On Wednesday, February 11, at Elm Street School, the seventh and eighth graders on the Math Team decided to put joy into another’s day. Along with the help of our fabulous math teacher, Sharon Goss, and the Gifted And Talented Education teacher, Karen Downing, we spent our class period making valentine baskets. Last week, the […]
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February Artist of the Month
Attention! Attention! The results of February Artist of the Month are in! In eighth grade Letavian Sands received the Artist of the Month from Mrs. Kate Myrand for his mask. Mrs. Myrand said his mask was “big, colorful, and very unique.” Letavian really enjoyed doing hands-on activities and he had a lot of fun in […]
Oak Hill participates in Maine Drama Festival
Oak Hill’s Drama Club, the Theatre in the Woods, will be participating this year in the Maine Drama Festival, a state-wide one-act play competition. Oak Hill will be performing Tom Stoppard’s “The Fifteen Minute Hamlet.” The production features Patrick Austin as Hamlet, Heather McKinney as Ophelia, Ashley Phelps as Gertrude and Adrianna Kelleher, Alex Johns, […]
PWS baked bean supper benefit
On Thursday, January 15, Philip W. Sugg Middle School held a baked bean supper, organized by the seventh grade faculty, students and family volunteers. The supper was one of many efforts to raise enough money for the entire seventh grade class to attend the Camp Kieve Leadership School for a week. The bean supper was […]
A day to mismatch
On January 30, Trinity Catholic School was an ocean of different styles. The students had been asked to wear clothing that did not match. The outcome was as numerous as the students who wore different clashing styles together to create unique styles. The students only had to pay two dollars to wear mismatched items. Money […]
Catholic Schools’ Week
This year’s Catholic Schools Week was like no other! Well, starting on Monday, we made a decorative spirit flow through the air because we decorated our classroom doors. Unfortunately, the highlight of the whole week was canceled due to a snow day. Bishop Malone was supposed to say Mass and celebrate with us. He promises […]
Get involved
As an eighth grader, I had already gone through a year of seventh grade at Tripp Middle School. A great way to get exercise and to make new friends is to join a school sport or activity. Do something new.Tripp offers lots of choices. There are soccer (boys and girls), football, field hockey, and cross-country […]
Ready, set, write!
Have you ever read one of those books that make you say, “How could anyone think like that?” Well, everyone has to start somewhere. In the month of November, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writers Month) designs both an adult Web site and children’s Web site trying to erase your inner editor and get your ideas on […]
Tripp girl’s basketball “family”
From the first day of basketball tryouts, our basketball team has formed into more of a family than a team. With our record of 4-3, we do have our off games like all teams, but we can really bring the fire.Our first game in Bath we showed everyone what Tripp seventh grade girls’ basketball is […]
The Wildcat’s fun-filled day
On Friday, December 19, as all the Wildcat students walked down the hall with the smell of pancakes, they were ready for a day of fun and laughter at school. The Wildcat team teachers flipped dozens of pancakes for the almost 120 students on the team. After the wonderful breakfast, students headed to our first […]