TO: RSU #74 Board of Directors
FROM: Jean Butler
DATE: December 19, 2025
PreK-5 ELEMENTARY REPORT
We have had a wonderful holiday season with Spirit Weeks, Holiday Strolls, children’s shopping days, a Build-A-Tree contest, Holiday Challenges, and lots of fun. It is truly the most special time of the year in the elementary schools.
Once again my schools were blessed with the kindness and generosity of local organizations, churches, and individuals this holiday season. Here are those who participated in the school giving trees, prepared meal baskets for families, donated food items for Holiday Strolls, and donated money to help needy families. We greatly appreciate the generosity of our communities during this season of giving!
Center Point Community Church in Anson
Calvary Pentecostal Church in Madison
Solon Congregational Church
New Hope Church in Solon
Carrabec High School JMG
The Solon 4H
Mrs. Ann Jackson from Solon
The Solon PTO & Garret Schenck PTFO
Dunkin’ Donuts
Hannaford
On Saturday, December 13th, Solon teachers Julie Clark and Cally Chick took a group of students to Skowhegan to participate in the annual Wreaths Across America program. Because this was a Saturday, it was not a mandatory activity that students had to do but instead a volunteer activity. Our students got to help place seventy wreaths on the graves of veterans buried in the East Skowhegan Cemetery off the Oak Pond Road. To prepare for this activity, the teachers taught students about the program and its purpose to honor the service and sacrifice of each of our veterans. It was a moving experience for the students, staff, and parents who participated.
Our K-5 students will participate in the winter administration of the NWEA, our district assessment tool, during the month of January. Following the test, the schools will convene data meetings to discuss the scores for each student and determine whether each one is making adequate progress in reading and math. Data teams for each grade level at each school include the classroom teacher, Title I ed techs, the interventionist ed techs, the principal, and our intervention coach Barbara Jordan. Each data team will make decisions as to whether a student still needs support from Title I or the interventionist, if he or she needs a different level of support, or if no more support is needed. Students who haven’t received
support during the first half of the school year may need it now so those supports will be put in place. This process enables us to keep a close eye on the progress of all students.
Mr. Campbell has convened teams of teachers to begin work on revising the current social studies curriculum and science curriculum. There will also be a meeting to discuss our math curriculum and program on January 12th. This is the last year of a six-year lease purchase of our current enVision math program in grades K-5, so we need to decide whether to continue with that program or adopt a new program to better meet our needs and align with our math curriculum and state standards. We will request samples from publishers and study them with support from company representatives to help us to make the best decision for our students.
Our band and choral director Lindsay Burke-Cinsov is putting on a Winter Concert of band and chorus students in grades 4-8 from across the district on January 27th at 6:00 PM at CCS. Rather than a Christmas Concert at the busiest time of the year, she decided once again to hold a Winter Concert to brighten up the long, cold winter season. We look forward to seeing and hearing our talented students at that concert!
If you have questions about anything in my schools, please contact me.
I hope that 2026 will be a year of good health and good times for you and your families.
Happy New Year!