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June 2010

Click here for the results of the budget vote on June 8, 2010.

March 2010

Parents & Community Invited to DRHS

On Sunday, April 11, 2010 fifteen educators from the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC) will be on site at Dexter Regional High School as a part of the high schools accreditation process. Over the last year, the DRHS school community has been involved in preparing a self-study document that demonstrates ways in which the school is meeting the “Standards for Accreditation”. The educators will be at the school over a four day period, from April 11th to the 14th, reviewing the schools mission and expectations, written curriculum and course offerings, classroom learning activities, instructional materials, the daily schedule and the ways in which the school facility supports teaching and learning.

An important component of the four day visit is time designated for parents and members of the community. Parents of students will be invited to meet with the educators from the Association and asked to discuss the school’s programs and services and share their thoughts about their student’s experiences at the high school. On Sunday, April 11th at 1:30 PM there will be a panel presentation in the cafeteria which parents and community members are encouraged to attend. At approximately 2:30 PM there will be a parent meeting with the visiting committee and all parents are invited to attend. Information gathered during those meetings will be shared with the entire visiting committee and incorporated into the schools evaluation report.

Dexter Regional High School looks forward to this experience and sincerely appreciates the parent’s and community involvement in the on-site visit.

Here is information for parents and guardians on Work Permits for students age 14 & 15.

December 2009

Stephen Bell, principal of Dexter Regional High School, Kelly Tobin, teacher of the Special Ed. day treatment program, and Susan Abel, Librarian of DRHS, attended an accreditation seminar on December 11th at Ellsworth High School.

Sponsored by the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the program was offered for principals and self-study steering committee members of schools scheduled to be evaluated Spring 2010. The seminar provided information to help schools finalize their plans for the evaluation visit and to learn more about the evaluation report and its review by the Commission on Public Secondary Schools. Participants shared their reactions to the self-study process with members of the Commission staff.

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, founded in 1885, is the oldest accrediting agency in the country and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a reliable agency to award accreditation in the New England area. The Association is a voluntary accrediting agency of more than 2000 public and independent schools, colleges and universities, and vocational, technical and career institutions. Of these, approximately 661 public K-12, middle/high, and high schools have been accredited or are candidates for accreditation through the Association’s Commission on Public Secondary Schools.

November 2009

DRHS Operation Graduation to host fund raiser!

On Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at the Dexter Regional High School Cafeteria, DRHS Operation Graduation 2010 will host a "Rent a Senior" and Dessert Auction beginning at 6:00 pm. Groups of seniors will be auctioned off for two hour work period on Saturday, November 14th for either 10 am to 12 pm or 1 pm to 3 pm. The students will help you with your fall yard work, banking your house, housework, babysitting or any other job you may have.  Many different desserts will be up for auction as well. All are welcomed to attend!

October 2009

Here's an interview with Tim Wilson about the Seeds of Peace program.

September 2009

The Tri-County Technical Center is selling a Moosehead style cottage. Click here for more details.

Here is an information letter on Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes, as well as TumbleResources for teachers. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.

These Read-Alongs highlight the sentences as they are being read, turn the page automatically, and offer the ability to follow along in 3 text sizes. They also include an innovative bookmarking feature, the ability to switch to manual in order to read at your own speed, and cool color options for the skin of our new Read-Along player.

The collection features 8 categories containing nearly 125 Read-Along titles (and an additional 100 large print online titles): picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle school readers, YA/teen Novels, children's classics, classics and Shakespeare.

Read-Alongs are great for emergent, struggling, and reluctant readers, and are an excellent tool for ESL students. With a fun, stylish new interface, Read-Alongs will also appeal to accomplished readers who are excited to follow along to the narration of their favorite books. We are excited about this new service and hope you will enjoy the collection.

May 2009

Dexter Regional High School did the Every 15 Minutes program this year on May 20 & 21, 2009.  Click the above link for more information on the program or click here for a synopsis of the event and pics from May 20-21, 2009.

ALG Drama Performance

Sunday, May 10th at 3pm at the Dexter Regional High School, and Wednesday, May 13th, 6:30pm at the Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft was presented "Accepting The Fact."  Written and performed by students from the Dexter area, this FREE 90-minute theatrical performance was centered around the lives of seven teens dealing with tobacco issues in the late 90's. The audience followed them through the normal trials and tribulations of a teen's senior year and then fast-forwards to a night 10 years later. It was then that we learned about how their lives unfolded since graduation. This production was sponsored through a grant from the American Legacy Foundation. The grant was co-written by Piscataquis Public Health Council and Healthy Maine Partnerships.

Click here to see a copy of the parent letter sent home regarding the H1N1 Influenza virus.

Here is a flyer put out by the Department of Health and Human Services called the "Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families."

April 2009

Attached is a photo of the 7th Grade Novel Quilt that the students created with the support of the PTO. Each student read a Social Studies trade book and created a quilt square about the book.

March 2009

Here's a story about Kelly Gay's Kindergarten class at Garland Elementary School and  "Read across America."

February 2009

Here's a message from Superintendent Kevin Jordan regarding consolidation.

Dexter Regional High School will be doing the Every 15 Minutes program this year on May 20 & 21, 2009.  Click the above link for more information on the program.

There will be a parent information session on February 24, 2009 at 7:00pm in the Dexter Regional High School Cafeteria.

Last winter and spring SAD #46 applied for and was chosen to receive the Improving Literacy Through the School Libraries grant through the Department of Education in Washington DC. Click here for more information.

January 2009

Dexter Regional High School is looking for community volunteers...

New School Naming Committee

If you wish to be a member of the MSAD #46 New School Naming Committee for the new pre-k - 8 school currently under construction, please contact the Superintendent's Office at 924-5262 as soon as possible.

December 2008

A special message to the students of Dexter Middle School from Ms. Richard concerning bullying.

November 2008

Here's a link to information on the constitution and other important documents for every American to know about:

(Image from http://lawlibnews.blog.asu.edu/files/2007/09/constitution_quill_pen.jpg)

September 2008

This is a note for high school parents:  High School progress reports were supposed to go out to the students on the 25th and 26th but they will be going out on the 29th and 30th and mailed home later in the week.

August 2008

Here's the  2008-09 Bus Routes in Adobe PDF format.

June 2008

If  you only have dial up Internet, go to this website http://iwantmybroadbandfromfairpoint.com/ to let the Community and Economic Development Connect NNE demand aggregation project know you'd like broadband access in your area.  The more people that respond the more likely they are to provide DSL service.

Dexter students participate in "Color Games"

On Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Dexter Regional High School faculty and students participated in its first annual Color Games. This event is a program developed by the Seeds of Peace International Camp, as a team building activity and was modified to fit the entire high school student population at Dexter. The day included academic as well as athletic events, enabling every student a chance to participate and win points for their team. By the end of the day, students of Dexter had befriended peers they had never talked to before and had felt more united than ever. Tim Wilson, the Director Emeritus of the Seeds of Peace International Camp, and Wil Smith, the Asst. Director of the Camp, assisted for the day.

May 2008

LOCAL DEXTER TEACHER TO BE AN HONORED GUEST OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

Update: Check here to read Peter's Blog.

This October, Peter Devine will depart for Tokyo as a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund (JFMF) Teacher Program. Mr. Devine a teacher and advisory coordinator at Dexter Regional High School was selected from a national pool of over 1,700 applicants by a panel of educators to earn this honor. This program allows distinguished primary and secondary school educators in the U.S. to travel to Japan for three weeks in an effort to promote greater intercultural understanding between the two nations.

Mr. Devine will be among 160 educators visiting Japan in October. They will begin their visit in

Tokyo with a practical orientation on Japanese life and culture, and meetings with Japanese government officials and educators. They then will travel in groups of 16 to selected host cities where they will have direct contact with Japanese teachers and students during visits to primary and secondary schools as well as a teachers college. They will also visit cultural sites and local industries in addition to a brief homestay with a Japanese family.

The Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund, based in Tokyo, oversees all aspects of the Teacher Program. The program is sponsored by the Government of Japan and was launched in 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. government Fulbright Program, which has enabled more than 6,000 Japanese citizens to study in the U.S. on Fulbright fellowships for graduate education and research. The Institute of International Education acts as the agency for the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund to coordinate the recruitment and pre-departure activities of the Teacher Program in the United States.

Educators from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will be invited to visit Japan. Upon their return, program participants share what they have learned about Japan with their students and communities through a variety of outreach projects.

For more information about the JFMF Teacher Program, please refer to http://www.fulbrightmemorialfund.jp or contact 1-888-527-2636 (1-888-Japan-FMF) or jfmf@iie.org.

TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL CENTER RECEIVES MELMAC GRANT

Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC) in Dexter has been awarded a MELMAC (Maine Educational Loan Marketing Corp.) grant from the MELMAC Education Foundation. TCTC is one of the thirty schools state-wide who were awarded an implementation grant and one of four Technical Centers. The funds granted to the schools are to be used for school- and community-based programs designed to increase students' aspirations for higher education and to help students connect those aspirations to a plan that ensures enrollment in post-secondary education immediately following high school graduation. This is the third round of funding that the Foundation has awarded to Maine high schools and Technical Centers. The grants for Technical Centers are for $48,000 to be used over a four year period. The Centers must provide $8,000 of matching funds in the last two years of the grant. TCTC also received a $5,000 planning grant from the Foundation in the fall of 2007.

Since 2003, the MELMAC Education Foundation has worked with 52 (35%) of the 146 public and private Maine high schools. These 52 high schools work with almost 28,000 (39%) of all 71,000 Maine high school students. In addition, the Foundation has provided grants to vocational/technical programs who work with multiple Maine high schools, which may or may not receive MELMAC grants separately. Over $3.4 million has been awarded since 2003 (not counting this current round of awards).

TCTC will be implementing the grant by involving all of their students in exploring their options in post-secondary education. College trips to two-, four-year, and technical college programs and businesses will occur. Other activities will include holding workshops on filling out college applications and financial forms, for both students and their parents, Transition Fairs, enrolling in Apprenticeships, and following up on student's plans after they graduate.

Click here for the SAD #46 2008-09 School Calendar in Adobe PDF format.

March 2008

Here's an example of how an interactive whiteboard can be used to engage students in using higher-order thinking skills:

February 2008

Winter Carnival was the week of Feb 11-15.  Click here for pics of the snow sculptures.

Students at Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter completed a two month-long food drive in January 2008 as part of their community service project for SkillsUSA.  Click here for more information.

For information on Kindergarten Registration for the 2008-2009 school year click here.

Student of the Month pictures have been posted for Dexter Regional High School students. Click here to see.

For information on the NWEA tests administered to our students grades 2-10, click here (Adobe PDF format).

Local teachers selected for "Christa McAuliffe Award" 2008

Dexter - Regina Herrick and Alyson Saunders, both science teachers from MSAD #46 Dexter Regional High School, have been chosen to receive the "Christa McAuliffe Award" for 2008. This memorial award is given annually to an individual or team who has exhibited outstanding innovation in teaching and learning. The McAuliffe Award acknowledges work that has inspired pride among other educators; represents a unique and high quality professional growth experience; and results in creative, long-lasting collegial learning.

As recipients of this honor, Mrs. Herrick and Mrs. Saunders have been awarded a check in the amount of $1,000.00 which will enable them to continue the enormous difference they make in the lives of students and colleagues. Both teachers have also been invited to the 13^th Annual "Salute to Excellence in Education Gala" which will be held in Washington, DC on February 8^th, 2008. All travel and hotel accommodations as well as incidental costs to attend the gala were provided by the foundation to each teacher as a token of their appreciation.

Dexter Regional High School would like to congratulate and thank both Mrs. Herrick and Mrs. Saunders for their outstanding commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.

Mrs. Herrick           Mrs. Saunders

December 2007

Dexter Regional High School Hosts Foreign Exchange Student

Lisa Koeckritz is a 17 year old foreign exchange student from Ahaus, Germany.  She is attending Dexter Regional High School this year.  She states that she greatly appreciates the welcoming students, the personable teachers and the opportunity to play basketball this season! 

Dexter Regional High School is very happy and proud to have Lisa attending this year!

The Town of Exeter recognized Jeffrey White for his outstanding work in creating a first-ever newsletter for the Town of Exeter.  Click here for more information.

Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC) has received a $500 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program to support the school's curriculum. Click here for more information.

November 2007

MSAD #46 Adult & Community Education will sponsor a Certified Nurse Assistant Course beginning on January 14th, 2008.  Classes will be held at the Tri County Tech Center in Dexter from 4:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Michele Cole will teach this 170 hour state approved course. Please call the adult education office today at 924-7674 for more information and to register for this important course! 

What is Web 2.0?  Click here for one perspective:

Remember:  Don't open the door

Don't give "a free ride

Be careful what you share

October 2007

Press Release on the Science and Math Improvement Grant from the Toshiba America Foundation for Mrs. Herrick.

Dexter Regional Music Booster's Tiger Power Music Cards are now available. The Power Cards have discounts being offered by local businesses such as 10% off any 22oz. Yankee Candle from Country Charm in Dexter and $10 off tuxedo rental from Millennium in Newport. Cards are available at the Dexter Schools offices or through any band member for only $5.00.

Click here for the 2007-08 School Calendar in Adobe PDF format.

We now have a Wellness Page on our web site, and we are re-introducing the Walk at Work Program!  Click the links for more info.

  Parents, check your child's grades on-line - click here to find out more!

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.  We're currently in the process of building our own Moodle site.  You can check it out here:

Here's a site that aims to build an open-source curriculum:  www.curriki.org.

Check out the new pages on CyberBullying:  Parents, Students, or Staff.

Click here for the latest news at Dexter Primary School

Click here for the latest news at Dexter Middle School!