PCES - 1 Book 1 School - Chapters One -Three
We hope you enjoy reading the book with your family members!
Chapter One
You may find that in the first chapter, Avery is able to walk around with a “wooden dagger” and a pellet gun. He even takes it to get on the bus! This is a great opportunity to chat with your family about how things were when you or your grandparents were at school. How have rules and laws changed over time?
After delivering her argument about the injustice of Wilbur being born small, Mr. Arable decides to let her keep him. Does this surprise you? What lessons do you think he wants Fern to learn?
Chapter Two:
Mr. Arable has Fern sell Wilbur to Uncle Homer. How do you believe this home change will affect Wilbur? Will it affect Fern?
Chapter Three
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The barn was very large. It was very old. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure. It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows. It often had a sort of peaceful smell- as though nothing bad could happen ever again in the world.
How does this description of Zuckerman’s barn enhance your reading of this chapter? Is there a line that stands out to you? Which is it?
The Girls Basketball game at Stearns scheduled for tonight has been postponed. The Boys Basketball game scheduled for tonight will start at 5 PM instead of 6:30. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Good Evening, we have cold weather advisories for Thursday the 30th until 1:00 pm. Please make sure your children are dressed appropriately for the bus stop.
Exciting news for our recently graduated seniors, the Class of 2024! If you are attending an eligible college or university, you are eligible for a $750 Gear Up scholarship. This can be used now or can be deferred and used before your 22nd birthday. There is no application process, you are automatically eligible, BUT you must fill out a (very short) form by 2/15/2025. Please share and help get the word out to our Class of 2024 students. See below for more information.
M.S.A.D. #4
Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville, Wellington
2024-2025 Spring Coach Openings
PCMS - Track Coach
PCMS – Assistant Track Coach
PCMS – Baseball Coach
PCMS – Softball Coach
PCHS – Track Coach
PCHS – Tennis Coach
PCHS – Baseball Coach
PCHS – Softball Coach
Positions will be filled when suitable candidates have been found.
Please call for an application (207-876-3444)
M.S.A.D. #4
25 Campus Drive
Guilford, ME 04443
www.sad4.org
E.O.E.
The H.S. Boys Basketball game at Searsport tonight will be a 6:30 PM start. The van will be leaving at 4:00 PM.
M.S. Wrestling starts on Monday 1/27 at 3:00 PM in the PCES gym.
Senior Spotlight! Quentin Blanchard will be attending Washington County Community College for Heavy Equipment Operation and Repair. His favorite memory from high school is attending the TCTC program and he is most excited about graduating college and starting a career that he likes. His high school activities include baseball in 9th and 10th grade. Congratulations, Quentin!
FLU SEASON is upon us!
Good afternoon. We are seeing a lot of "influenza-like illnesses" this past week. PLEASE keep your student home if he/she is not feeling well, has or has had a fever of 100.4 or higher in the past 24 hours or has vomited or had diarrhea within the past 24 hours. I've attached a chart to help you decide.
Please call your child's school so the attendance can be properly documented. Encourage fluids, ensure adequate rest at night, and encourage good hand washing. Additionally, if your house gets hit with the germs, wash down frequently touched items such as light switches, faucets, flushes, doorknobs, etc. We are in the heart of the viral season!!
-Mrs. Viera
PCES 1 Book 1 School - Be on the lookout for reading books that are coming home to support our school wide reading.
Details in the attached docs. Letter is also being sent home with students.
Please see the attached link with more details in-regards to the Powerschool Cybersecurity Incident
https://5il.co/35ius
As always you can contact the school or reach out to our IT Director Jen Watson @ jwatson@sad4.org with any questions.
Congratulations to the Middle School Boys Basketball Team on winning the Penquis League Small School Championship!! Go Pirates
The middle school championship games scheduled for today will be broadcast on NFHS
It has come to our attention that there are some phishing emails circulating that appear to be fundraising efforts from the school (see attached example). Please be mindful of these phishing attempts, and if you have any questions at all, you can always contact the school to verify.
Good luck to our M.S. Boys Basketball team as they host Hichborn tomorrow at 2 PM for the Penquis league Championship. PCSS will also be hosting the middle school girls basketball championship at 12 PM Stearns vs. Medway.
It’s Arts Alive time again! As in the past, we are excited to be able to involve the community. On Friday, June 6th, the students will be participating in a variety of art sessions. The sessions will be offered by staff and community members. As you may or may not know, this program is not paid for through the SAD4 budget process, therefore we are asking for financial support to help with art supplies, food, and end of day presentation called FrogTown Mountain Puppeteer. With this being said, we are doing a calendar raffle for the month of February. Tickets will be 1 for $5 or 5 for $20. Tickets will be put back into the bucket after they are drawn and we will draw a new ticket each day for a new prize. Our prizes have been donated from our communities of Guilford, Dover-Foxcroft, and Dexter.” Feel free to contact Danielle Williams at daniellewilliams@sad4.org or Kerri Pulkkinen at kpulkkinen@sad4.org if you would like more information on how you can get a ticket or two for our calendar raffle. We thank you for your support! - PCES Arts Alive Committee
The middle school boys basketball game scheduled for 4 PM today January 15th will now start at 4:30. Sorry for any inconvenience .
Next in our series of Senior Spotlights! Jonathan MacNeil will be attending the University of Maine in Farmington for Psychology. His favorite memory from high school is being with his friends and he is looking forward to going to college and meeting new people. His activities in high school have included Girls Soccer Manager (9, 10), Field Hockey Manager (11, 12), Track (9, 10, 11, 12), Wrestling Manager (9, 10, 11), Student Council (9, 10, 11), and NHS (11, 12). Congratulations, Jonathan!
We were recently notified by Powerschool of a data breach nation wide. We are working closely with them to identify the exact data that was accessed. More details in attached link https://5il.co/34ze2
As always you can contact the school with any specific questions. We hope to provide more details when we have them.
Next Thursday 1/16 will be a fill the gym night at PCHS to support the Aliza Jean Family Cancer Foundation. The Girls basketball team will host Dexter at 6 PM. There will be a 50/50 raffle, and the pirate rec basketball teams will be playing at half time. All proceeds will be going to the Aliza Jean Family Cancer Foundation. We would love to see everyone there!