It's Sports Day at the ECC! Look at our twinning Patriot's fans!
Don't forget tomorrow is pajama day! Go ECC!
The Lanier Family made and donated a set of stairs to the ECC Physical Therapy Department. These stairs are AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL! The students will benefit greatly from this gross motor tool. Thank you Lanier Family!
Students and staff from the ECC are celebrating color day today as a part of spirit week. Each class chose a color to dress in. Miss Cindy dressed in rainbow classes to match them all. Tomorrow is Sports Day at the ECC.
The ECC classrooms at RPS had a fire drill this AM. Students did a great job leaving the building and following their teachers' directions. The teachers and staff kept the students moving and motivated during the drill. Students and staff used the opportunity to share their silly socks for a photo. Great job ECC at RPS!
Whose socks? His socks, her socks too!
ECC students had a bit of fun today. It is a silly sock day. Yay!
Pete the cat visited Miss Lauren’s classroom recently. Students earned his visit by following the PBIS rules and earning stickers to fill up Pete’s sunglasses. Every time they fill them up the class gets a reward. Great job girls and boys!
The ECC has a little fun and celebrated the New England Patriots recently. Students, families and staff were invited to wear their favorite Patriots gear, the colors blue, white and red or the team of their choice. Brady may be gone but his jersey lives on. Go Pats!
Circle time is an important part of our pre-K program. It gives students the ability to learn and socialize with their peers, and relate to their classmates. Students interact and develop relationships, through engaging and fun activities. Check out a few of our classrooms during circle time.
Who needs some gross motor and FUN? We all do! Antonio Fazio, our Director of Special Education spent some time with our ECC students during their gross motor time today. It was indoors due to the rain. The students and staff were full of smiles and enjoyed every moment. If you look closely, you'll see Mr. Fazio's smile too. Way to BEE at the ECC!
Who celebrated fall? The ECC did! Students went on a pumpkin story walk, played, jumped and searched in some leaves, bobbed for apples (ECC style) and had some FUN! Students will continue to learn about fall over the next few weeks.
Miss Debbie and Miss Sharon did a safety drill with their PM classroom. They used a kid friendly car to model and teach how we look, then stop for cars/trucks, hold an adults hand and walk after the car has gone by. Every student practiced and did an AMAZING job of practicing safety. Our classrooms walk across the parking lot to our playground, so learning about safety is our first priority. A gentle reminder to parents and families to please drive safely and slowly at all our schools.
This morning at the ECC we had some visitors stop by to say "hello" to our students. Agawam School Security Officer, John Nettice and Agawam District Safety Supervisor, Brian Machos visited us during the morning arrival at PL. The students enjoyed smiling at, saying "hi" and high-fiving our safety friends. Agawam is a great community where we all work together. Thank you for stopping by and visiting.
What's the buzz? Just a reminder for the ECC on Perry Lane (only) has a Back to School NIght for parents starting at 5:00 PM tonight. This gives parents an opportunity to observe your child's classroom and get a chance to see what centers and other resources your children learn with. You might even be asked to try one. They are so much fun! Childcare will not be provided. We hope to see you at the ECC. RPS ECC families held their night back on 9/15.
Agawam High School students worked in the ECC garden this week. Students learned how to pick weeds by the roots, turn the soil over with a shovel, and break the soil up with our hands. They pulled out a lot of veggie and fruit from the summer that was rotting. The students also practiced asking for help when they need it. They worked together to make a plan for what they'll work on next week also.
Everyone was focused, hard working, and invested. It was a very fun learning opportunity. The ECC loves the collaboration with Miss Briana and our Agawam High School students.
Parent Resource: The Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University is currently seeking participants for the SPROUT study. Project SPROUT is investigating changes in expressive language and social communication in children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) over the course of the play-based intervention, JASPER. The study provides 10 weeks of FREE intervention! Do you have a child who you think would benefit from this study? Please see the link to the website and the flyer for your reference.
https://www.bu.edu/autism/research/current/sprout/
Sarah Benjamin, M.S.
Project Coordinator - SPROUT
Center for Autism Research Excellence- CARE | Boston University
100 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 358-6712
We’ve been buzzing at the ECC. Learning, playing, socializing and having FUN…and an occasional selfie with Miss Cindy in the mix. The ECC is the place to BEE!
The ECC held a community collection in collaboration with the Agawam Lions Leo’s Club. Families of the ECC collected small items and candy that will be used at an upcoming Lions event. Students who donated items were entered into a drawing to win new backpacks. Here are two of our excited winners. Thank you to everyone who participated!
At the ECC we move, dance and ride bikes. Gross motor time is a blast! Just ask our friend William.
Sumanth designed the new bee for the ECC. Students were invited to show their creativity and design a new bee that will be used in our correspondence between home and school and on forms we use at the ECC. We had a school wide vote and Sumanth's entry received the most votes. He won a Pete the Cat chair and book. Great job Sumanth!
High school students (Elijah, Luke, and Jessica) are working at the Early Childhood Center on a gardening project. Today ECC secretary, Ms. McCaslin gave them a tour of the currently overgrown but soon to be beautiful garden. Then they had the opportunity to try a watermelon that was planted by the Perry Lane Summer Camp while discussing which tools we will need as well as what plants we will grow once the garden is in usable condition. This was a great start to what will be an ongoing collaboration! We are grateful to Mrs. Sykes and Ms. McCaslin for reaching out to create this opportunity!
