Visiting Artist On Friday, April 26th, the Margaritas Visiting Artist Program came to Memorial School to present a live weaving demonstration to all second graders in MSAD 15. The artist, Porfirio Gutierrez, was born and raised in Oaxaca, Mexico. Mr. Gutierrez was raised in a family of Zapotec Weavers where he learned his craft. All [...]
The GNG Patriots had no answers for the first place York High School Wildcats as the visitors put a 14-1 whooping on the home team at Patriots Place Field. Junior Matt Johnson, in his first varsity start, held the Wildcats pretty much in check for the first three innings as York held to a slim [...]
On Thursday, May 2nd, Memorial School hosted a Spring Family Night! This was a very exciting and (jam-packed!) evening of events. The evening included an Art Show, literacy and math displays, our spring Book Fair, information on Response-to-Intervention, and many dinosaur-themed activities (including a dinosaur or two roaming the halls of Memorial School!). We also had information available for parents [...]
Sophomore Wyatt Kenney, in his first varsity mound appearance, threw a masterful complete game as the Patriots rebounded from yesterday’s 13-1 loss to defeat Wayneflete School 3-2 in Portland. The young right hander showed a lot of poise as he pitched out of several jams for his first career win. In the second inning he [...]
The Patriots opened their 2019 season with a thrilling 3-2 win over rival Poland Regional in a game that seesawed back and forth for ten innings. With one out in the bottom of the tenth and the score locked at two runs apiece, senior co-captain Nick McCann ripped a standup double to left, and after [...]
The Lake Region Lakers came to town and handed the Gray-New Gloucester Patriots their first loss of the season by a lopsided margin of 13-1. Sophomore starter Connor Saunders, in his first varsity start, shook off some first inning jitters in which the Lakers built a quick 4-0 lead to retire the sides in the [...]
March is Disability Awareness month, and the Hop-A-Thon is a nice way to talk about how everybody is different and nobody is perfect. In physical education class, students read a book called "Everybody is Different and Nobody is Perfect". This prompted a discussion around how everybody can do something and nobody can do everything. Following [...]
“I’m a Real Artist Now!” Over the past several weeks, Kindergarten students have been making pinch pots in art class with Miss K. Students had to plan their designs and then chose colors for the inside and the outside of their pinch pots. Students spend time learning about various colors and by making their choices [...]
Blast From The Past Over the last several weeks second grade students have been researching and writing about famous historical people. Students eagerly dove into the study of biography books specifically learning how to use all of the unique text features and to locate interesting people from history. Students have been reading biographies and searching [...]