While the eighth grade girls were attending the Totally Trades program a few weeks ago, the boys took part in a project that brought excitement and joy to them and community members alike.
Spruce Mountain Middle School
Middle school LEGO League teams prepare for regional meet
Spruce Mountain Middle School will have five teams competing at the Western Maine FIRST LEGO League Qualifier at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay on Saturday, November 23.
Spruce Mountain students aim to remember Holocaust victims
Students at the middle school are collecting 6 million erasers, one for each Jewish Holocaust victim, as part of their “Erase Hate, Write Tolerance” project.
Middle school students do their part to support community
Spruce Mountain Middle School students felt the Farmington explosion while sitting in class and didn’t learn the whole story until later in the day. Once they did, they took it upon themselves to help those displaced by the blast.
Helping those who lost homes in the Farmington explosion
JAY — When the LEAP building in Farmington exploded, it created a chain reaction that was felt all over Franklin County. The area around where the explosion happened became devastated, and many people lost their homes. The 8th grade students in the classes of Denise Acritelli and Jayne Flagg wanted to help. We started to […]
Rob Taylor one of three for Maine Teacher of the Year
A winner will be announced in October from among the 3 finalists previously named Teacher of the Year in their respective counties: Heather Whitaker from Cumberland, Rob Taylor from Franklin and Tom Gray from Knox.
Spruce Mountain Middle School principal named
Greg Henderson of Readfield will begin his new job Monday.
Elementary Music Festival held at Spruce Mountain Middle
The festival included selected students in chorus, band and string orchestra, and was attended by 17 students from Meroby and Rumford elementary schools
Spruce Mountain Middle announces second trimester honor roll recipients
JAY — Spruce Mountain Middle School has announced its honor roll students for the second trimester. High Honors Grade eight: Chance Brooks, Brianna Castonguay, Nora Castonguay, Thomas Coffin, Emma Diaz, Juliet Ditullio, Emily Dubord, Mackenzie Guay, Mackenzie Michaud, Lillian Minoty, Ava Moffett, Sam Perkins, Owen Schwab, Emma Towers, Lucas Towers and Daniel Wilson. Grade seven: […]
Tradition of winning for athletes, coaches
JAY — Recently, Spruce Mountain Middle School Field Hockey Team won The Capital Area League Championship. After finishing the regular season undefeated, they walked away from the playoff game with a 4-1 win over a tough team from Gardiner. “This team not only was successful in the win and loss columns, it was successful in […]