PHIPPSBURG EXPLORER'S LOG
ISSUE 31 MAY 1, 2025
UPCOMING EVENTS
May
1 - PTA BBQ and Book Swap
2 - School Lunch Hero Day!
Deadline for Square 1 Art Fundraiser Orders (Please Order & Pay Online)
5 - RSU1 Board Meeting and Budget Public Forum 6PM at MHS
5-9 - Teacher Appreciation Week
6 - Chewonki Visits PES; Thank You Phippsburg Land Trust!
Gr. 4 Hermit Island Clam Seeding Field Trip
8 - Darling Marine Center Visit
11 - Happy Mother's Day! 🌷
16 - No Pre-K at PES due to Pre-K PTC's
22 - Incoming Kindergarten Info Night 5:30PM
BMS Incoming 6th Grade Info Night 6PM at BMS
23 - Wear Red, White & Blue Day in Honor of Memorial Day
26 - Holiday/NO SCHOOL
June
6 - Incoming Kindergarten Screening
13 - Last Day for PES Pre-K
17 - Last Day for PES K-5
A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear PES community,
I hope you all enjoyed a nice week off from the hustle and bustle of the busy school schedule. Students and staff came back on Monday ready to jump back into learning. We were delighted to have some warmer temperatures outside on the playground this week, as the sun finally made an appearance.
🌟 Together We Learn: Thank you to all our community members who joined us for our learning arts and music celebration on the morning of April 18th. We had a wonderful morning of making art and music together. It was such a pleasure to have so many family members take time out of their busy schedules to join us. A huge thank you to the PTA as well for making the snack station work for us in a record time of ten minutes or less for snack making. They ran the station and purchased all of the snack making materials.
🚀 Space Day Presenters: On Tuesday afternoon, aerospace educators came to present to PES classrooms. Dianea Carroll Phillips used her storytelling skills to read There was an Old Lady that Swallowed a Planet to students in grades K-2, and teach students how to make rockets. She was assisted by Sharon Eggelston, who has been a leader in bringing space day to Maine for over twenty years. Brian Ewenson visited grades 3-5, and taught students about aerospace engineering, the logistics of being an astronaut, and shared hands-on replicas of space rockets and jumpsuits.
✔️ Expeditionary Learning Kick Off: Today, we kick off our spring school wide expeditionary learning, which is focused on marine industries that are located in Phippsburg and other Maine coastal communities. Using the guidelines of kinesthetic learning, students will explore learning related to marine industries and climate change, using their five senses. This will be the jumping off point for learning that will end with students presenting their culminating projects to community members on June 13th at 2:00pm.
🙌 Reminders: We are entering an extremely busy time of year. Please make sure you read your school newsletters and check our website for information regarding upcoming events and changes to schedules. Teacher newsletters will also feature important dates and information. Next week is staff appreciation week. Please take time to thank the PES staff for all they do.
Gratefully,
Nina Willette, Principal
BIKES FOR BOOKS PROGRAM
Pre-K to 5th grade students participated in the reading incentive program: Bikes for Books, sponsored by Solar Star Lodge #14 AF&AM of Bath. And the winners were:
Pre-K: Chloe & Christopher
Kindergarten: Briggs & Blaire
1st Grade: Roslyn & Venner
2nd Grade: Hailynn & Roslyn
3rd Grade: Larson & Lela
4th Grade: Annabel & Oliver
5th Grade: Kylee & Miles
Vintage Bike, for most pages read (Gr. 3-5): Liv
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION
If you wish to volunteer this year, or chaperone a field trip, please register now at:
https://www.rsu1.org/page/volunteer-information. You only complete one form, selecting all the schools you are interested in (be sure to scroll down the schools to choose PES, or you won't appear on our list), and remember to register each school year. Please allow one week prior to a field trip or event for processing.
DISTRICT BUDGET MEETINGS
The proposed budget for FY26 included below was presented at the School Board meeting Monday, March 24th. Members of the community are encouraged to attend the upcoming budget meetings. Please contact the RSU1 Central Office with any questions by calling 443-6601, ext. 122.
2025-2026 RSU 1 Budget - PROPOSED March 24, 2025
2025-2026 RSU 1 Budget - PROPOSED April 28, 2025
UPCOMING BUDGET MEETING SCHEDULE:
*All meetings will be held at Morse High School.
Monday, May 5th Second Reading of Budget and sign warrants - 6PM
Tuesday, May 27th District Budget Meeting (up/down vote for all citizens present) - 6PM
Tuesday, June 10th Budget Validation Referendum, Citizens vote at their town polling places
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
Kindergarten Registration is still happening at PES! If you are a Phippsburg resident and have a child who will be 5 years old ON or BEFORE October 15th, please call Mrs. Doran at 389-1514 to get the process started! Parent Incoming Kindergarten Information Night will be Thursday, May 22nd at 5:30PM, and Kindergarten Screening will be Friday, June 6th (schedule yours at the Information Night). Families are encouraged to register as soon as possible. We look forward to assisting you.
TIE-DYE DAY
Save the Date! We will be doing tie-dye t-shirts on Friday,
June 6th (rain date: June 9th). Mrs. Doran will be looking for approved volunteers to help out. Students will need to bring in a white cotton t-shirt that day.
CHEWONKI VISITS PES
Thanks to Phippsburg Land Trust's generous sponsorship, the Chewonki Traveling Natural History Program visits PES next week. We always look forward to learning about the creatures, adaptations, their habitats, and the environment in Maine.
PTA NEWS
We hope you can join us tonight for FREE BBQ hamburgers, hotdogs, and more! It begins at 5:30 and we will have a book swap for all the students.
The PTA meeting is tomorrow, May 2nd, at 8:30AM. If you can't make it, but have ideas to share, please email phippsburgpta@gmail.com.
Help us celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week from May 5th - 9th! We could use your help Wednesday, providing a flower with your child to their teacher to add to others to form a bouquet, and to help provide items for Soup, Salad, and Bread lunch Thursday, as we provide lunch to the staff that day. Check our PTA Facebook page or visit: Teacher Appreciation Luncheon to see how you can help say "Thank You!" to our staff!
Thank you for your support!
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, Musical
MYT's production of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, a musical, with an all-ages cast of over 100 actors, will be performed in Brunswick High School's Crooker Theater May 8-11.
More information about Willy Wonka can be found at MYT's website, midcoastyouththeater.com.
For any families who wish to request free tickets to see Willy Wonka: MYT is making free tickets available to each performance for families who otherwise might not be able to afford to attend. To reserve your complimentary tickets, please send an email to tickets@midcoastyouththeater.org and provide your name, the size of your family who will be attending, including the number of children and adults, and the date and time of the show you would like to see. You will receive an email reply to confirm your reservation and with instructions on how to pick up your tickets at the show.
Tickets are available for all five performances of Willy Wonka as follows:
Thursday, May 8 at 7 PM
Friday, May 9 at 7 PM
Saturday, May 10 at 2 PM and 7 PM
Sunday, May 11 at 2 PM.
Thank you, and we hope to see you at the show!
Phippsburg Elementary School Contact Info
Email: tdoran@rsu1.org
Website: phippsburg.rsu1.org
Location: 1047 Main Rd, Phippsburg, ME, USA
Phone: 389-1514