2021-2022 4th Quarter

2022 Academic Awards Ceremony

Please feel free to go to the links below to view some great photos from the awards show on the last day of school!

CAS Scholar Leader Banquet

Two eighth graders from every middle school in Connecticut were invited to be recognized for their academics, leadership, and character at the Aquaturf on Monday, June 6. Our two well-deserving award recipients were Genevieve Corricelli and Adarsh Atluri. Congrats to Genevieve and Adarsh for a job well done over these past three years!

4th Quarter Announcement Team

Thank you to Eli Rich and Kayleigh Ferrari for greeting us every morning with the daily announcements!

8th Grade Dance

The Class of 2026 students had a blast while dancing and playing games at the carnival-themed 8th Grade Dance on June 2! The students had a lot of smiles and laughs that night!

May Students of the Month

Congrats to Tyler, Brenn, and Kaileigh for a job well done in May!

Lost Boys of Sudan - Follow Up With Abraham Deng

Earlier in the school year, Abraham Deng spoke to our students and inspired them with his story as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan from "A Long Walk to Water". Our students were so moved by his story that they put together a fundraiser - "Pennies For Abraham" - to help support him in his hope to bring his family to the United States one day. One penny at a time in contest of penny wars between the three grades , our students were able to meet the goal of over $1400! Our students are very proud of their accomplishments in contributing to the global community this way, and Abraham was very grateful for him and his family!

Memorial Day Parade - EGMS

Our EGMS students put on a great performance along with EGHS students in the combined band on parade day! Here are some pics of the band members that performed on Memorial Day!

Ukraine - World Central Kitchen

We raised $626.51 that has been donated to World Central Kitchen to benefit Ukrainian refugees. The money was raised through a penny drive between the grades, making and selling bracelets featuring beads in the Ukrainian colors, and planting and selling sunflower plants.. congratulations to the 8th grade for winning the penny competition! And thank you everyone for the wholehearted support of this charitable effort!

In third place with 4,178 points: Seventh Grade

In second place with 10,037 points: Sixth Grade

And in the winning place, with 15,646 points: Grade 8!

6th Grade Science - Land Trust

The Sixth Grade students had an Earth Day celebration with the East Granby Land Trust on May 23, 2022. Students participated in multiple rotating stations which consisted of activities focusing on water conservation, CT invasive plants, plant identification, building their own flower terrarium, pond life organism identification. These activities were taught by Cal Thompson, Amanda Thompson, Mira Goberman, Nate Welsh, Isaac Mullen, Samantha Kovaleski, Maria Amisano, Madeline Tracey, and Brian Kleinman.

Invention Convention Update

Our stellar scientists continue their success, and we have a video link for you to see them present brief descriptions of their work! Click HERE to access the video. Please follow the time stamps below:

Genevieve Corricelli, “ReBrace”

Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Awards
Recognized Inventor Award
U.S. Nationals Invitation
See her present her invention in the awards show at 1:04:40

Hansika Lenkala, “Poll-o-Bot”

CT Science and Engineering Fair Award
See her present her invention in the awards show at 21:56

Varshny Sriganesh, “Firen”

Fire Marshall Award
Case Innovation Award
Gartner Research Award
U.S. Nationals Invitation
See her present her invention in the awards show at 21:45

Social Studies - Grade 7

It has been a busy spring in 7th grade Social Studies. Students have been working collaboratively on news skits in the studio with Mr. Friedberg to demonstrate their understanding of the monsoon climate in South Asia. Students also spent time analyzing primary and secondary sources and creating projects of their choice to demonstrate their research of countries in Southeast Asia.

General Music - Gr 6

Sam Forero has been playing guitar for about 2.5 months, and he's already learned the opening guitar riff to a classic that came out when the other guy in the photo was his age! Click on the picture to check out our very first jam session at the end of Ms. Chaloux's General Music class today.

EGMS Ukraine - World Central Kitchen

This week EGMS raised money to donate to World Central Kitchen to help feed the over 12 million refugees from the war in Ukraine. Students made posters, planted and sold sunflower seedlings (sunflowers are the national flower of Ukraine), made bracelets using blue and yellow beads (the colors of the Ukrainian flag), and held a Penny Challenge between the grades (which the 8th grade won!). In total, our school raised over $700 dollars!

Digital Media - Grade 6

In Mr. Berardy's class, grade 6 students created stop motion video with editing and integrating audio in their product as part of the objectives of the lesson. Please click on the picture to see some of our digital work in action!

Family and Consumer Science - Grade 7

Mrs. Corey's 7th graders were working hard in their food lab this week!

Makerspaces at EGMS

Mr. Friedberg does a lot of STEM and technology work with students in the EGMS library and the Computer Lab during blended learning lab time. On Thursday, May 19th, some students were exploring "Dash Bots" while others worked on their Arduino-based "magic 8 ball" project.

Power of Peace

Varshny Sriganesh, an 8th Grade student at EGMS, earned the President's Volunteer Service Award for her work in the organization called "Power of Peace" (POP), a nonprofit organization that empowers and inspires children to get involved in community service at local events, food share, soup kitchens, and community farms. Congratulations to Varshny!

Important Work After SBAC in Gr8 Lab...

Mr. Phelan and Jakai Evans had an intense game of chess (with an audience) in Mrs. Stewart's Lab.

Post-SBAC Fun on Friday

Sixth grade classes took some time after giving their all on SBAC to unwind and enjoy the day! Lots of fun was had with cold pops on a hot day before wiffleball.

General Music - Grade 6

Students were jamming on the guitars in General Music, pleaying "We Roll Along". Click on the pics to see the videos!

Therapy Dogs at EGMS

Thank you to East Granby Youth Services for organizing a visit from therapy dogs for our EGMS students! It was an absolute hit, and we look forward to them returning soon!

Grade 7 Theater

7th Grade Intro to Theater students performed Fairy Tale Freeze Frames last week in which they took well known stories and portrayed them in 5 single moments.

EGMS Music

On Thursday, April 28, Our EGMS Band and Chorus across the grades had an award winning day in the Fantastic Music Festival! CONGRATULATIONS to our 7th & 8th Grade Band on their silver award and to the 6th Grade Band, 6th Grade Chorus, and 7th & 8th Grade Chorus on their gold awards at yesterday's Fantastic Festival! We are so very proud of you!

April Students of the Month

Nationals - Invention Convention

Two of our Invention Convention students are advancing to Nationals! Genevieve Corricelli and Varshny Sriganesh will be travelling to The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan from June 1-June 3.

Genevieve Corricelli for her invention of ReBrace, a long-lasting protector that attaches to braces on teeth to protect your mouth from abrasion by the braces
Varshny Sriganesh for her invention of Firen, an app that vibrates and awakens people with hearing loss during a fire alarm

Grade 7 ELA

Grade 7 ELA students play board games made by their peers. This is one of many varied projects students create in response to the class novel Freak the Mighty. Some other projects are original songs, slide presentations, original narrative stories, poems, clay sculptures, animated short films, comic strips, public service announcements, and elaborate popsicle stick models.

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