and complete the following PTO Families Survey at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/6Ew7CuqgoQidP3P03. The survey takes anywhere from 5-15 minutes.  Even if you have no desire to become involved in the PTO, we value your opinions and want to make sure your needs are addressed.

Thank you in advance. Have a great rest of the summer and see you in August!

- ESUMS PTO Board

Summer Job Opportunity (Over 18)

We are in need of Female night time Resident Counselors and day time staff members. You should be have warm and lovely energy, energetic, artys, fun loving and a people person. The camp is located in New Haven. We are looking for 18 years and older and experience working with teens in high school or summer camp settings. Our students are from 19 different countries here in America learning english for the summer. If you want to go to the beach, stroll the mall, teach a workshop(your skill set), play soccer or tutor kids in english and make some money this is the gig for you. We are looking for you to send over your resume at Juliuslstonejr@gmail.com... Starting date is ASAP!

TED-X comes to ESUMS

New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas

Have you been following the great free events downtown listed on this calendar?

Free Pitaziki Saturday 2 - 4

Free Father's Day Breakfast

Citywide Parent Team Fathers Day Breakfast. June 17th-The Betsy Ross Parish House 150 Kimberly Ave. @ 9:00 a.m. Everyone is invited. 

Join us for a free breakfast. Presentations by Veterans Services, Yale University Hiring Initiative Program and get a head start on next grade curriculum.  Please RSVP to Citywideparentteam@gmail.com or 475-441-412.

Reminder: Please Purchase the High School Summer Reading Book from our Amazon Link!

This link -- https://www.amazon.com/?tag=esptan-20  -- will earn the PTO 4 -6 % of your purchase price.

You can also make us your charity partner on Amazon Smile: https://smile.amazon.com.  That is a smaller donation, but it might be easier to remember in the future.

Whichever you choose, there is NO cost to you besides the inconvenience of using that link.

Thank you for volunteering, donating, and supporting the work we do for the kids all year long!

Open Forum TONIGHT for Superintendent Selection

The Open Forum, which will be facilitated by members of the Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates consulting firm, will be held on the following date:

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 from 6:00PM-8:00PM at Wilbur Cross High School’s Auditorium.   

A Message from the English Department: ESUMS Big Read

Greetings!  As the end of another year at ESUMS is coming to a close, we are already looking to the next. Please see the attached information about the ESUMS high school summer reading. This year we have selected a single book from the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program. A Big Read is a single text that is read across an entire school or community. The purpose is to provide young people with engaging books that allow for conversations about identity and diversity.  This year's book is Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.

Take a Survey on Priorities in Choosing a New Superintendent

Superintendent Search On-Line Survey --  Your input is important.  Please follow the link below in order to participate in the on-line survey related to the Superintendent search which is now under way.  http://www.nhps.net/node/3945.  The survey will be open through June 19, 2017.

Celebration of Learning

Please attend the

Celebration of Learning
Band Concert and Engineering Fair
Monday June 12, 2:30-4:30

to celebrate all of our students' hard work and achievement this school year!

Clarification on End of Year Schedule

June 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 are all early dismissal days because of final exams.
June 19th and 20th are full days of school.
June 21, 22, 23, and 26 are also early dismissal days.

District calendars may show conflicting information for K-8 schools, but ESUMS middle school follows the high school calendar.

The first day of school in August will be the 28th.  Enjoy a well-earned, safe, and restful summer.

ESUMS Team "Wasteless" Needs Your Vote as a Paradigm Finalist

A team of ESUMS high school students has become finalists in the Paradigm Challenge for their Wasteless urban composter design.  They can win $5,000 based on public voting.  Please vote for their project at this link.

Verify that the page actually says "Wasteless" as there are a lot of food waste projects.  You might have to search for the right one, and you will have to register to place a vote.  Please note that after you register, you have to go back and click  [ vote ].  It will change to [ voted ] and that is how you will know it was recorded.   Thanks for your support!

Lead Safety Event

Help Shine a Light on Lead Safety at
New Haven’s Lighthouse Point Park!
Sunday, June 11, 2017
10:00AM-3:00PM

· WHAT: Our 17th Annual Lead Education Picnic at Lighthouse Point Park. Free lunch & snacks.
§ Fun entertainment including a magician, dancing & Mad Science Show.

§ Learn about lead in our interactive “Dusty” the Dog lead exhibit & enjoy a fun learning experience with the New Haven Fire Department, CT State Police & American Medical Response.
§ Participate in free activities such as carousel rides, face-painting, balloon animals, potting flowers & plants & tie- dyeing t-shirts.

· WHEN: Sunday, June 11, 2017 10:00AM-3:00PM
· WHERE: Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, CT CAROUSEL BUILDING

· WHY: Childhood lead poisoning remains a major environmental health issue in the United States.
§ An estimated half a million children between the ages of 1 & 5 are living with elevated blood lead levels.
§ Elevated levels of lead in developing children can cause damage to the nervous system & causes
developmental, behavioral & neurological disorders, all of which could be irreversible. The only way to know if a child has lead poisoning is to have them tested.

email - althea.brooks@nhboe.net

http://www.nhps.net

STEM Summer Camps at UCONN

Dear Educator,

A few weeks ago we wrote to introduce you to SPARK, a new STEM summer camp for middle and high school girls at UConn Storrs.

We are excited to share that we have extended the application deadline to June 30th. In addition, we now have scholarships available to cover the full $895 program fee for up to ten girls per week.

SPARK offers 3 week-long camps in different disciplines:

 *   Coding with Arduino (July 9-15)

 *   Robotics with underwater robotics (July 16-22)

 *   3D printing (July 23-29)

SPARK Program Flyer -- Download<http://edoc.engr.uconn.edu/spark/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/SPARK-2017-flyer.pdf>

Scholarships: One teacher or guidance counselor from each school may recommend one student for a scholarship for each week of the program. To be considered, the student must submit an application online at http://edoc.engr.uconn.edu/spark/ and the teacher/counselor must separately submit a letter of recommendation which includes the students financial need to engr-edpsw@uconn.edu<mailto:engr-edpsw@uconn.edu>.

Attached is an updated program flyer for you to share with students and teachers.

With best wishes for the summer,

Kevin McLaughlin

Kevin McLaughlin

Director, Engineering Diversity and Outreach Center

University of Connecticut,

191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3187

Storrs, Ct 06269

ESUMS Receives Top Prizes at New Haven Science Fair

7 ESUMS Student Awarded at NHPS Science Fair

Vipparla, Heaphy, Lebron, Mohanraj, Kondapalli, Patel, and Low Win Awards

ESUMS Science Fair Winner: Rachna Vipparla (8) Honorable Mention Individual Bio; Eva Heaphy (8) 1st place Individual Bio & Dennis Bornick Award; Daniella Lebron (8) 2nd place Individual Phys; Prastik Mohanraj (HS) Individual Bio American Chemical Society Award; Sumanth Kondapalli & Tirth Patel 1st place HS Team Phys; Lauren Low HS Individual Physical 1st place and Hopkins School Science Award.

http://wtnh.com/2017/05/16/students-participate-in-new-haven-science-fair/

ESUMS High School Science and Technology Students Win 7 Awards at EXPO

ESUMS Wins 7 Awards at Education Connections Statewide Student Exposition

ESUMS won most of the awards at EXPO 2017 that took place at the Oakdale in Wallingford, CT on May 20, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS to our EXPO students and teachers on a successful day! Here are the ESUMS winners: Solar Pure 2nd place; BugsPrey 1st place; Eddy Brakes 3rd place; Wasteless 1st place Outstanding Contribution; PassTracker 1st place; Your Brush 3rd place; Best Documentary Short Abigail Usalmer! THANKS TO ALL EXPO TEACHERS who worked so hard to help our students shine: Tynes, Manzione, Capone, Meetze, MacWilliam, Davila, Aranci.

Photos of the event are on the esumsnh.net website.

ESUMS 7th Grader Aiman Anuar Wins MathCounts Countdown Round

Aiman was the winner of the countdown round during the Mathcounts Outreach competition held at Yale University on May 2,2017.  The Engineering and Science University Magnet School (ESUMS) won 2nd place team.

The competition consisted of several written components that challenge individual students and teams to solve complex, multi-step problems with and without the aid of a calculator. The top students then participate in the Countdown Round, a fast-paced, one-on-one oral competition similar to “Jeopardy.”  This competition is open only to middle school students grade 6, 7 & 8 from the New Haven Public School (NHPS) system, but top performers go on to represent New Haven at the state level.

Panel Discussion: Do Red-Lining and Race Affect School Funding?

The answer is yes.

When it comes to Connecticut’s education funding formula, there are often more questions than answers, and a lot of these questions deal with race and economics. If you are looking for a space to ask questions about racial disparities in funding and work with teachers and local experts to find solutions, you should come to our next education panel on Tuesday, May 30.

Join E4E for a panel entitled "Unequal Opportunity: The Racial Crisis with School Funding."

Come for a panel discussion with other educators and experts in housing, education, and funding.

Panelists:
Billy Johnson, Director of Instruction, New Haven Public Schools
Karen DuBois-Walton, Executive Director, New Haven Housing Authority
Genevieve Walker, Director of Programs, Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology

This provocative conversation about the racial disparities in inequitable school funding is sure to be informative and engaging. So bring your questions and thoughts to this discussion with leaders in education and learn about the effort to forge a more equitable future for your students.

See you there,
E4E-CT