Dear Families,

It is hard to believe that April is upon us! I am sure

we are all looking forward to spring and the warm

weather. Hopefully you get to enjoy some extra

time together with your children this spring break.

School will be closed for spring break from March

30-April 8. School will reopen on Monday, April

9th.

The end of the third nine weeks grading period is

quickly approaching. Report cards will go home with students on April 20th. If

you have any questions about your child’s grades or progress, I encourage you to

contact your child’s teachers. Everyone benefits when we are able to create a

partnership between home and school. Our Power School Parent Portal is a

great way to keep up to date with your child’s progress on a regular basis. If you

need information on how to access and utilize this program, please let me know.

Included in this month’s newsletter is some information about upcoming events

at EIS. During the month of April, Mrs. Nash will be meeting with all 4th-6th

grade students to schedule electives for next year. Students will print out a copy

of the selections they made and bring them home to share with parents. Please

sign and return these forms to school once you’ve reviewed them with your

child. If you have any questions about scheduling electives, please get in touch

with Mrs. Nash.

We hope you enjoy reading through the newsletter this month to learn more

about the amazing things that have been going on in our school. If you have any

questions about our upcoming events or activities here at EIS, please feel free to

contact me at any time at hgentry@essex.k12.va.us or 804-443-3040. Thank you

for your continued support!

Best regards,

Heather Gentry

Principal

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P A G E 2

Dear EIS Parents and Families:

This spring, let your furry friends lead you to the EIS Library where hundreds of exciting new books await at our upcoming book fair. Our theme is Funny Pets Book Fair: It’s Off the Leash! We invite students and families to find the purr-fect books and a doggone good time as you sniff out great books from Scholastic that will make your tails wag!

Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings to school the books kids want to read. It’s a won-derful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reader. Please make plans to visit our fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits. There will be a wide variety of books in many interest and reading levels.

Student Preview Dates: April 26th and 27th Book Fair Dates: April 30th-May 4th Shopping hours: 8:00-3:45 daily Special Family Night: Thursday, May 3rd - The book fair will be open until 6:30 p.m. There will be book giveaways as well as refreshments and all pur-chases will be discounted 15%. We’d love for you to stop by!

Classroom Wish Lists: While you’re here, don’t forget to check out the Classroom Wish Lists. Teachers have selected books that they would like to add to their classroom libraries. These lists will be available at the book fair. If you would like to donate a book, a volunteer will be happy to assist you. Payment: Cash, checks, and major credit cards are accepted. Checks should be made payable to EIS. There is no sales tax on purchases. NEW digital payment option for students: eWallet! Now you can send your child to shop the fair cash-free! Visit our Book Fair Homepage to learn more and to create an account: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/essexintermediateschool. Online Book Fair: If you can’t make it to the book fair on the dates and times listed above, you can still get your child a book and support our school. Visit online between April 23rd and May 7th and get a larger selection of books, FREE shipping to the school, PLUS out of town family and friends can shop too. All or-ders will ship to school after the online book fair ends May 7th. To access this wonderful selection, visit http://www.scholastic.com/bf/essexintermediateschool. Remember, with summer fast approaching, now is the time to stock up for beach reading!

Calling All Volunteers: We need your help to make this a success. This is a FUN way to help and interact with our students. Please call me at 804.443.3040 or email me at lweeden@essex.k12.va.us. We will be happy to work around your schedule.

We’re not kitten, we can’t think of a better way to get kids excited about reading! Don’t miss out on our Funny Pets Book Fair, where every dog has its book fair day and books are the cat’s pajamas!

Sincerely,

Ms. Latanya Weeden EIS Librarian

EIS Library News

Each month, students from each grade level are nominated by the EIS staff for exhibiting our behavioral ex-

pectations and going above and beyond at our school. From these nominations, our staff members choose a

boy and a girl to be the “Student of the Month” for that month. For the month of March we recognized the

following students as our PBIS Students of the Month:

Each month we invite the family members of our students of the month to eat lunch with their children on the

stage in the cafeteria as a special recognition for their achievement. We look forward to recognizing the Stu-

dents of the Month for April soon!

Students of the Month

Fourth Grade– Matthias McCor-

mack and Ruby Gonzalez-Ramos Fifth Grade– Brandon Delano and

Nicole Blue

Sixth Grade– Rylanda Bundy and

Warner Beazley Seventh Grade– Jacob Bozeman

and Raven Burton

EIS Awards Assemblies

Mark your calendars for our third nine weeks EIS Awards Assembly which will be held

on Friday, April 27th. Students will receive awards for Principal’s List, Principal’s Hon-

or Roll, Honorable Mention, and Perfect Attendance. If your child has earned one of

these awards, an invitation to the awards assembly will come home with your child

the week of the 23rd. We hope to see our families at our third nine weeks awards as-

semblies! The schedule for our awards assembly

is below:

8:20 AM – 7th Grade 9:20 AM – 6th Grade 10:20 AM – 5th Grade 2:00 PM – 4th Grade

Remember to read every night with your child

P A G E 5

We love to give writing a real purpose and to make it fun. One way to do this is to send some postcards. Let others know how your spring break is going!

Chose your penpal. Who would your child love to write to? A friend, a grandparent, a character from TV or a story, or even themselves?

Get your postcard and stamp. You can make a whole expedition out of going to the shop and post office. Or they might like to design their own postcard and draw it themselves. You just need some card stock paper.

Write your message. What would they like to say? This is all about fun and using writing for a real purpose – enthusing them with their own ability and showing them how clever writing can be, sending a message to someone else.

Add the address and post your card. Practice the correct way to address mail. They might like to send a card to themselves so they can watch out for the postman and see the process of the card being returned to them.

Wait for a reply. Tip off the recipient that a postcard is on the way and ask if they’ll write back to your child. If they’ve chosen to write to a TV character you might like to send a reply back on their behalf. This starts up a conversation and gives you lots more opportunities to interact with your child.

Calculate your costs. How much did the paper cost? Or, how much did you spend on post cards? How many stamps do you need? How much did each stamp cost? What was your to-tal cost?

From the Coaches’ Corner

Fear Factor Fridays!

A big thank you from all of the students at EIS to Ms. Hea-

ton, our School Nutrition Manager, for hosting “Fear Fac-

tor Fridays” for our students. Students were challenged to

taste different vegetables every Friday. Students who tast-

ed 9 out of 10 vegetables received free “cafeteria cash” to

use to purchase a snack, and students who tasted 10 out

of 10 vegetables had their names entered into a drawing

to win a “sit with a friend” pass at lunch. Our students en-

joyed their taste testing during the month of March!

The 12 Labors of Hercules

Mark your calendars for May 4th and 5th at 7 PM. These days are spe-

cial because Essex Intermediate School will be having a school play!

This play is entitled “The 12 Labors of Hercules.” This play is based off

the Greek myth Hercules. The play talks about Hercules and the com-

plications he had to face so that he could marry his future wife. The

ticket prices are $3.00. Children 5 and under are FREE! See you there!

Written by Endia Ross

Reading is fun! Sports are fun! You can do both for free! A library card is

free and you can read your way onto a Parks and Recreation team. Just

sign up for the Read and Roll Challenge. If you read enough you will get to

participate in Indoor Soccer for free! Entry forms are available in the EIS

front office.

Here’s what you do:

1) Pick up a check sheet in the EIS front office.

2) Show that you or your family have a library card.

3) Earn AR points at your school and create book reviews to share with

your school and your library.

*Grades 5-8, earn five points and write two book reviews or earn

eight points and write one book re-view.

4) Attend your school’s AR event.

5) Turn in Check Sheet at the Essex County Parks and Recreation Depart-

ment or the Essex Public Library.

6) Send a thank you to the sponsor who paid your way onto the team.

Read and Roll Program!