Brunswick School Department

At 6:00 am yesterday morning, school bus driver Cliff Chase from Maine Association for Pupil Transportation and BSD Transportation Director, Michelle Caron set up the Maine Association for Pupil Transportation Skills Competition Course. Usually, every April vacation at MAPT Regionals Safety Conference the school bus drivers compete on this course against other school bus drivers throughout the State of Maine. The top 3 winners compete later in the year at the MAPT Annual Safety Conference and the winner from the Annual Conference represents the State of Maine and competes on a national level at NAPT. The school bus drivers have not been able to compete in over a year due to COVID19. But they organized their own event this week and the BSD had the 3 top winners - 1st Place Rick Ryan 2nd Place David Arnold 3rd Place Mike Factor BSD School Bus Drivers had a blast competing against each other. I’m told there was a ton of light-hearted competition and they learned how well their driving skills contended against each other.

Mrs. Thayer's 5th-grade class has taken on the duty of cleaning up and replanting the gardens in front of HBS.

Our Community for Furbish parent group has donated a copy of Alexandra Penfold’s ‘All Are Welcome’ to each of our incoming Kindergarten students. Thank you CFF!! #teambrunswickme #allarewelcome #maine #brunswickmaine #stongertogether #kindergarten #literacy

BJHS art students are working Tape Murals to send some positive messages out. We are encouraging students and staff to walk around BJHS and Coffin School to check them out. #teambrunswickme #art #creativity

The BSD held our student vaccination clinic today at Coffin School. We had approximately 100 students! Thanks to Mid Coast Hospital, BSD Nurses, and Volunteers for making this a success! #teambrunswickme

Get your questions answered about vaccinations for adolescents from pediatric providers at Mid Coast Hospital and Martins Point. Q&A document here: http://www.midcoasthealth.com/covid19/pdf/covid19-pediatrics-faqs3.pdf Presentation tonight!

This article highlights the great work of Multilingual Mainers Collaboration with Brunswick School Department. https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2021/05/students-expand-a-school-library-as-professor-builds-multilingual-mainers.html

8th graders from Ms. LeBlanc's Eng. Lang. Art class: Judah Greenwald, Vance Caron, Izzy Leitzell, & Evie Hatrick are pictured here. Studies show that reading outside and engaging in nature can be very healthy for your brain and your body! Grab a book and head outdoors!

Today's Facilities and Maintenance Committee meeting has been postponed to June 3rd at 4:00pm

Kate Furbish School student authors pen their own books as part of this week’s library sessions. This is part of the larger celebration around Children’s Book Week 2021. #teambrunswickme #brunswickmaine #studentauthors #childrensbookweek2021 #maine

This week out students were happy to see each other and spend some time together outside for a motor breaks.

Here's our sixth grade band playing together for the first time outside in our courtyard tent. Sixth graders learning remotely are tuned in from home, and sixth graders in person are playing music for the entire neighborhood to hear! #teambrunswickme

We are so ready for our students to return to 4-days a week in-person instruction. I'm hopeful that I can post an update later today with specifics. #teambrunswickme #safety-first.

Today the BSD was forced due to COVID-19 into remote instruction. Our staff rose to the occasion! Here are some of our Superstar 5th Grade teachers, Marc Mazerolle, Lou Sullivan, and Maria Palopoli. They were able to switch gears and teach remotely.

Meals to Go Update Click link for details: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1228831/Meals-To-Go_Procedures_update_4-26-21_.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2fKgG4slOniliIA2tz-NukGPw1ckBy4RAD5rJlaUMTPEU_nigti9GNFiM

First grade students collected trash from the Kate Furbish School playgrounds today. They’d like to remind people to not litter....especially where children play!

Mrs. Novak’ third grade class share their Arts Are Elementary Haiku poem art projects.

Special Education More Than a Line Item in the Budget https://newspaper.pressherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=833cf785-abf4-4c44-9598-0073aa5d3c15&pnum=10

I ended yesterday with visiting a couple of BHS practices. I missed seeing student athletes. Here’s to a return to High School sports.