Happy Bus Driver/Crossing Guard Appreciation Week! We love our bus drivers and crossing guards. This week, we celebrate all that they do for our students to keep them safe.
We had an amazing group of sixth graders join us at Congin today for Unity Day! These students helped out by cleaning up the outside of Congin!
Check out these first grade cougar artists! Ms. Armstrong had students do a guided art project where they created fall birch trees. Pretty impressive!
Our cougars had a Fire Prevention and 911 information session with some local firefighters. The students learned a lot about safety and got to see firefighters in action!
Take a look at Mrs. Morowski’s kindergarten cougars! As a class, students read “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn, and then students made puppets to retell the story!
Hat Day to celebrate our work with Respect! Check out all of these awesome cougars sporting their hats!
Did you know that we do video announcements each day? All classrooms get on a Google Meet link and watch a live video of announcements. Mr. Bisson goes into classrooms and does the announcements with one student until all of the students have had a chance to co-anchor, and then he moves on to another classroom. Our announcements consist of the Pledge of Allegiance, our daily mantra, the weather, any news, and we end our time with some jokes to start our day. This is a great way to build and maintain our strong Congin Cougar community! Check out these cougars from Mrs. Pecoraro’s 4th grade class doing the announcements!
Look at all of these responsible cougars! Students are earning responsibility apples at home, at school, and on the bus! We are off to a great start!
More pictures of our responsibility assembly!
In Mrs. Beliveau’s class, students read “Mad Is Not Bad” by Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen. Students learned that it is okay to be mad and they learned how to resolve conflict productively. Take a look at these creations!
Take a look at these cougars who earned a lunch bunch with Mrs. Armstrong and her intern Ms. Conlogue! Students get to earn these lunches by following directions and by being great cougar role models.
Our Cougars are still focusing on respect this month and they are doing a great job earning their rays of respect. Check out these bulletin boards around our school to remind our students of respect. Mrs. Wellman created one with examples of how students can be respectful, and Mrs. Powers created one about respecting people’s names. These are great reminders for staff and students about respect as we continue this theme for this month.
Check out Mrs. Walls's 1st grade cougars! These students read "Elmer" as a class. Elmer is an elephant who has different colors than other elephants, and he learns that being different is okay! The students then created their own versions of Elmer!
We love Westbrook Schools, especially Congin School!
Did you know that at Congin, we have morning meetings in each class? This is a great way for teachers to build a classroom community. Morning meetings can include greetings, share time, a learning component, etc. Take a look at these morning meetings in action. In Ms. Bertino’s class, students greeted each other and then discussed words that are synomyms. In Mrs. Lappin’s class, students participated in an interactive read aloud! And in Ms. Doherty’s class, the students discussed expectations around the school and made a plan for the day!
The Portland Elks Lodge 188 came to Congin and delivered donations of school supplies, snacks, mittens, and recess toys to support our staff and students. Thank you Portland Elks Lodge!
Where is Mr. Bisson?! Mrs. Rounds’s third grade cougars were using their inferential skills to figure out where Mr. Bisson ended up! Check out the students in action.
More pictures from our Respect Assembly!
Check out these Congin Cougars as they settle into the school year! Our kindergarten cougars joined us today, and everyone is back at school and ready to learn.
Please read the Back to School special edition of the Westbrook Schools newsletter. See you when school begins next week!
https://westbrooksdme.edurooms.com/engage/westbrook-school-department/newsletters/back-to-school-2024
