The school community of RSU #74 will work together to raise the aspirations of all students by providing them with lifelong learning skills so that they may become self-sufficient contributing members of society.
For new families that wish to enroll their students in our schools, you can do so using our Student Registration Portal. Just create a new account and follow the instructions. Once completed, your child's school paperwork will be in the system for our office staff.
Student Registration (Back to School Forms) Portal
The job of assisting young students in building their reading and math skills so that they can reach grade level benchmarks is a very important one, and the students who need this help are in very good hands with our intervention educational technician and Staff Spotlight for the month of December, Mrs. Amanda DeLeonardis. Her skills, experience, and positivity have made her very popular with the students and staff at Solon Elementary School.
Mrs. DeLeonardis came to the Solon School in 2014 after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in early childhood education from the University of Maine at Farmington and with ten years of teaching for KVCAP in their Head Start preschool program and at the Children’s Center Home for Little Wanderers. She started as an ed tech II in Special Education, moving to Title I in 2016, and then serving as the school’s interventionist for two years. Now she works as an intervention ed tech III. While she has worked at the Solon School, she pursued more education, earning a graduate certificate from UMF in student supports.
The students who work with Mrs. DeLeonardis (or “Mrs. D”) enjoy their time with her, even though she makes them work hard and holds them to high standards of work, effort, and behavior. She is always encouraging and supportive of her students, and it is clear that they value their time with her. Even though they might spend just thirty minutes a day with her to hone their skills in reading or math, they really look forward to that time. If she is absent from school or not available to work with students on a particular day, the students are very sad and look forward to her return. They sense that she cares about them and their welfare, and if they are having a bad day, her smile can make that day a little brighter.
In addition to her work as an educational technician, Mrs. D has gone above and beyond that role to serve her school and district. She is a member of the Solon Leadership Team and the district’s Community Literacy Team. She also taught at our Camp Carrabec summer school program for several years. If someone needs a hand, Mrs. D is quick to jump in and help out.
The Solon staff and district intervention team value Mrs. DeLeonardis for her leadership qualities, her professionalism, and her positive attitude and approach. She is skilled at collecting and graphing student assessment data that helps to inform our instruction. Mrs. D is always willing to let a new colleague on the intervention team observe her, and she is happy to share ideas and resources.
Mrs. Amanda DeLeonardis is a valued member of the RSU #74 team, and in this season of giving, we thank her for everything she has given to our students. She deserves to be in the spotlight – the Staff Spotlight, that is. Thank-you, Mrs. D!
