May 1, 2019
We can see progress everyday to the addition at Margaret Chase Smith School. It is exciting to see that the school in almost enclosed. The next picture is of the wall being buil...
April 24, 2019
Construction on the addition to Margaret Chase Smith School is moving right along. You can see noticeable progress every day as the construction workers add frames for exterior a...
April 22, 2019
On the Thursday before our April Break our third graders celebrated their unit on character studies by recreating the party in the book, Because of Winn-Dixie. For examples ...
April 22, 2019
In preparation for Earth Day Mrs. Arnold challenged her second graders to create a sculpture from discarded materials. Mrs. Arnold named the projects "Trash Sculptures".
April 18, 2019
Ms. McGuiggin's 2nd graders invited parents, friends, and other students in the school to visit their Dinosaur Museum. The 2nd grade scientists were eager to share their knowledg...
April 18, 2019
Debi Hartford from Thurston and Peters Sugar House in Shapleigh visited MCS second graders to share the process of making maple syrup. The kids learned the different ways sap is ...
April 10, 2019
This year our kindergarten teachers are piloting a phonics program by Lucy Calkin. This program fits in well with her reading and writing programs that we use. Part of what our ...
April 5, 2019
What a delight it was when Mrs. Ackroyd brought her students to visit the office today. Her students have been learning how words work and their latest victory was leaning about ...
April 3, 2019
The Sanford Schools Annual Art Show will be held at the new Sanford High School/Sanford Regional Vocational Center on Friday and Saturday, April 5th and 6th from 6:00 pm to 8:30 p...
March 26, 2019
Margaret Chase Smith School held their annual “ Reading Under the Stars” event on the evening of March 26th. Upon arrival, each family received a bag filled with a variet...
March 14, 2019
1st graders have been learning about different reading strategies they can use and to add these strategies to their "reading tool box". This Thursday I had the opportunity to hea...
March 14, 2019
Margaret Chase Smith School's PTA hosted a Family Paint Night this Thursday. For a very low cost students and their family came to MCS and had the chains to express their creativ...
March 13, 2019
Monday we were treated to a wonderful lesson on how maple syrup is made. High school students Julia, Kayla, and Lindsay read a story about making maple syrup, brought us REAL mapl...
March 11, 2019
Students from the SRTC Landscaping program and the Early Childhood Education program visited several classrooms at MCS and read the book "Maple Syrup from the Sugarhouse", by Laur...
March 8, 2019
To bring some sunshine into this cold, long winter Mrs. Carman's First graders decided it would be fun to read at the beach. We had a big sun, a picture of the beach on the board...
March 8, 2019
After reading the book, Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler, Mrs. Deschambault's students had a homework assignment to do 5 acts of kindness at home each night for 3 nights. The rain...
March 8, 2019
The Green and Yellow Rooms read non-fiction books about penguins. There are 17 species of penguins; one being the crested penguin like these Rockhoppers. Mrs. Parker’s class ...
March 8, 2019
As I was walking through the building I came upon Mrs. Werner's kindergartners learning about "Force and Motion" through our Mystery Science. I watched as Mrs. Werner's students ...
March 8, 2019
Our second graders are starting or getting ready to start their next unit in writing which is about poetry. One of the skills being taught is to look at the world around us throu...
March 4, 2019
On Friday afternoon the students and staff gathered at the new addition to watch the last beam being lifted into position.