On Wednesday, March 11th, eleven members of the St. John Valley Senior College visited MSSM for the day. Many of them were retired educators and had heard of the school, but had not had a chance to visit in our 25-year history. The morning began with a welcome and general discussion of MSSM by Executive Director David Pearson and Dean of Enrollment Management Alan Whittemore. Then they went on a tour of the school with some Admission Ambassadors. After joining us for lunch in the dining hall, there was a short question and answer time with four students.
On Friday, 28 February MSSM relaunched another old tradition when climatologist Victor Nouhan from the Caribou office of the National Weather Service gave a keynote address entitled "The Arctic- Past, Present, and Future."
Dolcie exemplifies the essence of commitment. During her three years as an MSSM student she has fully dedicated herself to be not only being an exemplary student, but an exceptional athlete too. Beyond the classroom and studying, she has invested hundreds of hours in training to represent our school in cross country, nordic skiing and track & field.
Last night in Presque Isle the MSSM Jazz Combo "DA!" (pronounced "Da, Factorial", of course) made history by notching an average score of 95.5 and bringing home its first-ever "Gold" rating! All three selections were very well received by the adjudicators, one of whom wrote "...I'd love to hear these at States" (stay tuned...), and soloists Isaac Atkinson, Michael Delorge,
Congratulations to MSSM VEX Robotics team 4393X for winning the All Saints VEX Robotics Qualifier at John Bapst Memorial High School on February 22nd. Not only were they on the winning alliance as tournament champions, they also set two state records, one for highest score in a qualifier match (70 points) then they beat that for highest score in a semifinals match (79).
On Friday and Saturday Feb 14th & 15th, students and two faculty members went to Phillips-Andover Academy in Massachusetts for the 2nd Annual MSSM/PAA Dark Sky Collaboration. While there, the 10 students attended an astronomy class, joined an all-school meeting, toured a gallery, took a hike on Holt Hill, and listened to a number of presentations.
French club students enjoyed French pastries from The Canterbury Royale Restaurant in Fort Fairfield. Chefs Renée and Barbara prepared a sumptuous variety of treats such as tartes aux poire with blue cheese, traditional éclairs, hand-painted
Members of Mr. Tasker and Dr. Barrans' "Learning to Love Winter in Limestone" J-Term course lead fellow Penguins in building a Quinzhee snow house and snow obelisk at the 2020 Arctic Appreciation Themed Weekend. P/C Richard Barrans.
On a warm Tuesday at the start of February all the surrounding schools traveled to Caribou High School for a 5k classic race. All the skiers went through the race with all their might and finished. For the ladies, Dolcie Tanguay finished 1st with a time of 17:47.5. Lydian Frost was next in for MSSM in 16th and then Brice Carson in 22nd. Evyn Lally was next in 26th and Maddie McCarthy in 31st.
