EGMS: Boys' Lavatory

EGMS Parents and Guardians, please be advised that there's been a recent and significant uptick in bathroom vandalism in the boys' bathroom at the end of the hall by the entrance to the MS Gym.  While it suffices to say that we have had our share of incidents spread over the course of the years here at EGMS, we discovered a combination of vulgar and racist language written on the walls and stalls, a damaged stall door, and multiple vulgar drawings of body parts... all from late morning Tuesday 3/19 to mid morning Wednesday 3/20.

Needless to say, irresponsible actions like these create an unsafe and unkind environment for all EGMS community members that use the boys' bathroom.  Actions like these also require an exhaustive shift of how we use our human resources that would otherwise be maintaining other building functions to keep all students safe.  For that reason, we began the practice of regulating the use of the boys' bathroom this week.  It started with me letting students in with a key, then transitioned to me stationing my traveling desk by the bathroom door.  Moving forward, teachers will only let students out one student at a time to use the boys' bathroom from their classes, and they will also monitor use of the lavatory from period to period and day to day.  Boys will also be prompted and encouraged to use the bathroom during the lunch waves while going in two at a time while under hallway supervision.   We plan to reassess the effectiveness of this process week to week.

In the meantime, we urge all of you to talk to your students about the true impact that actions like these create for our community.  As always, please feel free to reach out if you have further questions.  Thank you.

EGMS Sports Club

Mr. Simeone's group had loads of fun after school in the EGMS gym for Sports Club. 

EGMS - Acts of Kindness

It's nice to see our students going out of their way to be kind and have some fun during the school day!

6th Grade Social Studies

In Mr. Tomala's class, students created board games to create a fun and competitive way to learn about ancient and classic civilizations.  Students made game pieces,  boards, and most importantly, content questions for other students to demonstrate the knowledge they learned along the way!  Students then had the opportunity to play each other's games at the end of the project cycle.  It was a great and fun way to have students demonstrate collaboration, critical thinking, and creative thinking all in one project!