Ed Tech III position.
Thank-you to all who attended the Katahdin Elementary After School Program fundraiser today. A HUGE thank-you to Darlings for supporting our cause with free/donation ice cream!!
🇺🇸 Our Summer Academy students celebrated the Fourth of July in style! The morning was filled with smiles as students participated in a festive parade followed by a picnic lunch. It was a wonderful way to celebrate Independence Day while making lasting summer memories together.
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THANK YOU VOTERS!
Katahdin Schools would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all community members who took the time to vote in this year's school budget referendum.
One of the important lessons we teach our students in social studies is the value of civic engagement and participation in the democratic process. By exercising your right to vote, you serve as role models for our students and demonstrate the importance of having a voice in decisions that affect our community.
We are grateful for the continued support of the programs, opportunities, and people that make our schools strong. The trust and confidence of our community are not taken for granted. We remain committed to working hard to earn that trust as we plan for another successful school year.
We wish everyone a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable summer in Maine. We look forward to welcoming our students, families, and staff back in the fall.
Katahdin Schools
Katahdin Schools would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all community members who took the time to vote in this year's school budget referendum.
One of the important lessons we teach our students in social studies is the value of civic engagement and participation in the democratic process. By exercising your right to vote, you serve as role models for our students and demonstrate the importance of having a voice in decisions that affect our community.
We are grateful for the continued support of the programs, opportunities, and people that make our schools strong. The trust and confidence of our community are not taken for granted. We remain committed to working hard to earn that trust as we plan for another successful school year.
We wish everyone a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable summer in Maine. We look forward to welcoming our students, families, and staff back in the fall.
Katahdin Schools
We are incredibly proud of our talented young authors who have shared their creativity, imagination, and hard work through their writing. From exciting adventures to heartfelt stories, these students have demonstrated that great ideas come in all ages and were celebrated at Young Authors at UMPI. Congratulations!
Graduation has come and gone but the words of our guest speaker Mike Dauphinee will live on in our students forever.
Mike Dauphinee grew up in Patten, Maine, bagged groceries at Ellis Family Market and worked his summers at Cedar Valley Farm for Robert and Louise Guptill. He graduated from Katahdin in 1992 and went on to earn his degree in Communications and Public Relations and immediately went to work.
He spent a year and a half in San Jose, CA working a minimum wage job at a juvenile drug rehab facility for convicted felons. He worked his nights at Hewlett Packard call center until he worked his way up to global contracts negotiator. After 5 years, he left, he had no map and just kept moving.
In 2006, The Dauphinee Group was founded that was built into a global coaching and consulting firm with dozens of staff across seven countries. He has coached athletes you see on TV, World Series Champs, Olympic Teams, and national programs like U.S. Ski and Snowboard and USA Triathlon. He has been an advisor to tech and start up companies, sat at tables with executives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and done leadership work in complex environments that included active conflict zones overseas. He has written a book, trekked the Everest Base Camp, crossed high passes in Peru, led expeditions through Patagonia, and started a nonprofit fighting poverty in Nigeria and Honduras.
And after everything he has seen and done, every bedroom, every mountain, every warzone, he is clear on one thing: It all started here. This place. These towns. These people. This school.
Thank you to everyone who makes this day possible and CONGRATS to the Class of 2026!
Photo Credit goes to:
Beth Somers, Kelly Birmingham, and all the Senior Moms!
Mike Dauphinee grew up in Patten, Maine, bagged groceries at Ellis Family Market and worked his summers at Cedar Valley Farm for Robert and Louise Guptill. He graduated from Katahdin in 1992 and went on to earn his degree in Communications and Public Relations and immediately went to work.
He spent a year and a half in San Jose, CA working a minimum wage job at a juvenile drug rehab facility for convicted felons. He worked his nights at Hewlett Packard call center until he worked his way up to global contracts negotiator. After 5 years, he left, he had no map and just kept moving.
In 2006, The Dauphinee Group was founded that was built into a global coaching and consulting firm with dozens of staff across seven countries. He has coached athletes you see on TV, World Series Champs, Olympic Teams, and national programs like U.S. Ski and Snowboard and USA Triathlon. He has been an advisor to tech and start up companies, sat at tables with executives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and done leadership work in complex environments that included active conflict zones overseas. He has written a book, trekked the Everest Base Camp, crossed high passes in Peru, led expeditions through Patagonia, and started a nonprofit fighting poverty in Nigeria and Honduras.
And after everything he has seen and done, every bedroom, every mountain, every warzone, he is clear on one thing: It all started here. This place. These towns. These people. This school.
Thank you to everyone who makes this day possible and CONGRATS to the Class of 2026!
Photo Credit goes to:
Beth Somers, Kelly Birmingham, and all the Senior Moms!
Early dismissal on the last day of school June 10th at 11:15. Happy Summer!
Agenda for School Board Meeting on June 11, 2026.
The 5th grade class learned about Jellyfish and then had the opportunity to create their own!
Break the Cycle: Vote Yes to Support the RSU #89 School Budget
"A community that supports its schools is a community that believes in its future."
The Cycle: A loss of State subsidy leads to staff and program cuts. Fewer opportunities can result in lower enrollment as families seek schools with more options. Lower enrollment then leads to even less State subsidy, creating a cycle of continued funding challenges and reduced opportunities for students.
Katahdin High School Class of 2026 made one last trip through the halls of KES. Miss Bishops first grade class made posters of each of the graduates and gifted those to each of them. A special moment between our seniors and some of the youngest Cougars. Time travels fast! KES wishes our seniors the best as they are off to do amazing things in this world.
Our second grade students enjoyed the Orchard on Monday! What a joyful morning of creating, collaborating, exploring, discovering, and learning in nature!
Our 4th and 5th graders explored the Fort Knox Historic Site. Fort Knox is one of the best-preserved examples of coastal defense fortifications constructed in the mid-1800s. It is America's first fort named after Major General Henry Knox.
Kids eat free this summer!
This Friday, June 5th is the deadline to have Summer Academy enrollment forms submitted. There will be no exceptions. Summer Academy starts June 15th 8:00-12:00. If your child is enrolled by June 5th you will receive a letter the week of June 8th.
2026 Senior - Seth Tucker
Katahdin Elementary's Field day is June 5th.
A letter from our Food Director
