Old Town Elementary School

Shared from our community: A fall cheerleading opportunity

All of our librarian roles are filled for the upcoming school year, but we ARE still recruiting a few members to join our RSU #34 team! https://www.rsu34.org/page/employment-applications-and-vacancies You can get started on a career in education in one of several entry-level roles - we support college tuition so you can keep learning and growing, opening up future opportunities! We just added a grant-funded intervention teaching role as well, and seek an additional Special Education teacher to join our team and help reduce caseloads. Educational Technicians support our students in a variety of ways. We have a couple of coach openings for fall middle school athletics, and we always seek substitutes. Please visit and share our employment page! https://www.rsu34.org/page/employment-applications-and-vacancies

OTES has been selected as the beneficiary of the Hannaford Community Bag Program! Each time the $2.50 reusable Community Bag is purchased at the Hannaford in Old Town during the month of August we will receive a $1 donation. These bags are great to haul groceries, gifts, beach gear, and dare we say it, winter gear when the time comes!

We know it isn’t even August yet, but we hear some of you are out back-to-school shopping. Here are each grade’s supply lists if you forget yours at home. Lists are also available on our website under the menu tab. Please remember, if supplies are a hardship in any way, we will have some available at Open House and no student will go without what they need!

RSU #34 is making a big email transition beginning at 3:30 Friday, June 16th. We anticipate that email will be down through the weekend, possibly also including the federal holiday on June 19th. Please continue to use our @rsu34.org addresses, but anticipate that your email will not be received until Tuesday. Thank you, happy last day of school, and have a fantastic weekend!

Mrs. Brown is out front every morning, rain or shine, snow or wind, and always with a smile! Thank you, Mrs. Brown, for greeting everyone with a smile!

Last November, OTES was awarded a mini grant from the Maine Environmental Education Association. Fifth grade students were tasked with the job of creating an outdoor learning opportunity for our students and the surrounding community. Inspired by the giant trolls at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, students used reclaimed wood to create four Maine invasive insect sculptures. They built a Japanese beetle, an Asian longhorned beetle, a browntail moth, and an emerald ash borer. The insects were colored with a combination of beeswax and mica powder or stained with a steel wool and vinegar mixture. These sculptures will be put on display this summer in the University of Maine forest surrounding the elementary school. A special thank you to our donors, volunteers, DaVinci Signs in Hermon, the University of Maine, and all of the staff and students who worked hard to make this project a reality.

This Friday, June 16th is our last day of school and dismissal will be at 11:15am. Please make sure your student's teacher is aware of their dismissal plan if it is different than a typical Friday. Thank you!

From the Art Studio: Fourth grade students, Haylee, Stevie, and Amariah have been working for several weeks on creating their very own business, Bethany's Biscuits. They plan on giving each student in their class a biscuit. Great job girls!

Upcoming Kindergarten Screening Reminder: Wednesday and Thursday June 14th and 15th A reminder to families with an incoming kindergarten student, screenings will be held this coming Wednesday and Thursday, the 14th and 15th of June. If you are unsure of your appointment time or have other questions, please contact Betsy Clark at 207-827-1544 ext. 3602.

Please remember to vote on Tuesday, 6/13/2023, in support of the RSU #34 school budget! Alton: we believe voting hours are 2 PM - 7 PM at the Town Office Bradley: per the website voting hours are 8 AM to 8 PM at the Fire Station Old Town: per the website voting hours are 7 AM to 8 PM at the Elks Lodge Thank you for your support of our students and schools!

A reminder about Field Days this week: Please remember to apply sunscreen and bug spray at home, wear comfortable clothes and sneakers for activities, and pack an extra pair of socks and shoes as the fields are still wet. Monday, June 12- 3rd and 4th grade Tuesday, June 13- K, 1st and 2nd (rain date of Thursday, June 15 for 1st and 2nd only) 5th graders will participate in Field Day activities after their celebration on Wednesday, June 14th

Fourth grade students Winn and Dakota opened a restaurant in this art studio earlier this week. On the menu, vegetable soup, blueberry muffins, and pudding pie.

Upcoming Kindergarten Screening Reminder: Wednesday and Thursday June 14th and 15th A reminder to families with an incoming kindergarten student, screenings will be held this coming Wednesday and Thursday, the 14th and 15th of June. If you are unsure of your appointment time or have other questions, please contact Betsy Clark at 207-827-1544 ext. 3602.

We're very proud of our World Cultures and Languages program in RSU #34 - our K-8 program was featured in the Educators for a MultiLingual Maine newsletter! You can read more here: https://5il.co/1w1kh

Kindergarteners reflected on this past year in the art studio. They thought about their favorite art project and their favorite art supply, and also drew their self-portrait. Elliot's favorite project was the clay turtles and his favorite art supply is a glue stick.

Spotted today- the sun!

Shared from our community- some free summer fun!

RSU #34 Budget Validation/Referendum Election Tuesday June 13, 2023 Elks Lodge 37 Fourth Street 7:00 am – 8:00 pm (Absentee Voting now open at City Hall from June 5th – June 9th, close of business day) Sample Ballot and Budget information is available at City Hall, 265 Main Street or online at https;//old-town.org Laura Engstrom City of Old Town Clerk We are an equal opportunity employer and service provider.

Second graders recently designed and conducted surveys and then graphed their results in collaborative groups.