Another fall brings another change to the Viola Rand School. Increasing enrollment at Old Town Elementary School necessitated a transfer of their pre-kindergarten program to the Bradley and Alton elementary schools. Miss Opperman, our second grade teacher, will be teaching second grade at Old Town Elementary this fall, joined there by our second grade... READ MORE >
Kindergarten students are celebrating the publication of their informational books. They love writing and being authors! They have impressed everyone with their ability to commit ideas to print! READ MORE >
From January 29 through April 11, students at the Viola Rand School have enjoyed an extremely well or-ganized before school exercise program. This pilot of a Reeboks sponsored program to get kids moving and improve their focus and engagement in class. Sam Lenson, a grad student at the University of Maine in the Admissions Department, was passionate about bringing... READ MORE >
Community Read to ME Challenge The Read to ME Challenge is a month-long public awareness campaign to promote childhood literacy in Maine held annually during the month of February. All over the state of Maine adults were being challenged to read to children for 15 minutes and share picture and videos on social media. Here at Viola Rand School we took that... READ MORE >
Officer King paid a nice visit to 1st Grade this morning. The children had many questions for him, especially about his vest with all his "tools" on it. The students love when he visits! READ MORE >
Starting on January 29th, Sam Lenson, a University of Maine graduate student will be working with staff to bring an exciting before school activity program to Viola Rand School students. Boks will run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning beginning at 7:20 AM. The school food service breakfast will be offered as a bag on the go breakfast for students to... READ MORE >
On December 5th, there will be a Family Code Night at the Alton Elementary School. All 2nd-5th grade students in RSU34 are welcome to participate in this exciting event! The fun will start at 6:00pm. Please call the Alton school at 394-2331to RSVP if you will be able to join us! Let us know if you would need a device for the evening; tablets, chrome books or... READ MORE >
This fall, there is a new "track" behind the school! Students are following the footprint trail and racking up miles! From pre-k through 2nd grade, students are earning "toe tokens" for running or walking. Teachers track the laps and students add up the mileage. As they earn the tokens, they keep them on a chain to show the great effort they have put in! ... READ MORE >
If you like hazy, hot and humid weather, this was a fabulous summer! As much as I hate to see the leaves start to change and temperatures drop, I am excited to get back to the routine of welcoming students to school each day! Students will be surprised to find we have shuffled staff to different classrooms over the summer. This reason for this is the large... READ MORE >