Sunday school plans Valentine tea
The children of the Sunday school at North Congregational Church, 22 Church Hill Road, will host a community Valentine tea party from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11.
May Schumacher, superintendent of the Sunday school at the church, said they are celebrating the season of love with the tea party. “What better way to pass the dog days of winter than to bring the community out of hibernation and into a festival of love, together for a tea party,” Schumacher said.
In addition to tea, coffee, punch and cookies will be served. Donation, $5 per family.
Smith on dean’s list
Samantha Smith of west Buxton has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.
Post 130 to meet
Hutchinson-Boulter Post 130 of the American Legion will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, at 401 Bar Mills Road, Hollis.
For more information, call 727-3449 or 929-8660.
Happy birthday, Dianne
The selectmen’s administrative assistant Dianne Senechal celebrated a birthday in January.
Our best wishes go to Dianne for her birthday and everyday all the year.
Students report on conservation
Ilse Burns’s Gifted And Talented Educational Services (GATES) classes are working on an interesting project.
Students (fifth-grade verbal students) at Frank Jewett/Hanson School in Buxton and fourth- and fifth-grade gifted and talented students at Hollis School have been sharpening their reporting and interviewing skills, as well as promoting energy conservation in their schools. The students are awarding staff members who are doing their part for energy conservation. Later in the school year they will recognize the winners. – Submitted by Kathy Campbell of SAD 6.
These are the articles the students wrote:
Energy Conservation… Just Do It!!!
By Lauren Sharples, Samantha Cox, and Marley
Harmon.
We are the Frank Jewett/Hanson GATES students of Buxton, Maine. We have been trying to find several ways to conserve energy. We are doing this because we should not be spending too much money on electric, oil, and other bills. If the school is able to reduce energy related expenses, more money would be available for buying school supplies.
First, we toured our schools to find how energy was being used so we could start conserving energy. Our goal is to save energy and encourage important and useful changes in our school.
We are doing this from the motivation of the October energy conservation month. We hope to continue this so our school will do many things to save and conserve energy.
In our school we should conserve energy by turning off lights when no one is in the room. We should also remove the light from the soda machine. Another way we should conserve energy is to
consider to research other light bulb choices that are more energy efficient.
We also presented awards to the staff who conserved energy the most. In October we presented six awards. In November we saw that others had used little energy, so we presented eight awards.
December showed that our record was broken and we presented nine awards. We would like to thank the staff members who have earned these awards and conserved energy.
Our main goal is to help our school conserve energy and set an example for other people as well.
When Activity is Low, Turn Off the Flow!
by Connor Shields, Caleb Porter and Travis
Harmon.
Energy conservation is a very serious matter. That’s why Frank Jewett/Hanson GATES students have created a monthly contest to recognize energy conservationists.
We’re keeping an eye on the following items for possible energy conservation: kilns, lights, copy machines, computers, overhead projectors, fans, and heaters because they can waste energy if used poorly.
During October, we presented awards to six teachers and staff. In November the number of awards increased to eight. In December, to our surprise, we presented nine awards.
Please help us conserve energy.
Energy Conservation at Hollis School
by Asa Heath, MacKenzie Andrews, Kelsey Sicard (Reporters from Hollis School GATES)
Due to the high cost of energy and district budget limits, the Hollis G.A.T.E.S students have been researching and finding ways to conserve energy at our school.
In touring our school and interviewing some of our staff, we found several ways energy is being used. Some of these include: lights, computers and other technology, electrical cleaning devices, water pumps, and kitchen appliances.
To involve the entire staff at Hollis, we decided to hold a contest to encourage energy conservation. Your participation is needed to make this a success. More details will be released later.
(Mrs. Knight jpg) – Caleb Porter and Travis Harmon interviewing Heather Knight, Jewett-Hanson School Principal. “I think we should turn off lights, especially when not in use.” Was Mrs. Knight’s recommendation for energy conservation.
(Mr. Hawkes jpg) – Laren Sharples, Samantha Cox, and Marley Harmon, interviewing Rick Hawkes, fourth grade teacher at Frank Jewett. “What do you recommend (concerning energy conservation), Mr. Hawkes?””Do it now!” responded Mr. Hawkes.
Mr Kellis jpg) – Kelsey Sicard and Samantha Dubois, Hollis G.A.T.E.S students, interview Mr. Mark Kellis, principal of Hollis School. In response to their question, “How can we help save energy at Hollis School?” Mr. Kellis responded, “Remember it’s cold out in the winter, we need to remember to keep windows and doors closed.”
(Ms Lord jpg) – MacKenzie Andrews and Nate Schopen interview Ms.Cheryl Lord, fourth grade teacher at Hollis School. “Always turn the lights out when not in the classroom. At recess, remember to close the back door,” advised Ms. Lord.
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