All schools in RSU 12 will have a two-hour delay today, Friday, April 5th.
Due to the forecast of heavy snow tomorrow, all schools in RSU 12 will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, April 4th.
The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived - it will be open all next week during the school day, as well as both Parent-Teacher Conference evenings. Please stop in and enter the Raffle to win a $50 Gift Certificate.
Visit our Book Fair homepage where you can sign-up for an eWallet or view books that will be available:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/whitefieldelementaryschool4
Reminder to everyone that Education Celebration is tomorrow evening from 5:30-6:30. this is a celebration of learning in all classrooms - we look forward to seeing everyone.
Reminder - Dodgeball this Friday!
Whitefield School will be doing a five-week after-school Robotics & Coding Club after the break beginning on Tuesday, February 27th until March 26th from 2:30-3:30. This is for grades 3-8. The permission form must be received by Monday, February 26th. This club will meet in the Learning Commons. For more information, please contact Mrs. Howard at choward@svrsu.org.
This message is for Whitefield students, families, and staff. We have an unfortunate situation at Whitefield School where the boiler is not working due to a broken part. Repairs will be done as fast as possible, but not fast enough for there to be school tomorrow. We are hoping repairs will be completed tomorrow in order to have school on Friday. So, there will be no school at Whitefield Elementary tomorrow, Thursday, February 8th. Thank you for your patience. We will send out an alert tomorrow with an update on the situation. Have a good evening.
All RSU 12 schools will have a two-hour delay today, Monday, January 29th.
Due to the predicted snow this afternoon, all RSU 12 schools will dismiss at 11:00 am today, Friday, January 26th.
Due to the icy conditions this morning, all RSU 12 schools will have a two-hour delay today, Thursday, January 25th.
Due to the weather forecast for this afternoon, all RSU 12 after-school activities and athletics after 4 pm are canceled today.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Whitefield School will be conducting a three bus run in the afternoons for the remainder of this week, January 24th through the 26th. Drop off times may vary slightly, being either a little earlier or later than usual. If this causes an issue, we encourage you to pick up your students at the end of the school day if possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Again, the three bus runs are for the afternoon runs only.
At the January 2024 board meeting, the RSU 12 Board of Directors voted to amend this year's school calendar due to the unexpected amount of storm/emergency days we have had so far. There are two calendar amendments. March 15th will be a full student day. April 12th will be a student day with early dismissal at 11:30 am. If we have no more storm days, then the last day of school will be June 13th. You can download an updated RSU 12 School Calendar at this link, https://5il.co/2d01g
FYI:
The Boy's Varsity and Boy's JV games on Tuesday, January 23rd are cancelled due to lack of officials. They will try to reschedule them at a later date.
A reminder to PreK parents- There is no PreK on Friday, January 19th.
Due to the incoming storm and early release, all after school activities are canceled. This includes this evenings basketball games
Due to the snow predicted for this early afternoon, all RSU 12 schools will dismiss early today at 11:30 am, Tuesday, January 16th.
This is not an RSU12 sponsored event.
The Erskine Academy National Honor Society will be hosting a Valentine's Dance for students in grades K - 6 on Friday, February 9, 2024 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the Erskine Academy gym. Students from our sending schools are invited to attend and may bring one adult chaperone. Attached is a flyer with all the details including a link to a Google Form where parents can RSVP if they plan to attend. Parents may pre-purchase tickets by sending a check to Erskine Academy to Betsy Benner's attention or stopping by EA, or tickets may also be purchased at the door (note--there will be an express check in line for those who pre-purchase tickets). If folks decide to pre-purchase tickets, Betsy will email you your ticket as long as you send your check by February 2, 2024.
Please feel free to reach out to Betsy Benner at bbenner@erskine247.com with any questions.
Due to the impact of this ongoing storm, all RSU 12 schools are closed today, Wednesday, January 10th.