Educator-in-residence promotes leadership qualities among students By Alex Acquisto April, 2014 Staff Writer A group of sixth-graders worked together Monday to lower and set a hula hoop on the ground in the activity known as Helium Hula Hoop. The activity is one of many that Michelle Cote has facilitated for sixth- and eighth-graders during her Read the full article…

by Alex Acquisto January, 2014 Staff Writer KENNEBUNK — The Regional School Unit 21 board of directors approved the STEM scholar program for the Kennebunk High School class of 2015, as well as an option for students to take specified science, technology, engineering or math classes on a pass/fail basis. Assistant Superintendent Sara Zito and Kennebunk High School Principal Sue Read the full article…

  By Alex Acquisto October, 2013 Staff Writer KENNEBUNK — The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics curriculum at Kennebunk High School is being refined for the 2013-14 school year. The shift in curriculum is being spearheaded by mathematics instructor Alan Carp, who was just recently named S.T.E.M. coordinator for the high school. The Science, Technology, Read the full article…

By Alex Acquisto, June, 2013, Staff Writer Brett Clark and Daniel Walker-Duvay of Consolidated School try to untangle themselves Thursday, May 23, at The Braid puzzle station, part of the Julia Robinson Math Festival. The Braid was one of the more physical puzzles. Fifth graders from Mildred L. Day, Consolidated, and Sea Road schools were Read the full article…

Society Notebook: Education Foundation celebrates success May 26, 2013 By MARGARET LOGAN It’s a great life lesson: If you want to become involved with something and truly make a difference, it’s best to go directly to the source. Ted Damon, chairman and founder of the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel, with Ann Stockbridge, Read the full article…

Jack Mason from the city’s municipal department keeps track of trash pickup at the snack shop.Laura Snyder Smith photo By Laura Snyder Smith lsmith@seacoastonline.com March 29, 2012 Sixth-graders left the Middle School of the Kennebunks last week for a taste of “the real world.” Thanks to a grant from the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Read the full article…

Sea Road students Hannah Marquis, Ian Zogg, Allison Rickert, and Julia Plaisted hold a vulture’s skull. Stephan Burklin photo By Stephan Burklin news@seacoastonline.com April 07, 2011 KENNEBUNK — Enter most any elementary school gym and you’re liable to witness sheer pandemonium, a scene of unparalleled energy and noise. But students at Kennebunk’s Sea Road School on Read the full article…

By Jennifer Feals December 9, 2012 jfeals@seacoastonline.com KENNEBUNK — On a Wednesday after hours at Kennebunk High School, senior David Cavagnaro is examining the workings of what is quickly turning into a robot — one that will be designed, created and programmed to meet a challenge. Cavagnaro is one of the 10 students at KHS participating Read the full article…

York County Coast Star October 25, 2010 Last week Middle School of the Kennebunks seventh-graders quite literally stepped out of their comfort zones during the school’s annual “field trip.” At The Leadership School, part of Camp Kieve in Nobleboro, students found themselves 50 feet above ground on the high-ropes course, sleeping in a cabin with Read the full article…

Brothers Nick and Tim Burgess show off their favorite spots during the opening of the outdoor classroom at Consolidated School. By Laura Dolce ldolce@seacoastonline.com June 10, 2010 KENNEBUNKPORT — While Kermit the Frog said “it’s not easy being green,” the students, staff and supporters at Consolidated Elementary School made it look that way June 2 when Read the full article…

by Carol Bousquet June 10, 2010 York County Coast Star KENNEBUNK- Kennebunk High School’s graduating class of 2010 has a unique distinction this year:  11 of its seniors are candidates to receive International Baccalaureate Diplomas and 46 are candidates for IB Certificates, the first such graduates in Maine.  It’s an honor they have toiled for Read the full article…

Several schools in Maine are offering a rigorous program that takes an inquiry-based approach. By Ann S. Kim January 5, 2010 Portland Press Herald In a recent biology class, Johnny Price and his classmates got some meal worms and an assignment: create a lab to investigate their behavior.  The question they would try to answer Read the full article…

Contributed by Carol Bousquet February 12, 2010 Kennebunk Post Former Governor Angus King said the approach to public education has to change if America is to keep up with the rest of the world, during last Thursday’s celebration hosted by the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel and the RSU#21 School Board. The basics, Read the full article…

By Stephanie Bouchard, Staff Writer January 30, 2010 Portland Press Herald Does this sound familiar? You’re 10 years old and you’re trapped between the wooden slats of your desk chair and the broad expanse of your desktop. Your rear end has gone numb from being plastered against the hard wood of your seat. The desire Read the full article…

By Carol Bousquet KENNEBUNK, ME – The Journal Tribune took the title of spelling champs for the second time at the Third Annual Spelling Bee in support of the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks. Fifty teams competed in the April 1 event at Sea Road School. Local businesses sponsored the teams and raised more than Read the full article…

By Norm Ritter June 25, 2009 York County Coast Star KENNEBUNK – Four years ago, Ted Damon, then 75, attended Kennebunk High School for a year as a freshman to see what he could do to help education in the local public schools. Susan Cressey, a KHS teacher and administrator, arranged for him to attend Read the full article…

By Laura Snyder Smith lsmith@seacoastonline.com June 04, 2009 York County Coast Star Pencils starting on the horizon, they dip down and around for the bow, then continue back again to finish drawing the sheer. With their eyes up to compare Peter Hoff’s example, the students continue sketching the rest of the boat. “Nice,” says Hoff, Read the full article…

By Carol Bousquet KENNEBUNKPORT, ME, May 6, 2009- Vacations are often adventures we take with our faces buried in a map. Now Kennebunk Middle School students will just about take visitors by the hand as they explore the area. On Thursday May 7 the Nonantum Resort will unveil its student designed Green Rooms complete with Read the full article…

Robyn Burnham May 06, 2009 Journal Tribune KENNEBUNK – Parents and volunteers helped students at the Middle School of the Kennebunks practice their French Tuesday at the school’s first French Marketplace. French teacher Tad Williams organized the two-day event, which he has held at other schools before, with the help of French teacher Amber Burks. Read the full article…

By Carol Bousquet/Community Contributor April 17, 2009 Kennebunk Post They took out loans, scratched their heads, and changed their business strategy all in a few short hours. It wasn’t corporate America but Middle School of the Kennebunks sixth graders who got a chance to run a mini-city for a day. The bottom line? They had Read the full article…