Superintendent Patricia Hopkins update from Gardiner Area High School: bit.ly/3gayEbE
This is Pat Hopkins, MSAD 11 Superintendent of Schools with an update on the situation at the Gardiner Area High School. The high school has been thoroughly searched and cleared law enforcement. As a result, the lockdown has been lifted. Today’s threat was received by dispatch via a phone call concerning multiple school districts around the state. Multiple law enforcement agencies were on site supporting us and ensuring the safety of all students and staff.
Parents who wish to pick up their students to take them home for the day may do so by checking them out of the main office.
I commend students and staff for following our emergency plan and doing what they were supposed to do in these type of situations. As additional information presents itself, I will provide all of you with an update, including next steps.
Good afternoon. Today, the MSAD11 notification system will be tested. Text messages, phone calls, and emails will be sent to parent/guardians and staff in all buildings. Please contact the office in your child's school to request phone number and/or email address changes. If you do not have any children in MSAD11, call the central office at (207)582-5346 ext. 1211 to have your information removed.
All phone issues have been repaired, and the system is fully functioning. Thank you for your patience.
MSAD11 is having issues with the phone system in some of our schools, the bus garage, and the central office. If your call is not answered, please leave a detailed voicemail message.
An additional notice will be sent when the trouble has been repaired.
Thank you to all who have served, and to Mrs. Snow for delivering heartfelt Veterans Day cards from our students to Maine Veterans Homes!
Each year, the National Honor Society at Gardiner Area High School provides 200 Thanksgiving baskets for families in our community! To support this project, we invite you to help stuff our turkey jar! Students have until Friday, November 18, to bring in money donations to help GAHS help our families!
Just a reminder -
Thursday, November 10 - Early Release, 12:00 dismissal, no PreK
Friday, November 11 - Veterans Day, no school
Have a safe and restful weekend!
Common Sense Media, (commonsensemedia.org), is a website for parents and caregivers to get information on all forms of media to help guide families in what children may be watching or exposed to. There’s a “Parent Tips and FAQs” tab and from there you can choose to search “By Age,” “By Topic,” “By Platform,” and “What’s New.” We urge all parents and caregivers to pay attention to what your children are accessing through their phones, tablets, TV, and streaming sites like Netflix, YouTube, etc.
Enjoy our November newsletter!
This is the last week to place Display My Art orders with FREE SHIPPING.
If you received a custom brochure, please visit www.displaymyart.com. Click on "SHOP" and enter the order number on the back of your brochure to order custom keepsakes with your child's art.
You can also can create custom keepsakes with more than just art using Display My Art's Online Designer . Turn your child’s artwork, a family photo, your favorite saying or a school/business logo into a custom keepsake or gift. Best of all, Helen Thompson School will earn a profit from each item ordered. https://shop.displaymyart.com/collections/all-products?p=BJP3BxiQo
Be sure to enter Helen Thompson School’s Discount Code upon checkout for 32% OFF your entire order: HTS32
Please feel free to share our school link and discount code with EVERYONE. As long as our link/code is used, Helen Thompson School will earn profit from each order!
Special request from the School Nutrition Department - Please choose healthy foods, leaving candy at home. https://bit.ly/3WmtjOS
Reminder –Thursday, October 27th is an early release day for students in MSAD11 (Parent Teacher Conferences). Grades K-5 will dismiss around 12, and GAHS/GRMS around 11. No PREK classes.
Water update: Our water filtration system has been installed & our water has been tested. It is now SAFE to drink the water at school!
It's time to schedule Parent-Teacher Conferences!
Thursday, October 27th, 1:00 - 7:00
To schedule your HTS conference(s), please visit
https://www.pickatime.com/client?ven=11604240
Valuable information that was presented at the MSAD11 Special Board Workshop on 10/20/2022. The Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey, Fall 2021 Survey, Prepared for Gardiner Area Thrives Coalition/HCCA: https://bit.ly/3Dhpqmv
We celebrated our bus drivers during School Bus Safety Week this week! Thank you Ms. Debbie, Ms. Diane, Mr. Mike, Mr. Jay, Mr. Jack, and Mr. David!
We celebrated our bus drivers during School Bus Safety Week this week! Thank you Ms. Debbie, Ms. Diane, Mr. Mike, Mr. Jay, Mr. Jack, and Mr. David!
Reminder - tonight at 6:00 PM there is a School Board workshop. Attend in person at the Central Office at 150 Highland Avenue in Gardiner, or click on the link posted at www.msad11.org at 5:50 PM to watch the meeting on our YouTube Channel. For more information - click this link: https://bit.ly/3rXSeKA
Our PTA-sponsored Book Fair is back next week!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BrzBhk-RaM8Y-cxS11NNwWQzxu0uS_mR/edit