Margaret Chase Smith School

This morning I had the opportunity to go inside the addition to Margaret Chase Smith School. I was very excited to see the metal studs up and the amount of preparation for plumbi...

The construction of Margaret Chase Smith School's addition continues to go well. You can see progress being made every day. Soon the exterior of the building will be enclosed th...

On May 7th the students at Margaret Chase Smith School were treated to the musical sounds from the Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO). As part of their Kinder Concerts members fro...

Mr. Thom Gagne, aka. Butterfly Guy,visited Margaret Chase Smith school's second graders to talk about monarch butterflies.He talked to the students about how important milkweed is...

On Monday our students and staff participated in practicing how to evacuate from a bus. Th expectation is that students practice how to evacuate a bus twice a year. Today was ou...

Thursday, May 9th, our PTA is having the Northern Star Planetarium set up in our cafeteria. This will be a fun family event where participants can enter and learn about constella...

During my walk around the school one the great lessons I observed was of Mrs. Arnold introducing a lesson on Opinion Writing. The students were learning how to structure their wr...

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...

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...

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 ...

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".

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...