RSU 57 & Massabesic High School

"Preparing students for success in an ever-changing world."

Hello Mustang Nation,

Welcome back from Spring Break! I sincerely hope everyone was able to find some time to unplug and relax over these past few days. We are looking at roughly seven weeks left in our 2024-2025 campaign. These next several weeks will be incredibly important for all students to put their very best foot forward in order to demonstrate achievement in their learning that will result in credits building toward graduation. As always, I am proud of the hard work of our student population - let's continue to work hard right up to the final day of this school year.

Wednesday, April 30 is the National School Administrative Professionals Day. We are incredibly fortunate to have Liane Renaud, Marie Proctor, Kaitlyn Ouellette, & Zach Picard helping to support operations in the Main Office, Guidance Office, & Athletic Department. Please be sure to stop by these departments tonight to show your appreciation!

PROM TICKETS will continue to be on sale this week in anticipation of Prom that will take place on Saturday, May 3. Please review the 'Prom Letter' posted below in this newsletter for more detailed information about the event.

Friday, May 2 is our opportunity to celebrate National School Lunch Hero Day - please be sure to thank our outstanding staff in the Nutrition Department this week for all their hard work keeping us fed!

As a reminder, our upcoming week will follow the Green/White color rotation schedule below:

Monday 04/28 - GREEN DAY

Tuesday 04/29 - WHITE DAY

Wednesday 04/30 - GREEN DAY

Thursday 05/01 - WHITE DAY

Friday 05/02 - GREEN DAY

Take care,

-Mr. Thurlow

This past Friday during break, The MHS National Honor Society weeded, planted, raked, made at least 100 (no exaggeration) wheelbarrow trips to the woods to dump leaves, and picked up trash around the campus. A special thank you to these NHS students and advisor Mrs. Stephenson for taking time out of their April Break to improve our campus environment!

ATTENTION STUDENT DRIVERS & PARENTS: With warmer temperatures, melted snow, and more sunshine there is a natural inclination to be excited about getting outside each afternoon at the conclusion of the school day. Unfortunately, some students are engaging in unsafe driving behaviors—specifically speeding and driving erratically—while heading off campus toward home/work, and some heading to practice after school. This conduct is both inappropriate and extremely dangerous, posing risks to themselves, other students, and members of the community.

Parents, please take a moment to address this issue directly with your students. It is important that all student drivers understand that safety in driving must always be a top priority.

This Week Deputies Pellerin and Cummer introduced York Counties newest hire, Deputy Hops to the Elementary Schools in the district, with some help from our very own Lucas Labbe (dressed in full bunny attire).

"I hope you all have a good vacation and look forward to seeing you all in a week to finish out the school year strong"- Deputy Cummer

The Class of 2026 invites you to this year's MHS Prom "A Night in New York" at Rustic Dreams Barn & Venue on Saturday, May 3rd from 7pm to 10pm. Individual tickets will be $40 and couples will be $70. There will be music, food, and good times! Tickets will go on sale the week before spring break (4/14). We hope to see you there!

Please help the MHS Student Council show our teachers how much they are appreciated. We are accepting donations to fill baskets for teachers the week of May 5-9, 2025. Donations may be brought to the front office from now until May 5th. They may also be brought in with your student to Mr. Nadeau's room 42 or Mrs. Goulet's room 20. Some donation ideas can be, personal items, practical gifts, gift cards, and crafts/hobby/gardening supplies. Everything is appreciated! Thank you!

-Mrs. Goulet & Mr. Nadeau (Student Council Advisors)

Congratulations to SO MANY MHS students for being inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (pictured below).

MHS is proud to expand our partnership with Josten's (think letterman jackets, graduation gear, etc.) to offer an MHS Mascot Shop for lots of great MHS Gear. Please check out the shop using the link below. Starting today (valid 4/11/25 – 4/30/25), use code 5WELCOME20 that will allow you to save money on custom gear. This site will be available all year long.

We are hoping to raise funds to send two of RSU57's most dedicated Theatre students to the International Thespian Festival at the University of Indiana in Bloomington from June 22 to June 28. Students Elsie Wehrman and Charlotte DalPra received Superiors at the Maine Thespian Festival in January 2025 in their respective categories. Elsie for Acting Solo, where she performed two contrasting monologues and Charlotte DalPra for her costume design of our fall production, Miss Holmes. Receiving a superior rating at MTF has allowed them to participate in the next round of Thespies at the international level, and the chance to receive Thespy Awards if they are the highest scoring superior-rated students in their category. Regardless of their scores, both students will undoubtedly have a once-in-a-lifetime experience attending this festival. The opportunity to receive criticism which will help make them better thespians, combined with the amazing student and professional performances, as well as the many workshops at ITF will all have a great impact on their future theatrical endeavors. Both of these students are seniors and are two of the most hard working students I have had the pleasure to work with in my 11 years at MHS.

The International Thespian Festival is taking place at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, from June 22, to June 28, 2025. The 5-day festival will consist of workshops across more than 30 categories as well as student and professional performances. The festival also runs simultaneously with the Theatre Educator conference which will allow myself to participate in quality professional development which will in turn help all our future theatre students at MHS.

Our trip has been approved by the school board and we have some of the funds for the trip already! The three of us would be ever so grateful for the help from our community to make sure we can make this happen! As the MHS director and also the Chapter Director of Maine Thespians, I hope for this opportunity to bring a whole new level to our work and for us to continue to be able to make this trip happen for students each year.

If we raise over the amount that we need for this trip, the extra funds will go into our Drama Fundraising account for future years work, field trips, induction fees and improvement to the program.

MHS is proud to parterner with Hannaford grocery stores in an effort to raise funds to support student activities. Below are the steps for families and friends to contribute:

1. Shop at Hannafords. Starting this coming Sunday, March 16th, look for items with either of the following tags or icons (attached).

2. Buy 4 or more such items and get a coupon at the register.

3. Redeem the coupon linked here and Select Massabesic High School: Hannaford Helps Schools Redeem Coupon

Alternative Option: You can also download the Hannaford Helps Schools app: Download Hannaford Helps Schools App

Are you interested in traveling with the Culture Club abroad? We have two trips planned in 2026. February Vacation we are traveling to England and France through Normandy and in April vacation we will be traveling to Peru. From now until April 30th there will be a $100 discount available to anyone that signs up from now until then. More information is available about each trip at the following links:

WWII in England and France

Peru: Land of the Inca

The submission period for the contest is officially open, and essays will be accepted until June 16th 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Please visit the Naval Horizons website for rules and information about this exciting opportunity!

Monday, April 28 - Return to School

Monday, April 28 - Prom Formal Wear Pop Up Shop @ East Building

Friday, May 2 - Progress Report #2

Saturday, May 3 - Prom @ Rustic Dreams

May 5 -9 - Teacher Appreciation Week

Wednesday, May 14 - Early Release Day

Monday, May 26 - Memorial Day (No School)

Wednesday, May 28 - Early Release Day

Wednesday, June 4 - Class Night

Thursday, June 5 - Graduation

Monday, June 16 - Last Day of School

You are always welcome to call our Maine Office at (207) 247-3141, schedule a meeting, or email members of our administrative team members directly (emails listed below):