2024-2025 June

Upcoming Dates for the EGMS Community

8/27 -- 2025-26 First day of School! (Early Release at 11:30AM)
9/1 -- Labor Day (No School)
9/4 - EGMS Open House (Time YTBD)
9/16 -- Teacher Professional Development (Early Release at 11:30AM)

Academic Awards and the Last Day of School

To the point, it was great year and a phenomenal last day to celebrate it! Nice work to all of our students, faculty, and staff in making 2024-2025 a special year for everyone in the EGMS community!
Many thanks to Mr. Gustafson for taking photos of all of our awards recipients and to Ms. Rosenstein for putting together the 8th grade video! All of these are located in the links below.
It ended with our EGMS Faculty and Staff annual goodbye wave from the front circle. From the bottom of our hearts, we wish you an amazing summer!

8th Grade Video
Grade 8 Award Photos
Grade 7 Award Photos
Grade 6 Award Photos

2025-2026 Teacher of the Year: Shannon Provencher

Congratulations to our 8th grade Math teacher Shannon Provencher on her well earned achievement of being our district's 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year! It was a fun surprise to share with the EGMS community, and Mrs. Provencher's family was there to tell her. Our whole school was there and filled with joy and excitement to celebrate her!

May Students of the Month

Grade 6 -- Natalie Passeri
Grade 7 -- Micah Perera
Grade 8 -- Ashley Robison

8th Grade Dance

The 8th graders had a blast on June 10 at the EG Community Center! The students were decked out in formal wear and dancing up a storm together to celebrate their last year together at EGMS! The parents and EGMS faculty and staff had a great time as well. Special thanks to those who made the night special, especially Ms. Rosenstein for running the point on behalf of Team 8, the EGMS PTO for their annual financial contribution in making this event a successful hit, and the many 8th grade parents who helped with decorating and organizing dinner!

Class of 2026 Fundraiser: Dairy Cream, June 13

Check out the flier for our rising seniors' graduatingice cream fundraiser at the Dairy Cream.

EGMS Yearbook Reminder

Make sure you are not caught without this year's EGMS Yearbook! Mrs. Provencher still has some yearbooks that have not been purchased. Bring $22 cash or check (made payable to EGMS) in to Mrs. Provencher so you can claim yours today!

EGMS Community Day

We had out first annual EGMS Community Day on Wednesday, June 4th, and wow... just... WOW!!!! What a phenomenal day! Before checking out the MANY photos of a great day for everyone in our community, please know that many people, parties, and forces for good had to be in alignment to make this such an incredible success:
- EGMS Student Government members and their advisors, Mr. Tomala and Mrs. Petersen
- EGYS, with special thanks to Alicia Van Neill
- EGMS Faculty and Staff for their involvement and flexibility (with special thanks to those who volunteered as "dunkees" for the dunk tank)
- EGMS Parents (current AND former for volunteering their time to supervise and take part in this)
We look forward to many more years of this new tradition! First, clcik on the next group photo for a great video of the dance vibe from the day. Then, enjoy the photos... they tell the best version of the story!

EGMS Band and Chorus: Spring Concert

All three grades performed on Tuesday, June 4, in front of a full house! The music was on point, and we especially celebrated our 8th graders for three years of successful and joyful music making! Special thanks to Ms. Chaloux and Mrs. Gilbert for a job well done in egtting these students prepared over the past several months!

8th Grade: Boulder Ridge

What a fun day with the 8th graders to start out an eventful week at EGMS!!! We had out annual 8th grade field trip to Boulder Ridge in Barkhampsted, CT. We had some ziplining, basketball, tennis, kayaking, swimming, acting out an impromptu play, and tons of food and ice cream! Check out the links HERE and HERE to see some video clips of some children (aged 13 through 49) having some fun on the zipline, then check out some of the photos below!

Spanish Exploratory

In Senora Ash's 6th and 7th Grade Spanish Exploratory classes, students had some discovery of Spanish speaking countries' foods. Choices ranged from homemade salsa to Altair's, and everything was marvelous!

EGPL: Book Tasting with 7th Graders

This month, the East Granby Public Library hosted a 2026 Nutmeg Nominee Book Tasting for East Granby Middle School’s 7th graders! Students sampled a variety of exciting titles, helping them discover new reads and get inspired for summer reading.

Starting mid-June, you can find the Middle School and Intermediate Nutmeg books on our summer reading cart in the Young Adult Room at the East Granby Public Library. All books will be available for checkout throughout the summer. A big thank you to the Middle School PTO for generously donating extra copies of these titles to support our summer readers!

EGMS PTO: Fundraiser!

Please come out to the Cracker Barrel Pub in Tariffville, Ct on June 10th. Whether you're dining in or ordering take-out, simply mention that you're there for the EGMS PTO, and The Cracker Barrel Pub will donate 20% of the sales! For more information, check out the flier.

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