Category: School News

The Crucial Role of School Department Maintenance and Custodians When Winter Weather Arrives

Snow outside of Carl J. Lamb Elementary school Photo: Sam Bonsey By Sam Bonsey, Sanford Schools Communication Coordinator The Sanford School Department's maintenance and custodial teams play an important and often unnoticed role in ensuring that our schools are ready to open in the winter during stormy weather. When the forecast predicts an impending storm, Jason Dudley, the Director of Facilities and Maintenance, contacts his maintenance team and each building's head custodian, and provides them with any available details regarding…

School Notes

Last year’s Sanford Middle School grade seven students learned about aquaponics and grew several types of produce. More than 250 students participated in the aquaponics program. Students are already making plans on what to grow next year. Photo: Sanford School Department Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Learning a new approach to food production: Science teacher Diana Allen runs the aquaponics program at Sanford Middle School. Last year all grade seven students ran multiple experiments, including testing seed growth with regular and…

SCHOOL NOTES

Students at Sanford Pride Elementary School took center stage in a Living Wax Museum on Jan. 19.  Photo: Sanford School Department  Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Elementary students bring historical figures to life: Sanford Pride Elementary School hosted a Living Wax Museum on the cafeteria stage on Friday, Jan. 19. This event showcased the dedication and hard work of the participating students, who explored the lives of famous world changers such as Rosa Parks, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Neil…

School Committee Meeting Highlights

By Kendra Williams Emily Sheffield was reappointed and sworn in to fill a vacancy to the end of 2024 after having been previously appointed in December to complete the 2023 year.2024 Organizational Meeting Paula Cote was re-elected as chairperson and Amy Sevigny was re-elected as vice-chairperson. Committee appointments were made as follows: Adult Education-Amy Sevigny; Curriculum-Paula Cote and Melissa Simpson; Dropout Prevention-Jennifer Davie; Personnel/Negotiations-Davie and Sevigny; SRTC Advisory-Emily Sheffield; Facilities/Grounds/Safety and Capital Improvement-Sheffield; Policy-Cote and Simpson; Performing Arts Advisory-Cote and…