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RSU 22 • Hampden • Newburgh • Winterport • Frankfort 24 Main Road North, Hampden, ME 04444 Fall 2018 RSU 22 to begin development of 2019-20 budget RSU 22 has begun the early steps for the 2019-20 school year budget development. The Budget Committee met twice this fall to discuss the budget-building process and Presenting Sponsor locations: directly underneath the scoreboards at (l. to r.) the Turf Field, the HA gym, and Bordick Field. the scheduling of meetings. The following schedule has been drafted to ensure thorough public discussion of each budget category. Sponsorship campaign underway to support Meetings to discuss specific budget articles will be held in the Hampden future athletic facility maintenance, enhancements Academy Library on the following dates: A sponsorship campaign is underway in RSU RSU 22 community and to encourage businesses • Tuesday, January 22, 4 p.m.— 22 to encourage area businesses to partner with to participate. Articles 9, 10 and 11 (Facilities, Debt the district in support of future athletic facility The idea for the signage sponsorship campaign Service, Nutrition) enhancements through the School Athletic Facil- was born as questions arose about the district • Tuesday, February 12, 4 p.m.— ity Capital Reserve Fund. saving more toward future athletic facility reno- Article 4 (Other Instruction: Athletics/Co- Sponsorships will allow businesses to feature vations and replacements. (Please turn to page 9) their business name and logo on signage at the Assistant Superintendent Regan Nickels said the Multi-Purpose Turf Field, the Hampden Academy sponsorship revenue would be targeted to ensure RSU 22, EA22 agree on Gymnasium, and Bordick Park. that funds are available for future athletic facility Informational letters will be distributed to area maintenance and enhancements. new Teacher Collective businesses to introduce the signage initiative and Sample signs and registration packets will be Bargaining Contract provide information related to it. available at Hampden Academy home basketball RSU 22 and the EA22 Education Association An Ad Hoc Committee has been meeting to games starting December 8th. have reached agreement on a two-year Teacher guide the introduction of the campaign to the (Please turn to page 2) Collective Bargaining Contract that covers the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school years. The contract provides salary HA hosts 10 MPA fall playoff games on new turf field increases for teachers of approxi- Turf rentals benefit playoff mately 4.45% per year, or about 9% over the two years. teams, RSU 22 community Health insurance for the teach- A total of 10 Maine Principals ers remained the same—100% of Association playoff games, including the cost of single coverage under the Class B and Class C state cham- the Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield pionships for both boys and girls Standard 500 plan, and 70% of the soccer and the Class C and Class cost of dependent coverage. D regional football championships, Superintendent Rick Lyons said were held at the RSU 22 Multipur- the increases in teacher salaries pose Turf Field at Hampden Acad- were designed to bring the bottom emy this fall. of the scale higher, making RSU 22 The playoff schedule included: more attractive to new teachers. • October 25, 3 p.m.—Girls Further, he said the new contract Soccer Class C North quarterfinal: eliminated the wellness incentive and Penquis Valley 2, Dexter 0. the personal leave incentive, allowing • October 25, 5 p.m.—Central HS those funds—about $75,000—to be Girls Soccer, Class C North quarterfi- shifted to the salary scale. nal: Central 1, Sumner 0 (2OT). The contract included three other • October 26, 1 p.m.—Boys Soc- adjustments: cer Class C North quarterfinal. Foxcroft Academy (maroon jerseys) vs. Bucksport in the Class D North Regional Cham- • An increase in the supplement for (Please turn to page 2) pionship game on November 10. Foxcroft won, 43-26. (Please turn to page 9) Drama Club bringing ‘Radium Girls’ to PAC stage December 6-7-8 The Hampden Academy Drama Club will present Radium Girls, an unusually intense drama, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 6, 7, and 8, at the HA Performing Arts Center. Show time is 7 p.m. on all three nights. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Radium Girls, which was written in 2000, follows the story of the wom- en who were hired to paint watch and The cast rehearses the courtroom trial scene in Radium Girls. clock dials in the 1920s with lumi- nous paint made from radium. cancer, the company tried to push “It’s really the story of the wom- Guare, who is directing the play. At the time, no one knew that ra- back and said it wasn’t at fault and en’s fight for justice—their fight to “Radium Girls tells an important dium posed a health threat, but when didn’t have any financial or moral be heard and to have their stories story—one which I hope resonates the women started coming down with responsibility for the women. told,” says Drama Club advisor Jenn (Please turn to page 3) Page 2 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------

Platinum Sponsor locations: the fence facing the grandstand at the Turf Field, and the outfield Fence at Bordick Field. Purple Sponsor locations: the HA Gymnasium wall. RSU 22 seeks sponsors to support future athletic facility enhancements (Continued from page 1) 3’x5’ signs located on the HA Gym- programs. $900 for 3 years). Sponsorship opportunities vary nasium wall above the bleachers. Friends of Hampden Academy Businesses who would like more in- based on the size and prominence of • White Sponsors (total of 14): Athletics will receive recognition in formation should contact HA Athletic the signage. 2’x2’ signs located at the side of the home game programs and on the Director Fred Lower. Sponsorship The sponsorship levels are: scoreboards at the Multi-Purpose HA athletic web site. levels and locations will be awarded • Presenting Sponsors (total of Turf Field, the HA Gymnasium, and Sponsorship costs are as follows: on a first-come, first-serve basis. 5): Signs located immediately under- Bordick Field. Presenting Sponsors—$3,000 for As 2019 approaches, the commit- neath the scoreboards at the Multi- • Friends of Hampden Academy one year (or $5,000 for 2 years or tee’s goal is to secure contracts as Purpose Turf Field (2 signs, approxi- Athletics Sponsor (no limit): Spon- $6,000 for 3 years); Platinum Spon- early as January. Sponsorship signs mately 4’x10’), the HA Gymnasium (1 sor signs will be 4”x25.5”, located sors—$2,500 for one year (or $4,200 will then be in place at the multi- sign, 20.5”x8’), and Bordick Field (2 on a sandwich board near the ticket for 2 years or $5,100 for 3 years); turf field, gymnasium, and stadium signs, approximately 4’x12’) booths for all home contests. Purple Sponsors—$2,000 for one locations for the basketball and • Platinum Sponsors (total of 90): Presenting Sponsors, Platinum year (or $3,400 for 2 years or $4,200 spring 2019 seasons. 4’x4’ signs located on the fencing facing Sponsors, and Purple and White for 3 years); White Sponsors—$1,500 Mrs. Nickels says the sponsor- the grandstand of the Multi-Purpose Sponsors will receive public recogni- for one year (or $2,600 for 2 years or ship campaign is directed primarily Turf Field (46 signs) and on the out- tion at all home games and recog- $3,300 for 3 years); and Friends of at area businesses, but individual field fence at Bordick Field (44 signs). nition on the Hampden Academy Hampden Academy Athletics—$500 sponsorships will be accepted at any • Purple Sponsors (total of 18): athletic web site and in home game for one year (or $800 for 2 years or level. Edythe Dyer Library, RSU 22, Cyr Bus partnering in ‘Books on the Bus’ program Starting sometime this winter, at outfit one bus with seat covers “We don’t want to make any extra least one school bus in RSU 22 will for books, describe it as the work or responsibility for the bus have seat covers with pockets filled “book reading bus,” and rotate drivers,” said Ms. Lozito, director of with books that students can read— it among the various school the Edythe Dyer Library. “We just and then take the books home if bus routes within RSU 22. want the students to be able to read they like them. The current plan is for good books.” The books will be provided by the the seat covers to be made Edythe Dyer Community Library, at the Cyr Bus garage in Old Hampden Academy hosts either through a grant or from Town at an estimated cost of books donated by other sources. $65 each. The books will be 10 MPA fall playoff games The “Books on the Bus” pro- provided by the Edythe Dyer on new turf field gram was proposed by Elizabeth Library, either through a (Continued from page 1) Houghton, a library staff member grant or donations. • October 26, 7 p.m.—Football who read about a similar program “We’re hoping to have a Class C North Quarterfinal: Hermon involving the Patten Free Library grant, but the books will be 41, Washington Academy 0. and the Bath School Department there,” said library director • November 3—MPA Sponsored in the Maine Humanities Council’s Debbie Lozito. “We’ll have Class C & B Girls and Boys Soccer summer newsletter. them. Don’t worry.” “Books on the Bus” seat covers hold books for kids State Championship Games (4 Elizabeth brought the idea to Mela- to read—and if they wish, take home. The inspiration for the total) on Nov. 3rd nie Michaud, manager of the Hampden Books on the Bus program —10 a.m., Class C Girls: Fort Division of John T. Cyr & Sons, which after February vacation. came from similar programs institut- Kent 1, Maranacook 0. operates school buses for RSU 22. The books will have stickers say- ed by the Topsham and Bath school —12:30 p.m., Class C Boys: “She said the library would be ap- ing that “Books on the Bus” is spon- departments. The Topsham program Wayneflete 3, Fort Kent 1. plying for a grant to help cover the cost sored by the Edythe Dyer Library. has book bags that are controlled by —3 p.m., Class B Girls: Cape of the seat covers and the children’s The hope is that the students will the bus driver. The Bath program, on Elizabeth 2, Presque Isle 1. books to fill them,” Melanie said. read the books and return them to the other hand, has seat covers with —5:30 p.m., Class B Boys-- The details are still being worked the seat cover pocket, but if some of pouches where books are available to Presque Isle 3, Freeport 2. out, but Ms. Michaud said they’ll them go home, that’s OK, too. students who wanted to look at them • November 10, 1 p.m—Football probably start with one or two buses Ms. Michaud said Cyr Bus might and maybe take them home. Class C North Regional Final (Big 11 Conference Championship): Safety Committee using tabletop exercises to practice event training Nokomis 13, Hermon 6. The District Safety Committee tabletop exercises using a different are quite realistic. • November 10, 7 p.m.—Football has been continuing its emphasis scenario each month. “The feedback has been very Class D North Regional Final (LTC on school safety issues by practicing “The exercises have encouraged positive,” Mrs. Layman says. “The Championship): Foxcroft Academy event training using a tabletop model. leadership and staff to think about im- nursing staff will be expanding the 43, Bucksport 26. The committee, which is chaired portant safety decisions they need to tabletop exercises to the individual Rental fees and related expenses by Assistant Superintendent Regan consider prior to an actual emergency school level. We will also be ad- were paid by the participating school Nickels and Wellness Coordinator occurring,” says Mrs. Layman. dressing medical emergencies that or league, or by the Maine Principals Brittany Layman, Great care has gone into the staff may encounter.” Association, depending on who made has been holding development of the scenarios, which In addition to Mrs. Nickels and the rental request Mrs. Layman, the District Safety Rental of the RSU 22 athletic turf Committee includes building prin- for such events is encouraged, as the cipals, school nurses, and SRO Dan quality surface can easily withstand Stewart—about a dozen people. the playoff use, and field rentals The monthly agendas also include provide benefit to the community. immediate safety issues that are so- Additional games were rescheduled licited from the schools, so that they to the turf due to significant rain can be addressed as they come up. events experienced in the region, is published by Maine Regional School Unit No. 22 for the citizens These include traffic safety issues, which prevented play on other fields. of Hampden, Newburgh, Winterport, and Frankfort. event planning, and facilities usage Area businesses enjoyed customers by outside groups. The committee attracted by attendance at the playoff Richard A. Lyons, Superintendent of Schools also monitors trips and falls and games, and the Hampden Academy David C. Wollstadt, Editor (www.SchoolNewsletters.net) safety drills at each of the schools. Athletic Boosters benefited from Maine Regional School Unit No. 22 “The committee is working well,” tournament proceeds at the concession 24 Main Road North, Hampden, ME 04444 says Mrs. Nickels. “We feel like we stands. Community television and have good communication through- radio broadcasts included favorable 207-862-3255 www.rsu22.us out the district.” comments about the turf field. Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Page 3 ------NEASC accreditation team to visit Hampden Academy March 10-13 Hampden Academy’s 10-year teachers, administrators, and lead- accreditation process will reach a Hampden Academy ership groups. climax March 10-13, when a team Bill Tracy, Principal “They’ll be trying to get a sense of educators appointed by the New 862-3791 of what Hampden Academy is all England Association of Schools and about,” Mr. Tracy says. “They’ll also Colleges (NEASC) will visit the be trying to verify what we’ve put school and determine how well it in our report—to see if we’re actu- performs with respect to NEASC’s ally doing the things we say we’re seven standards for accreditation. doing.” For the past year and a half, the Mr. Tracy says the main focus for school has been going through a Hampden Academy is students. lengthy self-evaluation, with faculty “We’re a student-centered and and staff divided into groups to student-focused school, so we’re discuss the each of the standards. well the school performs in relation ting approval from the State Board going to try to involve as many stu- A Steering Committee to over- to the seven standards. At the first of Education for construction of the dents as possible in this process,” he see the process has been led by in-service day of the year in August, new Hampden Academy. says. “At the welcoming reception co-chairs Joel Hills, social studies the faculty approved each of the “One of the standards was in- on Sunday, instead of the Steering teacher at HA, and Todd Moore, seven reports. Then it voted to ap- frastructure, and the old Hampden Committee chair and the principal technology education teacher. prove the overall report and certify Academy had some noticeable defi- getting up and talking about Hamp- “It’s been a really intensive look that it is factually accurate and a cits in that area,” he said. “When den Academy, we’ll have students at the school,” Mr. Hills says. “The good representation of Hampden we submitted our application for do that. We want students to wel- entire faculty has been involved, di- Academy’s strengths and weak- major capital improvements, we come the visiting team and escort vided into seven teams that worked nesses. were able to say that NEASC has them around the school.” on the different standards. The faculty also voted to rank the identified us as having a substan- Mr. Hills says the visiting team The teams were asked to gather school on a scale of 1 to 4 on each dard building.” “will look at us with an outside lens as much evidence as they could to of the seven standards—not meet- Mr. Tracy says that looking at and determine where we fall on the show that HA is in the process of ing, partially meeting, meeting, or the seven standards, he doesn’t see rating scale for the seven standards. meeting the standards. exceeding the standard. anything obvious like the condition If past performance prevails, we’re One of the things the Steering In addition to Mr. Hills and Mr. of the building 10 years ago. He going to be tougher on ourselves Committee had to do at the begin- Moore, the Steering Committee says the visiting team may look at than they will. We hold ourselves ning of the process was to compile included Heidi Corliss, Core Values, class size and staffing, as well as to a pretty high standard.” responses to a survey (the Endicott Beliefs, and Learning Expectations; suggesting that HA do more co- Mr. Hills says the primary Survey) that went to parents, the Sara Ballard, Curriculum; Bryan teaching and more integrating of benefit of the accreditation pro- school board, RSU 22 employees, Campbell and Dick Balentine, In- the curriculum in different areas. cess is that we find out where our and community members. struction; Ben Johnson, Assessment “What I love is having another strengths and weaknesses are. As a result, when the faculty of and for Student Learning; Val set of eyes—12 to 16 people—look at He says the visiting team isn’t groups were writing their reports on Maurais, School Culture and Leader- what we do and telling us how we coming to Hampden to play “got- the seven standards, they were able ship; and Leslie Rosenblatt, School can do it better,” he says. “Or they cha,” and Hampden Academy isn’t to cite concrete evidence from the Resources for Learning; Jill Kenney, may tell us that we’re doing it as trying to win a prize. Endicott Survey. Community Resources for Learning; well or better than other schools.” “It a chance to get an indepen- “We couldn’t just make things Barbara Parent, Site Prep; and Rob The NEASC visiting team will dent opinion about what we’re doing up,” Mr. Hills said. “We had to base Kissinger, Report Writing. arrive on Sunday and come to HA well and and how we can get bet- our report on the feedback that we This is the second time that Mr. for part of the afternoon. Steering ter,” he says. “It’s nice to be able to received.” Hills has co-chaired the accredita- Committee members will give them compare ourselves against a stan- All of the in-service days during tion Steering Committee at HA. an introduction to the school, some dard and see where we are.” the 2017-18 school year, as well as Ten years ago, he co-chaired with student groups will be available, At the end of the visit, the some staff time, were devoted to the Barb Parent. He has also been on and the staff will be in the building NEASC team will write a report, accreditation reports, according to NEASC visiting teams at other for interviews. which will be made public, and Principal Bill Tracy. schools in Maine. Then the team will be in the Hampden Academy will have to The end result was a 138-page He says the accreditation process school Monday, Tuesday, and respond with a two-year report and report filled with evidence on how 10 years ago played a role in get- Wednesday, meeting with students, then a five-year report.

Holiday Giving Tree ‘Radium Girls’ coming to PAC December 6-7-8 in Main Office at (Continued from page 1) with the audience. It takes Hampden Academy place in the 1920s, but many of Hampden Academy will host a the themes are very relevant Holiday Giving Tree to provide gifts today. for children in families who need Ms. Guare says the students help this Christmas. have been having a lot of fun School Nurse Barb Parent said meeting the challenges that letters were sent to all parents with Radium Girls presents. a form to fill out if they feel unable “We’ve never done a to give gifts to their children this straight drama before—and year and would like some help. this one is tragic,” she says. The forms need to be returned to “These women went through Hampden Academy by December 3. enormous amounts of pain The Giving Tree will be in the and suffering that the stu- Main Office, decorated with mit- dents are having to grapple tens that list gifts that parents have with, including the feeling requested for their children. that no one is listening to you “We invite community members or acknowledging what’s hap- to come in and take a mitten,” says pening to you. Mrs. Parent. “We ask that people “It’s a completely different bring the gifts back to the Main challenge for us. We’ve done Office by December 13. The gifts comic dramas and straight should be wrapped, with the mitten plays before, but never any- on it so we know who it goes to.” thing that has been quite this Phoebe Wagner, Mallory Parks, Denali Eyles, Andrew Barrett, Aidan Babbitt, Grayson Koelbl, The school will then distribute serious and tragic.” and Garrett Donovan rehearse a boardroom argument in “Radium Girls.” the gifts in time for the holidays, The cast includes seniors Aidan Verhar, Phoebe Wagner, and Matt Tilley; juniors Alaura Hink, Ryan with everything done anonymously. Babbitt, Jaden Clewley, Zoe El- Yost; sophomores Jessica Dobson, Scott, and Zach Scott; sophomore Mrs. Parent says the Holiday lingwood, Tonia Gonzalez, Eleanor and Caroline Pickering; and fresh- Gracie Demchak; and freshman Giving Tree should be fully decorat- Prescott, and Teresa Rebelo; juniors men Madi Baude, Emma Camp- Jaiden Hanson. ed with mittens, ready for commu- Andrew Barrett, Teodora Blejeru, bell, Grace Farrar, and Mallory The set is being built by the nity members, during the first week Garrett Donovan, Denali Eyles, Parks. members of the Introduction to the of December. Sarah Gass, LillyAnne Keeley, The backstage crew includes Performing Arts Center class, under Grayson Koelbl, Adrien Sholes, Emi seniors Isaac Anderson and Andrew the direction of Rob Kissinger. Page 4 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------

Matt Dunlap (standing at left) spoke for two class periods with Lisa Scofield’s College Reading class and Jason Dorr’s Modern Governmental Perspectives class. Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap visits HA classroom for 2 periods Maine Secretary of State Matt thing goes really well, it’s because I Mr. Dunlap said he thought Dunlap spent a very enjoyable hour have a lot of very smart people work- voters generally liked the idea of and a half at Hampden Academy ing for me. When things go wrong, ranked-choice voting, but he af- on November 7, talking with Lisa it’s on me. What that provides me is firmed that the Maine Constitution Scofield’s College Reading class and employees who will throw themselves would have to be amended to allow Jason Dorr’s class on Modern Gov- on hand grenades to protect me. ranked-choice voting for governor. ernmental Perspectives. * * * The reason, he said, was that Mr. Dorr has known Mr. Dunlap We have three rules of engagement Maine had a three-way race for since he was a 17-year-old working [in the Secretary of State’s office]. governor in 1879. The Greenback summers at the University Dining First, the world stops for kids. Party fielded a candidate, Joseph Service serving meals at the camps, If you have a school group coming Smith, who polled about 4% fo the and Mr. Dunlap was part of the through, treat them well. vote, with the Democrat and Repub- Dining Service crew. Second, don’t BS people. They’re lican candidates tied at about 48% He said he was surprised that going to figure it out. If you never each. Constitution at the time said Mr. Dunlap could come to Hampden tell a lie, you never have to remem- that if no candidate got 50% of the Academy so close to the election. ber what you told somebody. votes plus 1, the Legislature would The result was a wide-ranging Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. Third, do it now. I actually determine the winner. discussion about Mr. Dunlap’s expe- banned Post-It notes from the office Mr. Dunlap explained that the riences in Augusta, and his observa- and the media? for a while. In the time it takes to Secretary of State didn’t run the tions about the political process. Mr. Dunlap: I’ve always had good write yourself a reminder, you could election in 1879; elections were run Mr. Dunlap opened his talk by relations with the media. My basic have gotten it done. A Post-It note is largely by local political commit- noting that the Bangor Histori- policy is if you ask me a question, I a tombstone of someone else’s priori- tees. There were many allegations cal Society is housed in a mansion answer it. If I don’t know the answer, ties that you don’t think is important about ballot-box stuffing and voter that was built by Thomas A. Hill, a I tell you I don’t know the answer. enough to work on right now. intimidation, and a lot of Legislative banker and speculator who lost ev- We [the Secretary of State’s It’s amazing—when someone calls races were overturned, resulting in erything—including the house—in office] had a situation where the and say they need help with some- a change in the balance of power in the Panic of 1837. Maine Dept. of Human Services-- thing, they’re stunned when we give the Legislature. As a result of the “I never heard of the Panic of sent confidential patient informa- them a call back the same day. uncertainty, people formed militia 1837, so I looked it up,” he said. tion to their clients, but put stuff in * * * companies and marched on Au- “People were speculating in land the wrong envelope. Q. What do you think of nega- gusta. Republicans, Democrats, and out west—the idea was to borrow A TV station from Portland tive campaigning? Greenbacks all had militias. Joshua money, buy land at $10 per acre, decided to come up to Augusta with Mr. Dunlap: When I ran for Chamberlain was called out of retire- and then sell it for $100 per acre. a camera crew and see how sloppy Governor [in the Democratic pri- ment to command the state forces to “What happened was beyond things were in handling personal mary in 2012] we debated in the prevent an insurrection. They put a anyone’s control—two years of crop information. They went behind the campaign on how to respond. I cannon in the front door of the state failures in England that meant records center, where we keep all didn’t want to respond, because I house. put snipers on the rooftops. food had to be import. Bankers in the non-permanent records. Then, don’t believe in going negative. After about 12 days, the Legislature England noticed that their reserves in very dramatic fashion, a reporter However, the reality is that nega- finally seated Dan Davis, the Repub- were dropping rapidly, dangerously, snapped on rubber gloves, saw the tive campaigning works. In the run lican nominee, as Governor. so they raise interest rates. Since lock hanging off the hasp in an up to the June 2018 primary, Janet After this, the public decided that the Pound was the reserve cur- unlocked position. He slide it open, Mills was up by 20 points—then the whoever got the most votes on Election rency of the world, raising interest reached in, and pulled out docu- negatives kicked it, and she only Day should be declared the winner. rates sent a shock wave around ments loaded with SS numbers. won by five or six points. It does * * * the world. Money became very I was asked to comment on this. have an impact. Q (from Mrs. Scofield): Could expensive, loans were called in, and We had a press guy at the time who Whether we want negative you speak to the value of the clas- the result was a 7-year economic had worked for one of the TV sta- campaigning or no, the reality is sics? collapse in the U.S. that caused Mr. tions and was used to being on the that their are differences between Mr. Dunlap: They’re absolutely Hill to lose his house.” other side of the camera. He was people. Someone on You Tube made critical. People used to laugh at me At that point, Mr. Dunlap paused paralyzed with fear when he came a video of simulated TV ads based when I was working as a chef at the and took out a $1 bill out of his wal- in to talk with me. on newspaper attacks during the University of Maine or at Pat’s Pizza let, and showed it to the class. I said, look,we own this. There’s Jefferson-Adams campaign in 1800. in Orono. In my view, [the classics] “You know what this is, correct? nothing I can say or do that makes Holy cow!. You want to talk nega- are where you find the fundamental A $1 bill,” he said. “The dollar bill me not own this. tive? It was unbelievable. underpinnings of a lot of what we’re was created during the Civil War The reporter came in and asked, Negative campaigning does have talking about. There’s no end of dis- so the U.S. soldiers could be paid. ‘Well, Mr. Secretary, what’s your an impact; you have to respond to it. covery. Here I am, I’m 53 years old, The U.S. government needed to pay response to this profound breach of And the stakes are rather high. and I had never heard of the Panic of soldiers. Before the dollar bill was security? Vince Lombardi said, “Show me a 1837, which helped shape our entire created, all the banks had was coin, I said, ‘First of all, I’d like to good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.” country—and which helped shape the called specie. In 1837, because the thank WGME for finding this Whether we like it or not, negative way we formed our monetary policy. banks didn’t have sufficient re- before any real harm was done. I campaigning has an impact—it’s * * * serves, they suspended specie pay- explained what happened. When how you influence voters. Mr. Dunlap: One question that ment. There was no paper money. the reporter asked who is going to * * * didn’t come up—if I decide to enter Banks issued their own bank notes, be disciplined, I said, ‘Nobody. I’m Q-is there anything that we politics, what should I be prepared which were basically IOUs. You responsible. I apologize. I’m the as voters can do to lessen the for? The answer is, be prepared to could not go to a bank and get paper one that’s accountable.” influence of extremism today? be disappointed. money like we can today. This The story ran that evening, but Mr. Dunlap: Punish people for People—especially younger peo- caused runs on banks. There were it was out of the news in six hours, it. Don’t vote for them. ple—come into the political arena a lot of panics and crashes during because I wasn’t denying it, I wasn’t One of things that those of us in energized and active and they be- the 19th and 20th centuries. going to promise an investigation, I the political area often do is sell vot- come part of an organization. And * * * just owned it. ers short. Voters are pretty smart. then they lose. If you’re going to be Q--Can you tell us about the I have always had a very good rela- They can see through a lot of this. in politics, you have to be prepared relationship between politicians tionship with the press. When some- * * * to lose, as well as to win. Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Page 5 ------Michele Metzler one of 48 Global Learning Fellows on South Africa trip Michele Metzler, social studies teacher at Hampden Academy, was one of 48 teachers from around the U.S. who participated in the NEA Global Learning Fellowship for 2017-18, which included a two-week trip to South Africa last July. The goal of the fellowship pro- gram was to help develop skills for integrating global competency into the curriculum. “We want to globalize our class- rooms so that students can under- stand ideas on a global scale,” said Mrs. Metzler. “We’re not educating kids for jobs that exist today; we’re educating them for jobs that haven’t been invented yet. We want to provide them with the knowledge, foundation, and skills to interact in a world where they’re going to be much more inter- connected than ever before.”. Mrs. Metzler applied for the NEA fellowship in February 2017 and was accepted in May. The program Mrs. Metzler was taking a selfie with this elephant (behind the started in the fall with a two-day wire fence) when the elephant surprised her by trumpeting. “It seminar in Washington, DC, fol- An elephant in Kruger National Park. was a really loud noise and I wasn’t prepared for it,” she said. lowed by monthly webinars from November 2017 through June 2018. ers of all grades and content areas can The South Africa trip in July was use to globalize their classroom. the second time that all 48 teachers The book, Twelve Lessons to Open saw each other in person. Classrooms and Minds to the World, During their two week stay in was published in September 2018 South Africa, the teachers spent and is available on Amazon. Mrs. much of their time in public schools Metzler and the other NEA Global and looking at the education sys- Learning Fellows are listed as con- tem. They also visited a lot of cul- tributing authors. tural landmarks, including the new At the end of the trip, many Constitutional Court building. of the Global Learning Fellows, They split their time between including Mrs. Metzler, elected to South Africa’s two capital cities, go on an optional 4-day safari to Capetown and Johannesburg. Kruger National Park. Mrs. Metzler said she talked with The safari included two trips a lot of people in South Africa who each day—from 8 to 11 in the morn- remember the old apartheid system ing and 3 to 6 in the afternoon. The Global Learning Fellows which was in place when they were Most of the animals in the park A rhinoceros in South Africa. contributed to this book. younger. aren’t active at mid-day. “They talk about ‘the dawn of de- “We would drive around the park see it. They saw two male lions from from a different pride. They also got mocracy’ and some of the struggles looking for animals,” Mrs. Metzler said. one pride chase off a third male lion to watch the female lions and cubs. they’re having with the end of apart- “We saw all of the ‘big five’—lions, a heid,” she said. “The big question is leopard, rhinos, elephants, and Cape how they’re going to acknowledge buffalo, as well as giraffes and hippos. Hampden Academy Homecoming that phase of their country’s history. We heard the leopard kill a warthog; Powder puff football, a giant bon- week to They’re still working on that.” that was the only thing that could have fire, and school spirit competitions set up and While in Washington, the teachers caused the noise that we heard.” were among the activities scheduled clean up. met with Fernando Reimers, a profes- On the last day of the safari, during Homecoming Week, which “They sor from Harvard, and helped him poachers had killed a rhino, leaving culminated with the traditional pep did a write a book with lessons that teach- the carcass where the teachers could rally on Friday, September 21. great job On Wednesday, teams of fresh- decorat- man, sophomore, junior, and senior ing,” said girls played powder puff football. English Fred Lower and Todd Moore teacher served as referees for the games. and Lead- Afterwords, HA students celebrated ership with a giant bonfire. Group ad- School spirit competitions includ- visor Rob ed a dress-up theme for each day of Kissinger. the week. “They At the Pep Rally on Friday, worked teachers modeled cardboard outfits very hard. created by the HA art department. When Staff members competed to see people who could come up with the best come into decorations for their classroom Hampden doors. The winners were: Academy, Mrs. Libby’s cardboard fashion for Homecoming. • The Learning Center, which they’re had Broncos hanging in the window. surprised at how big this building • The entire math department, is. One effect is that it is very dif- where each door represented a ficult to decorate a building of this decade through history, with photos size to give it that Homecoming feel. of staff members and things that “It is a very tricky thing to do,” SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD—The Hampden Academy field hockey team were happened during the various the he added. “The kids put giant pur- presented with the Northern Maine Class A Sportsmanship Award during ceremo- decades. ple “Broncos” banners on the wall, nies at the state championship game in Portland on November 3. The award was voted on by the teams and coaches in Class A North, who were asked to nominate • Mrs. Vickerson’s room, where and placed astroturf in the lobby three teams in their division for the award. Coach Amanda Grove, who teaches the door was transformed into a gi- to simulate a football field when math at Wagner Middle School, said she was really proud of her girls. She noted ant Starbucks latte. people first walk in the building. that the team experienced a lot of adversity throughout the season—sickness, The Hampden Academy Leader- And every player of every sports injuries, and young players and new players stepping into new roles. “The team’s ship Group came in on the week- team had their name on the wall record was not indicative of its success this fall.” ends before and after Homecoming somewhere in the school.” Page 6 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------NEW STAFF AT HAMPDEN ACADEMY Mat Allen, Math stay-at-home mom for 8 years. years of high school, so they did. Alisa Libby, Math Mat Allen, who graduated from Mrs. Drake move to Maine from “We’re coming back to our roots,” Alisa Libby, a Maine native who the University of Maine last spring Philadelphia, where she was an art he said. has spent the last 24 years travel- after student teacher for 8 years. Mr. Hink is now in his 18th year ing around the U.S. and the world teaching at Ban- “My husband’s dad was origi- of teaching. Before moving to Flori- as a Navy wife, gor High School, nally from Bath, and they had a da, he taught at Belfast High School is now teaching is a new math summer home on the New Mead- for a year, Mt. View High School math at Hamp- teacher at Hamp- ows River where we used to go,” for 13 years, Georges Valley High den Academy. den Academy. she said. “When I had my son, we School for a year, and Mt. Blue High Last year, she A native of San- talked about where do we want to School for a year. He also served as lived in Rhode ford, he graduated live, and we decided on Maine.” a long-term sub at Wilton Middle Island, while her from Sanford High Mrs. Drake is a native of Phila- School before moving to Mt. Blue. husband, Capt. School. delphia. She received her B.A. in Mr. Hink grew up in South Port- Todd Libby, USN, Mat Allen He is a musi- Art from Gettysburg College and land, moved to Cornish, ME at age served as director Alisa Libby cian and played the baritone in the her Master’s degree in Painting 11, and graduated from Sacopee Val- of the Naval Staff University of Maine Marching Band. from University of Pennsylvania. ley High School. He studied mechan- College at the Naval War College, He now lives in Hampden. She also has her art certification ical engineering at the University of in charge of 62 foreign officer stu- from Moore College of Art in Phila- Maine for one year and then trans- dents from 55 different countries. Gloria DeRedin, Health delphia ferred to the University of Maine at Mrs. Libby spent the next year Gloria DeRedin, who taught In addition to painting, Mrs. Farmington, graduating four years helping the incoming families ad- middle school and high school Drake enjoys hiking, gardening, later with a B.S. in Education. just to life in a different country. health at RSU 25 in Bucksport for and studying reiki. She’s also The Hinks just closed on a house in Prior to that, Capt. Libby was the past 13 years, taught at several art camps. Hampden on the Winterport-Hamp- stationed in Colorado, where Mrs. is now teaching den line. Previously, they were living Libby taught math for three years. health at Hamp- LeAnne Dunham, Special Ed with grandparents in Searsport. Mrs. Libby grew up in Greene, den Academy. LeAnne Dunham is a new special They have two daughters, a graduated from Leavitt Area H.S., She started education teacher at Hampden junior at HA and a 7th grader at and then attended the University of teaching in Academy. Wagner Middle School. Maine, where she received her B.S. Bucksport as a She comes to Mr. Hinks loves sports, theater degree in Chemistry with highest substitute for five HA from Leonard (he used to perform, but now sup- distinction and a minor in second- years. Before that, Middle School in port his children’s involvement in ary education. she worked for the Gloria DeRedin Old Town, where the theater), movies, camping, hik- She also has a M.S, degree in YMCA in Ells- she was a special ing, and game night with the kids. Biomedical Research with a concen- worth and Bangor from 1990 to 2000. education teacher tration in cancer gene therapy from Previously, she served as the for six years. Jeff Keating, Special Ed Eastern Virginia Medical School. aquatic director for Rockford Com- Before that, she Jeff Keating, who was a special Her husband, a Naval Flight munity Education in Rockford, taught at Caravel education teacher at Mt. View High Officer, grew up in Newburgh and Mich. She grew up in the “thumb” Middle School in School in Thorndike for 21 years, graduated from Hampden Academy. LeAnne Dunham area of Michigan and earned her Carmel. is a new special Mrs. Libby says the family is B.S. degree in Recreational Leader- A native of Farmington, NH, just education teach- returning to Maine because her hus- ship and Management from North- outside of Rochester, she received er at Hampden band is finally retiring from the Navy. ern Michigan University in Mar- her B.S. degree in Special Educa- Academy. “We are building our forever quette, MI. tion from the University of Maine at Mr. Keating, home in the town of Newburgh, She met her husband, Glenn, a Farmington. a native of Long where he grew up,” she said. Maine native, when he was in the She lives in Orono with her hus- Island, said he The Libbys have three daugh- Air Force, stationed at K.I. Sawyer band Steve and their two sons, ages moved to Maine ters—a 9th grader at Hampden AFB in Marquette. They now live 2½ and 7 months. because the Academy, an 8th grader at Reeds in Bucksport. They have two sons, Steve graduated from the Uni- job market on Brook Middle School, and a 2nd Billy, 25, and Carter, 21, a senior at versity of Maine and stayed to get Long Island was Jeff Keating grader at McGraw School. Maine Maritime Academy. his Master’s degree, “so we stayed tough—with sev- Mrs. Libby enjoys spending time The DeRedins enjoy camping, here and never left,” she said. eral hundred applicants for a single with her family. She particularly boating, and baseball. Both Billy Mrs. Dunham says she loves any- teaching job. loves bird hunting with her hus- and Carter played high school and thing outside—hunting, running, “I liked the winter and the ocean, band and doing anything out- Legion ball for Bucksport High going for walks. so I moved to Maine,” he said. doors—snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, School and the Brewer Falcons. She also loves sports. She His first job in Maine was at Kids fishing, hiking, and landscaping. coached track and cross country Peace in Ellsworth. Then he taught “I also love, love, love to read,” Adele Drake, Art before her sons were born, but she special education in the Ellsworth she says, school system for 1½ years before Adele Drake, who taught art also enjoys football and especially moving to Mt. View High School. at Leonard Middle School in Old college hockey. Amelia Reinhardt, English Mr. Keating graduated from Town for six Her favorite teams are the Red Amelia Reinhardt, who student Valley Stream Central High School years, is the new Sox and Patriots. Growing up in New taught at Hampden Academy with on Long Island and received his art teacher at Hampshire, her family had season Rob Kissinger Bachelor’s degree at SUNY Cort- Hampden Acad- tickets to UNH hockey, and she and Jenn Guare land. He also has a Master’s degree emy. became a Wildcats hockey fan. She last year, is a new in Special Education and a Certifi- Mrs. Drake still wears her UNH jersey to Maine English teacher cate of Advance Studies from the and her husband hockey games at the Alfond, but her at Hampden University of Maine. Bill live in Win- husband wears his UMaine gear. Academy. Mr. Keating lives in Freedom terport with their Ms. Reinhardt with his wife Stacy. They have two children, who Chris Hink, Math graduated from three college-age children—a are students (a Adele Drake Chris Hink, who spent the last the University of daughter who is completing her senior and freshman) at HA. three years teaching middle school Maine with her graduate program in athletic train- Amelia Reinhardt “I’m really happy to be working math at a charter school in Clare- B.S. degree in ing at the University of Maine, a with high school students,” she mont, FL, is a Secondary Education. She spent the daughter who is studying nursing said. new math teacher first semester of her junior year as at Kennebec Valley Community Both Mrs. Drake and her hus- at Hampden an exchange student in Santiago, College, and a son who is studying band are in a Master of Fine Arts Academy. Chile, studying Spanish and the education at KVCC. program at the University of Maine He’s teach- history of Chile. Mr. Keating has a maple syrup in Intermedia—using different ing Algebra 1, She grew up in St. George, ME, company that has about 1,200 taps types of media to achieve artistic Geometry, and 3 near Rockland, and graduated from that produce about 400 gallons of effects. Mr. Drake is enrolled full sections of Alge- Oceanside High School. syrup per year. time; Mrs. Drake is close to com- bra 2, including Ms. Reinhardt lives in Brewer. She “We’re adding more taps every pleting the degree requirements, regular Algebra 2 enjoys downhill skiing, hiking, and Chris Hink day,” he says. but is taking the semester off to and College Prep reading, particularly dystopian fiction. He says he cuts firewood on the focus on her new job at HA. Algebra 2. She started skiing at the Camden side because he has to keep the forest Prior to taking the job in Old Mr. Hink said his family went Snowbowl, but her favorite slopes thinned to produce more maple syrup. Town, Mrs. Drake taught art at to Florida because his wife wanted are at Sugarloaf and Sunday River. He typically works as a carpenter Husson University in Bangor for warmer weather and palm trees. Then, during the summer. two years and at Waterfall Arts his oldest daughter wanted to come in Belfast. Before that, she was a back to Maine for her junior and senior Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Page 7 ------Endangered animals subject of 5th grade science project Students in Dorothy Dawson’s 5th grade class at Weatherbee School did a project on endangered ani- mals at the end of October and beginning of November. They had to select an en- dangered animal and create a model showing the ani- mal’s habitat and how how it gets the basic necessities of water, food, and shelter. Then the model had to show how the animal is be- ing threatened and how it might be protected. The 5th graders started Rogan Lord: Przewalski’s horse are the Anna Napolillo said she chose red pan- Gracie LeVasseur and her model of the presenting their models in only true wild species of horse. They are das because they are less well known endangered river dolphin class on Friday, November 2. native to the Gobi desert. than Great Pandas.

NEW STAFF AT WEATHERBEE SCHOOL GEORGE B. WEATHERBEE SCHOOL Dorothy Dawson, 5th Grade fun, so I didn’t realize how challeng- Jennifer Cyr, Principal 862-3254 Dorothy Dawson has joined the ing it was until I stopped doing it.” staff at Weatherbee School as the Before Japan, she spent five years new 5th grade teacher. in Manitoba, Canada, getting her Ms. Dawson law degree from the University of comes to RSU 22 Manitoba and then practicing family from RSU 34, where law. At that point, she changed her she was a gifted/ career focus to education because talented teacher she decided she needed to do some- for seven years, thing where more of her day was including the last positive rather than negative. Weatherbee School. She graduated from the Univer- four at Leonard Ms. Dawson grew up in Ontario She is part of a two-person team sity of Maine with a B.S. in Child Middle School in and graduated from the University with long-term Development/Family Relations. She Old Town. Dorothy Dawson of Windsor with a B.S. in Psychol- sub Ashlee Arse- lives in Howland with her husband She coached the elementary ogy. For several years, she worked nault\. Craig and their three children. Her and middle school Robotics Teams for a human services agency that Mrs. Thompson oldest son is a senior at Husson at LMS for seven years, including provided adult foster care for people has been teach- University, her daughter is a fresh- a trip to California for the world who are handicapped and can’t ing for 25 years, man at the University of Maine, championships last June. legally take care of themselves. mostly in SAD 31. and her youngest son is a freshman She says she’s looking forward to Ms. Dawson lives in Carmel She has taught at Penobscot Valley High School in building capacity in robotics in RSU 22. with her husband, Lloyd Hall, and grades 1 through 7 Howland. Prior to teaching in Old Town, Ms. their son Stirling Hall, who is a 7th and was the math Mrs. Thompson says math has al- Dawson spent four years as an English grader at Reeds Brook. specialist/Title I Pamela Thompson ways been a love of hers, but in the teacher in Hiroshima, Japan, teaching coordinator for SAD 31 for six years. past few years, she has expanded English to Japanese students. Pamela Thompson, 3rd Grade Her most recent teaching assignment her expertise in the area of literacy. “I was the only English speaker in Pamela Thompson is the new 3rd was 1st grade at Enfield Station She enjoys fishing, 4-wheeling, and the school,” she said. “It was super grade math and writing teacher at School in SAD 31. spending time at the family camp. NEW STAFF IN RSU 22 HA Club Volleyball has great inaugural season By Brittany Layman Carol Lynn Mooers, Spanish Club Volleyball Coach Carol Lynn Mooers has joined the staff of What a great inaugu- RSU 22 as a Spanish teacher at Weatherbee ral season! School, Smith School, and The student-athletes Reeds Brook Middle School. made great gains during She is a native Spanish the two months that we speaker who grew up in San were together. The team Antonio, TX. Spanish was has established a founda- spoken at home, as her grand- tion, and we are excited parents were from Mexico. to build on that founda- Before coming to Hamp- tion and improve our den, she taught high school skills and team play next and middle school art in Carol Lynn Mooers year. Corinth for three years. She Our seniors will be also taught high school art and worked as an missed, as they brought elementary school guidance counselor for nine great athleticism to the years in San Antonio. team, plus some very Mrs. Mooers spent eight years in the U.S. solid volleyball skills. Army, stationed at Ft. Sam Houston in San An- Next year we will be tonio. Her primary job was maintaining medical running a JV schedule, records for soldiers returning from Iraq. She and we’re hoping to host Club volleyball in action. met her husband, Rodney, who was also in the many home games. Army, stationed at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, TX. To build up excitement for the season, we will summer volleyball camp at Brewer High School The Mooers live in Corinna with their two host an information session this spring, along at the end of June. The clinic will be run by Rich children, ages 14 and 12, who attend Sebasti- with middle school play days at Wagner Middle Nutter (head coach at Brewer High School and cook Middle School in Newport. School. We are also hoping to run a session over former volleyball coach at Woodland High School, Mrs. Mooers said the family moved to Maine at the Rec Department between the winter and where his teams won three state championships), “because we wanted to give our children a new spring sports seasons. Sue Medley (my former Division 1 coach), and experience.” Athletes will also be able to participate in a myself. We are already looking forward to it. Page 8 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------Nutrition Grants and other Health and Wellness news By Brittany Layman, Health and Wellness Coordinator, RSU 22 Maine Agriculture in the We also will be receiving a box of Classroom Awareness Grant organic seeds and a year’s worth of Organic Valley Dairy coupons. We have all heard of farm-to-ta- We are very honored and excited ble and maybe even know about the about this opportunity! concept “lunch and learns.” Have we ever thought about combining the two ideas at the Pre K level? ‘5-2-1-0 Let’s Go!’ Here in RSU 22 we are set to do All of our schools are participat- that with our innovative program ing in the “5-2-1-0 Let’s Go!” pro- called “Farm to Pre K: Exploring Lo- gram that promotes healthy eating cal Foods with Lunch and Learns.” and physical activity. Students will be able to eat a We have received a bit of funding family style meal or snack that is for taste testing in Winterport and for some equipment to help “spice up” prepared using fresh local ingredi- A student enjoying honey during ents. While they enjoy their meals, a preK taste test. the cafeteria. We are excited to be they will learn what it takes to grow partnering with this organization. the produce that makes their meals cess....the carrots not so much! healthy and beautiful. Students vote on the prod- Orchards and Gardens We had our first taste test/local ucts being tested, and if the Everything is put to bed for the meal on November 8, where the vote is favorable, we try to gardening season and we will be preK students enjoyed a homemade incorporate it into the menu. starting back up in March. biscuit and Hampden Academy We are always looking for vol- honey. This was our first in a series Farm to School “Take unteers to help with our garden ,with our next product being Fisher Action Pledge” program, and if anyone is interested Farm carrots, followed by Wild First Runner Up please reach out to Brittany Lay- Maine Blueberries. We are excited Students managing the orchard at Smith RSU 22 took the pledge man at [email protected]. to watch our youngest students to promote farm-to-school Our orchards have been cleaned enjoy new tastes and flavors. five or six taste-testing sessions and materials to promote outdoor play activities during Farm-to-School up and are ready for the winter during the winter months. We will Month in October. weather. ‘Fuel Up to Play 60’ Grant be working with our Student Leaders We were selected to receive a Cap- Our new orchard at Smith is doing for Weatherbee Elementary group to harness their energy as out- tain Planet Foundation Project Learn- very well and we hope to expand in RSU 22 has joined the organi- door and taste-testing ambassadors. ing Kit, which includes lesson kits with the spring. Our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th zation “Fuel Up to Play 60” in an We have had two taste testing ses- supplies for standards-based garden grade students became Orchard effort to encourage healthy eating sions with students trying carrot chips lessons and a mobile kitchen (complete Stewards in the fall. They performed and play. with dill dip and Hampden Academy with a Vitamix Blender), which will be all of the required maintenance along We received enough funding for honey. The honey was a great suc- going to the Wagner School. with cleaning out the garden.

Applefest at Hampden Academy A busy fall for School Nutrition in RSU 22 By Kathy Kittridge, School Nutrition Director, RSU 22 It’s been a busy fall in school of Maine, Brick Oven Bakery, Ban- nutrition with events and increas- gor Rye, MSAD 1, and the RSU 22 ing our use of local items. We’ve school garden. als collaborated with the Wellness program on food events, including Applefest, celebrating apples taste testings of Hampden Academy of Maine—Featuring apples from Honey, Fisher Farm carrots and a Rowe’s Orchards and the MSAD #1 large variety of Maine Apples. Orchards, we were able to offer over 15 varieties of Maine apples. Harvest Week, celebrating the harvest of Maine, was held in Grandparents Day at Smith September. Menu items featured School—Smith School celebrated products from over 10 farms and Grandparents Day, feeding over 550 Maine companies. Students helped people at the annual luncheon. out the kitchens by shucking the fresh corn. Recipes included baked Veteran’s Day Breakfast at McGraw students shuck corn. potato bars, mashed potato bowls, Wagner Middle School—Students homemade baked French toast with served breakfast and held a pro- allow us flexibility to try new things Applications for school meals can blueberries, roasted root veggies, gram for Winterport area Veterans. and offer a variety of items. Specific be filled out anytime during the and Albies of Maine BBQ pork on items are not listed on the menu as school year. Bangor Rye Bakery kaiser rolls. we look for fresh offerings weekly. New Recipes Looking for subs Salad bars featured peppers and Asian Noodles, Roasted Root Veg- Sustainability—RSU 22 food We are looking for school food tomatoes from our school gardens, gies, New Tacos using homemade service is moving to no straws, service subs and are willing to along with yummy watermelon and taco seasoning, ground Beef Stroga- reducing plasticware. We are also train. Check with the Superinten- apples from local farms. noff, Minestrone Soup, Cheeseburg- piloting a compost program at dent’s office to apply. Farmers and businesses who par- er Soup, Homemade Baked French Hampden Academy ticipated in Harvest Week included Toast, Quiche, Homemade Baked Chase Stream Farm, J & C Family Ziti, and new “grab-and-go” salads School Meal Accounts Questions or concerns? Farm, Noah Weaver Family Farm, at Hampden Academy. Please help us keep costs down Please contact Kathy Kittridge, Pineland, Green Thumb, Wyman’s, Fresh Fruit and Salad bars are by keeping student meal accounts School Nutrition Director, 862-3543, [email protected]. Backyard Farms, Lakeside, Albie’s offered daily at all schools—they up to date. Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Page 9 ------RSU 22 to begin development of Curriculum Office Update 2019-20 budget By Mary Giard, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, RSU 22 (Continued from page 1) K-5 coding and robotics coming to RSU 22 Curricular) We are excited to announce the beginning of K-5 coding and • Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.— robotics for this school year. Our technology integrators will Articles 1 and 2 (Regular and be training students and their teachers in basic computer Special Education Instruction) coding and then moving on to coding to manipulate our new • Tuesday, March 26, 4 Wonder robots. Stay tuned for more information as the p.m.—Articles 6 and 7 (System and program gets underway! Mary Giard Building Administration) • Tuesday, April 9, 4 p.m.— Article 5 (Student & Staff Support: nurse, guidance, library) Spring 2018 State Assessment Results • Tuesday, April 30, 4 p.m.— Spring 2018 State Assessment Results have been Each category is represented by a color. Gray repre- Article 8 (Transportation) released. See charts below to see an overall picture of sents scores above the state’s expectations. The green bar The final steps for approval of RSU 22’s results. represents scores that meet state expectations. Yellow the 2019-20 budget will occur at a First you will see below overall English Language shows the percentage of students below expectations series of meetings in May and June. Arts (ELA) and mathematics results for grades 3-8 and, finally, the red indicates the percentage of students On Tuesday, May 7, at 4 p.m., all across the district. who are scoring well below the state expectations. the board will meet in the HA Library to hear the final overall English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3-8 budget presentation. On Wednesday, May 15, at 7 p.m., a Special Board Meeting will be held in the HA Library for the Budget Ratification Vote. On Tuesday, June 4, a Public Forum on the budget will be held at the HA Library, starting at 6 p.m. On Thursday, June 6, RSU 22 voters will vote on the budget at the District Budget Meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. in the Hampden Academy Gym. The budget that is approved by the voters on June 6 will be voted on again in the District Budget Refer- endum on Tuesday, June 11. The polls will be open on from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hampden Municipal Our results were stronger than Maine’s state aver- Wagner School: Building, Newburgh Elementary ages for both ELA and mathematics. As a result of 1. Reviewed and revised our English Language School, Wagner Middle School, and reviewing the most recent test scores, each building Arts standards to ensure more rigor Frankfort Elementary School. has set some goals for the 2018-2019 school year. 2. Continue to implement our middle level math Public participation is encouraged curriculum and have secured some extra support due at all steps in the process. Weatherbee School: to Title I available funds “The more people tell us what 1. Increase our overall attendance percentage and 3. Increasing our time for science instruction they want and what their priorities continue to build awareness around positive attendance. are, the better job the Board can 2. Continue to implement our math curriculum. Reeds Brook: do in constructing a budget that 3. Continue to refine our RTI (Response to Inter- 1. Aligned teachers to their strengths and certifica- meets the needs of the district vention) data collection that monitors connectedness tion areas. For instance, only teachers who have con- and our students,” said Assistant to school and attendance. centrations in mathematics are teaching mathematics. Superintendent Regan Nickels. 2. Increased the amount of science time that a Smith School: student receives during the week. We have moved RSU 22, EA22 1. Focus on our population of students who move from 75 minutes every other day to 50 minutes daily. in and out. We have implemented an attendance pro- 3. Identified students who are below expectations, agree on new tocol to support our students and parents (constant cross-referenced the data with NWEAs and are in teacher contract communication). the process of giving students extra assistance where 2. Our Special education students struggle. The time is available. (Continued from page 1) majority of our significantly below students are also teachers who are National Board Certi- 4. Instituted a peer tutoring club last year and we identified as special education students. This work are in the process of starting it up again this year. fied from $2,000 in 2017-18 to $3,000 in needs to be a focus for us. 2018-19, and $4,000 in 2019-20. • A limit of 9 credit hours per year SAT Data for Hampden Academy for college course reimbursement. Under the previous contract, the limit Hampden was 12 credit hours per year. Academy: • A reduction in the number of 1. Science is adjusting additional sick days teachers are course design & structure, allowed if they participate in the integration of content, district’s sick leave pool. A teacher graduation requirements, in the previous contract could draw pathways & incorporat- from the sick leave pool four times ing released items for the the accumulated value; the new Junior year MEA Science contract limits the number of sick Augmentation. days that can be drawn to three 2. Math has adjusted times the accumulated value. current schedule this year Mr. Lyons said there were 17 nego- to have Pre Algebra & tiating sessions, starting on February Algebra 1 as 40 minute 8 and concluding on September 17. classes everyday for the He said the negotiations were “very year, instead of 80 minute, professional and very cordial, with every other day for the good discussions from both sides.” year. A math teacher will The negotiations were done in- begin participation in the house, with six teachers negotiating Math Coaching Program offered through the Univer- Senior year offerings to better align with our UTC for EA22 and one Board member sity of Farmington in the summer of 2019 schedule. English also uses the NWEA scores to help Scott Cuddy, Mr. Lyons, and Assis- 3. English is examining current course offerings, identify and meet student needs. tant Superintendent Regan Nickels RTI (Response to Intervention) course design, Junior/ negotiating for RSU 22. Page 10 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------RB Student Council wrapping gifts for Project Gift Box For the third year in a row, the who puts together a board with tags in the presents. Gift Box. Reeds Brook Middle School Student listing items that students would Kelsey Stoyanova, Student Coun- “The students came up with the Council will support Project Gift like to get at Christmas. cil co-advisor, said when Project idea of making stockings so the Box—the school’s Christmas giving The tags list the gift items, but Gift Box was first announced, the kids would have a little extra joy project—by making stockings for the recipients remain anonymous. Student Council was planning to at Christmas,” Ms. Stoyanova said. each of the kids receiving gifts. During the beginning of Decem- take some tags and buy gifts, but “Now, it’s become a tradition.”: Project Gift Box is organized by ber, students, parents, or communi- the Reeds Brook community came Sometimes gifts are provided to Guidance Counselor Ann Moody, ty members take the tags and bring together and bought all the gifts off siblings, as well. the board. “It’s not necessarily just Reeds Student Council members then Brook students, but Reeds Brook NEW STAFF AT asked what they could do that families who need extra help during REEDS BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL would add a little extra to Project the holidays,” Ms. Stoyanova says. Patricia Hafener, Librarian ing credentials. Patricia Hafener, a teacher and As a result, Señora Lobo worked REEDS BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL former lawyer, is the new librarian at Chase’s Daily, a farm-to-market Don Roux, Principal at Reeds Brook Middle School. restaurant in Belfast, while she and 862-3540 Ms. Hafener her husband took the courses and moved to Hamp- tests they needed to become certi- den last year with fied to teach in Maine. her husband and Señora Lobo graduated from two children. Belfast Area High School and then After taking a attended Tulane University in New year off to settle Orleans for two years, the Culinary her family into a Arts School of Cambridge (Massachu- new house, new setts) for one year, and Smith College schools, and a Patricia Hafener in Northampton, MA, for two years. new community, she is excited to be She studied Spanish, Portuguese, and back working with students. French in college, graduated from RB students celebrate Veterans Day She previously taught 2nd grade Smith with a Bachelor’s degree in in Windham for two years after Romance Languages and a major in with video, live feed from Afghanistan Reeds Brook students celebrated civilian life, he is a paramedic and getting her teaching certificate from Portuguese and Brazilian Studies. Veterans Day a couple of days early firefighter. the University of New England in Señora Lobo says she enjoys trav- on Friday, November 9, with an Also participating in the ceremo- Biddeford. eling, and she’s been to 22 countries extended homeroom period at the ny was Specialist Cameron Libbey, Before becoming a teacher, she so far. start of the day followed by an as- a former student at Reeds Brook. practiced law. She received her “I love seeing beautiful places sembly that was attended by about He is a Helicopter Mechanic in the law degree from American Univer- and making connections with people a dozen veterans and active duty Maine Army National Guard and a sity’s Washington College of Law in in other countries,” she says. military personnel. qualified Guardian Angel—a person Washington, D.C. and has practiced The most beautiful place she saw The theme of the day, which was who provides security to flight in both Washington D.C. and the on her honeymoon was Kefalonia, organized by history teacher David crews during MEDEVAC opera- Portland area. an island off the coast of Greece on Haggan and social studies teacher tions. In civilian life, he is an RN at Ms. Hafener said she switched the Italian side. She also has special Kim Haggan, was to “understand St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bangor. to teaching because she wanted memories of Penang, and island the meaning of Veterans Day and Mr. Haggan welcomed the veter- a career where she could have a city off the coast of Malaysia, which to honor our veterans and active ans and active duty personnel and meaningful impact on the lives of has immigrant populations that military guests.” led a standing ovation at the end of others. A lifelong learner herself, have been in place for hundreds of One of the highlights was a video the introductions. as a teacher, Ms. Hafener hopes to years while retaining their separate by 1st Lt. Nathan Ackerman, a Student Council members Bella encourage students to dream big cultural traditions. Blackhawk helicopter pilot for the McLaughlin, Ryan Hafener, and and reach their full potential. “You can find Hindu temples, Maine Army National Guard who is Natalie Bethony thanked the visi- Originally from Long Island, mosques, Anglican churches (from on an 18-month deployment to Af- tors for their service on behalf of the New York, she received her B.S. the days of the British Empire), and ghanistan. Nathan is the husband student body. in Speech Pathology from Hofstra Buddhist temples all on the same of Kim Ackerman, speech patholo- The program concluded with a University on Long Island. street,” she says. “It’s a wild combi- gist for RSU 22. video showing Lee Greenwood per- Ms. Hafener is an avid reader. nation of architecture and food.” Brittany Layman’s husband, forming “Proud to be an American.” Right now, she’s reading a lot of mid- Alexander, participated in the As the students left the gym, dle-school and young adult books, Lisa Theoharidis, School Nurse ceremonies through a live feed they stood in line to shake hands along with several cookbooks. She Lisa Theoharidis, who spent the from Afghanistan. Sgt. Layman with the veterans and active duty loves talking to students about books last 10 years as the school nurse at is a Healthcare specialist/Flight personnel and thank them for what and one of her goals as the RBMS George Stevens Academy in Blue paramedic in the same Maine Army they have done or are doing to keep Librarian is to foster a lifelong love Hill, is now the National Guard as Nathan. In America free. of reading in all students. school nurse at Reeds Brook Miriam Lobo, Spanish Middle School. Student Council sponsors blood drive Miriam Lobo, a native of Brooks, Previously, she ME, who spent a year in Spain as served for seven with enough donations to help 66 people a high school exchange student, years as the school The Reeds Brook Student Council Ellie that the blood drive was the is now teaching nurse at the K-12 sponsored an American Red Cross equivalent of getting sandbags Spanish at Reeds school on Deer Blood Drive that resulted in enough ready for the hurricane or doing a Lisa Theoharidis Brook Middle Isle, and for 10 donations to help 66 people. food drive in North Carolina,” Ms. School. years as an OB nurse at Maine Coast The drive was the first one Stoyanova said. “It made Ellie feel She is married Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth. hosted at Reeds Brook. like the Student Council was mak- to Danny Lobo A native of Cape Cod, she re- The blood drive was initially pro- ing a positive contribution.” Leon, who teaches ceived her associate’s degree in posed last year by Ellie DeRosby, Blood donors have to be at least Spanish at Wag- nursing studies from Lasell Junior who is now an 8th grader at Reeds 16 years old, so no Reeds Brook stu- ner Middle School. College (now Lasell College) in Miriam Lobo Brook. dents could donate. However, they The two met Newton, MA. When she became a “She wanted to have the drive were very active as volunteers. while they were teaching Spanish school nurse at Deer Isle, she went not only to encourage blood dona- “It was really cool to see the kids at a 7-12 charter school in Massa- back to school and got her B.S. in tions, but to help bring the com- stepping up for the blood drive,” Ms. chusetts. They were married in 2016 Nursing from St. Joseph’s College. munity into the school,” said Kelsey Stoyanova said. “They had to learn and then took a year off from teach- Mrs. Theoharidis and her husband Stoyanova, Student Council advisor how to use the Red Cross computer ing so they could spend five months Steven have four adult children. They at Reeds Brook. “It was a year in system to check in participants for traveling on their honeymoon (for recently moved to Orono after raising the making.” the blood drive. After donors donat- details, see the story on Señor Lobo’s their children in Sedgwick Ellie was one of a dozen Reeds ed blood, the students had to escort appointment on page 13). Mrs. Theoharidis enjoys hiking, Brook students who volunteered to them over to the table and offer They decided to make their home golfing, kayaking, camping, and go- help out with the drive, which was them snacks, then sit and chat with in Brooks, but when they moved ing to the beach. held on Thursday, October 4th, about them. It was really impressive to to Maine, they learned that the She also enjoys card-making and the time Hurricane Florence was see these middle school volunteers Department of Education wouldn’t reading, especially Elin Hilder- wreaking havoc in the Carolinas. display the maturity needed to host accept their Massachusetts teach- brand, who writes about Nantucket. “The Red Cross coordinator told such a big event.” Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Page 11 ------

Nature Club members enjoy the Reeds Brook trails. Nature Club students look for items in nature to draw. RB 8th grader returns to Weatherbee to offer Nature Club opportunities A group of 14 students at Weath- Activities included: erbee School were able to enjoy • Nature walks in the woods on the school’s Nature Club this fall, the Reeds Brook Trails. thanks to an 8th grader at Reeds • A scavenger hunt where the Brook Middle School who came back students had to find such things as to run it. something round and a leaf with The 8th grader, Skyler Manhart, different colors—and then had to said she enjoyed Nature Club so draw them. much when she was at Weatherbee • Planting seeds in the art room that she wanted current Weath- at Weatherbee and tracking their erbee students to have the same growth in their nature journals. opportunity. Skyler said she enjoyed the expe- Skyler worked during the sum- rience, and she’s planning to do it mer to plan Nature Club activities again next fall. She said the got the and recruited her father, Hampden idea for Nature Club activities from Academy English teacher Sam the nature journals she kept when Manhart, to help out. she was a student in the Nature Mr. Manhart says Skyler provid- Club at Weatherbee. ed the inspiration and did all of the Skyler and Mr. Manhart thanked work. art teacher Angeli Perrow, who “I was just the adult in the allowed the Nature Club to use the Skyler Manhart (standing in back) with Weatherbee Nature Club students. room,” he said. “Skyler did all the art room for club activities, and planning and organizing; I just school activity that met every country practice at Reeds Brook Principal Jennifer Cyr, who was unlocked the door.” Wednesday at 3 p.m. for six weeks from 2 to 3 p.m. and then walked extraordinarily supportive of Sky The Nature Club was an after- in the fall. Skyler went to cross over to Weatherbee. and the club. 7th graders gather evidence about presence of invasive species near Reeds Brook Seventh graders in Michele Free- man’s Life Science class have been focusing on ecosystems this fall, and one of their projects has been to gather evidence about the pres- ence of several invasive species near Reeds Brook Middle School. The exciting thing is that when they find evidence of invasive spe- cies or on near the school grounds, they report it to a team of real scientists at the Gulf of Maine Re- search Institute who are running a program called “Vital Signs.” The students have been looking for four invasive species—Oriental Bittersweet, Japanese Barberry, Purple Loosestrife, and the Com- mon Buckthorn. Alexander Bruce, Gwyneth Rand, and Sophie Schall (most of the light-colored They go outside and, working in Kolby Norris Madyson Field and Meghan Hansen foliage is Asian Bittersweet) teams, they try to find specimens, identify them, and collect evidence. Trail on October 15, 2018.” Then, goals as stated in the Mission, Be- the invasive species in two areas— The locate the sites with a GPS the writer supports the claim with liefs and Expectations. across the driveway from the school tracker, and they used their cell evidence—the shape of the leaf, If the sighting is confirmed, the and the Reeds Brook trails. phones to take pictures of the evi- the color of the berries, etc.—either scientists will place a pin marker on The GMRI scientists welcome dence—leaves, stems, flowers, and, writing it down and taking pictures. their map and use the data to help help from a broad spectrum of especially in the fall, seed pods and Then they explain their reasoning— them track sighting of the invasive contributors, including classroom berries. how they are able to conclude that species. teachers working with students and When the students return to the the plant they found is actually a Mrs. Freeman says she’s been “citizen scientists”—anyone who classroom, they fill out data sheets Japanese Barberry. getting her students involved in this has collected the data and reports it and write reports, using a “claim/ Working as a team, the students process for several years. to GMRI. evidence/reasoning (CER)” formula. fill out an on-line website report; “The kids get really excited about Students who document the pres- “We want to develop their skills scientists at GMRI will either the fact that they’re doing real ence of invasive species at or near as a science report writer,” says confirm the report or say that they science work, not just classroom their homes can submit the evi- Mrs. Freeman. need more evidence. This feedback work,” she says. “They’re excited dence directly to the GMRI through The first step in CER reporting is allows students to see the impor- that scientists are actually going to the “Vital Signs” website, which to make a claim: “I found a Japa- tance of being a clear and effective use the data.” will welcome their participation as nese Barberry on the Reeds Brook communicator, one of Reeds Brooks’ The students have looked for “citizen scientists.” Page 12 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------Partnership with Acadia Health Care brings social worker to Wagner, Smith RSU 22 has entered into a partner- Ms. Munoz also runs lunch WAGNER MIDDLE SCHOOL ship with Acadia Health Care that has groups. She currently has a lunch Richard Glencross, Principal, 223-4309 brought a new school social worker, group at Wagner for students in Amber Munoz, to Wagner Middle grades 5 and 6 who are interested School and Smith Elementary School. in arts and crafts. The group has Charla Lowell, guidance counselor about 12 students, who meet with at Wagner, says the two schools are Ms. Munoz every six days because able to provide counseling services they’re interested in art, not be- to students through Ms. Munoz, who cause they’re potential clients. can meet with students individually, “Ms. Munoz is another adult the as well as meet with families. students can build a relationship with “It’s nice to have her here within in the building,” says Ms. Lowell. the school,” says Charla Lowell, The lunch groups also help Ms. becomes that much more accessible parents get to know who she is and guidance counselor at Wagner. “The Munoz build relationships with stu- to students who may need her,” what she’s about, they may be more students she sees at Wagner don’t dents and also with the community. says Ms. Lowell. “She’s been her for open to having her meet with their have to travel for counseling, so it’s “The more people who know Ms. our open house, and she’ll be here students.” not as disruptive to their education.” Munoz and know about her, she for parent-teacher conferences. 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5th Graders in Halloween Costume Contest. 6th Graders in Halloween Costume Contest. ‘Fall Thriller’ draws heavy turnout for ‘best haunted room ever’ Wagner Middle School students donated pizza, other meal items, came out in droves to attend the Fall and snacks. Thriller, one of the main fund-rais- Fifth graders attended from 5 ing events sponsored by the Wagner to 7 p.m., while students in grades Pride Pack, on October 19. 6-8 arrived at 6 and stayed until 9. The students were able to eat That resulted in a one-hour overlap dinner at school, as many parents from 6 to 7 when the entire school 7th Graders in Halloween Costume Contest. was present. At 6:30 the students gathered for the Hal- loween Costume Contest, which was facilitated by 5th grade English Lan- guage Arts teacher Betsy Murphy. Costumes were judged in four catego- ries—Best Duo, Scari- est, Funniest, and Most Original/Homemade. The costume winners were Tiffany Butler, 8th Graders in Halloween Costume Contest. Garett Newey, Isabelle Livingston, Brooke put together in the music room by Leon. “It was the best haunted room Berry, and Mia Curtis. volunteers from the Wagner Student we’ve ever had,” said Principal Rich- The Fall Thriller’s Council, assisted by faculty advisors ard Glencross. Pride Pack President Jennifer Dudley presents student Haunted Room was Doretta Callahan and Danny Lobo with prize.

PVML Tournament Champions

PMVL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS—Both the boys and girls Wagner Middle School soccer teams had success in post-season play this fall. The boys team (left photo) won the Penobscot Valley Middle League A Flight tournament at the end of the season, defeating Caravel, 1-0,in the championship game. The Wagner girls team (right photo) won the B Flight tournament, defeating Glenburn, 4-1. Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Page 13 ------NEW STAFF AT Wagner MIDDLE SCHOOL Danny Lobo Leon, Spanish From Malaysia, they flew to which was Miriam’s home town. educator for the Hampden Fire Danny Lobo Leon, a native of Ca- Greece, where they wanted to “She brought me back to visit Department for three years. She racas, Venezuela, is the new Spanish help with refugees from Syria but her home, and I thought, ‘Man, this also served as a teacher at Wagner Middle School. were unable to do so. Instead, they place is beautiful, why don’t we live full-time public Señor Lobo toured Athens and wound up rent- here,” Señor Lobo said. “So that’s education officer also teaches 4th ing a car and driving around the what happened. We came back.” for the Bangor grade Spanish at entire country for a week. Señor Lobo says he and his wife Fire Department Smith School. After Greece, they backpacked live homestead-style in Brooks, with until her children This is Señor through Hungary; Croatia; Spain, a huge sustainable garden. were born. Lobo’s second Italy, and Paris, and finally flew home. “We eat from the garden almost all While rais- year at Wagner. Señor Lobo left Venezuela in 1999 year round, except in winter,” he says. ing her children, Last year he as a 7-year-old, grew up in Fort Lau- “We’re outside a lot, either planting or Mrs. Tourtillotte Shellie Tourtillotte worked as an ed derdale, and attended St. Lawrence gardening, or chopping wood.” served as a part- tech with special Danny Lobo Leon University in upstate NY. He played He also loves sports, and he’s in time educator for the Orrington education teacher Dana Andrews. American football in the U.S. and was his second year of coaching the girls Fire Department. Before coming to RSU 22, Danny a middle linebacker for the Saints. B basketball team at Wagner. A native of Hampden, she gradu- and his wife Miriam (who teaches After graduating from St. Law- ated from Hampden Academy and Spanish at Reeds Brook Middle rence in 2014, he discovered the Shellie Tourtillotte, Special Ed received her B.S. degree in Kinesiol- School) got married and took a year beauty of New England and decided Shellie Tourtillotte has joined the ogy and Physical Education from off to enjoy a five-month honeymoon he didn’t want to go back to Florida. staff at Wagner Middle School as a the University of Maine. She is cur- backpacking around the world. He started teaching at Francis W. special education teacher. rently working on her M.S. degree They started in Bangkok, Thai- Parker Charter Essential School, a Mrs. Tourtillotte comes to Wagner in Special Education, which she land, and worked their way to 7-12 school in north central Mas- from Center Drive School in Or- expects to complete in August 2019. northern Thailand, Laos, and Cambo- sachusetts noted for its progressive rington, where she spent two years as Mrs. Tourtillotte and her hus- dia, including a visit to Angkor Wat. educational philosophy. an ed tech. She also subbed at Center band Erik live in Orrington. They Returning to Thailand, they traveled Señor Lobo met his wife while they Drive School for close to 10 years have two sons, age 13 and 14, who down the southern peninsula to May- were both teaching at the Parker while she was a stay-at-home mom. are in their freshman and sopho- laysia, where they visited visited a Charter school. She had taught Span- Before her children were born, more years at John Bapst. sea plantation, Cameron Highlands, ish there the year before he came. Mrs. Tourtillotte was a full-time Mrs. Tourtillotte enjoys hiking, and the capital, Kuala Lumpur. The two now live in Brooks, ME, firefighter, EMT, and fire safety biking, gardening, and family time.

McGraw School holds annual EARL C. McGRAW SCHOOL Fall Curriculum Night and Book Fair Kristin Briggs, Principal, 862-3830 McGraw School held its annual ger hunts. Fall Curriculum Night and Book Principal Kristin Briggs said the Fair on October 4, with students, Book Fair was a huge success, with parents, and family friends invited. many parents purchasing books for Parents had an opportunity to their children’s classrooms. visit their children’s classroom and “It’s always a nice thing for stu- learn more about the curriculum dents to be able to give their teach- programs their children are work- ers a book to present to the class,” ing with. Some classes had scaven- Mrs. Briggs said. Hampden FD, Firefighter Will visit McGraw Matt Thomas of the Hampden Fire Department and Firefighter Will visited McGraw School on Friday, October 26, to talk about fire safety. Each classroom got to see Firefighter Will put on all of his firefighting gear and then hear him breathe through his breathing mask. The demonstration was designed to al- leviate fear that children might experience seeing firefighters respond to a fire wear- ing all of their gear, including their masks and self-contained breathing apparatus. “It could be scary for kids to see firefighters dressed up in all their gear, including mask and SC breathing ap- The McGraw PTO Halloweed Party was well attended. paratus,” said Principal Kristin Briggs. The students also got to see the cam- PTO Halloween Party features era that firefighters use that senses heat. games, food, costume contest “The camera allows the firefighters to see through the smoke,” Mrs. Briggs said. The McGraw School PTO held its annual Halloween party on “The kids thought that was really cool.” McGraw students on the back of the fire truck. Saturday, Oct. 27, featuring games, food, and a costume contest. At the end of the fire safety presen- Winners of the costume contest earned a goodie bag of sup- plies for their classrooms. tation, the students went outside to see firefighters use to fight fires. Then they got Also, each classroom was given a pumpkin to decorate. the fire truck and some of the tools that to sit in the truck. After the pumpkins were decorated, the teacher at- tached a card explaining the decorations. NEW STAFF AT McGRAW SCHOOL “The pumpkins were amazing,” said Principal Cassy Palmer, Special Ed Ms. Palmer grew up in Bergen, a little town Kristin Briggs. “A drawing was held, and the win- After serving for a year as a long-term sub outside of Rochester, NY. She earned her Bach- ning students were able to take their prize pump- for a year, Cassy Palmer is now a K-2 special elor’s degree from SUNY Geneseo and her law kins home.” All students that attended the party education teacher at McGraw School. degree from the University of Buffalo. were eligible for the drawing. Previously, Ms. Palmer She lives in Winterport with her husband At the end of the party, a scavenger hunt was served as an ed tech at Smith Mike. They have three children, a daughter, 22, held for candy. The initial plan was for the children School for 11 years. Before who recently graduated from Wheaton College to go trunk or treating in the back of the parking that, she was a substitute and is about to start work on a Master’s degree lot. That was canceled because it was raining too teacher in the district and in Health Public Policy at Tufts University; a hard for trunk or treat outside. taught at Rivertown Pre- son, 21, who is majoring in business and logis- School in Winterport. tics at Maine Maritime Academy; and a daugh- 2nd graders visit Cole Museum She currently serves as ter, Rachel, 14, who is a student at Wagner Second graders from McGraw School visited the Destination Imagination Middle School. Cassy Palmer Cole Land Transportation Museum on October 19. manager and coordinator for In addition to her work in DI, Ms. Palmer is They enjoyed the field trip and came back talking RSU 22. She’s also working on her M.S. dregee involved in local theater as a board member of about all the old cars, planes, tools that they saw. in Special Education at the University of Maine. Winterport Open Stage and a performer. Page 14 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------Smith School learns about 12 ‘Habits of Mind’ that help them become better students; October focus was for students to ‘learn how they learn best’ Over the last few years, Smith habit means and how they can For the month of October, stu- of mind, students are starting to School students have been learning use it throughout their day. The dents learned about ways that they use language related to the habits a lot about Habits of Mind. Habits students enjoy these interactive learn best. One important habit and are using some of these skills of Mind are healthy habits that can assemblies and the Librarian, Mrs. of mind is: “Understanding One’s more regularly. The twelve habits help students to be better learners Harrington, always ends each as- Own Learning Style - I know How I are posted both in classrooms and and get along better with others. sembly with a great read-aloud that learn best!” Throughout the month in some common areas around the There are twelve habits that ties in with the particular habit the of October, students gained a better school. This helps teachers refer Smith School focuses on, which students are learning. These skills awareness of the three different to them more often and they are include skills such as Empathy, are also reinforced during regular learning styles: auditory, visual and always visible for students. Working Toward Team Goals and guidance classes. kinesthetic. These assemblies have In the future, we will help Managing Impulsivity. In September, students learned helped students to think more about students begin to think about and Each month, Mrs. Raymond more about what the word “habit” how they learn and things they can evaluate how well they are using (the School Counselor) introduces means and gained a better under- do to improve their learning. this new knowledge to be as suc- a new habit and students gain a standing about practicing skills to As a result of these assemblies cessful as they can be! better understanding of what the help them become more automatic. and learning more about habits

LEROY H. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Dawn Moore, Principal, 223-4282

Attorney Chris Ruge talks with 2nd graders about the U.S. Constitution. Kate Grossman presents “Constitution in the Classroom” to Smith 2nd graders. 2nd graders learn about U.S. Constitution from 3 community members through ‘Constitution in the Classroom’ The second grade students at their time and knowledge with us. the perfect time to come into the dren were thrilled to be given their Leroy Smith School got the opportu- “Constitution in the Classroom” classroom. own pocket-sized copy of the Consti- nity to learn about the Constitution is a program taught in the schools CITC has lesson plans on the tution. first-hand from three members of by lawyers to raise awareness of Separation of Powers, Voting A big thank-you to these folks for our community. the fundamental Constitutional Rights, and the First, Fourth, and taking the time to visit our class- Kate Grossman, Chris Ruge, and principles. Since Constitution Day Sixth Amendments. rooms and share their expertise Phil Smith volunteered to share is observed on September 17, it was At the end of the visit our chil- with us. Miss Hoyt’s 3rd graders earn ‘Around the World Day’ by working towards Smith School motto Students in Miss Hoyt’s 3rd grade found the boarding process to be the class recently earned an Around the most grueling part of the trip while World Day. This was a day in which they watched their classmates get students got to “Travel” around the their luggage scanned. world learning about different places The class got to explore and learn and cultures. The class worked new things about numerous coun- together for about a month to earn tries. Through a collection of pho- enough class points for this. These tographs, facts, documents, clips, points are earned through the class and food, students got to experience working together towards the Smith countries from the comfort of their School motto of Being Safe, Respon- desks. Students tried many foods sible, and Respectful. from different cultures. This may Students took part in this day in have been their favorite part! many different ways. They drew They learned how places in what luggage they would pack. As China are working to save the a group, they talked about ways in populations of Panda bears. In which they could be prepared for Argentina they saw all the different some of the different climates they climates that one country can have. might encounter. They also had a The class found it very interesting great conversation about ways in that there are glaciers in Argentina. which they could document their trip. Students really enjoyed learning Each student created their pass- about what life is like for many chil- port which would be stamped at dren their age in Kenya, among other each destination. It was then time countries. They can’t wait to see what for boarding the plane. Students their next adventure will be! Miss Hoyt’s 3rd graders enjoying “Around the World Day” Fall 2018 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Page 15 ------NEW STAFF AT RSU 22 ADULT EDUCATION - WINTER 2019 Leroy h. smith SCHOOL www.riversideadultedpartnership.com Madison Porter, 2nd Grade Smith School. A wide variety of educational, professional development and personal enrichment Madison Porter, who completed She started working at a special courses will again be made available for people to take through our program during the her student teaching at the Leroy purpose preschool for 10 years, before winter academic season. To contact us directly you can call our office at 862-6422 or email our program director at: [email protected] H. Smith School in a first grade deciding to go classroom in the back to school to Special Recognition for our Program! fall of 2017, is get a degree in We were excited to find out recently that our collaborative program, “Riverside Adult now teaching 2nd education. Education Partnership” has been selected by Eastern Maine Development Corporation to grade at Smith She received be their “Education Champion” for 2018. Each year, EMDC recognizes organizations that her B.S. degree in foster collaboration, cooperation and communication throughout the region. This Education School. Award “honors Riverside Adult Education’s efforts to create a thriving economic climate in She graduated Special Education Eastern Maine.” from the Univer- from the Univer- sity of Maine at sity of Maine at Personal Enrichment Courses Farmington in Machias while Once again, this winter, we will offer a variety of personal enrichment courses and being a stay-at- Melody Tracy workshops. Our paper flyers will be in homes during the first week of January, but our December 2017 course catalog will be available to view in mid-December on our website. with a Bachelor’s Madison Porter home mom to her three children. After college, she got a job in Dance and Music Personal Wellness Health and Fitness degree in Early Childhood Educa- Crafting and Art Technology Cooking and Baking tion and began her teaching career Bucksport as an ed tech for a year, Languages Hobbies and Special Interests at the East Belfast School where and then was hired for a teach- To view our complete Winter 2019 course schedule go to: she taught kindergarten. ing position at Bucksport Middle www.riversideadultedpartnership .com “I am excited to be back at the School, where she was the Life Leroy H. Smith School with the skills teacher for 5 years. CNA Training second graders and staff,” she says. Mrs. Tracy grew up in Winter- Certified Nursing Assistants help patients or clients with healthcare needs, working port, attending Smith School, Wag- under the supervision of an approved nurse. Demand for CNA’s in the healthcare industry She is getting married in July is projected to grow faster than the average for all occupations! Our next CNA class is 2019. ner Middle School, and Hampden scheduled to start in mid-April. Classes are projected to run Monday and Tuesday evenings Outside of school she enjoys play- Academy. and Saturday mornings to be more accommodating to students and folks who are working. ing with their new puppy, Poppi, “I knew I wanted to raise my The cost for this next class will be only $795. We offer students convenient payment plans and their new kitten, Fenway. She family here as well,” she says. She and possible course reimbursement options. lives in Winterport with her hus- Contact us at 862-6422 for an application or to find out more information about this popular also enjoys spending time with training program. We expect that the deadline for applications to be received will be April 1. family and friends and engaging in band and three children. Their son outdoor activities. is a junior at HA, and their two High School Diploma and HiSET (GED) daughters are in the 8th and 6th For adults looking to earn a high school diploma, a HiSET Certification or to improve Melody Tracy, Special Ed grades at Wagner. basic literacy and ESL skills, we offer year-round opportunities for advancement. If you are interested in earning your Adult Education High School Diploma, you should get a copy Melody Tracy, who has been in She enjoys cooking, hiking, shop- of your high school transcript and schedule a meeting with one of our staff.You may be education for 20 years, is a new ping, and spending time with fam- closer to earning a diploma than you think. In January 2014, the HiSET replaced the GED special education teacher at Leroy ily, friends and her two dogs. and became Maine’s State High School Equivalency Diploma. Since then, our program has helped many of our residents earn this life-changing credential. Again, just contact our office at any time if you have questions about or interest in the HiSET Distance Learning Courses We continue to offer, through a partnership with Education to Go, nearly 500 interactive personal enrichment online courses to residents of RSU 22 and neighboring communi- ties. All classes are instructor-led, fit into convenient six-week formats and are affordably priced. A complete list of all courses can be found at: www.ed2go.com/rsu22. Some of the more popular course titles include: A to Z Grant Writing Introduction to Interior Design Become a Veterinary Assistant Blogging & Podcasting for Beginners Beginner’s Guide to Getting Published Introduction to JavaScript Business and Marketing Writing Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint Computer Skills for the Workplace Adobe / Acrobat Photoshop Buying & Selling on eBay Accounting Fundamentals Grammar Refresher QuickBooks Test Prep: GRE, LAST, SAT, Praxis PC Troubleshooting Real Estate Law Writing for Children Introduction to Statistics Music Theory Made Easy Online Health Occupations Courses In 10 to 20 weeks, you can become nationally certified in these portable, high demand healthcare jobs through our partnership with the Academy of Medical Professions. Students who complete their program also receive assistance with job searching and resume writing. Dental Assisting Medical Transcription Medical Coding & Billing Medical Office Specialist Pharmacy Technician Hospital Coding & Billing Madison gets some pointers about starting during a week-long Team USA training For more information about any of these courses, including payment plan options and camp for the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi this March. specific certifications awarded per course, please contact us at 862-6422. Madison Mooers Free Online Courses and Trainings Through a partnership with Hoonuit, formerly Atomic Learning, we are again able to offer selected for Special our residents free access to over 250 online courses and over 10,000 tutorials and individual Olympics World trainings. To receive a password and login information to these courses email us at: riverside- [email protected] or call 862-6422. Some of the newer courses are listed below. Summer Games Tech for Students w/Dyslexia SketchUp for 3D Printing Kid Px Deluxe Madison Mooers, a junior Career Skills Trainings Google Sheets Minecraft in the Classroom at Hampden Academy, has Moodle Instructor Training Boardmaker Plus! Google Calendar been selected to participate Microsoft Office Applications HTMLS & CSS3 Basics Cyberbullying as a member of Team USA in Flash CS5 Internet Safety Dreamweaver CS5 Classroom Mgt Strategies Podcasting Workshop WordPress the Special Olympics World Creating Digital Portfolios Being Successful in College Office for iPad Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, Anime Studio Training SharePoint Basics Photoshop United Arab Emirates, March Moodle for Students Using Gmail Supporting Gifted Students 14-21, 2019. Geometer’s Sketchpad Flickr Training Adobe Lightroom Madison will be competing in iBooks Author Training Using iTunes Real-World Geometry Being Savvy Online Textease CT Using SMART Boards the 4x100 meter relay, the shot put, and the running long jump. College Transitions She was one of two athletes Our College Transitions Program is designed to help students successfully prepare for from Maine selected for Team college. We help adult learners who are earning their high school diploma or their HiSET certificate successfully transition to college. We also help students who already have a diploma USA. prepare for their college experience. We also offer this spring, a course, The College Experi- To qualify, Madison had ence: Year One. This is a 24 hour blended (live and online) course which allows students an to have won a gold, silver, or opportunity to earn one free credit from Eastern Maine Community College. Contact us if you bronze medal in her events in would like to discuss with us some of the following College Transitions services that we offer. the 2016 or 2017 state Special Career Exploration/Planning Academic Advising Services College Readiness Course Olympics. She also had to at- Accuplacer Prep & Testing College Application Assistance tend the week-long Team USA Academic Courses: Algebra / Biology / Writing for College National Training Camp at the Like us on Facebook University of Delaware in Sep- Madison Mooers. tember 2018. Riverside Adult Education Page 16 • Link-22 • RSU 22 - Hampden-Newburgh-Winterport-Frankfort • Fall 2018 ------Mark the Date — Saturday, Mar. 23: 3rd annual ‘KEEP IT LOCAL’ COMMUNITY & BUSINESS EXPO coming to RSU 22 Please mark Saturday, March services and over 200 community & Nonprofit. Sampling was district towns or businesses where a 23rd, 2019 for our third “Keep It members attended. The most encouraged, SWAG was handed principal resides in the district. Local” Community & Business prominent categories represented out and with an ATM on-site, girl If you have questions about Expo. Back by popular demand were Wellness & Health, Services, scout cookies galore and lunch food the event, would like to sign up to and with another increase in size, Food & Farm, Industrial & provided by Coffee Break Cafe, the become an exhibitor or sponsor, the event will again take place Construction, and Education time was well spent. please contact either board member at Hampden Rates for becoming an exhibitor Peter Witt ([email protected]) Academy start at $40 per tabletop booth with or Gabe Baker (gbake207@gmail. in both the returning participants from prior com) or contact the Foundation Gymnasium years and non-profits receiving directly at 207-852-2138 or and the Dining discounted rates. Preference is rsu22educationfoundation@gmail. Commons, given to organizations in the four com. offering space for over 80 vendors. As always, attending the Expo is free to the general public. Opening Hours for the Expo are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with setup for the exhibitors possible as of 7 am. While excellent for networking, this is not just a business-to-business fair; the event will be open to the public at no charge and ANY business or not-for-profit organization offering goods or services to the general public is encouraged to display. Selling farm products? Own a fitness or health-related business? Are you a lawyer or banker or medical professional? Looking to hire new staff for the season? Small engine repair or dog grooming? Art studio, school club or church? You are all welcome. We’d like to showcase the diversity and breadth of the community products & services we have; encouraging to purchase and network locally, all the while providing funds to strengthen education in RSU22. This event was held for the first time in 2017 and last year 55 different exhibitors were showcasing their products or Looking to give back? Foundation Board seeks volunteers. The RSU#22 Education Founda- tion is actively seeking new board members and committee volunteers to join a growing non-profit organiza- tion that supports the students and teachers in our school district. Excit- ing new projects await this volunteer group of Board members, serving the towns of Frankfort, Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport. The Education Foundation funds initia- tives with grants that help foster in- novative educational projects. If you have a desire to connect with others who share an interest in quality edu- cation for children please consider joining the team. Interested citizens or those wish- ing to volunteer on a committee should email us at rsu22education- [email protected]. The Board also presently has 1-year, 2-year and 3-year volunteer board mem- berships available. To learn more about the RSU22 Education Foundation, visit www. rsu22foundation.org.