Well Done!
September 2018
In the first 11 days of school, Mr. Hamlin's students raised $445 to send to Indonesia for earthquake relief. It's amazing the amount of coins that were hiding under couch cushions and floor mats!
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/indonesia-earthquake-relief-fund/
October 2018
Students in Mr. Hamlin's Block 4 class got to chat with students in Accra, Ghana in west Africa. Today was just introductions. In the future, we'll chat about our water consumption habits and ways that we can conserve water on both sides of the Atlantic.
November 2018
Congratulations to the 8th grade (a.k.a. District 3) for their contributions to the
2018 Hunger Games.
Overall, THMS students brought in 1,006 items for our food pantry. Of that total, 8th graders pitched in 530 items!!
Banana Bread!
Mrs. Wyman and Mrs. Warren taught students how to make banana bread...just in time for Thanksgiving!
Are insects the food of the future?
We were fortunate to have Noah Libby from Entosense in Lewiston here to discuss edible insects.
Insects use only a fraction of the water that beef does and they emit much less methane gas.
Noah brought samples of crickets, grasshoppers, ants, and scorpions.
WBFY - 100.9 FM
7 students visited our local radio station after school on Friday, Nov. 30th.
DJs Vic and Carrie showed us how the station operates and let us spin a few of our own favorite songs.
Stay tuned for more youth radio on Friday afternoons.
The station also streams live at: https://belfastcommunityradio.org/
December 2018
2018 Reindeer Games
A good time was had by all!
January 2019
Letters from students in Ukraine
27 of our 8th grade students received letters and small gifts from students in Cherkasy, Ukraine. We've been corresponding online with them since October thanks to Sonia Scherr, a Peace Corps volunteer from Vermont. We'll be sending letters and small items back at the end of January. Who knows, maybe some of these contacts will turn into long term pen pals.
February 2019
Exploration Day
Students were able to interact with 9 different presenters to explore activities and careers.
Paul Bock spoke about archaeology.
Jody Johnstone demonstrated pottery techniques.
Emma Swartz shows Kara how to print with a 100 year old printing press.
Welding with the folks from MaineOxy.
Taxidermy with Ryan Rhodes.
Amy Arnett told students about her recent trip to The Gambia in West Africa.
Jon Cunningham from Compass Light Films brought in lots of cool video equipment. He even flew a drone in the classroom!
Gerald Waloewandja talked about growing up in Indonesia.
Chef Anne Saggese taught students how to make their own pasta from scratch.
March 2019
College Trips - March 27
This year students took college trips to UMaine, Husson, Eastern Maine Community College, and Maine Maritime Academy. We're hoping that lots of students found something of interest at these fine Maine institutions.
May 2019
Cole Transportation Museum
On May 6 & 7, we took our annual trip to the Cole Museum in Bangor. Students got to tour the museum with a docent for an hour and also got to interview veterans, some of whom served as far back as WW2.
