February 13, 2019
This Friday will be the 100th day of school for students in grades 1-3. To celebrate, students and staff are encouraged to dress up like they are 100 years old. The tooth day of...
February 12, 2019
Kindergarten
Welcome to Sanford Public Schools! We are excited to have your child join us for Kindergarten. If your child turns 5 on or before October 15, 2019, you are welcome ...
February 11, 2019
Here is the list of Terrific Kids for the week ending on February 8th.
Terrific Kids:
Kindergarten – Dylan Thomas, Lily Burnell, Ian Wells, Gabriella Bradwell
1 st g...
February 11, 2019
This a reminder that our PTA is sponsoring a "Coin Clash" between the classrooms. All coins collected will help the PTA in their efforts to support enrichment activities for our ...
February 7, 2019
Students are already mid-way through this years Chickadee Award book nominees. Students will submit their vote for favorite book and the winner will be announced this spring. The ...
February 6, 2019
Second graders at MCS enjoyed a lesson about hedgehogs and then created a fused glass animal with Mrs. Cheryl Rhoda from Glasworx in Sanford. The day before, the students watched...
February 5, 2019
Even with the adverse weather conditions construction on the addition to Margaret Chase Smith School continues. Last week brought below zero days and a snow storm. However, the ...
February 1, 2019
As I was walking around the school I came upon a third grade art lesson. The art standard was to learn about weaving. Mrs. Lewin-Grover, our art teacher, had the students learn ...
February 1, 2019
With the Super Bowl just days away, many of our students (and staff) are thinking about the New England Patriots playing in the big game. To build on this exciting time, students...
January 31, 2019
While I was walking through classroom I came upon Mrs. Werner's kindergarten class. What drew me in was the discussion the class was having about dinosaurs. Mrs. Werner was read...
January 30, 2019
This a reminder that our PTA is sponsoring a "Coin Clash" between the classrooms. All coins collected will help the PTA in their efforts to support enrichment activities for our ...
January 25, 2019
The second grade science unit is Material Magic this trimester. The science unit develops the idea that by taking advantage of the properties of materials we can solve many proble...
January 25, 2019
In an effort to help her students become better readers and writers, Mrs. Arnold invited Mrs. Butler, our speech teacher, to speak to her students about hearing and recording soun...
January 25, 2019
During MCS's Christmas event, one of the raffle prizes was a lunch date with our mayor. Emma (pictured standing next to Mayor Cote) was the winner of this raffle prize. Today Ma...
January 22, 2019
This is a list of our Terrific Kids from last Friday, January 19th. Terrific Kids:
Kindergarten – Jordan Charlton, Baylaa Allen, Abe Plumer, Ben Fowler,
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January 22, 2019
Even with the cold weather the work continues on the addition to our school. Pictured below are construction workers setting reinforcing rods for the foundation. The next pictur...
January 16, 2019
Despite the cold weather, snow and ice progress is happening for the foundation to our new addition. Pictured is one of the pads that was poured. A poured pad for our addit...
January 14, 2019
Here is the list of last week's Terrific Kids. Terrific Kids:
Kindergarten – Owen Janousek, Sydney Antkowski, Andrew Purdy, Zariah Ricker, Drew Werner, Crew Chasse
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January 13, 2019
Margaret Chase Smith first graders celebrated the end of their Learning About the World nonfiction reading unit by becoming teachers. They worked on reading their books, marking ...
January 11, 2019
In kindergarten, the students learn strategies that all good readers use. In our reading program these strategies are referred to as super powers. The picture is of Mrs. Ackroyd...