RSU 56 Monthly Newsletter

DHS December Student of the Month: Abby Therriault

Pam Doyen (Principal/Superintendent), Phillip Therriault (father), Abigail Therriault, Lynne Therriault (mother), Linda Hamel (grandmother), Wayne Hamel (grandfather), Nick Karavas (Assistant Principal/Athletic Director)

DHS December Classroom Award winners

Grace Robbins, Jaycie Holmquist, Trenton Hutchinson, Ottilio Gonzales, Bode Gray, Tanner Bradeen, Nathaniel Wainwright, Alexis Cote, Dakota Tompkins, Sarah Macomber, Zachariah Webster, Lana Waite, Noah Burnham, Sophia Archer, Gavin Micks, Amelia Mallet, Isaiah Campbell, Lilah Tyler, Mitchell Giberson, Martina Fernandez Ayora, Abigail Therriault, Alyssa McLean

DHS Custodial Staff were honored at the January assembly. Shawn Webster, Linda Hamel, Scott White, Randy Hamlin, Tom Kelly, and Pam Doyen (Superintendent/Principal)

Congratulations to the Speech and Debate Team for a fine performance at the Maine State Championship in Bangor on Saturday, January 21. Junbei Chen finished 5th in Oral Interpretation of Literature; Daisy Sweatt finished 4th in JV Debate while Jocelynn Ridley finished 2nd. The team also earned a 5th place Team trophy in Debate at the largest live tournament of the year.

TWKDMS is a "family" school. Pictured here are three parents (all TWKDMS employees) with their kid (either a TWKDMS employee or a regular substitute). Not pictured, we have two other staff who are married, another staff with a spouse that subs, another parent teacher/child sub combo, and another parent/child employee combo. Some days Mr. Long feels like the only employee without a relative!

8th Grade Parents Mary Ann Boyle and Tasha Chapman seen getting ready for 8th grade recognition night for the TWKDMS Girls Basketball team. Our PTO also earned well over $1000 selling concessions for middle school basketball games this season - thank you to our PTO parents, especially Jana, Sara, Crystal, Darcy, Shay, Jessica, and Christine (and anyone else I forgot to mention).

Congratulations to the Speech and Debate team for a fine finish at the last regular season tournament at Cape Elizabeth on Saturday, January 28. Junbei finished 4th in Oral Interpretation of Literature. Jocelynn finished 3rd and Daisy finished 2nd in their debate category. Adrianna was home from Swarthmore to help out.

RSU 56 is proud to offer a monthly newsletter to showcase happenings across our district. The monthly newsletter will come out at the end of each month.

RSU 56 has three buildings: Dirigo Elementary School for grades PreK-5; TWK Dirigo Middle School for grades 6-8; Dirigo High School for grades 9-12.

Email: pdoyen@rsu56.org
Website: www.rsu56.org
Location: 147 Weld Street, Dixfield, ME, USA
Phone: 2075624300
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