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Today is the 100th Day of School and our Kindergarteners are celebrating being 100 days wiser by dressing up as 100 year olds!
These “100-year-old” kindergarteners are working through our third grade estimation stations and trying to determine which set contains 100 items.
We would like to extend a warm “Whitney Welcome” to Mrs. Lea DiStefano who will be joining our learning community as Interim Assistant Principal. Lea comes to Stratford from Totoket Valley Elementary in Northford, CT.
Lea will officially begin on Monday, February 13.
Monday January 30th the Eli Whitney school community celebrated Mrs. Florek our building principals' retirement. She has dedicated over 40 years of service to the Stratford Public District. Mrs. Florek will be greatly missed by all!
Friday January 27th our Whitney families were able to participate in Donut with Grownups before school. Thank you to our Eli Whitney PTSA for hosting such a great event!
UPDATE:
So far the Eli Whitney Community has collected and counted 40k tabs. This is a great step towards our goal of collecting One Million for the Ronald McDonald foundation.
Keep the tabs coming!
The Connecticut State Dept of Education has just named Eli Whitney as a School of Distinction. Congratulations to our whole school community for working so hard !
Thank you to Mrs. Lugo and Mr. Habegger for hosts our annual Sing-a-Long!
Sign up for our after school enrichment clubs is open!
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Eli Whitney Staff and students would like to thank the Bunnell High School Band and their director Mr. Miller for an amazing live performance last week!
Today our new Be Kind mural was officially unveiled with a ribbon cutting ceremony. This mural was sponsored by retired teacher Mrs. Cooke and her mother. This past summer, volunteers worked for two days reassembling the original mural that fell a few years ago. Volunteers included some Whitney teachers, community members, and the Ben’s Bells team.
Thank you to Mrs. Cooke and Mallory for our reminder to always Be Kind!
Thank you to Mrs. Florek, Mr. Veteri, Mrs. Booska, and the PTSA for a beautiful celebration with such an important message.
The Eli Whitney School community celebrated some of our local Veteran's with a reading of America's White Table on Friday. Thank you to all who served!
Eli Whitney students raised $19, 782 during our month long Read-a-thon event. Special thank you to all the students for logging their minutes and families for donating to this great fundraiser. But that's not all....Mr. T, Mrs. Booska, and Mrs. Coutinho were slimed!!!
Don't Forget:
Thursday 10/20/22 is PJ Spirit Day
Saturday 10/22/22 Trunk or Treat from 3-4:30pm
Eli Whitney staff and students took the Pink Pledge and raised $1.5k for Breast Cancer Awareness!
On Monday October 3rd the Eli Whitney PTSA and Mr. Veteri kicked off our 2022-2023 Read-a-thon. With special guest Whitney the Whale
We are so excited that our Sixth Grade Safety Patrol program is back up and running after a few years away. Thank you to our future leaders for helping keep our community safe each and every day!
Eli Whitney PTSa held an amazing Ice Cream social. Thank you to all who attended
School is back in session! The Eli Whitney Staff and Students would like to thank retired teacher Mrs. Cook for the reinstallation of the Be Kind Mural this summer. We would also like to thank our PTSA for updating our black top and providing a recess shed stocked with equipment for the students.
Today the Eli Whitney students and staff welcomed back Eli Whitney Alum who are graduating from High School this year. Congrats to all of the Class of 2022 students!