Update: March 7, 2022
Honoring MLK
The GHS Civil Rights Team celebrated Black History Month in February by starting a mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This is the first of several installments to this mural and has already shaped up to be a great addition to the high school.
Greely Debate
Greely Debate won four of the top six places in Congressional Debate and won the State Championship with 34 points, defeating Yarmouth with 21 points and Kennebunk with 10 points. Of the four qualifying spots Maine receives for the NCFL Finals in May in Washington DC, Greely won three. Meredith Brubaker, Mia Netland, and Ruth Weeks will all be going to the National Final. Coach Jason Curry was voted Debate Coach of the Year.
Girls Basketball Runners-up for State Class A title & Class A South Regional Winners!
Girls Nordic Ski team won the Western Maine Conference two-day Pursuit Race, led by individual medal winners Alex Collins (Senior) and Sylvia Harvey (Sophomore).
Nordic Boys and Girls teams were both awarded the Good Sportsmanship award this week at States by votes from all of the teams participating.
Girls Swim wins Southwesterns & Boys Swim team takes 3rd Place at Class B state meet.
Girls Hockey named MPA Sportsmanship Winners.
Sra. Corral's Spanish V class has been learning about the cycle of poverty and its effects on the people of Central America. In an effort to help support workers with steady incomes and fair wages we have partnered with THE PULSERA PROJECT. Students sold bracelets for $5 and small bags for $10 in their efforts to help.
GHS students competed with students in 11 states to perform with renowned conductors @ the All-Eastern Honors Festival. (f): Lily Pollock, Don Strawbridge, Gabriel Pollock, Sebastian Alfreds, Pippa Moody; (b): Christopher Gilbert, Jacob Goldman, Matthew Gilbert, Eyezaya McFetridge.
Rangers Athletics Roundup
Girls Track & Field Class B State Champs!
Nordic Boys and Girls teams were both awarded the Good Sportsmanship award this week at States by votes from all of the teams participating.
Boys Hockey advances to the South Regional Final on Tuesday @ 4 PM at the Cross Arena.
Students Help Central Americans
Music News
Mrs. Perkins Hall and students participating in the District 2 Middle School Honors Chorus on Saturday, February 5th, at Windham HS. Students auditioned for the opportunity to sing with the top-scorers in the region.GMS 6-8 Spirit Week
And Spirit Week at Grades 4-5...
Mr. Benoit joined his class in getting all decked out with a bow tie and all.It's Lu!
Lu the therapy dog has been making her rounds at GMS 4-5, much to the students' delight.Drinking Water Quality
- With the passage of LD 153 (An Act to Strengthen Testing for Lead in School Drinking Water), the Maine Legislature has mandated that all schools in Maine test their drinking water for the presence of lead. The Drinking Water Program has been charged with coordinating the effort, which went into effect October 1, 2021, and must be completed by May 2022.
- Test results for lead in school drinking water are measured in parts-per-billion (ppb). Water fixtures with results over 4ppb are recommended for mitigation/remediation.
- We surpassed the intended law and tested all water fixtures, including fixtures in non-drinking and non-cooking areas.
- So far, we have sampled all fixtures in two buildings: 174 tested at GHS and 87 tested at MIW. GMS is scheduled to be sampled in March.
- We are ensuring all drinking fixtures receive corrective measures as necessary.
- There was one drinking fountain that came back high at the GHS Library. This is an older unit that has been shut down and it is slated to be replaced over February vacation with the new unit which was previously ordered and is on-site.
- The rest of the fixtures that have come back on the high side are in several areas that are not drinking water such as some science sinks, some bathrooms, art rooms, and locker room sinks.
- The new GCA came back elevated in the Greenroom and dressing rooms we suspect due to being dormant for so long during COVID.
- At MIW, drinking fountains and bubblers appear fine. Only some classroom sinks, art room sinks, and a couple of hand washing sinks in the kitchen were elevated.
- It is important to stress that our buildings were idle for 3 months back in March-June 2020 and there are likely effects from this on lead buildup in pipes.
- Lead water test results