School: Middle School of the Kennebunks Date: Spring 2014 Amount: $2150 MSK 6th grade students choose from among 12 workshops that will expose them to visual arts, dance, metal smithing, music and theater. Instructors from River Tree Arts come in to MSK to teach the children. This program was well received by MSK students Read the full article…
Professional Development for MSK Science Dept. Date: Winter/Spring 2014 Amount: $3214 MSK science teachers will attend National Science Teacher Association conference in Boston in April to focus on two area: Science and Literacy: A Symbiotic Relationship, and Engineering and Science: Technological Partners. Strengthened literacy skills empower students to access science content and communicate understanding. Second, Read the full article…
Date: Spring 2013 Amount: $12,000 Middle School of the Kennebunks 7th graders will attend the Leadership School at Camp Kieve in October to work on team building, healthy decision making, communications, and other self development practices. The program includes a day long session at MSK followed by three days at Camp Kieve in which the Read the full article…
Date: Fall 2013 Amount: $4,400 The Leadership School at Camp Kieve will send a facilitator to the Middle School of the Kennebunks this winter to work with grades 6-8 using hands on student participation and activities. The program is intended to deepen the impact of the residential program at Camp Kieve experienced by 7th graders Read the full article…
Date: Spring 2013 Amount: $3,200 MaineStage is a process-based resident theater company that provides educational outreach. This program consists of three elements: a 75 minute version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth followed by an interactive “talkback” after the play in which actors engage students in discussion about themes and characters. There are also workshops in class run by cast Read the full article…
Date: Spring 2012 Amount: $17,700 MSK 7th graders next year will attend leadership school Camp Kieve. In a group classroom setting and through activities including games, a rock-climbing wall, and a ropes course, the camp teaches the children healthy risk-taking, team building, and leadership strategies.
School: Middle School of the Kennebunks Date: Winter 2012 Amount: $2,020.00 River Tree Arts will provide several different arts and music workshops for 6th graders that are intended to inspire and challenge students in new ways that are beyond the traditional experiences they receive now.
School: Middle School of the Kennebunks Date: Spring 2011 Total: $18,000 Middle School of the Kennebunks 7th graders will attend Camp Kieve in the fall of 2011. Camp Kieve is a leadership school where students work with counselors on self-confidence, teamwork, communication and healthy decision making. The children work in groups in a cabin style classroom, Read the full article…
School: Middle School of the Kennebunks Date: Spring 2011 Total: $247.55 Students create a piece of “stained glass” using new geometric knowledge and a report that details seven points of geometry and dilation. It will be a the culmination of the a newly created math unit on Geometry.
Date: Winter 2011 Amount: $650 International artist-in-residence Marlon Moreno from Leon, Nicaragua worked with students to create a mural at MSK with International Baccalaureate Themes.
Date: Fall 2010 Amount: $400 Sixth grade language students competed in first annual Rams Cup soccer tournament. Students studied the importance of soccer to French and Spanish speaking cultures. The event supported the French/Spanish Geography Unit and included Physical Education and Arts as well.
Date: Fall 2010 Amount: $1,700 Students in the Young Diplomats Club at the Middle School of the Kennebunks visited the Japanese Consulate in Boston, and the club hosted speakers to bring awareness of global issues to students. MSK is an International Baccalaureate Learner Profile School; the club provides an outlet for students to learn about other cultures.
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: Winter 2010 Amount: $663 Some of the transportation costs for the Chinatown field trip for 7th graders studying China will be funded.
Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $300 MSK will pilot an after-school Science Club for students interested in additional science exploration.
Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $3,000 The band room will receive a Retrofit Unify LCD projector to allow the music teacher to better apply techniques and approaches discovered at a Learning and Brain Conference.
Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $1,500 Middle School of the Kennebunks students immerse themselves in a French or Spanish marketplace to test their language skills.
Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Mary McCarthy Amount: $2,000.00 To engage Michael Chase, founder of “The Kindness Center”, to be a part of the Middle School of the Kennebunks for the ’09-’10 school year. He will help develop a culture of kindness, empathy, self respect and respect through his work with students, staff, parents and community.
Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Tom Taylor and Ruthellen Cialfi Amount: $6,195.00 Exchange City is an economics and civics-based program for sixth grade students. Through experiential learning students develop skills in job search process, election campaigning, economics principles, and running a mini-business. The students will work collaboratively as well as independently as they run a mini Read the full article…
Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Iris Sherman Amount: $250.00 Assisted with travel expenses for Odyssey of the Mind team to attend World Finals competition at Iowa State University. Odyssey of the Mind is a nationwide competition in which teams generate and perform creative solutions to complex problems.
Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Nathan Hall, Laurie Jacques Amount: $600.00 Sixth-grade students developed and published their own books in this innovative workshop program aimed at young writers-those who already love writing as well as those who come to it more reluctantly.
Date: Winter 2009 Sponsor: Tom Taylor, RuthEllen Cialfi Amount: $5,040.00 As virtual consumers, citizens, and business owners of Exchange City, students gain experience with loans, interest, expenses, debit and credit cards, and campaigning for public office. The culminating activity is a trip to Exchange City in Portsmouth, N.H., to run the city for a day. Read the full article…
Date: Winter 2009> Sponsor: Mary McCarthy Amount: $2,639.33 Students use podcast technology to create guided tours of the school and the local community. (Read article)
Date: Winter 2009 Sponsor: Luke Howell Amount: $5,069.90 Purchased curriculum and materials for a comprehensive, laboratory-based unit that develops energy concepts in ways that relate to student’s lives and concerns.