Save the Date
June 6 -Book Fair/Ice Cream Social 6:00
June 13 -K Celebration 10:00
June 14 -Flag Day Assembly for students
June 20 -HR Field Day
June24 -Last day for students
Helendale Road School
This shed was meticulously built as a capstone project by the 2023 and 2024 Geometry by Design classes, showcasing real world applications of geometry. Don’t miss this opportunity to support our talented students as all proceeds from the shed auction will go to fund next year’s class project. To place your bid, click the following link: Auctions International - Auction: East Irondequoit CSD-NY #37682 ITEM: 8'x12' New Built Self Storage Project Shed. Bidding closes on June 3, 2024.
Come help out for Field Day/HodgePodge Day!
June 20th
Helendale: Helendale Hodge Podge Day 6/20 (signupgenius.com)
Book Fair & Ice Cream Social
Volunteers Needed for the June 6 Book Fair!
Please consider signing up below for a 30 minute block of volunteering at the book fair (in the cafeteria). Thanks!!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B49ADA82CA7FB6-49681838-book
Register for East Irondequoit Summer Camps!
Jumpstart Camp
Jumpstart Camp offers an opportunity for our students to strengthen their skills and extend their learning to get ready for the new school year. We will personalize their instruction, so students get just what they need. Students will participate in hands on integrated learning activities to set them up for success in the future!
For: Students entering grades 1-5 (grade levels for September 2024)
Dates: July 22- August 2
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am
Location: Helendale Road Primary School
To Register: https://forms.office.com/r/Cika2uavv8
Applications due by June 10, 2024
* If we receive more than 20 Applications per grade level, a lottery will be used to determine participants.
Jumpstart ENL Camp
Jumpstart ENL offers an opportunity for our ENL students to strengthen their skills and extend their learning to get ready for the new school year. We will personalize their instruction, so students get just what they need. Students will participate in hands on integrated learning to set them up for success in the future!
For: Students entering grades 1-5 (grade levels for September 2024)
Dates: July 22- August 2
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am
Location: Helendale Road Primary School
To Register: https://forms.office.com/r/vyaTCDZBPD
Applications due by June 10, 2024
* If we receive more than 20 Applications per grade level, a lottery will be used to determine participants.
STEM Camp
Summer STEM Camp will provide students with a unique opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in a fun, engaging, and collaborative environment. Each day, students will participate in team building activities and projects, by creating LEGO® themed masterpieces. Students of all LEGO® building abilities welcome! By participating in this camp, we hope to inspire students to be the next generation of innovators, problem-solvers, and creators, empowering them to make a positive impact on their communities and the world.
For: Students entering grades 2-5 (grade level for September 2024)
Dates: July 15 - 19, 2024
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am
Location: Helendale Primary School
To Register: https://forms.office.com/r/MRzJR1cY69
Applications due by June 10, 2024
* If we receive more than 60 applications, a lottery will be used to determine participants.
From the PTA
Student Art Opening Raffle & Silent Auction on June 6th
Here's the deal: we are collecting donations of gift baskets and other items.
And here's what we're doing with them:
Student's Original Square One Art piece on display in the cafeteria
Parents purchase their child's original art with a $5 or more donation to the PTA. All art will remain on display through the opening and come home the following week.
Every dollar spent as a Patron of the Arts (and PTA donor!) gets you one ticket for the raffle. And a Certificate of Authenticity of the artwork purchased.
Place your raffle tickets with the amazing gift baskets and prizes you want to win! Winners will be chosen after the event and contacted by a PTA member.
So, team up with grandparents, other Helendale families, classmates, and coworkers to put together one of the items listed here:
Drop Off and Pick Up Concerns
When picking up PreK students at the end of the day, please remember you must turn left out of the parking lot onto Westchester Ave. We have many cars turning right and passing buses with lights on, that are loading students. The new county bus patrol cameras can now take pictures of cars passing busses and issue citations. Please make sure you are turning left so you do not receive a citation. They can be avoided!
Also, please note that when the small parking lot by the playground is full, you may not create spots next to the sidewalk and on the grass. It blocks our small bus from dropping off students. Please follow the line of cars on Westchester to pull into the drop off zone, or park on a side street if you would like to walk your child to the front door! Thank you for helping us keep all students safe!
A Look Into Our Learning
PreK: This week we learned all about the ocean habitat. We planted flowers with the reading teachers in the sensory garden. We also continued to build on our phonological awareness skills with our Heggerty. We are busy getting ready for all of our end of the year activities!
Kindergarten: This week in kindergarten we said goodbye to our chicks as they went back to the farm and hello to our new worms! Worms will help us learn more about living and nonliving things, what they need to survive, and how they impact the world around them. We continued to learn about how life in America has changed over time by looking at how homes, schools, transportation and communication have changed over time. In math we are learning about shapes and ordinal numbers. We are also learning positional words. We have begun rehearsing for our kindergarten celebration; we hope you can join us on Thursday, June 13 as we showcase our learning from the year!
First Grade: This week we went to Zoo and learned and observed different animals! We also, learned about Memorial Day. We finished up our math unit on shapes and fractions.
Second: This week in math, students have been using addition to find the total number of objects in a set of rows and columns as they continue to explore arrays. In ELA, our focusing question was How does food nourish us? Students read a variety of texts and completed shared research activities. Second graders enjoyed an amazing visit to Laurelton-Pardee School to meet some of the third grade teachers and staff. Students had the opportunity to hear the chorus and the 5th grade band solos. They explored the Library, Stem Lab, and had a chance to play on Laurelton-Pardee’s welcoming playground! Third grade… here we come!
Specials -Library: In library we are talking about the importance of bees and what they do to benefit us. We read the book “The Thing About Bees” By: Shabazz Larkin and talked about the “kind” bees and “not so kind” bees. We used different centers to support student learning. The centers were book & painting a beehive, beebots (introducing coding), how to draw a bee & insect play.
COVID 19 Updates
The CDC and NYDOH has issued new guidance related to isolation after testing positive for COVID 19. Individuals can go back to normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both of the following are true: Symptoms are getting better overall, and they no longer have a fever without the use of fever-reducing medication. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Note From Ms. Zaffuto
Cold and flu season is upon us. Please read the message from Nurse Zaffuto to know when to keep your child home.
Please make sure to call your pediatrician to schedule a yearly physical if you have not done so already.
New York requires all school age children to be up to date on immunizations. Students have 14 days from the first day of school to have immunizations completed. All children who will turn 5 years of age during the school year will also need to follow these guidelines and have 14 days, starting on their 5th birthday, to have updated immunizations completed.
Please see the attached link and flyer for more information.
If your child needs to have emergency or daily medication here at school, contact the health office for further information. Please do not send any medication in with your child, a responsible adult needs to be present for all medication drop-offs/pick-ups.
https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/immunization/schools/school_vaccines/
Infinite Campus parent portal
For information on how to set up your parent portal account please visit here: https://eastironcsd-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/sdabreu_eastiron_org/EW9Q2VGlRp1Oh_pd2MLeaEkBeP-7CJMPj4yc0sntrML15A?e=vDusF6