REMINDER: THIS EVENING! Kindergarten parents
Reading Jonathan Haidt's new book "The Anxious Generation" will immerse you in the full conversation on the impact of personal devices and social media on adolescent mental health. It is a well-regarded and well-researched text that underscores a significant debate happening in Maine, in the United States, and numerous other countries. Also be advised that NHCS follows a comprehensive and very recently updated crisis response plan explaining what we do in emergency situations. We can make this plan available to you.
There are numerous ways parents and community members can get involved with NHCS. Here are a few suggestions.
Join us for monthly in-person NHCS AMA's this upcoming school year.
Consider taking the Pledge, Wait Until 8th! Can we get at least 10 families to activate the Pledge for North Haven? The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade. Let’s protect the elementary and middle school years from the distractions and the dangers of a smartphone. Banding together helps decrease the pressure to have a phone at an early age. Ten years old is the average age children get their first smartphone. You can change this! https://www.waituntil8th.org/take-the-pledge
More information about Yondr this coming school year.
Free hunting and fishing gear swap aims to help introduce Maine kids to the outdoors
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/outdoors/maine-hunting-fishing-gear-swap-kids-free-penpbscot-county-conservation-association/97-6d61a2fe-8a00-4a60-ab3b-86b9d9ecec6a?fbclid=IwY2xjawEofXRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHT54HFjxXfy7V5o8TXbpX_sBMQcpLjkmTMT8P-wZPYb31DDK63dMxi40Lw_aem_vaD0RcW_ExrDM1kN7QCNCQ
Join us at NHCS for an incoming Kindergarten parent meeting. Is it August already?
Updates to Community Days schedule. Getting the word out! NHCS Bake Sale also happening down at the ferry terminal just prior to the parade.
Join us this Thursday for a Garlic Harvest at the NHCS garden from 9 to 11.
Check out this great apprenticeship opportunity from Educate Maine. https://careers.liveandworkinmaine.com/job/cq7cth/apprentice-shop-cabinet-maker/rockport/me/united-states?fbclid=IwY2xjawEXkUtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTBF6gLswXQaT-P8OJ7LeRLzynFTFG40BAE5JNW8w7iRxsP07iNKdtk2GA_aem_JAZeL-XPTGHw9MRIbHH5ig
NHCS is currently transitioning from a landline phone system to a VoIP system. Installation requires on-site tech support. We are about 60% completed and the job will require one additional tech visit, which we expect to occur next week. In the meantime, there may be some disruption to our incoming call traffic as new extensions are created. If you need anything, do not hesitate to reach out to Laura or Shaun via email.
Tomorrow...
Exciting week two, days three and four. Visits to Front Street Shipyard and Cider Hill Farm. Not pictured: swimming and basketball at the Y and lunch at Bell the Cat.
Week 2, Day 1 visits to Midcoast School of Technology and Lyman Morse.
Session 2 begins Monday! Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwoJ_mZQpvYJkivFlYgVEowZGqQaaKbXJUFTfxGl7zOacPUw/viewform
We had a great Week One of our inaugural Summer Exploration at NHCS. There's still time to sign up for Session Two, which starts on the 22nd. Use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwoJ_mZQpvYJkivFlYgVEowZGqQaaKbXJUFTfxGl7zOacPUw/viewform
Live demo and activities from EcoMaine today at about 11AM, here at the school. All elementary and middle school aged kids are welcome to join us.
College is really all about the meal plan, folks.
Great tour of Robbins Lumber today. We stepped into the kiln briefly and the heat was intense at about 130 degrees!
