Enjoy this video tour update of the new school addition along with a look at the modular classrooms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtzT5ABthg&feature=youtu.be
The Yarmouth school nurse team held an outdoor flu clinic for students and their families on October 3rd in partnership with Northern Light Home Health and Hospice. This was a drive up clinic and the weather was perfect. 590 individuals were vaccinated in one morning at Rowe School! Thank you to our fabulous volunteers Daniela Pinto, Kim Tyau, Jennifer Charrette and Sophie Herr - we couldn't have done it without them!
Check out the opening of a time capsule from 1968 at our community meeting this morning!
https://www.loom.com/share/45748b364a26496db0f2ccc46b095cb3
Over the past week, students have been signing their name on two of the construction beams that will be part of the new school. Their names will live on inside the building for many years!
The Yarmouth Student Coronavirus Art Showcase has begun! Please remember that artwork will be collected through 5/22 and all participants will be entered into a raffle for gift cards to Island Treasure Toys, Royal River Books, Handy's and Otto's.
Thank you to PTO for a delicious Teacher Appreciation Luncheon!
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Gr. 3 teachers and students led an awesome October Community Meeting today! Pumpkin decorated book characters by each class and the monster mash were enjoyed by all- even Steamer! #yeslearns
Thank you to the PTO for another delicious Teacher Appreciation Lunch! #yeslearns #ourptoisthebest
On a rainy morning, this small but hearty group showed up to walk with Mr. Abbott and Mr. Gleason for National Walk To School Day 2019! The YES Walking School Bus had a smooth ride! #yeslearns #walkingschoolbus
Reminder: School Picture Day is Thursday, September 26th!
Look who has a birthday today! Have a special day Ms. Agell! #yeslearns #birthdaygirl
Yarmouth bus driver Mr. Boucher and YES teachers are reviewing bus expectations and safety procedures this morning. Great job! #yeslearns #bussafety
Teachers and students reviewing playground expectations this morning! #yeslearns #playgroundsafetyandfun
Thank you to our staff, students and families for such a terrific meet and greet this morning! We look forward to seeing all of our students on Tuesday. #yeslearns #backtoschoolfun
A huge thank you to our school department, YCS and PTO for supporting our new playground equipment. It will be ready for action next week! #yeslearns #ourplaygroundisawesome
What a fantastic three days of team building and inservice professional development at YES! WE HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF! #yeslearns #greatyearahead
What a great turnout for our New Student Pizza Party on Thursday! We wish all of our new students and families a warm welcome to YES! #yeslearns #welcometoyarmouth
Check out our own Ruby Anderson in a Sunday news clip about her upcoming trip to D.C. to testify about T1 Diabetes in front of Congress.
She's amazing!!
https://wgme.com/news/local/yarmouth-girl-with-type-one-diabetes-will-testify-before-congress
Have a great summer! #yeslearns #happylastdayl
What a fantastic Field Day this afternoon! Thank you to our PTO and parent volunteers for their work and support to make this event such a success. #yeslearns #fieldday2019 #wehaveawesomeparents
It's Gr. 4 to 5 step up day at HMS! Thank you to the fifth grade team for making the students feel so welcome and excited about next year! #yeslearns #movingonup
Innovation and content creation was in action this morning for Ms. Smith's second graders! Mrs. Wolinsky introduced "Lego Wedo" to them. We could have some future engineers and coders in this group! #yeslearns
Chewonki has been visiting this week with Grade 2 learning about sea animals and marine ecosystems. Lots of fun! #yeslearns #chewonki
What a turnout for our annual grandparent/special friends day! #yeslearns #weloveourgrandparents #ittakesavillage
Thank you to Katie Coppens, science teacher and writer, for visiting with our third graders! #yeslearns
YES Chorus and Orff treated students to an encore performance this morning! #yeslearns #evenbetterthesecondtime
Our fourth graders played and sang the roof off last night at our spring concert! #yeslearns #hardworkpaysoff #proudprincipal
Thank you to PTO for an amazing luncheon today! We really appreciated the delicious food! #yeslearns #ourparentsareawesome
The "Kids Heart Challenge" has been going strong in the gym all week! #yeslearns #kidsheartchallenge2019
YES is excited to welcome author/illustrator Kevin Hawkes today! #yeslearns #kevinhawkes #funfridaylearning
Over 100 students at YES rode their bikes to school this morning. What a bike train! Thanks to Mr. Abbott and the parent volunteers for their support. #yeslearns #biketoschoolday
Officer Amie Rapa from the Yarmouth PD stopped by to give us some bike safety reminders! #yeslearns #yarmouthpdcares
Congratulations to our fourth grade as they release their "baby" salmon in New Gloucester! #yeslearns #learnbydoing
Today is National Lunch Lady "Superhero" Day! Thank you to our YES kitchen staff for all their great work! #yeslearns #lunchladiesrule
Thank you to Erik Street and Yarmouth Public Works, for spending time with our second graders today! #yeslearns #yarmouthpublicworks
4th Grader Ellis Graham and his original creation, 'Zentangled Shoes", represented YES at the 25th Annual Youth Art Month celebration at the Portland Museum of Art. Congratulations Ellis! #yeslearns#talentedyesartist
March Mammal Madness is back at YES! #yeslearns#lifescienceisfun#marchmammalmadness
Kirsten Underwood of Maine Dep. of Fish & Wildlife spent time with our Gr. 4 students today and taught them about the life of a salmon how to survey a river. Very cool! #yeslearns#yessalmonproject2019
Mrs. Bullard's fourth graders made quite an impact with their "blizzard bags". Thank you to Mrs. Post and parents for organizing this! #yeslearns#caring
The third grade country presentations have begun! Bring your passport to school this week! #yeslearns
Steamer joined us at YES today for our sock drive and "Wacky Sock Day"! Thank you Gr. 2 teachers for leading this! #yeslearns#helpingothers
Thank you to PTO for such a wonderful staff appreciation luncheon today! What a treat! #yeslearns #yarmouthptorocks #lunchtreat
In just two years, YES has raised $2,319.00 to help others through our involvement in the "World of Change"! #yeslearns#yescares#worldofchange
Happy Holidays from YES! See you in 2019! #yeslearns#happyholidays
Orff ensemble has joined the fun!
The YES winter concert has begun! #yeslearns#holidayfun#talented singers
The Hour of Code week has begun! #yeslearns#hourodcode
Say hello to our YES Principal for the day Mr. Ian Ferguson! #yeslearns#megleasonnowassistantprncipal
Happy Thanksgiving from Yarmouth Elementary School!#yeslearns#happythanksgiving
Congratulations to our YEF grant winners! Mindfulness practices, balance challenges, and a new STEAM maker space are now going to be at YES. Thank you to YEF for all your continued support! #yeslearns#yarmoutheducationfoundation#innovation
YES is happy to welcome back Matt Hoidal from World of Change today!#yeslearns #worldofchange #kindnessmatters
"Blue"berry muffins and coffee for our "blue" ribbon staff this morning!#yeslearns#amazingstaff
We were proud to represent Yarmouth and accept the National Blue Ribbon Award! #yeslearns #nbrs2018
Live from Washington, D.C. Congratulations to staff and students at YES, a National Blue Ribbon School.
https://youtu.be/QGILl870myw
Happy Voting Day! #yeslearns #votingday
Second grade art field work at Bowdoin College today. Nice work Mrs. Higgison, Mrs. Agell and second graders! #yeslearns #artisawesome
Thank you to our third grade for leading a "spook-tacular" October community meeting! #yeslearns #monstermash
The pumpkins are beginning to emerge! #yeslearns #readingfun #octoberfun
The 2018 Book Fair has begun! #yeslearns #bookfair #happyreaders
Thank you to the Cromwell Center for your work with our students today! #yeslearns#cromwellcenter #compassion
NO SCHOOL TUESDAY 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.
TWO HOUR DELAY TODAY
Good morning:
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.
Thank you,
Andrew Dolloff, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools
The YES Walking School Bus was ready for action at 8:00 this morning! Thanks Mr. Abbott! #yeslearns #walkingschoolbus
Mr. Abbott and Ms. Frame's class led Mrs. Wetmore's class in some hexaflexagon construction this afternoon! #yeslearns #learningisfun #empoweringstudents
Chef Frome returned to YES today and hosted another book tasting for third graders. The books were delicious! #yeslearns #lovetoread #creativeteachers
Thank you to the Yarmouth Fire Department for their visit today and for sharing fire prevention tips with our students! #yeslearns #firespreventionweek
Yarmouth Elementary School is proud to be named a Blue Ribbon School for 2018! See our full website or go to https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/ for more information! #yeslearns#blueribbonschool2018
Steamer got the students "jumping" for core values at our first community meeting! #yeslearns #corevaluesfun
Our second grade scientists are learning about pollen and seeds with Mrs. Landry this week.#yeslearns #welovescience
Tom Brady wasn't available so Mr. Gleason provided some Flag Football instruction to our second graders at recess! #yeslearns #recessfun
Great turnout at grade two open house last night! #yeslearns #parentsinpartnership
Mr. C brought some musicians in to get our fourth graders excited about band!#yeslearns #bandisawesome
Mrs. Higgison helps students post "dots" that share their hopes and dreams for this year! #yeslearns #hopesanddreams
Look who got a surprise gift! Congratulations on the start of your 30th year at YES Mrs. Clark! #yeslearns
YES staff and students worked together on recess expectations this morning! #yeslearns#safeandfunplayground
Our YES staff has had two terrific days of preparation, professional development and team building! Looking forward to seeing students and families this morning! #yeslearns#loveourstudents
Happy August! The start of school is just around the corner. Here are a few upcoming important dates on the YES calendar: Thursday, August 23rd: New Student Pizza Party 11:30 a.m- 1:00 p.m Thursday, August 30th: Drop- in "Meet and Greet" for all grades 2-4 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 4th: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Thursday, September 13th: Grade 2 Open House 6:00 p.m. Thursday, September 20th: Grade 3 & 4 Open House 6:00 p.m.
What gorgeous weather for the 2018 YES Field Day! Special thanks to Jessica Smith, Andrea Connor and our parent volunteers for making this happen! #yeslearns #fielddayfun
YES is so excited to have Mr. and Mrs. Fish visit our second graders again this year! #yeslearns #mrandmrsfish #funlearning
We are happy to welcome back the Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness. #yeslearns #cromwellcenter
Our second graders are spending some time with Chewonki today learning about tide pool life with actual sea creatures! #yeslearns #chewonki
What a special day at YES today as we celebrated our grandparents and family friends! #yeslearns #weloveourfamilies #grandparentsrule
YES welcomed author Kevin Hawkes today. Thank you for spending the day with our students! #yeslearns #kevinhawkes
The YES bike train on the move this morning! #yeslearns #biketoschoolday
Our second graders are getting some road safety tips from Yarmouth Public Works today. Thank you to Erik Street! #yeslearns #yarmouthcares
By the looks of the parking lot the "2018 Bike Train" was a huge success today! Thanks to all the chaperones! #yeslearns #biketoschoolday
Band, Chorus and Orff Ensemble blew the audience away last night at the YES Spring Concert! Congratulations and thank you Mrs. Troy and Mr. Ciechomoski!
Mrs. Wetmore and Mrs. Wentworth held a "Mystery Skype" with students at the Pentagon School in Brazil! #yeslearns #mysteryskype
It's the fourth grade salmon project release day! Great work by our students and teachers. Thank you again to YEF for their support of this authentic learning experience! #yeslearns #yarmoutheducationfoundation
3-D printing is up and running in third grade this week. Thank you YEF! #yeslearns #3Dprinting #yarmoutheducationfoundation
Thank you to our parents and the PTO for sponsoring a breakfast feast this morning! #feelingappreciated #supportixeparents
What a wonderful surprise this morning! Thank you Nini Emmons and HMS students! #staffappreciation #happytechers
We love pur YES teachers! #yeslearns #staffappreciation
Happy Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week!
Students were moving, grooving and having fun at communiy meeting for All Students Exercise Simaltaneously (ACES)Day! #yeslearns #acesday
Happy Superhero Lunch Day! Thanks for all you do! #yeslearns #lunchladiesrule
Mrs. Troy had the chorus stretch their voices outside today. They sounded amazing! #yeslearn
Amazing drumming in second grade today! #yeslearns
Third grade students joined the Earth Day cleanuo today! Look at that cleanup crew! #yeslearns #earthdayfun
Earth Day teamwork by our second graders at recess this week! Thank you for making a difference! #yeslearns #earthday
Congratulations to our YES education foundation winners! We will now have a 3-D printer and classroom sets of binoculars for our students. Thank you YEF for all your support! # yeslearns # innovation
Congratulations to Ms. Pachuta, Yarnouth Education Foundation Teacher of the Year! #yeslearns #proudteacher
Spirit Week is April 2-6!
Monday: Inside Out Day – wear your clothes inside out!
Tuesday: Yarmouth Pride Day – wear your Clipper colors or gear!
Wednesday: Hat Day – wear your favorite or craziest hat!
Thursday: Rainbow Day – wear as many bright colors as you can!
Friday: Beach Day – wear your best beach attire (no bathing suits please)!
YGT K-4 encore performance this afternoon! Great to have Rowe School with us at YES! #yeslearns
Great presentation by Mrs. Wolinsky, Owen Advani, Josh Webber and Sally McGrath at the school committee meeting last night! #yeslearns #empoweringstudents
K-4 teachers had a collegial professional development experience sharing and learning about technology practices Monday. #yeslearns #empowerment
Exciting presentation by US Fish and Wildlife & the Passamaquoddy tribe today. Our 4th graders are becoming Salmon experts! #yeslearns
Read Across America Day was amazing! Happy Birthday Dr. Suess! #yeslearns
Y.E.S. 4th graders participated in an Otto Pizza box design challenge. We celebrated with some Otto pizza! Thank you Otto Pizza for helping us make our celebrations yummy and memorable!
Happy Valentine's Day from YES!
Happy Valentine's Day from YES!
Grade two field work at the Bowdoin Museum of Art. Students were able to engage with original works of art! Thank you Mrs. Higgison and Mrs. Agell! #yeslearns
Grade two field work at the Bowdoin Museum of Art. Students were able to engage with original works of art! Thank you Mrs. Higgison and Mrs. Agell! #yeslearns
Innovation hour tower building for fourth grade. Look at that teamwork! #
Dodgeball fun at PE! #yeslearns
Mrs Spencer's class is learning about the Arctic landscape! #yeslearns
What an amazing band performance! Well done Mr C and 4th grade band! #yeslearns
4th grade band is warming up and ready for action!
Grade 3 "Tour of the World" has begun! #yeslearns
Wacky Sock Day is here! #yeslearns #wackysockday
The Third Grade "Tour of the World" is starting next week! #yeslearns
Friday, January 26th is Wacky Sock Day! #yeslearns #funnysocks
This Friday night, 1/26 Circus Maine is coming to Yarmouth! Your Yarmouth K-8 PTO is still in need of bake sale donations. They need your help to make this event a success. Please copy and paste this link to sign up - http://signup.com/go/kBPfLkK.
Thank you all so much for your help with this!
What talented art work at YES! #yeslearns #cartoonfun
Volleyball fun in P.E. today! #yeslearns #volleyballfun
World of Change is in full swing at YES!
Fourth graders were structural engineers today during Innovation Hour. #yeslearns
