March 2024

 

To: RSU #74 Board of Directors

 

From: Tara Morin

 

Re: Carrabec Community School February 2024 School Board Report 

 

“Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground."  

~Theodore Roosevelt

 

Both faculty and pupils have returned from vacation brimming with enthusiasm and an eagerness to continue with the current academic year.

 

A sixth-grader is extremely enthusiastic about contributing to the Carrabec Community School Community with a newspaper. He would accomplish this using his personal time and resources, and then submit it to the office for review prior to publication. He will provide updates on athletics, extra-curricular, the band, theater, chorus, and orchestra, as well as any other student activities. We would be delighted to incorporate it into the principal's report for your perusal. Do we have your support?

 

This month, I have conducted a significant increase in classroom observations, and I am delighted to speak positively about the CCS teachers. While present in classrooms, I observe the following: students asking questions, reminders, redirections, empathy, encouragement, amusement, smiles, and the majority of the time, students engaged in learning. Additionally, I have observed educators employ engagement techniques derived from the text Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind. I will distribute our Google Doc so that you may monitor my progress toward finishing the book. We need to complete the remaining three chapters of the book study in April, assuming there are no further weather-related delays. For those who are currently engaged in the book, what are your initial impressions?

 

This Friday, every fifth-grader in the district was extended an invitation to a field excursion to Sugarloaf. It is a team-building exercise for the fifth-graders who will converge as sixth-graders the following year. Skiing or snowboarding is the option for them during the two-hour lesson. They have the mid-mountain lift for the day following the lesson. Fifth-graders who are unable to attend will assist in grades K-2 during the Dr. Seuss celebration at CCS. Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Theberge, and Mrs. Fournier are to be commended for their constant willingness to assist.