Student council vice president Kayla Vannah presents athletic director Matt Lash with a check from the student council for $50.00 to help with the improvements of the cross country trail.
The Mulford Gallery hosted a juried photography exhibit for students ages 10-18 recently. All work was judged by professional photographers, museum directors and gallary owners. The winners in each category will have their work hung in the gallery's opening show which was held Thursday, May 23. Over 100 photographs were selected, and the following students from Medomak Valley High School won awards.
Empty Bowl Community Service Supper of Medomak Valley High School clay classes and many other students and faculty raised a whopping $1608 this year to distribute to the four local food pantries that serve the hungry the MSAD40 area. Pictured here are three of the four food pantry directors: Rev. Michael Murphy, Waldoboro; Mrs. Alma Jones, Washington, and Rich Moody of Friendship receiving donation checks. (Not pictured is Carol Watier of Come Spring Food Pantry in Union.)
MVHS Clay instructor Krisanne Baker presented checks along with students, who’s efforts of volunteerism were over and above expectations. Ms. Baker wishes to thank all those involved and everyone in the community for participating in replenishing our food banks in these times of ever increasing need.
The Basic Science students in Mr. Lash's class have completed designer birdhouses to be added to the new community handicap accessable nature trail. The upscale condos for the most sophisticated birds in town will go on the "Bird Village" section of the trail along with feeders made of lobster buoys. When the trail is completed it will have the following sections: Fairy Village, a Japanese Garden, Rhododendrons and Azaleas, wildflowers, ferns, wildland perennials, as well as a gazebo and granite sitting benches. All botanical feature will have signage to aid the public. Built around the new middle school athletic fields, it will also be available for snowshing and cross country skiing.
The winners of the French portion of this year's Philbrook Poetry Competition for Foreign Language were the following: First Place, French IV seniors Abigail D. and Hannah G.who recited à deux ; Second Place, French III junior Brenden P. Other classroom winners who participated in the competition were French IV senior Alison C. and French III junior Marc L.
Winning First Place in Spanish was Spanish III junior Rachel K., and taking Second Place were Spanish IV seniors Mitch M. and Jared M.in a tie. Other classroom winners who participated in the Spanish competition were Spanish III juniors Niki C., Jasmyn R. and Brian S.