Phippsburg Elementary School

Mrs. Henderson shared photos of Ms. McCauley teaching 3rd grade how to tap maple trees on a recent cold day.

Fourth and 5th grade are reading and critiquing the Chickadee Award nominees. They: Worked as partners to read aloud and listen to the story. Discussed what they liked and disliked Wrote down what the book is about What their favorite part was And WHY they like or dislike it. Last, they presented a short book summary and likes and dislikes.

Mrs. Tardif shared photos of kindergarten and 3rd grade reading buddies.

Mrs. Polizotto shared her photos of our February Student of the Month recipients. Mr. Soule did a great job as our guest principal for two weeks. As you may have guessed, the assembly was on Pajama Day. We saw a lot of school spirit that day!

Some more pictures of Fun Friday February 16th; all students read and or had stories read to them on Pajama Day for about 30 minutes. Thank you, Mrs. Woodbury, for sharing photos of 1st graders who visited to read with you.

Miss Megan's bus#37 is running approx. 15 min. late this morning. Thank you for your patience.

Due to a detour in Bath this morning, Miss Megan's bus#37 is running approx. 10 minutes behind this morning.

Today was a Fun Friday; we had Favorite Sports Team Jersey day, the 4th & 5th grade volleyball game, and marble painting in Art. Thank you, Mrs. Polizotto, for sharing the photos! Remember, Monday is the Hundredth Day of School at PES! To celebrate, we're wearing clothes with numbers on them, and will have some extra numbers if you don't any.

Mrs. Tardif shared a photo of her kindergarten class celebrating Groundhog Day, with their hand-colored headbands, last Friday.

Mrs. Brockett shared photos of more fun in the snow, had by preschoolers last month.

Mrs. Snell shared pictures of the 5th graders' Gulf of Maine Research Institute adventure. They became scientists for a time at GMRI, gathering and analyzing data on how changing ocean temperatures affect lobsters and black bass, and enjoyed traveling in style and comfort in the tour bus.

Ms. Phippen shared photos of fourth & fifth graders practicing for Battle of the Books. The Battle takes place at Woolwich Central School on Thursday, March 28th at 6PM. Go Teams!

Mrs. Hutchinson shared some photos of sledding fun from Wednesday!

Thank you, Mrs. Polizotto, for the photos of snow play today!

Thanks to Mrs. Tardif for photos of her kindergarten class playing math games. She writes, "Here we are playing Bears on the Bus during Math time today. We've been learning the different combinations to make 10!"

You could hear the excitement coming from the gym when 4th & 5th graders had fun learning about solar power today, taught by Stacy Brown of Revision Energy. Thanks to Mrs. Snell for her photos.

Both buses are running late this morning; some roads are impassable due to flooding. Route 209 north of the school is fine.

Students had great fun playing in the snow at recess! Here are some photos from Monday's K-2 recess, thanks to Mrs. Woodbury!

To attend K-5 before school Mad Science, students must be registered online for the 8-wk $105 NASA session January 10th-March 6th. See LINK in the PES newsletter. Parents provide transportation to Wednesdays 8:15AM-9:20AM classes. Half scholarship available if contact Mrs. Doran by December 31st.

PES got a surprise when Mr. Grinch visited at dismissal the day before vacation. Thank you, Mrs. Tainter & Ms. Crowley, for sharing photos!