Old Town Elementary School

Missed Open House? If you did, then you should be receiving a call from your student's teacher letting you know that their paperwork and first day materials are ready to pick up in the office. This is important for all, but critically important for hybrid students on the Thursday/Friday schedule so that they have what they need for remote learning on our first day of school, Tuesday, September 8th! Materials for students who missed Open House are available: Monday, August 31st 8am-2pm Tuesday, September 1st 8am-2pm Wednesday, September 2nd 8am-6pm Thursday, September 3rd 8am-2pm Questions? Please contact your student's teacher or OTES at 827-1544.

🍎Open Houses will be held from 5-6pm this week! TONIGHT, Tuesday 8/25 for grades 1 and 3 Wednesday 8/26 for grades 2 and 4 Thursday 8/27 for grades K and 5 🍎Students and one parent/guardian are invited to attend an Open House event for their grade level. 🍎Students will be able to meet their teacher team, tour their two rooms in small groups, and learn about procedures for the first day of school. If you are unsure of your classroom placement, we will help you at the event. 🍎Parents/guardians will be able to receive and fill out school year forms and information outside. Please bring your own pen if you would like. New parents/guardians or those who feel it is necessary to see the classrooms may also request to do so. 🍎Kindergarten, first and second grade families should park in the bus or parent drop off loops. Third, fourth and fifth grade families should park in the parking lots. Then, head to the front/right side of the school where you will be directed to your community. 🍎 4th and 5th grade hybrid students attending in person on the Thursday and Friday schedule will be able to pick up materials for the first days of remote learning and 4th and 5th grade families who responded that they were in need of a device will be able to pick this up as well. 🍎Remote-Only Students: Your teacher will be scheduling a virtual "Meet the Teacher " event soon. Devices and materials for your students will be available Monday, August 31- Thursday, September 3rd from 8am-2pm daily. Pick up will also be available until 6pm on Wednesday, September 2nd. ❗️The following COVID-19 precautions will be in place: ❗️If you are feeling ill or have traveled to a restricted state within 14 days of this Open House, please do not attend. ❗️Masks/face coverings are required for students and adults ❗️Physical distancing practices will be in place. ❗️Hand hygiene practices will be in place. 📞 Questions? Please call us at 827-1544.

The first day of school will be Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Important clarification on OTES student schedules: At OTES, ➡️Students in Kindergarten as well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade will attend school in-person 5 days a week. At this point, the hybrid model is not an option for students in grades K, 1, 2 and 3. ➡️Students in 4th and 5th grade will follow a hybrid model and will attend school in-person 2 days a week (either Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday) and will participate in remote instruction on the other three days. ➡️Students whose families chose the remote only option will participate in remote instruction five days a week. Families should have received a letter or email notifying them of their student's schedule and teaching team. Please contact us at OTES if you have any questions.

Required parent form for RSU #34 students - Fall 2020 Dear Parents/Guardians of RSU #34 Children, Our district has put together a form through which parents/guardians will inform the schools of their family’s plans and needs for the upcoming start to the school year. Please submit one form per RSU #34 student in order for us to coordinate family plans PreK-12. We estimate this form will take no more than 5 minutes per student to complete. Please submit this form as soon as possible and no later than Friday, July 31st. You can watch the presentation of our planning to the School Board here: https://www.rsu34.org/article/272060?org=rsu-34 RSU #34 anticipates needing to move flexibly between three “lanes” in 2020-2021, depending on things such as community transmission rates of the novel coronavirus and the rates of student and staff illnesses with symptoms similar to COVID-19. These lanes are: fully remote learning, a combination of in-person and remote learning, and in-person learning five days per week. Families that wish to participate remotely all year long may do so. More details and background about the district’s plan can be found here (tinyurl.com/y9o23gmk). Here is the link to the form: https://forms.gle/qzbHRsjgZQuNAkuNA Any questions should be directed to the building principal of your student. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. We thank you for your hard work, patience, and community spirit supporting our children throughout the pandemic. Sincerely, RSU #34 Planning Team

Final Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/12/20 ✅Attendance Check In Attendance has been taken today for the final time, so please contact your student's teacher about their week if you have not done so already. ⛳️Virtual Field Day If you participated in any Virtual Field Day activities, make sure you submit your scores today! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZAqUP2DS2fcYY4v0Ukv_w0dvC1y0-reSGg60fCs0Yag/present?fbclid=IwAR2_x488Mg9QFehTVTENMRLIVnOsXjWu_8d5ArsRDeMCis3GbfGz28oTH8k&slide=id.p 📩Report Cards Report cards have been issued for the 2019-2020 school year. Students attending their end of year celebrations received their report card in person. Students or additional custodial parents/guardians who were not in attendance will receive their student’s report card in the mail. If you have any questions or concerns about your student’s report card, please reach out to the teacher first, and then Dr. Tuell or Mrs. Mitchell if you have further issues. Typically, your student’s teacher for the following year is listed on the report card, however classroom placements will not be made until August this year and families will be notified at that time. 📝Missed Packets/Make Up Work If your student missed any weeks of remote learning and you would like to cover those packets over the summer, all weeks at all grade levels are available in the OTES vestibule Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm for easy pick up. 📚OTES Library Book Return OTES Library books can be returned at OTES next week Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm. If you have a book to return and cannot make these hours, please contact us here at school at 827-1544. Thank you for returning our school’s books! 🍎Thursday, June 18th Meal Pick Up Free student meals will be available on a first-come-first-served basis on Thursday, June 18th at OTHS from 10am-12pm and a summer meal schedule will be shared soon. Call 827-3908 to reserve your student’s meal or visit www.rsu34.org, our RSU #34 ME app, or follow the RSU #34 Food Service Facebook page for updates. 🌠Coming Soon! Next week, we will post about the launch of our Online Summer Book Fair and summer learning opportunities! These will include a fun school-wide reading challenge, summer activity game boards, and virtual options for K-2 and 3-5. Check out your report card envelopes and watch for those posts. We will also be sharing fun pictures and videos as we look back on our incredible year!

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/11/20 We have been so busy with celebrations, that we haven't posted an update. Here is the latest information! 🚌 Final Meal Distribution TODAY, Thursday, June 11th! Meal Pick Up Thursday, June 18th Today, Thursday, June 11th, we will distribute a week’s worth of meals via buses for the final time this spring. Meals will be available Thursday, June 18th at OTHS from 10am-12pm and a summer meal schedule will be shared soon. Visit www.rsu34.org, our RSU #34 ME app, or follow the RSU #34 Food Service Facebook page for updates. ⛳️Virtual Field Day Mrs. Beaulieu has launched an amazing virtual at-home field day! Check it out, complete the fun activities, and submit your score card. Questions? Email her at lisa.beaulieu@rsu34.org https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZAqUP2DS2fcYY4v0Ukv_w0dvC1y0-reSGg60fCs0Yag/present?fbclid=IwAR2_x488Mg9QFehTVTENMRLIVnOsXjWu_8d5ArsRDeMCis3GbfGz28oTH8k&slide=id.p 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Yesterday, we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Griffin T. in kindergarten to IGA Quinn C. in kindergarten to Governor’s Logan B. in 5th grade to Pat’s Aubrey S. in 4th grade to OTO Raelynn B. in 1st grade to Hannaford 📚OTES Library Book Return OTES Library books can be returned at OTES next week Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm. If you have a book to return and cannot make these hours, please contact us here at school at 827-1544. Thank you for returning our school’s books! 🎉Drive Through Celebrations Thank you to all the families who have attended celebrations so far and who are planning to attend today. We hope that these drive up visits have provided a sense of closure and celebration with your student’s teacher. While they are not the summer send offs we envisioned, we have been thrilled to see so many students and families! Celebrations remaining are below. Please remember we will all be practicing safe interactions, either staying in vehicles or keeping a 6 foot distance and wearing masks. All of these celebrations are voluntary and a “goodbye” can be arranged with your teacher if you feel uncomfortable attending. 3️⃣Thursday, June 11th Third Grade 2-3pm Red Community (Mrs.Gilbert, Mrs.White and Mrs.Reinzo) 3-4pm Yellow Community (Mrs.Doty and Mrs.Sullivan) 2️⃣Thursday, June 11th Second Grade 4-6pm for Ms. LaBree, Mrs. Vose, Mrs. Sugar and Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Keane has her own celebration scheduled

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/5/20 👍Great Job and One Week Left! The last day of school will be Friday, June 12th. Keep up the great work for one more week! We had 93% of OTES students present for remote learning as of this afternoon. If your student and family have been participating all along, keep it up! If you have had your challenges throughout this time, let’s finish on a good note. This last week offers learning, fun, and an important sense of closure for your student! 🎉Drive Through Celebrations We will be celebrating each grade with a drive through event at OTES sometime next week. Please check in with your student’s teacher for specifics. We will be observing social distancing precautions during this time and ask that you do as well. All of these celebrations are voluntary and a “goodbye” can be arranged with your teacher if you feel uncomfortable attending. 4️⃣EDITED: Monday, June 8th Fourth Grade 3-4pm Yellow Community (Mrs. DeFroscia, Mrs.Thompson and Mrs.Ouellette), 4:15-5:15pm Red Community (Mr. Rand and Mrs. Dexter) 🔷Tuesday, June 9th Kindergarten 4-6pm 5️⃣Wednesday, June 10th 5th grade 11-11:30am Ms.St. Peter, 11:30am-12pm Ms. Madden, 12-12:30pm Mrs. Miller, 12:30-1pm Mrs. LaFrance, 1-1:30pm Mrs.Feero 1️⃣Wednesday, June 10th First Grade 4-6pm 3️⃣Thursday, June 11th Third Grade 2-3pm Red Community (Mrs.Gilbert, Mrs.White and Mrs.Reinzo) 3-4pm Yellow Community (Mrs.Doty and Mrs.Sullivan) 2️⃣Thursday, June 11th Second Grade 4-6pm for Ms. LaBree, Mrs. Vose, Mrs. Sugar and Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Keane has her own celebration scheduled ☎️Teacher End of Year Phone Call Throughout the next week, your student’s teacher will be reaching out with a direct phone call to you. Please take a few minutes to answer or call them back at your convenience. They will be covering a couple important things on their call: 📞Your feedback specific to their class and OTES 📞The summer learning opportunities being offered by our district 📞The status of your district issued laptop (if you have one) 📞Checking in with your student 🗣Reach Out To Your Student’s Teacher About Work Completion Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! Make up packets from past weeks are available at OTES through June 18th from 8am-2pm.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/3/20 🚌 Work Packet and Meal Distribution TOMORROW, Thursday, June 4th! A reminder that required student work packets for next week, June 8th-June 12th, the last week of the school year, will be available by bus TOMORROW, Thursday, June 4th! This will be the only bus distribution of that week's materials. Please go out to your bus stop and ASK for the packets you need. Your other options are to: Access the materials digitally at www.rsu34.org or pick packets up tomorrow 6/4 or Friday 6/5 at OTES, VRS or AES from 8am-2pm, or tomorrow, Thursday 6/4, at the OTHS meal pick up site from 10am-12pm. Packets from past weeks are also available online and at OTES for any work that needs to be made up. 🍎Meal Distribution for June 11th and June 18th On Thursday, June 11th, we will distribute a week’s worth of meals via buses for the final time this spring. Meals will be available Thursday, June 18th at OTHS from 10am-12pm and a summer meal schedule will be shared soon. 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Today we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Oliva T. in 3rd grade to IGA Zoe U. in kindergarten to Governor’s Makailyn H. in kindergarten to Governor’s Olivia S. in 2nd grade to OTO Maice S. in 5th grade to Hannaford

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 6/1/20 📚Library Book Return OTES Library books (the books your students checked out from our school library before the physical school closure) can be returned to the vestibule at OTES Monday through Friday 8am to 2pm. We will also be offering a drop off box during any drive through grade level celebrations. ✏️In Case You Forgot… If you have not let your student’s teacher know about their work completion for last week or any previous weeks, please do so as soon as possible so your student can be marked present. This also goes for any make up work your student completes. Let their teacher know and we will update their attendance! ☎️Teacher End of Year Phone Call Throughout the next two weeks, your student’s teacher will be reaching out with a direct phone call to you. Please take a few minutes to answer or call them back at your convenience. They will be covering a couple important things on their call: 📞Your feedback specific to their class and OTES 📞The summer learning opportunities being offered by our district 📞The status of your district issued laptop (if you have one) 📞Checking in with your student 🥞 LAST CALL Anymore family breakfast pictures out there? Please email them to maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/29/20 🎉Great Job and the Countdown is On! Keep up the great work! We had 91% of OTES students present for remote learning as of this afternoon! We have two weeks left in the school year. If your student and family have been participating all along, keep it up! If you have had your challenges throughout this time, let’s finish on a good note. These last two weeks still have a lot of learning and FUN to offer your student! ☎️Teacher End of Year Phone Call Throughout the next two weeks, your student’s teacher will be reaching out with a direct phone call to you. Please take a few minutes to answer or call them back at your convenience. They will be covering a couple important things on their call: 📞Your feedback specific to their class and OTES 📞The summer learning opportunities being offered by our district 📞The status of your district issued laptop (if you have one) 📞Checking in with your student 🗣Reach Out To Your Student’s Teacher: Attendance or Otherwise Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. This documentation can come in many forms from online work submission, to pictures, a phone conversation, an email, or a message. If you have concerns about work completion or if circumstances are making it challenging to complete work, please reach out to your student’s teacher about this as well. We have many resources to support you! Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! Make up packets from past weeks are available at OTES. 🥪FREE Community Supper The Old Town United Methodist Church located at 726 Stillwater Avenue in Old Town is offering a drive through brown bag “suppah” form 5-6pm TONIGHT, Friday, May 29th. Supper includes subs, chips, fruit juice and cookies or granola bars. One person per vehicle can pick up one bag per family member. 🥞 Anymore family breakfast pictures out there? Please email them to maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org

🚌 Work Packet and Meal Distribution TOMORROW, Thursday, May 28th! A reminder that required student work packets for next week, June 1st-June 5th, will be available by bus TOMORROW, Thursday, May 28tht! This will be the only bus distribution of that week's materials. Please go out to your bus stop and ASK for the packets you need.Your other options are to: Access the materials digitally at www.rsu34.org or pick packets up tomorrow 5/28 or Friday 5/29 at OTES, VRS or AES from 8am-2pm, or tomorrow, Thursday 5/28, at the OTHS meal pick up site from 10am-12pm. Packets from past weeks are also available online and at OTES for any work that needs to be made up. 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Today we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Aurora C. in kindergarten to IGA Wesley O. in 4th grade to Governor's Rosie W. in 3rd grade to Pat’s Pizza Mabel P. in 5th grade to OTO Edith L. in 2nd grade to Hannaford 🔐Library “Reading is the Key to Learning” Winners Quite a few students participated in our library challenge, accessing the website and finding the hidden golden keys. All participants were put into a drawing and Mr. Mayer- not Mrs. Mayer!- picked three random winners. These students will be mailed a $10 Dairy Queen gift card. The library website is always a great place to visit! https://sites.google.com/a/rsu34.k12.me.us/rsu-34-elementary-school-libraries/ Cassidy S. in Mrs. Stevens’ second grade Alyssa S. in Mrs. White’s third grade Brianna H. in Mrs. Thompson’s fourth grade 🥞Family Breakfast Today would have been our Annual Family Breakfast. While we are sad that we can't gather together to celebrate an amazing year and the families we love, we encourage your family to eat breakfast together. If you'd like to send a picture to Mrs. Mitchell at maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org, she will share these later on this week.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/22/20 👋Reach Out To Your Student’s Teacher: Attendance or Otherwise Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. This documentation can come in many forms from online work submission, to pictures, a phone conversation, an email, or a message. If you have concerns about work completion or if circumstances are making it challenging to complete work, please reach out to your student’s teacher about this as well. We have many resources to support you! Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! Make up packets from past weeks are available at OTES. 🇺🇸Memorial Day School buildings will be closed and no required work will be assigned on Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. If you usually pick up a packet on Monday, packet pick up will be available at AES, OTES and VRS on Tuesday, May 26th from 8am-2pm.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/20/20 🚌 Work Packet and Meal Distribution TOMORROW, Thursday, May 21st! A reminder that required student work packets for next week, May 25th-29th, will be available by bus TOMORROW, Thursday, May 21st! This will be the only bus distribution of that week's materials. Please go out to your bus stop and ASK for the packets you need.Your other options are to: Access the materials digitally at www.rsu34.org or pick packets up tomorrow 5/21 or Friday 5/22 at OTES, VRS or AES from 8am-2pm, or tomorrow, Thursday 5/21, at the OTHS meal pick up site from 10am-12pm. Packets from past weeks are also available at online and at OTES for any work that needs to be made up. 🇺🇸Memorial Day School buildings will be closed and no required work will be assigned on Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Today we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found five random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Tripp L. in 4th grade to IGA Ivanna K. in 3rd grade to Governor's Emilee F. in 2nd grade to Governor’s Alexis H. in 5th grade to OTO Cameron C. in kindergarten to Hannaford 📦Food Boxes The RSU #34 Resource Center, in collaboration with Good Shepard Food Bank and private donations, has boxes of non-perishable food available to families in need. If you would like to pick up or possibly have one of these boxes delivered, please contact jennifer.goodwin@rsu34.org or 370-8564.

We have family food boxes available for delivery or pick up starting Wednesday afternoon May 20th! Please call School-Community Coordinator Jennifer Goodwin at 370-8564 or email her at jennifer.goodwin@rsu34.org if your RSU #34 family could use one!

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/18/20 📚Library Book Return OTES Library books (the books your students checked out from our school library before the physical school closure) can be returned to the vestibule at OTES Monday through Friday 8am to 2pm. 📥In Case You Forgot… If you have not let your student’s teacher know about their work completion for last week, please do so as soon as possible so your student can be marked present. This also goes for any make up work your student completes. Let their teacher know and we will update their attendance! 🗣We Are Here for You! We understand that this is a time of many difficulties, among them, supporting your student’s learning at home. IT IS OUR JOB TO HELP YOU! Here is where to get the help you need: Your student’s teacher can help you access learning materials, understand assignments, and give tips or support for managing work time and effort. They can also connect you with support staff in specific subjects. Reach out to your student’s teacher via phone, email, or messaging. Our counselors are available at trysha.lunn@rsu34.org (K and 1st) or vicki.wilcox@rsu34.org (2nd-5th). They can help you with social-emotional concerns, as well as some behavioral and family supports. They are great at connecting you to resources or being a listening ear. Our nurse is available at cece.costello@rsu34.org or via voicemail at 827-1544 ext 308 for concerns about your student’s health or questions related to health. Remember, if you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911. If you have questions about meal pickup or delivery or questions about reapplying for free and reduced lunch status if your income has changed, please call our Food Service Department at 827-3908. Regardless, all meals are currently free for all children 0-18. If you are in need of food for household goods beyond school meals, please contact jennifer.goodwin@rsu34.org or 370-8564. If you have a general school question or are not sure where to turn, email jeanna.tuell@rsu34.org or maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org or call the school at 827-1544 and we will do our best to help you.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/15/20 📞📱💻Reach Out To Your Student’s Teacher: Attendance or Otherwise Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. This documentation can come in many forms from online work submission, to pictures, a phone conversation, an email, or a message. If you have concerns about work completion or if circumstances are making it challenging to complete work, please reach out to your student’s teacher about this as well. We have many resources to support you! Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! Make up packets from past weeks are available at OTES. 👫👨‍🏫👫Classroom Placement Considerations for 2020-2021 OTES staff are working diligently to plan classroom assignments for next year. While we do not take teacher requests, we do value parent/guardian input. If you would like to provide us information about classroom characteristics that work well for your student, peer matches, or other considerations, please email jeanna.tuell@rsu34.org and maggie.mitchell@rsu34.org directly. While we cannot guarantee that we can meet all of your requests, we consider many factors in thoughtfully placing all students. 👮‍♀️👷‍♂️👩‍🚀World of Work While our typical World of Work Day is one of the many events we have had to miss during this time of remote learning, our school counselors, school community coordinator, and some very willing community members have created and complied video profiles about their careers. Be watching for these on Facebook and Google classroom pages! Thank you to all who contributed to this project! 🍖🥘🧁FREE Community Supper Free community supper TONIGHT, Friday, May 15 starting at 5:00. Dinner will be ham dinner for adults and macaroni and cheese for kids with cupcakes for dessert. Pick up is at the Holy Family Parish Hall on Brunswick and Carroll Street.

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/13/20 🚌 Work Packet and Meal Distribution TOMORROW, Thursday, May 14th! A reminder that required student work packets for next week, May 18th-22nd, will be available by bus TOMORROW, Thursday, May 14th! This will be the only bus distribution of that week's materials. Please go out to your bus stop and ASK for the packets you need.Your other options are to: Access the materials digitally at www.rsu34.org or pick packets up tomorrow 5/14, Friday 5/15 or Monday 5/18 at OTES, VRS or AES from 8am-2pm, or tomorrow, Thursday 5/14, at the OTHS meal pick up site from 10am-12pm.Packets from past weeks are also available online and at OTES for any work that needs to be made up. 🏅Gift Certificate Winners Today we entered all of the OTES students who completed their work last week into an online spinner and found six random winners of gift cards to local businesses. Thank you to the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis as well as the Warren Rand Memorial Fund and Richard May Memorial Fund for sponsoring these gift cards! These gift cards will arrive in the mail soon! We will be holding drawings like this each week, so keep up the good work! This week's winners were: Wiliam C. in 5th grade to IGA Britta H. in 4th grade to Governor's Braydon L. in 1st grade to OTO Lyric L. in kindergarten to Hannaford Callie M.. in 4th grade to Pat’s Pizza Hunter C. in 4th grade to County Road Market 📦Food Boxes The RSU #34 Resource Center, in collaboration with Good Shepard Food Bank and private donations, has boxes of non-perishable food available to families in need. If you would like to pick up or possibly have one of these boxes delivered, please contact jennifer.goodwin@rsu34.org. 📚Free Libraries Our staff members have restocked six free “little libraries” where families are welcome to go and take books for their students. Please do not return OTES library books here. There is a specific drop off for those at OTES. These six locations are: 1. Anderson Lane (right in front of the FSS Center located beside the garage) 2. Meadow Lane (right beside the mailboxes as you drive into Meadow Lane) 3. Dow IV at 16 Chapman Street (right beside the shed as you drive into the property) and 4. Governor’s Restaurant “little library” (right in front of the entrance) 5. Alton Grocery (by the entrance) 6. LMS (by the entrance) Thank you to all the volunteers and staff members who have made this project possible!

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/11/20 📚OTES Library Book Returns The OTES library return bin will be outside the front entrance (or just inside the vestibule in bad weather) Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm. If you would like to return your student’s library book, you can do so easily without having to touch this bin or other books. 5️⃣5th Grade Families Please see your classroom Facebook group or contact your student’s teacher to link to the order form for the celebratory t-shirts that our PTC purchases for our 5th graders every year. The t-shirts are free for our 5th graders, but if you would like to purchase one for yourself or any other family members, the cost is $6.00. Also, please send baby pictures to your student’s 5th grade teacher by May 22. ✈️Maine National Guard Flyover Below in a press release from the Maine National Guard. We wanted to share it with families in case it was something they woul be interested in viewing in Bangor or another location, using social distancing precautions. We study many topics connected to this event including community helpers, local history, Maine history (including the Maine Bicentennial this year), and the practice of gratefulness. AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine National Guard will honor Maine’s front line healthcare workers and essential personnel with a flyover, May 12, over several communities. The flyover will be conducted by a KC-135 aircraft from the 101st Air Refueling Wing in Bangor. This event is part of Operation American Resolve, a nationwide salute to those supporting COVID-19 response efforts. “The entire Maine National Guard is honored to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the healthcare workers and first responders who are working on the front lines to combat COVID-19. We are also deeply grateful for those essential personnel diligently working to keep our shelves stocked and families supplied,” said Maj. Gen. Douglas Farnham, Maine’s adjutant general. “In addition, it is fitting that in light of the postponing of most Bicentennial activities, we’re able to safely offer Mainers a token of pride in their state heritage.” The state’s Bicentennial Parade (Maine 200) was originally scheduled for Saturday, May 16, in Auburn and Lewiston. "While Maine people are known for their resilience in the face of any obstacle, the courage and compassion of our frontline workers who are serving their fellow citizens every day during these difficult times is second to none," said Gov. Janet Mills. "On behalf of the people of Maine, I want to express my deep gratitude for the service of our frontline workers, and I urge everyone to join with me in pausing to reflect on their many contributions to our state as we see our aircraft flying overhead." These times may change slightly based on flight conditions. In the case of weather concerns, a potential alternate date of Thursday, May 14 is being planned. Residents along the flight path should maintain social distancing guidelines during this event, refraining from congregating in large groups to view the flyover. A few seconds of jet noise can be expected as the aircraft passes overhead. We welcome and encourage viewers to tag the Maine National Guard and 101st Air Refueling Wing on social media in photos and videos of the flyover, and add the hashtags #MEGuardAtWork and #AirForceSalutes. This community outreach event provides training hours for aircrews and will be conducted at no additional cost to taxpayers. Social media accounts: Facebook- @MENationalGuard; Facebook- @101stARW; Twitter- @GuardMaine; Instagram- mainenationalguard Farmington – 10:30 Androscoggin Mill / Jay – 10:33 Central Maine Medical Center - CMMC – 10:40 Maine Veterans' Homes - Scarborough – 10:58 Maine Medical Center – 10:59 General Dynamics Bath Iron Works – 11:06 VA Maine Healthcare System at Togus – 11:13 Augusta / MaineGeneral Health – 11:14 Houlton Regional Hospital – 11:51 Aroostook Medical Center - TAMC / Presque Isle – 12:00 Former Loring Air Force Base – 12:05 St. John River Valley – 12:09 Northern Maine Medical Center – 12:21 Millinocket Regional Hospital – 12:45 Maine Veterans' Homes - Bangor – 12:58 Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center – 12:59 St. Joseph Hospital – 1:00

Remote Learning Family/Public Update 5/8/20 ⭐️Keep Up The Great Work! We had 94% of our students participate in remote learning this week. Thank you for all of the hard work being done by students, families, friends and staff! This is an amazing number! 📦Food Boxes The RSU #34 Resource Center, in collaboration with Good Shepard Food Bank and private donations, has boxes of non-perishable food available to families in need. If you would like to pick up or possibly have one of these boxes delivered, please contact jennifer.goodwin@rsu34.org. ✅Work Documentation or Concerns Each Friday, we take attendance at OTES for the week. In order for your student to be marked as present for the week, we must have documentation of their work. This documentation can come in many forms from online work submission, to pictures, a phone conversation, email, or message. If you have concerns about work completion or if circumstances are making it challenging to complete work, please reach out to your student’s teacher about this as well. We have many resources to support you! Also, if at any time your student makes up work at a later date, please contact the teacher! 📃Packet Pick Up Packets for this past week are still available at OTES starting on Monday, May 11th from 8am-2pm, if you missed this week’s work. On Thursday, May 14th, the next week’s packets will be issued via bus routes and pick up locations. Packets are always available at www.rsu34.org.