My students are a curious, engaged, big hearted group who are committed to our school's philosophy: 'get smart to do good.' When they see a problem in the world, they want to understand it and address it.
My classroom is cosmopolitan and chatty.
Students from all over the world connect with students whose families who have been in Maine for generations.
If you came to visit, you'd be impressed with the candor and consideration my students show in conversation. They are inclusive and open-minded. They are eager to know more about how to succeed in the world and about how to help improve the world so it will be a better place for everyone.
My Project
Our English class is studying Tommy Orange's award-winning new novel There There--an exploration of the gritty realities of the urban Native American experience in Oakland, California as part of an interdisciplinary unit examining the contemporary Native American experience. This novel brings a key new voice to the fight against the erasure of the contemporary Native American experience.
Too often the Native American experience has been misunderstood or ignored.
And too often stereotyped, fictional representations have dominated the American imagination as assumed truth. We would like each student to have a copy of the novel to take home to read and discuss over Zoom during hybrid learning.
Half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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