Ms. Walsh

 Dear Parents,

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Carol Walsh's husband, Bill.  As you know Bill fought a courageous fight against cancer for the past 8 months.  We will be collecting $2 from each student to purchase a gift for Carol. 

 

 

The calling hours for Bill are from 5-8pm this Evening at Bibbers.

The funeral service will be at noon on Saturday, at St. Martha’s

 

Cards or notes may be sent to:

 

Carol Walsh

20 Beachwood Ave.

Kennebunkport, ME 04046

 

Thank you all,

 

Ms. Elliott

Posted by Ms Walsh at 9:01 AM | Permalink

The Board of School Directors invites all Kennebunk and Kennebunkport taxpayers  to participate in a confidential summit on Wednesday, April 9.  Members of the Board will be available for conversation and questions from 7 to 9 PM at Kennebunk High School.  Please plan to meet in Room 5, enter through the Superintendent's office door, at 7 PM  for a brief overview of the process.

The purpose of these summits is to provide another means of communication between the Board and the various interest groups in the District.  In the past, the Board has held three Teacher Summits, one each at the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels; a support staff summit; parents summit; graduated student summit; and high school student summit.  The findings were reported to the full Board and also to the Superintendent so that he could follow up on items that warranted further study.  

This year the Board will be meeting with taxpayers on April 9, and with the graduated students in mid-June, in their continuing effort to hear from all stakeholders in the District.

The format will be three short questions from the Board about the District, followed by an open session for any questions or discussion you might wish to
pursue.  All information will be kept confidential, with no names or identifying facts provided.  The Board will prepare two reports, one for the public and another for the Superintendent, both maintaining confidentiality.  The reports will be presented a future Board meeting.

Please feel free to contact any Board member or the Superintendent's Administrative Assistant (985-1100 or dgillette@msad71.net) if you have questions about the meeting or the process.  Thank you in advance for your participation!


Kevin

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It is Beach Day on Friday, March 28th.  Your children can come to school with towels to read on and eat lunch on.  It is a fun day. 

The "Watery Earth" is our new science unit focusing on the water cycle and a global view of the importance and conservation of our earth's water supply. I appreciate your help and support with any of the science homelinks that accompany this unit.

 

We have started to learn about poetry.  The students are learning about several different types of poetry (  Free verse, haiku, couplets and acrostic just to name a few) and will be asked to write some of there own.  We are going to begin to learn about the life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and reading his poems.

 

 

April events coming are:

Band and chorus night Wed. Apr.2;

Reminder the next book report is DUE on Friday April 4^th

Family Math Night Thurs. Apr. 10;

Our field trip to the Portland Symphony Orchestra Tuesday April 15. 

Keep Friday May 9  from 1:45-2:30 open for our Longfellow Tea

 

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March

I look forward to our conferences this week. If you can not make your conference for any reason please call or email me and we can try to reschedule it.   

Your child is reading a historical fiction book in class.  They are each going to be responsible to completing a book report for 2 out of the 3 historical fiction books they are reading.  There book reports will be due on Friday March 21^st and Friday April 4^th.  I will be sending home a list of possible projects for them to do. 

Everyone has done a wonderful job taking MEA tests last week!  We completed 3 reading and 3 math tests.  This week we will complete 2 science tests on Tuesday and 1 science test on Wednesday.  Thank you all for bringing in such wonderful snacks to share during testing.

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We are going to be having a Parade of Presidents on February 12 (Lincoln’s birthday) at 8:45, we welcome you to join us in the gymnasium for our Parade of Presidents. We are asking students to dress as their president, or to look somewhat “presidential,” and we will parade through the building ending with the other people who have studies the same president. Girls are welcome to come as the president or the first lady. Feel free to be as creative as you would like, including making presidential campaign buttons or a name tag if you feel that will help identify the president. Some presidents have a very distinctive look, but lots of others might not. Please do not spend any money assembling the costume! We should be wrapping things up by 9:30.

Posted by Ms Walsh at 9:51 AM | Permalink

January 9, 2007

 

Dear MSAD71 Parents, Staff and Members of the Kennebunk High School Student Body,

 

On Tuesday afternoon, January 8, high school officials were notified of an alleged threat made toward Kennebunk High School. The police were immediately notified and took action. Through deliberations with them, and due to the fact that the suspect was apprehended and detained, we decided to hold school today. We continue to be in constant communication with our police department to monitor the situation and assure student and staff safety.

 

We are thankful for the immediate and thoughtful response by our law enforcement agents in assisting us in keeping our school safe. We assure you that the safety of all will remain our top priority.

 

Below is the press release that our police have provided us.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dr. Thomas Farrell

Superintendent of Schools

 

 

Kennebunk Police Department

Press Release

January 9^th, 2008

 

On 01-09-08, Jeffrey Stevens Jr., 19 of 2 Old Kennebunk Road in Lyman, ME was arrested and charged with Terrorizing pursuant to a threat made toward the Kennebunk High School.  Police state the arrest came after a student from the Kennebunk High School contacted school officials stating the threat was conveyed to that student from Stevens.  A Warrant of Arrest was obtained for Stevens early this morning and police from Kennebunk and the York County Sheriffs Department arrested Stevens at his residence without incident.  Stevens was taken to the Kennebunk Police Department where he was booked and subsequently transported to the York County Jail.  Police are working in conjunction with the school administration to ensure all safety measures are in place.  Stevens is scheduled to be arraigned later this afternoon via video arraignment. 

 

Posted by Ms Walsh at 2:56 PM | Permalink

Dear Parents,

Hope all of you enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday with your families!
I was so very happy to meet all of you these past two weeks to discuss your child's progress.  Your children have really adjusted well here at Sea Road School, and have worked very hard. I am very proud of all their accomplishments.   Thanks for all your support.  A few important reminders for this week:

 Mrs. Walsh

• Holiday Fair, Thursday, Nov. 29th 9:00 to 5:00

• Needed:  Vounteers to work at the Bake Sale Table 9:00 to 5:00

• Needed:  Items for our Birthday Basket by Tuesday a.m.

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• November Book Reports are due Wednesday, November 7th along with
  
• A  3 paragraph summary of their life.
  
• Dress up as their special person or bring in articles that may have been important to their person.
  
• Word Study Test on Friday, Nov.9th.  (oi and oy words)
• Unit 3 in Everyday Math will be completed this week. Moving on to Unit 4.
  
• Thanks for all your support.   Mrs. Walsh 

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• WOW! What a week! 
  
• The parade was spectacular!  ( hope everyone enjoyed it)
  
• The arrival of the immigrants at Ellis Island was an event to remember!
• Lunch in the Great Hall Dining Room was delectable (thanks for all the goodies)
• Sharing of our letters and bundles was interesting and fun!
• Thank you all for making this event  possible especially Mrs. Deely who helped the immigrants prepare for their arrival in America.
  

Posted by Ms Walsh at 9:27 PM | Permalink

 Parents,

This is an update on our Ellis Island event.

On Wednesday, October 31st at 8:45 students will be participating in an immigration activity that will simulate a visit to Ellis Island of long ago.  Each student has been researching a country as part of this project.  If students would like to bring in food from their country they may. It is not required. Please send in small bite-size pieces.  We have no way of heating things up, so please plan accordingly.  Students are also expected to dress as an immigrant.  We do have some clothing at school they may borrow.  Each child should have a basket or sack of personal belongings that they bring with them from the old country.  These items had to be very limited because of space. Consequently, the items that were brought were very meaningful or essential to them. All parents are invited to the Parade of Immigrants at 8:45 on the 31st of October.Hope to see you then.

Mrs. Walsh 

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