Upcoming events
Thursday, Jan. 19: Girls basketball home game against Erskine, 5 and 6:30 p.m.
Miller School News
From the principal’s desk
By Julia Levensaler
I know some people wonder why the school has early release and workshop days and what teachers could possibly being doing with all that time away from students. Early release days and workshop days provide valuable time for staff to meet together and work on important educational topics.
GSB PTO Meeting Jan. 12
The Great Salt Bay Community School Parent-Teacher Organization is holding its next meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12 in John Cannon’s room at the school.
LA Students Seek Projects for MLK Jr. Day of Service
On Monday, Jan. 16 – which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and also the national Day of Service –- the brothers of Alpha Sigma Gamma, Lincoln Academy’s service fraternity, will participate in an ecumenical day of service, as they do each January. They will be joined by members of the Baha’i Congregation and the Second Congregational Church as well as Sigma Sigma Chi, their counterpart service sorority
Bristol Beacon
Upcoming events
Thursday, Jan. 12, 6 p.m.: PTO meeting
Jefferson Village School News
From our principal, Ms. Ward
Welcome back to JVS for 2017! We hope that you all had a restful and merry winter break. Don’t forget to bundle students up for the cold weather. I see many students coming in with just a sweatshirt or no jacket at all in the mornings. Brr!
Nicholas Smelcer Makes Wheaton Dean’s List
Nicholas Aaron Smelcer, a Class of 2014 graduate of Lincoln Academy in Newcastle recently made the dean’s list at Wheaton College in Illinois.
Miller School News
From the principal’s desk
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a meeting held in Rockland with the superintendents of the regional school boards to discuss the possibility of changing the start times of the district schools.
GSB Receives $500 Grant for Math and Science
Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta received a $500 grant to fund math and science programs due to the efforts of the manager of a local gas station.
Great Salt Bay PTO Elects Co-Presidents
The Great Salt Bay Community School Parent-Teacher Organization would like to introduce its new co-presidents, Douglas Straus and Liza Fleming-Ives. They were voted in at the PTO’s Nov. 17 meeting, taking over for Amy Krawic, who has served as PTO president and a volunteer with the PTO for many years.
Miller School News
Thank you to everyone who has given feedback on our new drop-off policy and for giving it a chance to work.
Medomak Valley High School
Saturday, Oct. 29: Cross-country states at Belfast
RSU 12 Pre-K Students Show Impressive Gains
For the second year in a row, RSU 12 is offering expanded pre-kindergarten opportunities at its schools, and positive benefits of this expansion are already evident. School administrators and kindergarten teachers are impressed with the gains realized by the children who participated in the pre-K program last year.
Lincoln Academy’s Senior Family Night
Lincoln Academy’s Senior Family Night will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 14 in the Parker B. Poe Theater, 81 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle.
