EGPS Happenings

 #EGHS Signing Day 2024! Congratulations to Sara, James and Kieran! Best of luck in college and thank you for all your contributions to our programs

 #EGHS Boys Tennis

 #EGHS MJ the Musical at The Neil Simon Theatre.

 #EGHS The baking students made artistic Italian focaccia bread, showcasing their creativity and collaboration in the lab.

 #EGHS Girls Tennis

 #EGHS We are excited to announce that Hansika Lenkala has once again placed first in both the State of CT AND the Northeastern Division for the Patriots of the American Revolution Essay Contest.

 #EGMS Grade 8 took a fieldtrip to Salmon Brook at Granbrook Park for a picnic and learning stations about trout and salmon.

 #EGMS 8th grade health is learning to apply stress management techniques to stay calm in advance of SBAC testing  next week!

 #EGMS In Mr. Ziff's 6th grade iLead class, students are working collaboratively on learning about and then teaching others how to deal with various challenging personality types and situations. 

 #EGMS Students in Starbase Club built an EPulse scooter to ride in the middle school gym!  Photo credit to Mrs. Stewart, Grade 8 ELA

 #EGMS In Mr. Simeone's Grade 6 Math class,  students were solving questions about percents and playing "Trashball" for extra points!

 #EGMS Congrats to Gavin Richter, Lylah Jones and Sophia Pellegrino for March Student of the Month !

 #EGMS Sincere thanks and appreciate for a job well done by Abigail Abrham and Wesley Namnoun in the thrid quarter!  Abby and Wesley started off our school day everyday with the Pledge of Allegiance, the announcements of the day, and the celebrated historical figure for each day of the respective history months.   Nice job Abby and Wesley!

 #EGMS Please read the message below from Dr. Dale Bernardoni, CT Managing Director for "Fund For Teachers" concerning an award earned by Dr. Faulkner: It is our pleasure to inform you that Sarah Faulkner from your school has been selected to receive a fellowship from Fund for Teachers.  Sarah will be partnering with a teacher from Maine to travel to Iceland to explore melting glaciers, active tectonic plates, and bird and ocean life as it responds to climate change.   They will collect first-hand data, photographs and interviews to inspire students to understand and take action about climate change.  This is Sarah’s second Fund for Teachers grant having been previously awarded a fellowship in 2017.

 #EGMS EGMS Students during the lab blocks sometimes go to the library to think, build, and expand their critical thinking, creative thinking,  and collaboration.  It's great to see their minds work!

 #EGMS In Mrs. Corey's Family and Consumer Science (FACS) class, students demonstrated some of the 5 C's by collaborating and communicating with each other and with Mrs. Corey while learning the essential skills associated with designing and creating an apron.  One of our students, Pranitya, is highlighted in the pictures below!

 #EGMS In class with Senora Ash,  students created flashcards to study Spanish speaking countries and capitals.  Then they play a interactive slap card game to practice identifying the countries.  

 #Allgrove Earth Day!

#Allgrove love on a leash

 #Seymour Celebrating Earth Day with Third Grade!

 #Seymour Fourth grade standards ask students to analyze how and why people migrate or immigrate. Fourth graders presented their research at a Wax Museum presentation.

 #Seymour Adithi Tallapaka presented her senior capstone project to grade four. Adithi taught the students about India and shared some of her immigration experience. 

 #Seymour 5S visited Starbase

 #Seymour Thanks to funding from our PTO, Seymour is participating in a five week hatch rental service. Students can do daily observations of the eggs and (hopefully) see the eggs hatch! This project is in support of our life science standards. 

 #Seymour 5E and 5K classes attended Starbase this week. Starbase is a week long field trip at the Windsor Locks Readiness Center. At Starbase, students dive into STEM activities and experiments. 

 #Seymour Grade 4 visited the CT Historical Society in support of their social studies unit about immigration/migration. 

 #EGHS EGHS students return from GREECE!  By all accounts, it was a fabulous experience for all.  Thanks to our students for being such great ambassadors of East Granby (says Mr. Dudack!) and to Mr. and Mrs. Dudack and Ms. Palmer for providing our students with this great opportunity!  See the East Granby facebook page for more photos.

 #EGHS From Friend to Friend Food Pantry:  Our gratitude to Varshny Sriganesh, a member of Powerofpeace.org , who made time during her April break to stop by and present a $1,000.00 donation to the Friend to Friend Food Pantry . Since 2013, Power of Peace (POP), a CT 501c(3), has been dedicated to promoting peace and improving the lives of socially and medically underprivileged children in their global family. We wish Varshny, a sophomore at East Granby High School , a fun and productive finish to the school year. Thank you for your dedication in service to our small town community and beyond!

 #EGHS Boys Tennis enjoying the home court!

 #EGMS  WFSB surprised Ms. Semyanko!   https://www.wfsb.com/video/2024/04/03/surprise-squad-spreading-kindness-generous-middle-school-teacher/?fbclid=IwAR1tU5p9_mp1qCPa7J0wb-JF9pyl6y7_vrXdG0SzhV-ZE1ow0Lm-xpdhy_0

 #Seymour Simply Fabulous!   Congratulations to our Seymour Players for a spectacular performance of Finding Courage. A wonderful musical message about kindness!  Thank you to Mrs. Lepak and two EGHS Alumni, Erin Dugan and Jenna Sheridan! 

 #Seymour Fifth grade students learning about chemical reactions and solubility. 

 #Allgrove LOVE THIS!  Principal McGrath Rocks!

 #Allgrove March Madness Reading Challenge!

 #EGHS travels to Greece!  

 #EGHS EGHS students working with community members to protect the environment, preserve local farms, and connect residents with the outdoors from the ridgeline to the river. We are proud of them for being contributing citizens!

 #EGHS Congratulations to Varshny Sriganesh! She is competing in FIRST Robotics District championship. She has been part of Robotics Team 3182 - Hartford - Athena's warriors for last 2 years The team has qualified for District championship.This is her second year competing at District Championship. They also won the prestigious "Team Spirit Award" at the Western New England University Qualifying Event, prior to the District Championship. If they win the district championship, they will qualify for worlds happening in Texas

 #EGHS We celebrated our paraprofessionals for all they do each and every day for our students!  Here are our high school paras!

#EGHS Mira and Klavier were honored and celebrated at the 2024 Connecticut Association of Schools Annual Arts Banquet. We appreciate all they have done to excel and lead in the visual and performing arts for EGHS!

 #EGHS Congratulations to Mia Hines! She is the EGHS April Student of the Month! Thank you for being a good citizen inside EGHS and outside in the East Granby community

 #EGHS Students in honors prob and stat explored the relationship between pull back distance and distance traveled of a toy car. They analyzed various regression equations to make predictions of a finish line.

 #EGHS The Adv Manufacturing 2 students built bases, soldered USB cables to LED light strips, edited images in software, and used the laser machine to create engraved edge lit acrylic signs.