
December 20, 2018
While I was walking about the building I came upon Mr. Bell's kindergarten students working on their stories. I watched as Mr. Bell and his ed tech, Mrs. Smith, go to each table ...

December 20, 2018
I had the opportunity to watch Mrs. Werner's kindergarten students retell the story, The Gingerbread Man. During this unit students practiced retelling a story identifying charac...

December 18, 2018
Mrs. Longfish’s second graders shared their “How to” writing with their parents and guests. This event was a celebration for finishing their non-fiction writing unit. Ea...
December 17, 2018
Margaret Chase Smith School
Weekly Update
December 17, 2018
Hello, this is the last week of school before the holiday break. Students will be off from school from Decembe...

December 17, 2018
That was the theme for last Friday’s “Do The Right Thing” rally. Led by Ms. Perrin’s third grade students, everyone learned several ways to be kind. Students also had the ...

December 14, 2018
While walking around the building I stopped into Mrs. Leigh's second grade class. Her students were working on their nonfiction writing. The boys and girls wrote facts about a t...

December 14, 2018
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Michaud's and Mrs. Parker's classes practiced following directions and their fine motor skills by cutting and folding to make these festive Christmas...

December 14, 2018
Mrs. Suratt’s students were working on patterns, following directions, and having fun so, the student created their own sweaters.

December 12, 2018
Exciting news. Yesterday PC Construction started having concrete poured for the foundation to our addition.

December 8, 2018
Pictured is Mr. Wilson who is one of Sanford School Department's technology experts making a teaching point to Mrs. Arnold's second grade students.

December 8, 2018
Above is one of Mrs. Arnold's second grade students using an Osmo for practicing skills learned in class.

December 8, 2018
Students in second grade had an amazing opportunity to learn about and experience the amazing Osmo learning games. Mr. Wilson, one of the district’s technology experts, set up Os...

December 7, 2018
On Friday, Ms Badger's kindergarten students were learning how to read and write the number 9.

December 7, 2018
Pictured is Mr. Wilkins, one of our P.E. and health teachers, teaching some kindergarten students about nutrition.

December 7, 2018
During a walk-through Mrs. Daly came upon Mrs. Parker's kindergarten students who were reviewing what syllables are.

December 7, 2018
The K students in Mrs. Werner’s class we’re learning about the uppercase letter P.

December 7, 2018
Pictured is one of the sections for the foundation of our school's addition.

December 7, 2018
Progress is occurring for Margaret Chase Smith School's addition. For the last two weeks the site for the addition has had work to prepare for the pouring of the footings and fou...

November 30, 2018
Sanford’s kindergarten teacher are piloting a phonics program by Lucy Calkins that dovetails well with the writing and reading strategies her programs teach. One of the phonic un...

November 30, 2018
Mrs. Ackroy’s kindergarteners are using their iPads to practice their rhyming.