For the safety of our employees and the people plowing, there will be no overnight parking allowed at any of the RSU 18 buildings until April 1, 2019.
STEAM Design Challenge Launch Workshop, February 27, 2019 Design challenge! Design Thinking! Iteration! Iteration! Iteration! Collaboration! Students of RSU #18 joined forces with Thomas College pre-service teachers for an 8-week collaborative Design Challenge unit. Students spent the day on the Thomas campus working through a “Gravity Pull Car” design challenge with Chris Dorman, STEM… Read More
The Eagle Railway is just about up and running at Messalonskee Middle School. MMS Principal Mark Hatch has been working with members of the former Sheepscot Valley Model Railroad Club (SVMRRC) to put this new model railroad club together. The SVMRRC started in 1991, meeting in the Whitefield Lions Club facility. Since then it has… Read More
Messalonskee Middle School is on a mission to help stock our local food pantries this winter. We have set the goal of collecting 2000 items by February 14th. Need some ideas on what to donate? Here’s a list of things our food pantries need most. Food items: soups (chicken noodle, tomato), canned chicken, cereal, juices,… Read More
MMS hosted their annual Winter Wonderland for all of the district’s Kindergarten students, Thursday, December 20th. As always the event was a tremendous success. When the Kindergarten teachers at James Bean asked their students what they liked best, the students simply said, “Everything!” Assistant Superintendent Keith Morin says the event is one of his favorite… Read More
by Tamiko Paquette January 2019 marks the spring semester for Thomas College students. Education majors enrolled in the required STEAM class will be working side by side with our GT students on a collaborative multidisciplinary unit that will encompass the use of the 3D printer as part of a final project. Students from Thomas will… Read More
by Tamiko Paquette and Kim Fish May 2018 added another dimension to the GT program at MMS when we were gifted with a Flash Forge 3D printer from the Perloff Foundation. This new technology combines programming, creativity, and real-world problem-solving for students. It enhances content area subjects with the building of models. Students are able… Read More
Team Highlands is reading the book A Long Walk to Water in their social studies classes. Students will then be making scarves that will be sold and all money will be donated to WaterAid. We are focusing on becoming more aware of real-world events around the world and how everyone can try to give back…. Read More
by Linda Haskell On October 4th, Team Dirigo hosted an author visit. Thomas Torrington, author of Evergreen and soon to be released The Bear and Thunder Snow, spoke to the 7th graders on both Dirigo and Boothbay teams about his writing process, how to be self-published, and why many authors are choosing this option. Mr… Read More
By: Madisyn Stewart Team Highlands has been working on improving the quality of our school pond. Power Plants is a project that has been accomplished by team Highlands. We constructed the floating islands to help reduce the pollution in our school pond. Some of the positive qualities that this has had on our pond includes… Read More