UPCOMING EVENTS at EHS. Monday, October 15th, DIG PINK EHS Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Chicopee at 6PM

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1 THE EAGLE UPDATE Easthampton High School In this issue: Upcoming Events at EHS Parent Teacher Conferences Latino Heritage Month Community Dance Senior Portraits EHS Science Collaborates with the Community World Language Craft Fair Guest Speaker in AP Statistics Guest Speakers in Forensics Class College Visits at EHS October 15th, 2018 Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India UPCOMING EVENTS at EHS Monday, October 15th, DIG PINK EHS Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Chicopee at 6PM Tuesday, October 16th Senior Night EHS Boys Varsity Soccer vs South Hadley at 6PM Wednesday, October 17th, EHS Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Sabis at 5PM Thursday, October 18th EHS Girls Varsity Soccer vs Athol at 4PM Thursday, October 18th, Senior Night EHS Golf Team vs Smith Acad. at 3PM Friday, October 19th, EHS Girls Varsity Volleyball vs East Longmeadow at 5PM Friday, October 19th, Community Dance from 5 to 8 PM Friday, October 19th, EHS Senior Night Football vs Frontier Regional at 7PM Monday, October 22nd, Senior Night EHS Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Belchertown at 6PM Monday, October 22nd, EHS Boys Varsity Soccer vs Hampshire at 4PM Thursday, October 25th, Senior Night EHS Girls Varsity Soccer vs Mahar at 6PM Thursday, October 25th, EHS Girls Varsity Volleyball vs South Hadley at 5PM Saturday, October 27th, EHS Girls Varsity Soccer vs Sabis at 3PM Saturday, October 27th EHS Boys Varsity Soccer vs Sabis at 1PM EHS Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, October 18th From 12PM to 2PM and 6PM to 8PM Help us Keep our Schools & Community Safe by Practicing SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING THE EAGLE NEWSPAPER is NOW ONLINE The EAGLE UPDATE is generated by Mr. Burke kburke@epsd.us

2 Latino Heritage Month October 3, 2018 was an incredible day of celebration and cultural consciousness. The Diversity and Inclusion Center and the Diversity Club of Easthampton High School Celebrated the Latino Heritage Month, Nuestra Historia- meaning our story, our history. The entire school community gathered in the gymnasium for the opening ceremony from 10am to 11am. Opening the ceremony was locally known poet Nathalie Vicencio who read a lyrical piece on the view of minorities in Western Massachusetts and some of the disadvantages Latino Immigrants have had when attempting to integrate into our communities. Freddy Fuentes a former superintendent from Boston Public Schools was the featured speaker of the event. Mr. Fuentes spoke about the positive contribution of Latino Immigrants in Western Massachusetts. The last event in the morning was a performance from Conjunto de Bomba de Aqui. This group performed a typical Afro-Caribbean dance. Brendalize Cepeda the main dancer of the group was able to invite and engage faculty and students to dance Bomba in the gymnasium. During the evening, the Diversity and Inclusion Center and the Diversity Club at EHS continued the Latino Heritage Month Celebration with an opening ceremony in which Easthampton mayor Nicole LaChapelle invited all members of the community to celebrate this important event.

3 Latino Heritage Month Easthampton city council Homar Gomez and school committee member Laurie Garcia spoke about the importance and positive contributions of Latino immigrants to our culture. During the evening event, a traditional Puerto Rican meal was served to all attendees of the event. Grupo Folklorico Tradiciones integrated for school members from the Amherst School district, performed several Latin-America dances in the EHS auditorium. Finally, the Diversity and Engagement, the Diversity Club in conjunction with Easthampton Healthy Families Youth Coalition viewed the film Resilience, a 2015 Sundance film festival selection How to build resilience in all our children.

4 Community Costume And Dance Party Friday, October 19th

5 EHS Science Class Collaborating with the Planning Commission and the DPW World Language Craft Fair Craft Fair to benefit the World Language Club 10/27 from 9-3:30 at EHS. Money raised helps fund the student trip to Guatemala and Belize and the Senior Travel Scholarship. Free to the public. This year, we have 85 local crafters and vendors, delicious food and live entertainment by local band "AcousticcA and EHS students.

6 Forensics Class at EHS Sgt. Timothy Satkowski and Sgt. Corey Robinson came to visit the Forensics classes at EHS to look at evidence. They reviewed the crime scenes set up at EHS with students. They talked to students about how to secure, enter, scan the scene and collect evidence, along with reviewing search warrants with the students. Students also looked at tire impressions, foot impressions and finger prints.

7 Guest Speaker In AP Statistics Class Dr. Tim Vercellotti, professor of political science at Western New England University and the director of the Western New England Polling Institute, was invited to talk to Ms. Checa's AP statistics students on Monday September 17th. The students, who have been learning about effective ways to sample and conduct surveys, got to hear about practical applications of these skills along with examples of good and bad ways to sample, write survey questions, and report survey results. The implications of this line of work on policy decisions at the local or national level was also discussed. Thank you to our School Counselor Intern Molly Alberti for creating this inspirational bulletin board.

8 College Visits to EHS Remember to check the Parent Portal for daily announcements and your students Career Cruising Accounts. If you have questions, comments or concerns, please me at The Eagle Updates are also available at EHS Website at BIG Y Education Express Join and Support EHS