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RSU 4 administrators and teachers report Read Across America, PBIS, Project Puffin and other school programs
Summary
Presenters from RSU 4 schools gave updates on PBIS incentives, Read Across America activities, a Project Puffin fundraiser, career day, and other student engagement initiatives across the district.
Administrators, principals and district literacy coaches reported on spring activities at RSU 4 schools including PBIS incentives, Read Across America events, career day visits, Project Puffin fundraising, National History Day qualifiers and middle-school engagement efforts.
Why it matters: These reports document student engagement, curricular enrichment, and community partnerships across RSU 4 schools and provide context for district morale and extracurricular participation.
Highlights from presentations
- Bus Box (PBIS) program (presented by Jan LaValley for Libby Tozier): Students earn bus-box rewards to encourage positive bus behavior; drivers log winners on a spreadsheet and selected students are invited for a recognition breakfast (presenter said up to eight students attend at once). PBIS events also included building parties and kindness week recognition.
- Sabatas Primary (presented by Sherry Poole): School-wide PBIS rewards (glow party, movie reward), author visits from Oak Hill High School student authors, improv activities, planned trips (Maine Wildlife Park), Scholastic Book Fair and field day.
- Carrie Ricker (presented by Jenny Hudner): Principal’s Howell Award recognized 60 students in February; participation in the MLTI winter classic (technology collaboration) and a frog-themed Read Across America program and family literacy night planned for April 10.
- Read Across America (presented by Becky D'Alessandro and Jen Lane): Coaches reported over 500 students participated across the district; schedule included theme days (dream big, kindness, poetry, book-tasting, masked readers) and a coordinated "one school, one book" selection (Aug the Frog).
- Oak Hill Middle School (presented by Michaela Stevens and Bridal Daniels): Career day at CMCC for seventh graders; Project Puffin fundraiser raised over $1,000 (one puffin adopted; remainder to a family); National History Day qualifiers; student-led playground clean-up; 194 families attended parent-teacher conferences.
- Oak Hill High School (presented by Marco Aliberti and Sue Rene): Continuous school improvement planning, winter carnival activities, Lost Valley takeover day (skiing/snowboarding), unified basketball event and outreach fundraisers.
What the record shows and next steps: The reports focused on student engagement and program outcomes; presenters thanked staff and volunteers and flagged upcoming events. Several presenters asked for community support for book-fair volunteers and coaches (softball coaching shortage at middle school noted; 41 girls signed up with only one coach as of the report).
