October 30, 2023 -- Today's breakfast will be Cereal, Cheese Stick, Fruit and Milk. Lunch will be Breakfast Sandwich, Hash browns, Fruit and Milk.
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Dear RSU 12 Families, Staff, and Students,
All RSU 12 schools will resume tomorrow, Monday, October 30th, starting at the regular time. As we embark on this return, please know that our schools are prepared to greet students with the utmost care and support, recognizing the challenges of the past week. I extend my sincerest gratitude for your patience and resilience as we come together to reinstate a sense of normalcy in our educational routines for the well-being of our students. Your understanding during this unsettling time has been invaluable. The safety of our students and staff remains our foremost priority. I encourage you to reassure your children that they are safe in school and that operations will proceed as usual. We also recognize the lasting impact of the distressing events from last week, and although the immediate threat has diminished, feelings of confusion, sorrow, and fear may persist. As we navigate this healing process, let us offer each other the comfort and strength needed to move forward. May the week ahead be one of solace and mutual support.
Warm regards,
Howard Tuttle
Superintendent
RSU 12
There is a large amount of stuff in our lost and Found. Please have your student check out the lost and found this week. Due to the excessive amount, we will be gathering up all the items in the lost and found at the end of the week and donating it. We have everything on display in the lobby. Please take a look before it is gone.
Our RSU 12 Staff Daycare has limited slots available for children aged 3 to 5. Our staff members have not claimed all these age 3 to 5 slots; thus, we are opening these slots to individuals outside our organization. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who knows someone who is searching for daycare services. Please note that this daycare currently operates on a school-year schedule. Please keep in mind that it is on a first-come, first-served basis. The daycare is located at Windsor Elementary School. If you are interested, kindly email rsu12daycare@gmail.com as soon as possible.
Congratulations to Craig Parlin for winning the Cow Chip BINGO prize!
If interested you can call the school or email Karen McCormick at kmccormick@svrsu.org or Tim Davis at tdavis@svrsu.org.
Attention all families: Please take this 5 minute survey from MaineHealth. Even if you completed the survey last year, we need your participation again!
Everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a prize drawing and five lucky winners across the state will each receive a $100 Amazon gift card for their personal use AND if you win, our school will receive $1,000.
Other schools are participating, so the more families from our school who complete the survey, the greater our chance of winning $1,000!
Contact information for the prize drawing will be collected at the end of the survey and will not be connected to your survey responses. All survey responses are anonymous.
Click the following link to begin the survey: https://redcap.link/2023FamilySCH
Thank you!
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Kendra Anderson, RN
RSU #12
Whitefield School
549-5251 ext 6103
Rain didn't stop some Whitefield students and staff from showing school board members the work they've done with the school greenhouse, garden club, and aquaponics program. The students explained how they grow vegetables and herbs from seed, how the fish and plants mutually benefit from the aquaponics system, and how they've managed to supply fresh produce to their school cafeteria. Many thanks to the staff, students, and grant funds that have made this all possible! Thanks, too, for the partnership with Food Corps, which is helping the program grow.
We have been taking a lot of phone calls this week asking if there is school on Friday the 6th. Yes, we do have school on Friday the 6th of October. We Monday October 9th off for Indigenous People's Day.
Pumpkin sale Saturday, October 7 from 8 am to 11 am at the new hoop house behind school.
We have limited available slots in our RSU 12 staff daycare for children aged 3 to 5. Our staff members have not claimed all these slots; thus, we are opening them to individuals outside our organization. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who knows someone who is searching for daycare services. Please note that this daycare operates on a school-year schedule. Please keep in mind that it is on a first come, first-served basis. The daycare is located at Windsor Elementary School. The daycare schedule runs during the school day, during school hours. Thank you. If you are interested, kindly email rsu12daycare@gmail.com as soon as possible.
We will be switching breakfast on Monday, October 2 and Tuesday, October 3.
Monday will be waffle sticks, fruit and milk.
Tuesday will be a bagel with cream cheese, fruit and milk.
School picture day info
The RSU 12 Board of Directors meeting on September 14, 2023 has been postponed and rescheduled for October 12, 2023
School picture day will be on Thursday, September 28th.
Please remember to fill out the beginning of the year parent packet and return to the school as soon as possible. Those packets contain some time sensitive and important information needed to keep our systems up to date.
Due to the high heat index in the 90s again this afternoon, all RSU 12 schools will be closing at 11:30 am today. Our buildings do not have air conditioning and the classrooms did not cool much last night. We are expecting many classrooms to get over 100 degrees again this afternoon. Thank you for your patience and understanding with this unexpected weather. We look forward to cooler days ahead.
For those students who completed the Read-to-Ride forms over the summer break, these forms need to be returned by September 22nd to Mrs. Howard in the Learning Commons.
