FROM RSU#57: The RSU #57 Finance Committee of the School Board invites you to a review session of the preliminary fiscal 2023-2024 budget to be held on Monday March 20th beginning at 6:30 pm in the Massabesic High School Auditorium. During this session we will review the budget process as well as provide an update on the preliminary budget. At the end of the session there will be time for the public to provide input and also ask questions. We hope to see you on Monday.
Hello RSU #57 Community. You can find the latest edition of the RSU #57 Community Newsletter by clicking the attached link. Have a great evening! https://www.smore.com/najgq
We had a special guest on March 2nd to start off our National Reading Month celebration! Classroom also participated in a special read aloud of Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker and Ekua Holmes followed by a “What is your dream?” activity. Our National Reading Month challenge was also distributed for learners to sign up for. Be on the lookout for other special reading activities coming home.
Congratulations to Alice Turner #4, Jack Jeskey #5, and Lydia Grant #10 in this week's standings in the Stock Market Game! Sixty two teams are playing statewide. Keep up the great work!
We are pleased to share that Lydia Grant has been selected as the first place winner of the Sanford Elks Americanism Essay Contest. She has been working extremely hard on her essay about, "What is your American dream?" Her essay will be moving to the next level and competing against seven other Maine Elks Lodge winners. Wishing Lydia luck at the state contest!
We celebrated 100 days of learning on February 9th! Thank you for everyone who participated in our family projects. The classrooms enjoyed coming around to see all the creative ideas! Please see the video to our 100 days of learning celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSeW1eVFxs
On Thursday, February 16th, 2nd grade hosted their "Landform Museum" in the Gym. They have worked hard on choosing a landform, researching about it, writing a research paper and making a model. They were all very excited to share their work with all the classrooms and visitors.
March Menus!
Don't forget to check out the PTC sponsored pancake breakfast at Shapleigh Memorial School today starting at 10:00am! March Madness calendars will be available for purchase at the event!
Congratulations to Jack Jeskey #4, Alice Turner #5, and Lydia Grant #9 in this week's standings in the Stock Market Game! Sixty two teams are playing statewide. Keep up the great work!
For the past 5 years learners at Shapleigh Memorial School have participated in the Summer Read to Ride Challenge through the Maine Department of Education. To support continued growth in reading, the program asks learners to read for at least 500 minutes over the summer time and submit the passport in the fall to the school. Once all passports are submitted, we choose one school level child, by raffle, to send into the state level. This is our first year with a winner from Shapleigh Memorial School. Congratulations to Gabby Goodwin in Mrs. Marshall's kindergarten class. She was presented with a special award and gift certificate to purchase a new bike! Congratulations Gabby and we can't wait to see your new bicycle!
We kicked off our Kindness Month celebration this past week with some wonderful presentations from Kids Free to Grow and the Cromwell Center to support our theme of Kindness Can Change the World! A special thank you in advance to our 5th grade kindness committee members for all their work with our celebration this month.
After the introductory Technology in a Bag lesson, Ms. Hamlin's 4th grade class at Shapleigh Memorial School completed the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) program, Leif Catches the Wind. This unit incorporates a mechanical engineering story that ties in renewable energy and is set in Denmark. Students used the engineering design process to design sails to test on a track in front of a fan. They were able to investigate what properties would catch the most wind and make the sail travel. Next, they used that information to design blades for a windmill. The goal was to get a windmill to spin and lift weight. Students worked in teams to develop and improve windmill blades. Nice work, Engineers!
Miss Chu's 3rd grade class at Shapleigh Memorial participated in a STEM challenge right before Holiday Break. Students were challenged to build a tree that could stand by itself using only straws, pipe cleaners, beads, and dot stickers. Way to go, Mustangs!
Check out what our PreK learners found on their adventures in the woods!
Wishing all of our families a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Our Scholastic book fair will be held this week from November 1st to November 4th. Thursday, November 3rd from 6:00-7:30pm will be out evening book fair event and family night. We hope to see you the for a monster good time!
Information for the eWallet and online purchasing can be found on our book fair website: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/shapleighmemorialschool
Our Pre-k class is participating in the Adopt a Cow Program this year. Her name is Glow and is at a dairy farm in Turner, Maine. They will receive monthly updates about her growth as well as information about how she is cared for on the farm and how milk is produced on the farm. We are excited to follow her journey on the farm over this year!
Happy Western Day at Shapleigh Memorial School!
Trick or Treat! Give someone a BOO Grams for Halloween. The Shapleigh Memorial PTC is hosting a Boo! Gram fundraiser this year. Tickets are due back by October 21st. Please see the attached flyers for more information.
