Dear friends,
Please know that the Westbrook Schools are aware of the horrific events in Lewiston this evening. I have been in communication with the Westbrook Police all evening and will continue to monitor the situation. The suspect is still at large, armed, and dangerous. I will provide more information in the morning if this tragedy will impact school and how we will be ready to support students and staff in the coming days
Take care, and please join me in keeping the people of Lewiston in your thoughts and prayers.
Peter Lancia, Superintendent of Schools
For the month of October, we have been focusing on the theme of responsibility. Each classroom is provided with a responsibility card with each letter being in a bubble. Whenever teachers catch their classes being responsible, the class can color in a letter bubble. When students complete a card, they bring it to the office, and it gets announced on morning announcements. We challenged classrooms to turn in 3 responsibility cards by the end of the month.
Mrs. Lappin's first grade class not only was the first class to turn in 3 responsibility cards, but they have already turned in 4 cards! These are some pretty responsible cougars!
Come work in Westbrook! Please consider coming to our job fair on October 27 from 9-12 and November 3 from 12-3!
Meet our Congin Cougar SEL Team! From left to right: Chris Woolworth (School Counselor), Kevin Dowling (Alternative Ed), and Mary Richardson (Social Worker).
Congin staff had an impromptu Barbie Day! Check out those outfits!
Our 3rd Grade Congin Cougar Team! From left to right: Jen Bertino, Lindsay Rounds, and Mary-Ellen Doherty.
Every week, students participate in lessons and activities called "U-Times" which helps to promote social and emotional skills in the classroom. Check out Ms. Doherty's third grade class who learned about kindness and created kindness glasses!
Our amazing second grade team! From left to right: Katlyn Preston, Vanessa Kinslow, Kelly Townsend, and Madi Dudley!
Glow Dance Party! Since we earned 779 spots of respect last month, our Congin Cougars got to participate in a glow dance party where they got glow sticks and were able to enjoy some time dancing in the gym. Students had a great time!
Congin Cougars are responsible! Today we had an assembly where students celebrated our work with respect for the month of September. Our goal was 500 spots of respect and students earned 779 spots! Students will be able to participate in a glow dance party sometime next week as a reward.
We then rolled out our new theme of responsibility. We discussed what responsibility looks like and sounds like, and students have a new challenge around acts of responsibility.
Lastly, check out all of the red for Wear Red for Respect Day! We are so proud of our cougars!
Ms. Armstrong's first grade class has had some older cougars coming in to do some guest reading! Check them out!
Meet our fantastic 1st grade team! From left to right: Ms. Jackson, Mrs. Walls, Mrs. Lappin, and Ms. Armstrong!
Mrs. Walls's 1st Grade class has been learning about the life-cycle of caterpillars. They have chrysalises in their classroom and 3 monarchs have been hatched already, with one more waiting to hatch.
Ms. Jackson's first grade class learning about phonics! Students expanded on what they know about vowels and digraphs and then participated in a song where they used each student's name to reinforce phonics skills that they are learning.
Meet our amazing kindergarten cougar team!
From left to right: Celina Marden, Josh Galvin, Kayla Downing, and Melissa Morowski.
Congin Cougars love to read! Check out Mrs. Lappin's 1st grade class practicing their buddy reading outside. Students follow the acronym: EEKK which stands for "elbow to elbow, knee to knee."
Our theme for the month of September is "Respect." We kicked off our theme of respect at an assembly at the beginning of the month, and students are now earning "Little Spots of Respect." Whenever a student is caught being respectful, they earn a spot to put on a poster throughout our school. Our goal is to have 500 spots of respect by the end of the month. As of now, we have 378 acts of respect!
Meet our Den Ambassadors for the 2023 school year!
Den Ambassadors are a group of 4th grade students who help support Congin's school and visitors. Each week they will meet with Mr. Bisson during lunch to plan out monthly assemblies, school functions and school themes.
In order to become Den Ambassadors, students had to fill out an application, provide a reference from an adult, and interview with Mr. Bisson! These students came with great ideas to make Congin a better place, and we look forward to seeing all of the work that they do this year!
Congin Cougars are artists! For the month of September, students are learning about the element of lines with the theme of building and architecture from around the world. Here is what each grade level is learning:
Kindergarten: Line Identification and Exploration (creative expression)
1st Grade: Line Identification and Exploration (buildings)
2nd Grade: Line and Shape Identification (mapping and homes)
3rd Grade: Line and Shape Identification (mapping, place, and world geography)
4th Grade: Line and Shape Identification / Drawing from Observation (mapping. place, and world geography through the study of architecture and building design
Check out these kindergarten Cougars from Mrs. Morowski's class. The students read "A Little Respectful Spot" by Diane Alder and then the class discussed ways that they could be kind. Students then created a craft to remind themselves to "BEE Kind!"
