Smith School Board Report
April 2024
Smith School Mission:
Smith School Stats
Student Enrollment:
Pre K: 32
Kindergarten: 48
1st Grade: 50
2nd Grade: 52
3rd Grade: 33
4th Grade: 54
Total: 269
Student Success
Character Strong
During LEAD classes throughout the month of April, students have been working on practicing COOPERATION. They are learning about what it means to work together to reach shared goals and how to make positive contributions to a team. Here are a few photos of Mrs. Luna’s 4th grade class practicing their cooperation skills with a cup stacking challenge!
BEE-lieve in BEE-longing Week
April 1st-5th was BEE-lieve in BEE-longing week at Smith School! The Smith School civil rights team worked to plan some activities and read alouds to help show how we can continue to make Smith School a welcoming place for all students and families. One of the activities included having all students and staff decorate their own bee to add to a whole-school display. Students also had the opportunity to decorate a wheel that was all about them. Students had fun sharing things that were important to them, having guest readers visit their classrooms and enjoyed celebrating all of the amazing things that make them who they are.
Mrs. LaBrecque’s Class
On Monday, April 8th, the students in Mrs. LaBrecque’s 2nd grade class learned about what happens during an eclipse. We pretended that our independent reading time was during the total eclipse. We used our flashlights to help us see. Then we tried on our eclipse glasses and enjoyed a partial eclipse cookie!
Community Partnership
Bikes and Books!
Smith School celebrated the Readathon by giving out bikes and books to lucky readers. First we did our character parade - showing off our favorite book characters. Next, a boy and a girl from each grade level were picked to win a bike! Then a student from each grade level won a basket of books (donated by PIE). It was a fantastic celebration for all. Smith School read over 43,000 minutes and earned over $2,100! A big shout-out to PIE and Howard Lodge for always supporting Smith School! It was a great day!
2nd Grade
2nd graders at Smith School participated in a Service Learning Project by collecting items for a local animal rescue. What’s One Moore Animal Rescue is a non-profit organization who fosters animals until they are ready for adoption. The students made collection bins and posters to advertise their event. They were able to collect a total of 382 items.
The shelter thanked us by bringing in 4 sweet kittens to visit with. Here are some pictures showing all the hard work that went into this project!
Mrs. Davis’s First Grade Class - Special Visitors
Back in March Mrs. Davis’s class welcomed special guests, Rudy and Sheridan Rawcliffe, to our classroom. They are the grandparents of one of the special students in this class, Anella. They brought equipment to demonstrate how maple syrup is tapped from the tree, boiled, and bottled to enjoy. The Rawcliffes spend their spring participating in this process every year, bringing a display board of family pictures showing each step they go through. Anella demonstrated how to drill a hole and hammer the tap into the tree. Students were able to taste test the sap taken from a tree, hear from Mrs. Rawcliffe about the boiling stage, then try the maple syrup on top of vanilla ice cream. They loved it! Thank you to the Rawcliffes for sharing their knowledge and getting students excited about Maine Maple Weekend.
Operational Excellence
Safety Drills
7 fire drills (evacuations)
1 secure
1 lockdown
Multiple holds
Smith School Handbooks
Smith School Faculty Handbook 2023-2024.
Both documents are updated as needed.
Leroy H. Smith School
Email: smithschool@rsu22.us
Website: smith.rsu22.us
Location: 319 S Main St, Winterport, ME, USA
Phone: 207-223-4282
Facebook: facebook.com/smithschoolwinterportfrankfort