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…

The happy faces in this picture belong to 4th and 5th graders at Mildred L. Day school, who are learning to play flutes and clarinets with a little help from the Education Foundation.  Band Instructor Sandra Sharood approached the Ed Foundation with a request for a grant to add 4 flutes and 4 clarinets to 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…

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…

A day in the life at Enterprise City 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 Arundel, as well as generous parents, students took on the business, Read the full article…

Stable and studying Consolidated School rolls out stability balls By Adam Chabot Staff Writer, Kennebunk Post Teachers at Kennebunkport Consolidated School have begun employing fitness stability balls for their students, which will allow them not only stimulate their minds, but promote health and fitness as well.  The students, who are in kindergarten through grade five, Read the full article…

Kennebunk High School Senior Kyle Merchant dreams of going to UMass Amherst next year.  He’s applied for dozens of scholarships, plans to work two jobs this summer and save as much money as he can to help pay for his tuition. “The most important thing is really conserving the money that I have,” said Merchant. According Read the full article…

By Samantha Stephens yccs@seacoastonline.com February 23, 2012 2:00 AM MSK Photo by Isabella Kudas KENNEBUNK — Although the hallway was quiet, several classrooms were alive with creativity at the Middle School of the Kennebunks on Thursday, Feb. 16, when River Tree Arts visited sixth-grade students. The first-time event, featuring several teachers at River Tree Arts, allowed Read the full article…

by Rachel H. Goldman September 30, 2011 Kennebunk Post   Sue Cressey and Zach Pyle cleared their throats, leaned toward their microphones and spoke to the high school student body over the airwaves.  Cressey, Kennebunk High School principal, and Pyle, a junior, gave Kennebunk High School Radio Club’s first live radio show during Monday’s advisory period. Read the full article…

On a rainy May morning, three kindergarten girls are on stage at Kennebunk Elementary School, singing a pop song together into their microphones.  While the singing is very sincere, the props are a bit unusual — the stage and microphones have been constructed out of large blue foam pieces that, only moments ago, had been Read the full article…

This winter I was offered a chance to attend the annual National Science Teachers Association Conference in San Francisco. I knew this was an amazing opportunity, one that teachers with many more years of experience had never had the chance to enjoy, and here I was, a first-year teacher at Middle School of the Kennebunks, Read the full article…

[add_slideshow align=right caption=”Sea Road School fourth-graders learn about animal adaptations from the Museum of Science” size =”medium”] When Norman the skink emerged from his bin, a momentary hush fell over the fourth- graders. Then came the chorus of “Cool!”s and “Wow!”s as Animal Adaptations presenter Katie Slivensky brought the lizard up close so the kids Read the full article…

he Leadership School at Camp Kieve has high expectations of every camper that bunks there: teamwork, kindness, and respect.  In October, seventh-graders from the Middle School of the Kennebunks were asked to explore those values on a personal and group level during a week-long stint that began at MSK and ended at Camp Kieve. Camp Read the full article…

[add_slideshow align=”right” slideshowcaption=”Bridge Team sixth graders try out the new elements on the adventure course”]With “all for one and one for all” bravado Tom Taylor’s sixth graders jockey for position as they attempt one of the newest elements on the Middle School’s Adventure Course.  It’s called King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Read the full article…

Knowing that traditional physical education activities do not deeply engage all students, physical education and health instructor Jon Woodcock had been searching for creative programs that could spark children’s interest and help develop healthy habits for a lifetime. In Spring 2009 he found what he was looking for. This was the start of the geocaching Read the full article…

[add_slideshow slideshowcaption=”Kids Go Green for the Future” align=”right”]When six teachers at Consolidated School got together to devise a multi-grade environmental program, their goal was to involve students and their families in making a positive impact on the environment. The pilot program that resulted – Go Green – won a $10,000 grant by the EFKA. From Read the full article…

[add_slideshow align=”right”]Every time the school district receives an energy bill, the district’s Energy Committee considers how to reduce it. Recently the committee decided to try to find a role for students in helping to address the energy conservation problem. Emily Flaherty’s freshman science students took on the challenge. They researched and installed a solar thermal Read the full article…

[add_slideshow align=”right”]The homemade treats are selling fast at the Snack Shop. A line five customers deep winds away from the counter, the deposit bag is getting fatter, and owners Kyra and Olivia are smiling. Their snack shop is a big success. The Snack Shop is just one of the many student-run businesses in Exchange City, Read the full article…

Kennebunk High School’s graduating class of 2010 has a unique distinction: eleven of its seniors are candidates to receive International Baccalaureate Diplomas, and forty-eight are candidates for IB Certificates. Both groups will be the first such graduates in Maine. It’s an honor they have toiled for in a program that embodies the rigors of AP Read the full article…

We all know that exercise is good for the heart, the body, and the soul. Now educators are learning how important it is to learning. Stacey Schatzabel, a third-grade teacher at Kennebunk Elementary School, is spearheading an initiative that is having an impact in many classrooms at Kennebunk Elementary School and throughout the district as Read the full article…

Beth Carlson   Beth Carlson has been an educator for 25 years, but her influence extends far beyond her Kennebunk High classroom. In November 2009 she was one of three Maine teachers who presented recommendations on teaching approaches at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), a professional association for Read the full article…

[add_slideshow align=”right”] Instructor Bob Walker says that students like AutoCAD because it helps them to better visualize what they are working on. Moreover, creating and visualizing their own designs excites students to take drawings off the board and build things. Currently, students are designing an automobile that is “out of the ordinary.” When the AutoCAD Read the full article…

[add_slideshow exclude=”24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32″ caption=”Greenhouse Construction Fall 2008″ align=”right”]”I don’t want to sell this plant. I grew it.” This comment, by a fifth-grader who had grown very attached to her Christmas Cactus seedling, is a perfect example of the kind of spark the Education Foundation strives to ignite. The students propagated the cactuses for a holiday fundraiser, Read the full article…