When Spruce Mountain Elementary School Principal Pat St. Clair and the state couldn’t locate a student at the beginning of the school year, Darin Gilbert was able to use his time and resources to locate where the student is now going to school.
Spruce Mountain Elementary School
Students decorate pumpkins for Pumpkin Walk
Third grade students at Spruce Mountain Elementary School decorated pumpkins for the annual Pumpkin Walk last week.
Hollandstrong funds providing tennis court upgrades
An overhaul of the tennis courts next to Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay has begun through the efforts of Hollandstrong.
RSU 73 to vote on joining regional service center
Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls residents will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Spruce Mountain Elementary School.
Hollingsworth takes pies to the face for charity
Almost $900 is raised for United Way through SMES principal Chris Hollingsworth’s efforts.
Banking on balance in Jay
Fifth-graders, from left, Breanna Lee and Isabelle Martin, both of Jay, and Izaiah Hiscock of Livermore Falls walk along a snowbank Thursday on the playground during recess at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay. (Sun Journal Photo by Donna M. Perry) Fifth-graders, from left, Breanna Lee and Isabelle Martin, both of Jay, and Izaiah Hiscock of Livermore Falls walk along a snowbank on […]
Sledding at Spruce Mountain
Caileb Williams, a third-grade student at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay enjoys sledding Monday morning at Spruce Mountain Ski Slope in Jay. Students were treated to a morning of sledding as a reward for the school’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports program. (Franklin Journal photo by Dee Menear) Amy Espeaignnette, left, and her daughter Emily […]
Jay school artists share STEAM project with board members
LIVERMORE FALLS — Students in Regional School Unit 73 are showing their artistic sides. Specifically, the district’s board of directors learned Thursday about an art program at Spruce Mountain Elementary School. Art teacher Tamara Lindsey said her fifth-graders have been working on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) project, and learning about Alexander Calder, […]
RSU 73 board approves teacher contract
JAY — Regional School Unit 73 directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a three-year teachers’ contract that includes pay increases for everyone. Chief negotiator Julie Taylor said the agreement was geared to attract more new teachers, so their wage hikes will be more than veteran staffers. She said beginning teachers will get a 3 percent […]