Katahdin Schools

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Today, March 31st, all after school activities have been canceled due to the weather. Please call the school office if your child is going anywhere except home.

Elementary Grade 2 Teacher

On Friday, Grade 5 students put a mixture of salt and water in a Petri dish on the windowsill to study evaporation. When students returned today, they used tools, including a microscope, to study what remained in their Petri dish.

Our Family Math Night was a lively and engaging event. Students and their families explored a variety of interactive math games. From fast-paced beach ball games to geometry with wax sticks, everyone had the chance to experience how enjoyable math can be. It was wonderful to see students and their families learning side by side, building confidence and making meaningful connections through play.

Katahdin Middle and High School Students were presented with some amazing knowledge from Detective Corporal Travis Chapman from the Maine State Police Special Victims Unit. He presented the students with knowledge on cyber safety, how to be more informed of some of the games they are playing and to always be vigilant. We appreciated having him here and our students did also, as many of them learned a lot and had MANY questions to ask!

Thank you Det. Corp. Travis Chapman

Grade 3 students are published authors! We celebrated by sharing with our grade 2 neighbors. What a joyful celebration it was! Students listened attentively while others shared with confidence and fluency.

Fifth-grade students continued their lesson on mixtures and solutions in science class. They determined the mass of 50 ml of water, then added salt to determine how that impacted the mass.

Wednesday our 5th grade band students participated in their first All Aroostook Festival. We had 3 students that participated in the event this year with Ms Hart.

Our 2nd graders dove into something pretty big this week in guidance with Ms. Emily… understanding anxiety 🧠

We talked about how our brain has a “jumpy superhero” (the amygdala) whose job is to keep us safe. The tricky part? Sometimes it gets a little too jumpy and reacts like there’s danger when there really isn’t. When that happens, it makes it harder for the “smart thinking part” of our brain to do its job.

The good news… we have tools.

Students learned that by finding their peaceful spot, through things like deep breathing, slowing down, or taking a mindful moment, they can help calm that jumpy superhero and actually shrink their anxiety spot.

So proud of these kids for learning about their brains and practicing ways to take care of themselves 💚

Mrs Detour's students' creations are out of this world after studying space missions.

Here are a few Elementary School reminders for Wednesday, March 25th:
There is NO After School Program today.
Please join us at our Family Math Night at 5:00
Please visit the Lost and Found table in the KES lobby. Items not claimed will be taken to the clothing bank Thursday (3/26) afternoon.

Mrs Detour's 7th grade students made board games demonstrating the knowledge they learned regarding Maine forestry and lumber.

Our 5th grade artists have been busy getting their hands messy and their creativity flowing with sculpture! Students are learning about artist Augusta Savage through our class read-aloud, "Find Your Way" by Cassie Stephens. Working in small groups, they read and mix a recipe to make their own clay before creating sculptures. Next, we’ll compare our homemade clay to a store-bought clay!

The fifth-grade class completed part two of their lesson on mixtures and solutions. Today, they combined the gravel, powder, and salt with water to test whether a screen or filter paper can separate the mixtures.

The 5th grade class has started a new science lesson on mixtures and solutions. Today, they investigated the color, texture, particle size, and particle shape of gravel, powder, and salt.

Mystery shapes have arrived in our classroom with a challenge for the students to draw the mystery shape, find the measurements to the nearest inch, 1/4 or 1/2 inch, and determine the shapes perimeters. This was a fun and an engaging way to review this week’s math lessons.

Pictured are students discovering their ‘foot’ isn’t really a ‘foot’ in standard measurement.
They continued to practice using measurement tools such as rulers and meter sticks where appropriate to measure the length of the classroom, the distance of their 2 foot jumps and the distance they can blow a pattern block.

Food Pantry Today Thursday March 19th at 3:00pm