Edgecomb Eddy School

Greetings Edgecomb Eddy Families! I wanted to make sure that you were aware that we are opening our doors to the public this Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. This is part of Edgecomb's 250th Celebration that is being advertised by many in our communities! We would like to take this opportunity to have our 5th and 6th grade students be “tour guides” to welcome everyone to see our fantastic school! We will have some demonstrations in our 5th and 6th grade classrooms, and all of our students work and learning will be on display throughout the building. Again, this is a great opportunity for our students to interact with the public and to share our enthusiasm for learning at Edgecomb Eddy! Feel free to join us for a tour (tours will be 10-20 minutes each) at Saturday’s Edgecomb Eddy Open House to the community! Tom Landberg, Principal

Congratulations to our PTC Read a Thon Winners!!! Grades 2 and 3 read the most classroom minutes, and each win a "mystery theme" party!!! Grades 6 and PreK were runners up, and both win a popcorn party! Most Student Minutes Read were Eben in Grade 1, and Ariel in Grade 6, they both win Principal of the Day! Runner up Student Minutes were Shannon in Grade 6 and Lizzie in Grade 2! They both win extra recess! Classroom Top Readers win a $20 Scholastic Gift Card for our next book fair, and were as follows: PK - Charlie, 460 minutes! K - Paul-Henry, 505 minutes! 1st - Eben, 750 minutes! 2nd - Lizzie, 535 minutes! 3rd - Llireva, 762 minutes! 4th - Lyla, 840 minutes! 5th - Hattie, 672 minutes! 6th - Ariel, 1029 minutes! As a school, we read 28,249 minutes over a two week period, thats about 471 hours of reading!!! Great job Eagles, and keep it up!

Celebrate Edgecomb’s 250th Birthday! Join us for a lively Birthday Hootenanny Celebration to honor Edgecomb’s 250th birthday! Sunday, March 17th 11:00 AM Edgecomb Town Hall This event is free and includes • performances by students from the Center for Teaching and Learning • short talks hosted by the Edgecomb Historical Society • birthday cake and Blanchard’s ice cream • all accompanied by live music from The Broken Hipsters.

Greetings All, I hope everyone is having a great end of vacation week and getting ready and excited for school to resume this week! Please see the link to the Edgecomb Eddy School Board meetings: https://sites.google.com/aos98schools.org/aos98schoolboards/home/edgecomb-eddy-school?authuser=0 Also, here is the link to the most recent Edgecomb Eddy School Board Budget Workshop Forum on February 12: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1uEd0Rfl5w_tmygRQb-UmIHXUzaZ4ejEb Looking forward to seeing everyone this week! Tom

School board meeting schedules, agendas, and minutes for all AOS98 Schools are available on the school board website: https://sites.google.com/aos98schools.org/aos98schoolboards/?usp=sharing

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood” – Fred Rogers Thank you to Edgecomb First Grade for leading our school in a day of play. When: Wednesday, February 7th What: Global School Play Day is celebrated in schools around the world to give children an opportunity to experience a day of free, unguided play Why: The Academy of Pediatrics reports that unstructured play time allows for peer interactions and is an important component of social-emotional learning. Please check out https://goo.gl/Npt9XK for supporting research

Join the whole town at Edgecomb Town Hall, Friday, December 8th @ 5:00pm for the "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree" event! Here is a picture of some of our 5th graders working on their ornaments today. An engineering lesson: they made plans on paper, gathered materials and put them all together. Come see what creative, imaginative, and fun ornaments these kids have been working on! Each class has worked hard to make a set of ornaments for their tree.

Edgecomb Bus Riders - take note! As of Monday November 6th, the bus route will change to reflect having two Edgecomb Buses. Please click on the link to read the letter from Mr. Landberg and see the new routes. https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/277/EES/3691736/EES.TransportationUpdate.11.6.23.pdf

Trunk or Treat is postponed. Date - TBD

Families, please see the update letter from Mr. Landberg in your email. Trunk or Treat and Picture Retake day will be postponed at this time.

Thank you students and families for a great first week of school! Please see the letter from Mr. Landberg : https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/277/EES/3510707/First_Week_Parent_Letter_23-24.pdf

2023 Combined Edgecomb Bus Run - Temporary Plan for September This route will encompass both “Bus 2 and Bus 1” routes, temporarily until another driver becomes available. Please plan ahead for (about 10-15 minute) fluctuations in timing especially during the first week of school this year. Our drivers are doing their best to provide timely transportation for all students. Bus Driver: Mary Begin AM Route departing from BRES/HS 6:40am River Road 6:43am McKay Road 6:45am Old County Road 6:50am Middle Road 6:52am Dodge Road 6:54 Cross Route 1 - Pioneer Motel 6:55 Engelbrekt Road 7:00 Cross Point Road 7:05 Eddy Road 7:15 Davis Island Apartments 7:25 Arrive At EES 7:30 Depart EES and return to BRES (Students needing transportation from EES To BRES may board the bus at this time) 7:55Arrive BRES Afternoon Route: Begin Route departing from EES at 2:40pm (1:40pm Wednesdays) 2:42: Davis Island 2:45: Eddy Road 2:47: Mason Road 2:50: Cross Point Road 2:55: Mill Road 2:58: Old County Road 3:00: Pioneer Motel, Englebrekt 3:02: Dodge Road 3:05: Middle Road 3:10: McKay Road 3:15: River Road 3:30: Continue down Rt 27 towards BRES 3:35: End of route at BRES/HS Snack Shack

Please complete the transportation survey! It can be found in your email! https://forms.gle/nqZFKyfKC5UFLpAd8 Thank you to those who have already done so!

Check out this upcoming co-ed Coastal Navigators session from Hearty Roots! Any of our Edgecomb Eddy students would thrive in this environment. This trip is ideal for campers who are open to learning and developing sea kayak and ocean navigation skills, participating in 1-3+ hour-long day paddles with fully packed kayaks, spending multiple nights away from home while camping in tents on islands in Muscongus Bay and actively engaging with a group. www.heartyroots.org

Attention Edgecomb Residents!!! Please know that the Edgecomb School Budget Meeting will be on Saturday, May 20 at 10:00 am at the Town Hall to vote on the School Budget Warrant Articles for the 2023-24 School Budget. It is important to note that school budget votes occur during a live in-person town meeting that begins at Town Hall at 10:00 am and continues until all articles have been voted on. Here is the link to the Warrant articles. https://edgecomb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FY24-School-Warrant-Articles-.pdf All other town voting (not the school budget) is by ballot and votes can be cast beginning at 1:00 pm on Saturday. I look forward to seeing you there! Tom

We will continue to publish these student thank you art pieces as they come in! Mark your calendar and come to our event, Friday May 5th, 5-7pm!

More Art Thankfulness! More coming!

Here are some more student art thank you's!

More student Art Thank you's!

Thank you community sponsors! Here is some original artwork by our 5th and 6th graders! These pieces will be displayed at our fundraiser this Friday May 5th from 5-7pm!