Date: Fall 2012 Amount: $1,960.00 Microphones, mixer, and other radio equipment is needed to improve the function and quality of KHS’s radio broadcasts and management. With new equipment, additional students can come on board and contribute to programming that benefits the entire KHS community as well as listeners beyond KHS.
Date: Spring 2012 Amount: $650 KHS staff member to attend robotics conference at Tufts University LEGO Engineering Institute this summer. Training will assist teacher with leadership of KHS Robotics Club as well as assist him with incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) related principals into his curriculum.
Date: Spring 2012 Amount: $2185 KHS students have formed robotics club and need funding to complete FIRST Tech Challenge, which is to design, build and program their robot to compete in a blind alliance against other teams. Perfect example of STEM in action. Group has worked with community, district and corporate sectors to finance parts Read the full article…
Date: Spring 2012 Amount: $600 grant/$900 loan KHS students open The Bunker, a school store to sell Rams logo wear. The students are Future Business Leaders of America members.
Date: Spring 2012 Amount: $2550 KHS senior class will attend Financial Literacy Day at UNE March 22. The guidance department worked on the program with Kennebunk Savings Bank and Finance Authority of Maine to provide students with sessions on borrowing and loans, understanding credit, scams and digital safety, and other financial concepts. KSB and Read the full article…
Date: Winter 2011 Amount: $4,000 KHS Art Department will get a Smart Board to pilot use of technology in that department.
Date: Winter 2011 Amount: $960 Nine students and one teacher attended MIT Model UN conference in New York in February. Student delegation split up into committees to discuss real issues that UN members might address.
Date: Fall 2010 Amount: $5,800 Kennebunk High School will establish a Digital Network radio station in 2011 to broadcast student related programming, including news, sports, music and talk shows. The station will be an extracurricular activity for students interested in journalism and broadcasting.
Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $2,247 Kennebunk High School students can take part in career and college exploratory activities, including testing and tours at area colleges.
Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $9,750 Middle School of the Kennebunks and Kennebunk High School students and staff will have access to downloadable books supporting curriculum.
Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $9,750.00 Kennebunk High School students and staff have access to downloadable books supporting curriculum.
Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Molly Pierce Amount: $1,500.00 The current staff of Kennebunk High School’s student-run newspaper, Rampage and the staff of the Yearbook, will be attending Columbia University’s annual Scholastic Press Association national conference in New York City. The conference is a gathering of student journalists from all over the country who attend seminars Read the full article…
Date: Winter 2009 Sponsor: Emily Flaherty, Jennifer Niese Amount: $1,300.00 Students learn about alternative sources and uses of energy through a program at Chewonki Foundation Outdoor Classroom.