RSU 50

Reminder:
Tomorrow, October 9th, is an Early Release Day. All students will be dismissed at 11:15 am. Friday, October 10th, is a workshop day for teachers and no school for students. Enjoy the long weekend!

First day of cooking in Kindergarten!

Mr. Vetter and a few of his students have been working hard to make our outdoor classroom walking trails more engaging. Today Mrs. Williams took some students to where the crew has set up a reading area complete with a read aloud book. Thank you Mr. Vetter and crew, we enjoyed the story!

Good luck to the Southern Aroostook High School Girls Soccer team in their game today @ Fort Fairfield High School . Game time is 3:30pm.

Southern Aroostook High School Class of 2026 group picture for the annual Southern Aroostook Scholarship Fund Birthday Calendar. If you would like to purchase a calendar, please contact the school to order one. Thank you Janet Vose for your great photography work this morning.

Our elementary would like to extend a big, "THANK YOU!" to Houlton Walmart for the generous school supply donation. Items are already being put to good use!

Southern Aroostook Community School food service staff have been busy this morning making Chocolate Chip Muffins for our students for breakfast. Thank you for your great work to feed our students!

Southern Aroostook Community School students are engaging in some great science fun with the Maine Mobile BIOLAB. Grades 5-8 students solve engineering design challenges and work cooperatively to design a product or process using model STEM activities developed by Educate Maine in partnership with Learning Undefeated that integrate content knowledge aligned to the Maine Learning Results. This program is offered at no cost to schools.

The Maine Mobile BIOLAB offers cross-curricular STEM experiences. These activities will introduce bioscience to students from Grade 5 through Grade 8, and allow students to engage with the engineering design process. Educate Maine will provide the materials needed to complete engineering design challenges focused on brainstorming, designing, and testing.  All activities focus on students designing solutions to problems and allow for collaboration and exploration of the content.

Good luck to the Southern Aroostook High School Boys & Girls Soccer teams in their games today in Dyer Brook vs. Katahdin High School . Game time for both games is 3:30pm.

Fifth graders learned about invasive species during their lesson today with the Maine Mobile Biolab.

Good luck to the Southern Aroostook Middle School Boys & Girls Soccer teams in their games vs. Houlton this afternoon. Both games will be played at 3:30pm.

This morning we were joined by Craig Scott from Colorado. Craig is a Columbine survivor and presented two separate assemblies, one geared toward our elementary students and a second presentation for our middle/high school students. His message of kindness, care and compassion for those around us was well-received by students and staff. He has encouraged us to leave a positive impact on those around us through our words and actions with the idea that kindness is a domino effect spread like a "chain reaction".

We would like to send a huge thank you out to John and Soo Lagasse for their generous financial gift to our art program! They are Mr. Pelletier's aunt and uncle. We definitely appreciate their generosity! Below is a picture of some of the purchases. The supplies from the donation included: drying rack, pencils, caddies, erasers, aprons, 2 boxes of air dry clay, sketch books, watercolor paper, broom and dust pan, sketch books, and a paper storage shelf that is very much needed.

Good luck to the Southern Aroostook High School Boys & Girls Soccer teams in the games today in Dyer Brook . The boys will play Dexter High School . The girls will play Schenk High School. Game time for both games is 4:00pm.

The Southern Aroostook Middle School soccer teams will be participating in the Bill Weber Tournament at Houlton High School tomorrow. Pictured here is the schedule. Good luck to both teams.

ANDREW LEWIS’ BUS RUN

ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 STUDENTS THAT RIDE ANDREW LEWIS’ BUS WILL BE DISMISSED AT 1:15. BURT WILL TAKE ANDREW’S STUDENTS HOME AND RETURN TO DO GERRY’S BUS RUN AT 2:20.

Congratulations to Southern Aroostook High School senior Daniel Kuindersma on his admission to the University of Maine for the Fall 2026 semester. He is accepted into the College of Education and Human Development with a major in Kinesiology and Physical Education. Additionally, due to his academic success, DJ has been invited to join the UMaine Honors College and will receive a $7,000 annual scholarship!

Good luck to the Southern Aroostook Middle School Boys & Girls Soccer teams in their games @ Ashland this evening. The girls play at 5:00pm and the boys play at 6:30pm.