Fresh snow matters at the Rowe School! Hopefully we won’t lose it too quickly. #rowelearns #winterfun
YCS came to teach first graders about how to identify animal tracks in the snow. #rowelearns #communityconnections
Our January Community Meeting focused on mindfulness. We practiced deep breathing, learned about the brain and tried out some yoga poses! #rowelearns #mindfulnessforallages
We had our annual “Under the Sea” themed lunch last week. Our lunch ladies Barb, Ann, and Julie are the best! A special thanks goes out to our Nutrition Director, Blair Currier, and Mrs. Landry, our art teacher, for making this special lunch possible. #rowelearns #schoolnutrition
Rowe staff debrief with the hosting teacher after a classroom learning walk. #peerlearning #collegialconversations #continuousimprovement
First graders engage in peer editing. #rowelearns #writersworkshop
Rowe first graders learn about coding with Blue Bots.
Kindergarten made “gingerbread”
houses today. #rowelearns #familyhelpers #creativekids
The YHS chorus gifted us with their beautiful voices during first grade lunch today. #rowelearns #yhschorus
It is Pajama Day at the Rowe School! Happy holidays to all!#rowefun #holidaycheer
Kindergarten swapped classes to learn about holidays this week. Each day, students visited a different k classroom to do a holiday project. #rowelearns #learningcommunities
We had our Community Meeting this week. We learned about holidays around the world and sang some lovely holiday tunes. A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Landry and Miss Mullane for hosting! #rowelearns #celebrations
Kindergartener Kyler Smith was Rowe Principal for the day this week. He did an amazing job and performed all duties with enthusiasm and pride!#rowelearns
We shared expressions of gratitude, announced the amazing results of our recent food drive, and were led in song by our very own Mrs. Turkey Bird at this month’s Community Meeting. #rowelearns #communitymatters
Happy teachers and children after the announcement of the YEF grant recipients! This grant funding will allow for expansion of STEM practices at Rowe. We are so grateful for the support of @yef_maine #rowelearns #enrichment #earlyengineering
Volunteer extraordinaire Mr. Urban gave Ms. Berry’s class a ukulele lesson today. #rowelearns #musiclessons
Our Rowe School voting results were 168 for the Ten Spin (similar to a merry-go-round) and 40 for funnel ball. A special thanks goes out to Ms. Berry, one of our first grade teachers, who came up with the idea of having the children vote! Our wonderful PTO group has made this addition to our playground possible. #rowelearns
School Bonds Approved: Thank you voters, for approving expansion of all four Yarmouth Schools. The real work begins now!
Rowe students voted on their preferred piece of new playground equipment. #rowelearns #citizenship
Kindergarten children share their enthusiasm for writing en masse to the delight of first grade friends and Rowe staff.
First graders learn about and meet some amazing owls today! #rowelearns #chewonkifoundation
Kindergarten students learned about bats from the Chewonki Foundation today. #rowelearns #chewonkifoundation
First grade readers and writers!#rowelearns #workshopmodel
First and 7th graders replenished the tulip bulbs in the rainbow garden in front of Rowe School this week. The garden was originally planted when the current 7th graders were first graders! This was truly an amazing event for all involved. A special thanks goes out to parent volunteer Amy Sinclair who headed up this project 6 years ago and again yesterday for our students.
Rowe School Community meeting. We sang our school song, read a few poems and heard about teacher’s favorite fall activities. #rowelearns #buildingschoolculture
Power outages continue throughout town, including all four schools, and power lines are down on West Elm Street. Therefore, school is cancelled in Yarmouth for Tuesday, October 16.
Due to power outages throughout Yarmouth, there will be a two hour delay to the start of school today, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16. If power is not restored, we will have to cancel school for the day. That decision will be made by 7:30 a.m. This message will be updated at that time.
First grade carrot harvesting and observations
First graders record observations during carrot harvesting. These same students planted the carrots last spring as kindergarteners. The haul was bountiful- 34 lbs! #rowelearns #firstgradescientists
First grade students learn what reduce, reuse and recycle truly mean. #rowelearns #ecomaine
Rowe teachers learning and collaborating in preparation for a new school year. We are so excited to welcome our Kindergarten and first grade children next week!
Intertidal buffet for kindergarten with “Coastal Carol” Steingart. This is part of our ocean study unit. #rowelearns #coastalcarol
Kindergarten contra dancing event with 317 Main and Ms. Townsend, Rowe music teacher. All kindergarten and first grade classes took part during their scheduled music classes on May 21st and 22nd. #rowelearns #317main #communitypartners
Arbor Day celebration for kindergarten in partnership with YCS #rowelearns #communityconnections #ycs
Rowe School first graders Samantha Smaha and Adam Duarte presented on mindfulness practices to the Yarmouth School Committee on May 10th. We are so proud of the amazing job they did!
Kindergarten and first grade students celebrate spring, poetry, and songs at our April Community meeting.
Rowe Show, starring Rowe School first graders at the YPAC on April 11, 2018
Kindergarten students tried out some robots thanks to Yarmouth High School teacher Paul Lamson-Laplume and his assistant, Harry.
Kindergartener Eloisa Anderson's design was chosen by Yarmouth Community Services for the 2018 Arbor Day t-shirt! Eloisa’s drawing was selected from over 100 entries. Congratulations to Eloisa and her family!
Our March Community meeting was focused on mindfulness practices the children learned about with Erica Marcus, visiting mindfulness educator. #rowelearns #wisemindsbighearts
Maine author Lynn Plourde visited the Rowe school on March 21st. Children learned about the action and language patterns found in many stories. #rowelearns #weareallauthors
First graders learn about identifying animal tracks in the snow #rowelearns #ycs #communityconnections
Rowe kindergartners experiment with light. #rowelearns #scienceinaction
Community meeting for the 100th Day of School and Valentines Day! Mr. Lipman, our gym teacher extraordinaire, led us in 10 repetitions of 10 exercises. #rowelearns #rowecelebrates #numeracy
Our “Under the Sea” lunch was a huge hit! We would like to thank our school nutrition staff and our talented art teacher, Mrs. Landry for their help in making this possible! #rowefun #schoollunchrocks
First graders program Blue-Bots.
#rowelearns #yef
