School:  Kennebunk Elementary School  Amount:  $2896.40  At the Staff Development for Educators (SDE) National Second Grade Teachers Conference, second grade educators will assemble to enrich their professional skills, knowledge, and careers.  This will create opportunities for Kennebunk Elementary School to invest in our students’ academic growth and success.  This project aligns with Grant Criteria as Read the full article…

Schools:  Middle School of the Kennebunks  Amount: $2,738  This grant will allow for the purchase of a 3D printer to be used in both the STEM and Art (STEAM) programs by all 6th – 8th graders at Middle School of the Kennebunks.  This technology can be used with existing programs and will support IB goals Read the full article…

Schools:  Kennebunkport Consolidated School, Mildred L Day School, Sea Road School  Amount: $1,500  The Julia Robinson Math Festival is a celebration of math that includes all fifth graders in RSU 21.  The event features mathematical challenges, puzzles and other activities in a non-competitive setting.  Once again this event will be hosted by UNE and will Read the full article…

Schools: Kennebunkport Consolidated School, Middle School of the Kennebunks, Mildred L Day School, Sea Road School. Amount: $16,500. Twenty five instruments will be purchased to give students in grades 4-8 the opportunity to experience playing an instrument in the school band. This grant will positively impact the band program from grades 4-12 as more students become members of Read the full article…

Schools:  Sea Road School; Middle School of the Kennebunks  Date: May 2015  Amount: $2,130 After placing second at the state robotics meet in Augusta, this group of students from Sea Road School and Middle School of the Kennebunks was invited to participate in the First Robotics Open Africa Championship in Johannesburg in May. They were also invited Read the full article…

School: Middle School of the Kennebunks  Date: October 2015  Amount: $12,500  Once again, Middle School of the Kennebunks 7th graders will attend the Leadership School at Camp Kieve in October. While at Camp Kieve 7th graders will have the opportunity to work on team building, healthy decision making, communications, and other self-development practices.  A daylong Read the full article…

School: Middle School of the Kennebunks  Date: May 2015  Amount: $3,000  In May the Middle School of the Kennebunks bands will be traveling to the Trills and Thrills Music Festival in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.  While there they will perform for two professional adjudicators and receive both written and recorded feedback. This will be a great opportunity Read the full article…

School: Mildred L. Day School  Date: Spring 2015  Amount: $621.05 This grant will allow for the creation of a semi-permanent Storybook Walk at Mildred L. Day School. This walk will be used by the students and staff at Mildred L. Day School to address deficiencies in phonetic and literacy skills for incoming kindergarteners and cultivate a Read the full article…

School:  Middle School of the Kennebunks  Date:  May 2015  Amount:  $2,130  As a result of their First Place performance at the Maine FIRST LEGO League Championship, Team Tesla Waffles has earned an invitation to the North American Open Championship at LEGOLAND in Carlsbad (San Diego), California. The Championship takes place May 15-17, 2015. During the formal Read the full article…

School:  Kennebunkport Consolidated School  Date:  April 2015  Amount:  $1,250  Local artist Wade Zahares will be working with all Kennebunkport Consolidated students during the week of April 6 – 10. The students will all have sessions with Mr. Zahares that will go beyond the scope of their regular art classes. Students will have the opportunity to experience new Read the full article…

School:  Middle School of the Kennebunks  Date:  Spring 2015  Amount:  $2,525  Experience ARTS, a continuation of the program developed and conducted by River Tree Arts during February 2012 and June 2014, allows sixth grade students in small groups to experience hand-on learning in the area of their choice. Exhibiting artists and performing musicians will conduct workshops, chosen by Read the full article…

School:  Kennebunk Elementary School, Kennebunkport Consolidated School, Mildred L. Day School, Sea Road School, Middle School of the Kennebunks, Kennebunk High School  Date:  Spring 2015  Amount:  $3442  Six teachers representing elementary, middle, and high school will attend and improve their math instruction for students. Information will be shared with other teachers during content area / Read the full article…

School:  Mildred L. Day School Date:  School Year 2014-2015 Amount:  $786.88 Mildred L. Day School will be working with Graves Library and Kennebunk Free Library to create a preschool story time that would provide positive literacy based experiences for the preschool-aged children of Arundel. This program will start in January and the librarians from Kennebunk Read the full article…

School: Kennebunk Elementary School  School Year: 2014-2015 Amount: $750 Each of the six kindergarten classes at KES will receive a weekly-30-minute yoga class for five weeks. Engaging in yoga will increase the children’s readiness for learning while developing the children’s skills for mind-body connection. Yoga increases self-awareness of energy level and helps to improve concentration and attention for learning. All six kindergarten Read the full article…

Schools:  Sea Road School, Kennebunkport Consolidated School, ML Day School Date:  School Year 2014-2015 Amount: $590.00  RSU21 fourth and fifth grade students will attend the Boston Museum of Science’s traveling program at Sea Road School. The programs support and enrich the present science curriculum. Grade 5 will experience“Electromagnetism” which correlates with the energy unit and the grade 4 program,“Cryogenics: States Read the full article…

School:  Middle School of the Kennebunks Date:  School Year 2014-2015 Amount:  $5000 MSK students and staff will work with an Educator in Residence from Camp Kieve’s Leadership School for ten weeks this winter. The EiR goals include supporting the mission of the leadership school: positive risk-taking, the ability to set meaningful goals, making healthy decisions, Read the full article…

School:  Kennebunk Elementary School,  Kennebunkport Consolidated School, Mildred L. Day School, Sea Road School Date:  School Year 2014-2015 Amount:  $6484.50 All RSU21 elementary schools will implement Keyboarding Without Tears which teaches pre-keyboarding, keyboarding, general computer readiness, digital literacy and digital citizenship.

School:  Kennebunk Elementary School Date:  School Year 2014-2015 Amount:  $2950 Kennebunk Elementary School will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with percussionist Michael Wingfield, who will work with students every two weeks to produce musical performances with an African theme.

School:  Sea Road School Date: School Year 2014-15 Amount:  $1328.10 Standing desks will be purchased for use at Sea Road School, one per classroom, to accommodate children with different learning styles.

School:  Middle School of the Kennebunks and Kennebunk High School Date: School Year 2014-15 Amount:  $575 High school girls will mentor middle school girls, inspiring them and guiding them through structured meetings.

School:  Kennebunk High School Date: School Year 2014-15 Amount:  up to $630.99 Fatal Vision Goggles are purchased for KHS Health Class to show students the dangers of drug and alcohol consumption, how it affects your vision, coordination and reflexes.  

School:  Kennebunk High School Date:   School Year 2014-15 Amount:  $5450 Students will draw the body of the copter on a the computer and use a 3D printer to manufacture it, and then attach components such as sensors, motors, and blades to perform various activities.