Right before the holiday break, the students in Clinton crafted some fun, holiday gnomes, snowman cards, and trees to gift their families.
The Students from the lower wing were matched with a student from the upper wing as partners as they visited crafting stations.
Opportunities to work together like this activity build up our school community with lasting friendships.
Lawrence High School's EMPOWER group recently visited Benton Elementary to put on puppet shows and teach our K-3 students about making healthy life choices. We love it when some of our former Benton Bulldogs come back to visit us...all grown up! These students continue to have a positive impact on our Bulldog community.
Lawrence Junior High School Theater Troupe entertained audiences with their recent performances of "Everybody Gets Eaten by Sharks". We look forward to seeing their talents again in the Spring!
Last week, the High School held a community advisory to recognize our December Students of the Month. Congratulations to Ella Minnehan (Senior), Arianna Goodwin (Junior), Taylor Beers (Sophomore), and Keon Tae Stevens (Freshman).
🎵The Choral Concert was held on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the Williamson Performing Arts Center. The Jr. High and High School Chorus students performed several songs and then combined to sing a song together. Both groups sounded great. It was a good performance!
📚The high school will be entering their midterms and finals week. This year we are doing it differently. Students are required to be here for full days during the entire week and are expected to follow their regular daily schedule. There is no school on Monday, a holiday, and Tuesday is an In-Service day for Teachers. Classes and finals will resume on Wednesday, January 22nd, and the last day of the quarter is Friday, January 24, 2025.
🗓️The new semester will start on Monday, January 27th. Students will pick up their schedules in the gym on Monday morning when they arrive at school and proceed to their Block 1 classes. It’s hard to believe that we’re moving into the start of the second semester at the conclusion of next week!
🥎Winter sports are in full swing with Basketball games, Cheering, and Indoor Track. We have independent students participating in Wrestling and Swimming, as well as Hockey. If you want to catch a game, please check out the Athletic Schedule for game times and locations. Also, we will be having our Unified Team starting up in a couple of weeks.
🎓A reminder that scholarship opportunities are shared on the Infinite Campus portal to students and parents from the Guidance Office. Call Guidance with any questions. Scholarship applications are available in the Guidance Office, as well.
😀Enjoy the upcoming three-day weekend and remember it will be a four-day weekend for the students as we have our Teacher In-Service day on Tuesday, 1/21/25 (no students).
On December 18th the Clinton Library Trustees sponsored the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers performance of How the Grinch Stole Christmas for Clinton Elementary.
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers is a puppetry troupe based in Bar Harbor, Maine, and comprised of three siblings – brothers Erik and Brian Torbeck and sister Robin (Torbeck) Erlandsen. Founded in 2000, Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers has performed at festivals, schools, libraries and theatres in the United States and Canada. They write and create all the shows they perform and have received three Citations of Excellence from UNIMA-USA, the highest national award in puppetry. After their performance they showed students how to create puppets, scenery and play elements from everyday items such as boxes, bags and socks! The siblings also reminded students about how they use their math, reading and writing skills they learned in school to write their scripts, and build their production sets.
The students loved their visit and thank the library for their special holiday gift of a professional performance!
Mrs. Ryan’s first graders from Albion Elementary having fun in gym class with Mr. Plaisted! Physical activity is crucial for building teamwork, strength, and healthy habits early on. 💪🎉
Benton Elementary continues to partner with Maine SNAP-Ed to bring nutrition education programming into our classrooms. Maine SNAP educators visit our K-3 classrooms weekly, using evidence-based curricula to help students learn about making healthy choices. This week, program coordinator Samantha Grenier visited third graders to talk about kitchen safety and the importance of eating a healthy breakfast. As a special treat, she brought in her skillet and whipped up some egg, tomato, and spinach scrambles for the students. YUM! Each week she will bring a different recipe for students to sample. Check out their website at mainesnap-ed.org for more information about their program and loads of healthy recipes for your family to try at home.
Seventh Graders Gear Up for Creative Westward Expansion Projects:
In preparation for the Westward Expansion research project, seventh grade social studies students in Mr. Carpenter’s and Ms. Longley’s classes met in the LJHS Library. They had a presentation by guest speaker, Sharon Gallant, who is an educator and artist. Students learned about design elements and how to plan an engaging project. They left with their prepared materials.Teacher-Librarian, Debra Butterfield, along with Mr. Carpenter and Ms. Longley will be welcoming Gallant back to school later in the month for students to be able to experience a range of artistic elements to include in their projects.
🎄At Clinton Elementary students spent a week reading different versions of The Gingerbread Man, comparing similarities and differences, while also getting creative by making our own gingerbread men!
🎄Albion Elementary PreK students enjoyed making gingerbread houses, fostering creativity, teamwork, and hands-on learning!
Festivities are in full swing at Benton Elementary! Last week our Kindergarten students went on a search for their missing gingerbread cookies. Classes followed clues left all around the school and finally found the cookies back in their classrooms. After being decorated with frosting and candies, the cookies soon disappeared again...this time into the bellies of our students! On Tuesday, our band and chorus students performed a beautiful holiday concert at the Williamson Performing Arts Center. This week students have been dressing for various theme days, including Grinchy Green, Rudolph Red, and a PJ day. We're having fun while counting down the days until winter break!
Spreading Holiday Cheer: Students Get Creative with Cards, Friendship, and Tradition.
This week students at the Junior High signed up to make holiday cards with artist, Sharon Gallant, and Teacher-Librarian, Ms. Butterfield, in the library during Bulldog Block. Students were shown sample cards and given a tour of how to use supplies including decorative paper, stamps, and a variety of embellishments. Creativity was in action as students designed their cards and had fun together.
LHS Good News, 12/18/24:
🗨️The high school’s Speech and Debate team finished in 2nd place at Mr. Blue on Saturday. Maarley Peaslee placed 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation and 4th place in Original Works; Brock Merrill placed 1st in Duo Interpretation; Addison King placed 1st in Duo Interpretation and 3rd in Oral Interpretation of Literature, Cooper King placed 1st in Oratorical Declamation, Ryer Bernier placed 4th in Informative Speaking, Wyatt DeMott placed 3rd in Informative Speaking and 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking, Stella-Moon Devine placed 2nd in Informative Speaking, as well as in Original Oratory; Abaigeal Marks placed 5th in Original Works and 3rd in Storytelling, and Ronnie Allen placed 3rd in Novice Poetry Reading, and 4th in Novice Prose Reading. Great job to our Speech and Debate Team!
🎭The Lawrence Theatre Company, right off of their Musical Mamma Mia!, are holding auditions for their One Act Play which will be later this winter. The One Acts is a competition between schools that will take place in March.
🎵The Holiday Band Concert was held this past Wednesday evening and featured the instrumentalists from Grades 7 - 12 in the Jr. High and High School Bands, as well as the Jazz Band. Good job by our musicians!
🧦The Sock Drive has collected 380 pairs of socks for those in need.
☕The Cafeteria set up a hot cocoa bar for the students this past week, which was well received!
Have a great week.
Last week at Albion Elementary, the 6th grade visited the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's LabVenture program, where they explored the scientific process and learned about plankton, seabass, and lobsters. A huge thank you to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute for offering this amazing experience at no charge! 🌊🦞
At Clinton Elemantary Ava and Bryson proudly show off their completed "Rolling Christmas" projects, while Ella, Skyler, and Evan are still hard at work! "Rolling Christmas" is a fun dice game where the kids roll to determine how many times they use each color, like rolling a blue die and using it three times. 🎲🎄
"LHS Good News, 12/11/24"
The National Honor Society inducted new members this past Monday evening. Students who meet academic eligibility apply and are accepted into NHS based on their scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Congratulations to the following new members of Lawrence’s NHS:
Seniors: Hannah Dostie, Gabriel Fairbrother, Natalee Gordon, Harley Greatorex, Mykenna Martin, Ruby Pierce, Kallie Richardds, and Danielle Wilson.
Juniors: Jillian Boyden, Payton Cole, Stella-Moon Devine, and Ashley Shores.
Sophomores: Emma Carey, Carissa Crowell, Chandler Firmage, Jenna Lawe, Addison Lea, Michaela Phillips, and Alexandria Young.
🎭The Lawrence Theatre Company concluded their musical, Mamma Mia!, this past weekend. The students put on three great performances. Congratulations to Wilhemina Duffy, Skylah Reid, Emma Spaulding, Helena Page, Marley Peaslee, Brock Merrill, Oli Brooks, Ryder Bernier, Ronnie Allen, Cooper King, Damian White, Jocelyn Clark, Lilli Clark, Hailey Davis, Hannah Doucette, Brooklyn Ferreira, Kate Hartley, Abaigeal Marks, Alex Moody, Natily Reid, Caimbree Stevens, and Melanie Thompson who all participated on stage. Further accolades to the following students who worked behind the scenes: Matthew Menchen, Rhy Kennedy, Wyatt DeMott, Muirean Lynch, Kathrine Brown, Emma Carey, Kaileigh Clowry, Theodore Currier-Webb, Brian Getchell, Jovie Rossignol, Nate Sauer, and Nick Vautour.
🎹We have an upcoming Band Holiday Concert on December 18, 2024, in the Williamson Auditorium. Please come out and enjoy some festive holiday music our band students perform.
Have a good week!
On November 14th, Clinton Elementary hosted a fun and educational Fall Title One Literacy Night. Families gathered for a pizza dinner and enjoyed an exciting LC Bates Bug Presentation, sparking curiosity and fostering a love for learning in our students. Events like these are crucial in strengthening our school community and encouraging a lifelong passion for literacy and discovery!
Albion Elementary is thankful for a generous donation from China Hannaford. Our students received these bags to help bring their winter gear to school! This thoughtful gift will make it easier for them to stay warm and prepared throughout the season. We’re grateful for the support!
After a short break, Benton Elementary students are back in the driver's seat of their learning! Students and staff wore their new MSAD 49 Bulldog shirts, a reminder of what it means to "Learn Like a Bulldog." Tiffany Lerette's Kindergarteners MADE CONNECTIONS to the text, Abiyoyo, by creating a village of people and writing letters to warn villagers about the giant coming to their village. They also PERSEVERED when digging through buckets of letters and pictures to find correct matches to create ornaments. First graders in Danielle Merciers' class got CURIOUS while learning about Christmas celebrations around the world. Second graders in Emily Hachey's class were REFLECTIVE by thinking back about their writing goals and considering what they can do to improve their future writing. Kori Whited's fourth graders were also REFLECTIVE as they self-assessed and set learning goals for the month of December. Our students are showing what it means to LEARN like BULLDOGS!
Gingerbread House Made with Library Love.
Judy King, of Unity, Maine, has been making gingerbread houses for more than forty years. She gifted Lawrence Junior High School and the community with a Lawrence Public Library gingerbread house to share her joy with others. Debra Butterfield, teacher librarian, is new to MSAD #49 this year. On the day of her interview, she visited the Lawrence Public Library and was in awe of the gem. She believes her job is to promote students being library patrons at school and in the community. The gingerbread house will be delivered to Lawrence Public Library on Friday, December 20 for viewing. Please visit the Lawrence Junior High School website for more information about the gingerbread house artist and the history of Lawrence Public Library.
