News & Announcements

Maine needs all parents and caregivers to take action this school year––by taking the time to complete the confidential Meal Benefit Application through your local school, even though school meals are already free for all students. Families, schools, communities, and our state can greatly benefit from the data that is gathered from the application, and this application is important for a number of reasons.

JSMS Faculty and Staff say goodby for the summer to A group students as they leave on the last day of school 2021.

JSMS Faculty and Staff say goodby for the summer to B group students as they leave on the last day of school 2021.

Video slide show of JSMS student art from this past school year.

Students from JSMS 8th Grade celebrate the end of middle school.

6th grade orchestra students from JSMS, under the direction of Rose Underkofler, perform their Spring 2021 concert. This is the first day these students have played all together, in person this entire year.

7th and 8th grade orchestra students from JSMS, under the direction of Rose Underkofler, perform their Spring 2021 concert. Like the 6th graders, this is also the first day these students have played all together, in person this entire year.

BTI has partnered with the Opportunity Alliance and the City of Portland to bring our community a monthly webinar health series to help with the many isolation, health and behavioral health issues that we are all dealing with. Please spread the word and attend a many of them as you can. Click on the headline for full series information.

Staff and Community Covid Update 06-11-2021

Good afternoon,
Thank you for all of your patience and understanding as we navigated a hot day in the district.
We are anticipating a second school day tomorrow that will have high temperatures and a high heat index. Each of our facilities will be running all of the air handling systems overnight to bring in as much fresh air as possible. We anticipate that this will help to lower the temperatures enough so that we can hold a half day of school tomorrow.
RSU 14 students will be dismissed early tomorrow. Middle and High School students will be dismissed at 11:00. Elementary students will be dismissed at 12:00.
Due to the early dismissal, the mobile meals van for Raymond Elementary pick up will be moved to a different location. Meals can be picked up in the Jordan Small Parking Lot.
Thankfully, this appears to be the end of high temperatures that will impact school schedules. Cooler temperatures are on the horizon for Wednesday.
Chris Howell
Superintendent of Schools