April 6, 2020 Online Learning - Gratitude Project and New Calendar Help Hi Lancer Families!! Hang in there Lancer Families - we love and miss you!!! Gratitude Project: Why: As we go through this worldwide pandemic. all of our lives have been impacted. This Project will give our students the opportunity to give back to those who are going above and beyond to keep us safe. This project gives the students a chance to demonstrate empathy, gratefulness, kindness, and caring. What: Students are being asked to create in whatever format that speaks to them a way to say thank you. A poem, song, letter, picture, photograph. whatever media they wish to choose. Who: Our students and you as a family member, are the creators. We will then share out all of the artifacts that we collect to our community members like, nurses, Drs, food service employees, UPS drivers, and others. The more artifacts we get the more we can share. Where: Once you or your child has created an artifact upload it to this link and we will sort them to send them out. Everyone in the family can participate and create. See a simple example of what could be submitted below. Grade Level Calendars: Sixth Grade Lightning Weekly Schedule East Irondequoit Middle School is closed The school building is currently closed through April 15th. Meals will be served from a bus, from 11am to 1pm each day at Laurelton Pardee School. The EIMS location is now closed. Technology Help is on the way..... this youtube video will help you as a parent learn the basics to navigating Schoology Schoology Help Needed - ATTENTION ALL PARENTS/STUDENTS: Please make sure under your SETTINGS in Schoology that you have your notifications "turned on" for course comments on updates, assignments or discussions. During this time away from school your teachers are trying to provide you feedback on your work and we want to make sure you are getting the notification to look at the feedback. There is a screen shot at the bottom of this newsletter for you to see. Make sure after you select "on" that you "save changes". New York State 3-8 Testing Cancelled - UPDATE for Living Environment Students NYS has cancelled the following tests for the 2019-2020 school year: 3-8 English Language Arts Tests 3-8 Mathematics Tests Grade 8 Science Test English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) in Grades K-12 The 1200 minute lab requirement has been eliminated. Students can still take the Regents if they do not get your lab minutes completed. Burpee Challenge - what is that? The PTSA needs YOU!!!! The EIMS PTSA is still in need of parents/guardians to join the PTSA board for the 2020-2021 school year. All current officers are parents of 8th graders who will be moving on to high school next year. The current PTSA Officers hope you are all healthy and well, and are following the stay at home orders that are in place. It's the only way we can beat this virus! National Junior Honor Society Applications The NJHS applications will not be due until we return to school. Please do not stress over the application at this time. We will announce a due date as soon as we know when we will return to school. March 30, 2020 Online Learning - Trying Your Best! Hi Lancer Families!! As you know we remain out of school until April 15th. As we continue to have school online, we as a staff continue to work on ways to make the communication more consistent and organized. Continue to reinforce with your children not to get stressed about the work assigned and make sure if they are stressed to contact their teachers. As we extend our time with online learning, please remember that teachers will revisit the material. The teachers are also learning this "new normal" and expect to hear from the students. Please encourage your children to get online and do the best work possible. If getting online does nothing else, it will get them reconnected with teachers and their classmates, which should help with their mental health. Hang in there Lancer Families - we love and miss you!!! Schoology Help Needed - ATTENTION ALL PARENTS/STUDENTS: Please make sure under your SETTINGS in Schoology that you have your notifications "turned on" for course comments on updates, assignments or discussions. During this time away from school your teachers are trying to provide you feedback on your work and we want to make sure you are getting the notification to look at the feedback. There is a screen shot at the bottom of this newsletter for you to see. Make sure after you select "on" that you "save changes". Feel free to refer to this website for updates regarding the school closing: www.eastiron.org/schoolclosure The "New Normal" - Miss My Lancers Signs from a Classroom The staff of EIMS never gives up HOPE - don't you either! Virtual Spirit Week Join us in the fun and post your photos to #LANCERPRIDE The "New Normal" - Miss My Lancers Signs from a Classroom The staff of EIMS never gives up HOPE - don't you either! Virtual Spirit Week

Join us in the fun and post your photos to #LANCERPRIDE East Irondequoit Middle School is closed The school building is currently closed through April 15th. Meals will be served from a bus, from 11am to 1pm each day at Laurelton Pardee School. The EIMS location is now closed. Technology Help New York State 3-8 Testing Cancelled - UPDATE for Living Environment Students NYS has cancelled the following tests for the 2019-2020 school year: 3-8 English Language Arts Tests 3-8 Mathematics Tests Grade 8 Science Test English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) in Grades K-12 The 1200 minute lab requirement has been eliminated. Students can still take the Regents if they do not get your lab minutes completed. Burpee Challenge - what is that? The PTSA needs YOU!!!! The EIMS PTSA is still in need of parents/guardians to join the PTSA board for the 2020-2021 school year. All current officers are parents of 8th graders who will be moving on to high school next year. The current PTSA Officers hope you are all healthy and well, and are following the stay at home orders that are in place. It's the only way we can beat this virus! National Junior Honor Society Applications The NJHS applications will not be due until we return to school. Please do not stress over the application at this time. We will announce a due date as soon as we know when we will return to school. March 26, 2020 Please see the following video from Ms. Sloane: March 23, 2020 To Our Lancer Family, We are sure that over the last week yMaou have been feeling theimpact of school closing and how it has disrupted your lives. We want you to know that the adults in your lives, whether at school, in your home, or the community, care a great deal about you! Closing school and cancelling the events is a way to keep you and the wider community healthy and safe, because that is our number one priority. Several students have questions about the impact of the Coronavirus on future school events. Currently, we have canceled what we were mandated to through April 1st. Outside of that timeline, some trips after April 1st were cancelled by sponsoring agencies or because they include going to locations where we will not be able to travel. Please understand that the recommendations to postpone or cancel events were made by the medical professionals at the county and state level with everyone’s safety in mind. We also know that the effort to slow the spread of the virus may lead to more adjustments, postponements, and cancellations in the future. If that happens, we will continue to reschedule as much as we can. You are important and we want you to be honored and celebrated. Free meals are available for people who are eighteen years old and younger at every East Irondequoit School from 11 am – 1 pm each weekday. They are “grab and go”. Meals at EIMS and the elementary schools are being given out of a school bus, follow the signs and look for the bus to pick up meals at those locations. The Eastridge meal location remains the same. Adults may get breakfast ($2) and lunch ($4), too. Sincerely, Mary Grow Chris Sloane East Irondequoit Superintendent EIMS School Principal March 23, 2020 Online Learning - Trying Your Best! As you know this fluid situation is very unique, one I hope we never have to face again ever. The teachers are working diligently to learn how to present content online, manage their own lives, and stay connected with all of our students. We will get through this and we are asking that you try not to stress over the work assigned. Please tell your child to do their best with their assignments (which at this point should be either for review or enrichment), to reach out their teachers on Schoology, and take it one day at a time. Make sure your family time come first, that your child gets outside to play or exercise, and maintains a good attitude about the work in front of them. We will get through this - we are EIMS tough! Feel free to refer to this website for updates regarding the school closing: www.eastiron.org/schoolclosure East Irondequoit Middle School is closed The school building is currently closed through April 1st. Meals will be served from a bus, from 11am to 1pm each day. Technology Help New York State 3-8 Testing Cancelled NYS has cancelled the following tests for the 2019-2020 school year: 3-8 English Language Arts Tests 3-8 Mathematics Tests Grade 8 Science Test English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) in Grades K-12 Burpee Challenge - what is that? The PTSA needs YOU!!!! The EIMS PTSA is still in need of parents/guardians to join the PTSA board for the 2020-2021 school year. All current officers are parents of 8th graders who will be moving on to high school next year. The current PTSA Officers hope you are all healthy and well, and are following the stay at home orders that are in place. It's the only way we can beat this virus! March 16, 2020 Dear Lancers:

Hope each of you are staying healthy and taking precautions at home. Gov. Cuomo announced today that schools throughout NY State will be closed at least through Wednesday April 1, 2020 to assist in COVID-19 prevention. Our district will be providing updates as we have them between now and then. A reminder that starting tomorrow, March 17, breakfast for school age children will be offered at no charge from 8AM to 10AM and lunch at no charge from 11AM to 1PM. The price for adult servings will be $2.00 for breakfast and $4.00 for lunch. Please use the Gymnasium parking at the south end of the building and door to enter for pickup. For any student who left an iPad at school, you can pick them up by calling the main office for an appointment between 7:30 and 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday 3/17 and Weds. 3/18. After this date we will be delivering them home through our transportation department. All school grounds, including playgrounds, are closed to the public. If you need to pick up your child’s medication, please call the main office at 339-1436 to schedule a pick-up time. If you have any questions or need anything, please do not hesitate to contact me at 339-1436. We will do our best to help during this time of uncertainty. Go Lancers, Chris Sloane