🗓️ Wednesday the 28th

🍽️ Community Dining – Weekly Meals

📍 East Haven Senior Center

⏰ 5:00–6:00 PM

👶 Play Group

📍 Adult Education

Here are the ways the district communicates delays and cancellations due to inclement weather. Decisions are made collaboratively with Public Works and the Bus Company, with student safety as our top priority 🚌🦺.

📢 How Families Are Notified:

📱 Phone calls, text messages, and emails via our ParentSquare system

👉 Please be sure your child’s school has your most up-to-date phone number and email address.

📺 Local News Channels:

WTNH • FOX 61 • WVIT-30 • WFSB-3 • NECN

🌐 EHPS Website Alerts:

The East Haven Public Schools website will display an alert banner with weather-related announcements.

❄️ All individual school websites will also share these updates.

🔄 Please Update Your Contact Information

To ensure you receive all important notifications, please log in to your East Haven Parent PowerSchool Portal and update your contact information 🧾📬.

🔗 East Haven Parent PowerSchool Website:

https://powerschool.east-haven.k12.ct.us

Keeping your information current helps our schools and district stay connected with you and your student at all times 💙

Thank you for your continued partnership!

This week, children are learning about ice skating and hockey and what it means to be a Winter Olympic athlete! Through movement, pretend play, and storytelling, your child is developing physical skills, language, and social connections—all while having fun on the “ice” ❄️✨

Here’s what families might notice at home 👇

👀 What to Look For at Home:

⛸️🏒 Talking & Pretending

Your child may pretend to be an ice skater or hockey player by gliding, sliding, or balancing as they move. They might talk about skating fast, spinning, or scoring a goal!

🗣️ New Words

Listen for words like “skates,” “ice,” “puck,” “goal,” “team,” or “coach” as your child describes the sport or their role in the game.

⚖️➡️ Balance & Movement

You may see your child practicing balance by standing on one foot, sliding across the floor, or moving carefully like they’re on ice.

🤝📣 Teamwork & Play

Children may enjoy playing together as a team—passing an imaginary puck, taking turns, cheering for goals, and encouraging their teammates.

📖 Storytelling & Games

Your child might retell parts of an Olympic story or explain what happens during a hockey game, showing growing memory and language skills.

🎉 Try This at Home:

Turn your floor into an ice rink! Wear socks to “skate,” use a soft ball as a puck, and set up goals with pillows or boxes. Take turns being the player, coach, and cheering fans 🥅🎊

Thank you for supporting your child’s learning through playful moments at home! 💙

🧹🔍 Can You Find It? / ¿Lo puedes encontrar?

Turn clean-up into a game! Kids search for shapes and everyday items while tidying up—building focus, listening, and early learning skills ✨🧠

🚀📖 Story Starter / Crear historias

Say goodbye to boredom! Take turns creating a story and let your child’s imagination lead the way. Great for creativity, sharing, and connection 💭🌈

⏱️🤔 Time to Guess / Hora de adivinar

Make focusing fun! Guess how long an activity will take, use a timer, and turn learning to concentrate into a playful challenge ⏳🎯

🧠⭐ The Science Behind the Fun / La Ciencia Tras la Acción

Simple activities, big brain benefits! These moments help children learn to focus, plan, imagine, and grow—one everyday activity at a time 💡💚

Explore our Vision of the Graduate together at home with fun, meaningful family activities that spark creativity and connection 💙🏡

🗳️👨‍👩‍👧 Responsible Citizen

Hold a family vote on dinner or movie night! Learn how voting helps everyone have a voice and make decisions together 🤝🗨️

🧩💡 Resourceful Problem-Solver

Read a story and pause when the character faces a problem. Talk through possible solutions and outcomes—just like real-life problem solving 📖🔍

🎯🌱 Goal-Directed & Resilient Individual

Create a family vision board! Use drawings, magazines, or pictures to visualize goals and dreams together ✂️🖼️

🔎📚 Informed Thinker

Pick an everyday item and research who invented it and why. Discover how inventions solve problems and change lives 💡🌍

🗣️📖 Powerful & Effective Communicator

Play a build-a-story game using household objects. Take turns adding to the story and practice listening, creativity, and teamwork 🎭👂

🌈🚀 Your Adventure, Your Way!

Have a creative learning idea of your own? Try it out and share your family’s learning adventure with us! 💭✨

📲🎁 Share & Win!

Scan the QR code to share your story for a chance to be entered into our monthly raffle 🎉🏆

Please read carefully—this information is for current Overbrook students who will be returning for the new school year 📚✨

To prepare for the upcoming school year, the following documents must be updated and submitted to the main office 🏫 during the week of March 2nd – March 6th 📅:

✅ Updated lease or mortgage

✅ Two updated utility bills (dated within the last 30 days) 💡💧

✅ Current health assessment form & medication authorization forms 🩺💊

✅ 2025 tax return or 4 consecutive weeks of pay stubs from each working family member 💼

✅ Updated child enrollment & emergency medical care form 🚑📝

Thank you for your cooperation and continued partnership in supporting our students’ success! 💙🌟

Join us for Overbrook Pre-K Info Night and learn all about our preschool program for the 2026–2027 school year! This virtual session will be held Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, from 6:00–7:00 PM via Zoom. Families must register in advance to receive the Zoom link.

Overbrook Pre-K serves children ages 2.8–5 years and offers a nurturing, engaging early learning environment. Scan the QR code to register and get your questions answered about enrollment, programming, and what makes Overbrook special.

We look forward to meeting you and your famil

🤧 When Children Can Come to School

Children may attend school if they:

✔️ Feel well enough to participate in activities

✔️ Do not need more care than staff can safely provide

✔️ Do not pose a risk of spreading illness to others

🚫 When Children Must Stay Home

Children should stay home or be picked up if they:

❌ Are unable to participate comfortably

❌ Require one-on-one care

❌ Have symptoms that could spread illness

Examples include:

Return to school is based on health guidelines, not just improvement at home.

🏫 How the School Responds

When a child becomes ill at school:

📞 Families are contacted right away

🪑 Children remain comfortable and supervised

🧼 Staff practice handwashing and sanitize materials

📄 Illness care is documented

🏥 Local health authorities are contacted when required

A doctor’s note is only requested if needed for safety or special care.

🏠 How Families Can Help

🤝 Keep your child home when they are sick

📢 Report illnesses promptly

📋 Maintain a backup childcare plan

📬 Keep contact information up to date

💙 Our Goal

We aim to keep children learning, reduce unnecessary exclusions, and protect the health of everyone in our school community.

Thank you for partnering with us to keep our school healthy and safe!

💳 Tuition payments are due by January 31

⏳ A 4-day grace period is provided through February 4.

🌐 Payments can be made online at:

👉 https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56620/

📞 If you have any questions, please contact the Main Office.

⚠️ Please note: Tuition payments are required to hold your child’s enrollment.

Thank you for your prompt attention! 😊