A Celebration of Learning!

We know this has been a difficult stretch of time for many families. We hope all are warm and safe, and we look forward to moving forward with the year together just as soon as we can. In the meantime, we thought this would be an especially important time to celebrate the learning and growing over these past few months at East. Read on to hear more about the Celebration of Learning held recently to do just that. Our East students are amazing!

In October, we held our first Celebration of Learning of the year at East. Celebrations of Learning (COL) are held throughout the year – six times this year – to spotlight and celebrate as a school community the wonderful learning of East. Each fourth grade class has an opportunity to host a COL during the year. They run it all – from the powerpoint and announcements to crowd management (yes, we have fourth graders who can quiet an entire Galley of students in a matter of seconds with a simple signal). Thanks to Mrs. Shouvlin’s fourth graders for all their work to make our first COL a huge success.

All aspects of learning are celebrated at COLs, from academics to the arts to social-emotional learning. In October’s COL, second graders treated us to a Spanish song learned in their FLES lessons. Fourth graders from Mrs. Vandall’s class rocked on stage to a Halloween song that was perfect for the season, and fourth graders from Ms. Gesualdi’s class shared what they had learned about peer conferencing techniques in writing class. Our kindergarteners got the entire school up and singing to the favorite “Bubble Gum” song that seems to be a rite of passage at East. Ask your child to tell you about Molly Awards and of course the East School song too!

We also celebrated the Artist Spotlight that is a feature of every COL.  Take a look below at the kindergarten and first grade artwork featured in this October’s COL - certainly, there is much to celebrate!

It is wonderful to be able to celebrate as a school community both the effort that our students give to their learning and also the staff members that support and grow them. We are already looking forward to our next Celebration of Learning!