Hall-Dale Elementary School

Hall-Dale Elementary School is the PK-5 school in Hallowell, Maine. We hope you find all the information you need on our web site. Contact us if you have any unanswered search. Hallowell is part of the Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KIDS) Regional School Unit (RSU) 2, which joins the towns of Dresden, Farmingdale, Hallowell, Monmouth, and Richmond.

In preparation for next fall RSU #2 is pre-registering students for September 2012 Four Year Old Class and Kindergarten.  To be eligible for the four year old program, a child needs to turn four (4) years old on or before October 15, 2012.  To be eligible for Kindergarten, a child needs to turn five (5) years old on or before October 15, 2012, and live in Hallowell or Farmingdale.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EITHER PROGRAM, PLEASE CALL THE HALL-DALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OFFICE AT 623-8677.  THE SCHOOL OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM.

Title I students set and practice goals based on their Fountas & Pinnell LLI lessons and MTs.

On April 23rd, iPad training was conducted for Hall-Dale Elementary. Each classroom received 2 iPads for student use along with a number of apps focused on math, reading, spelling and grammar.

HallDale Faculty iPad training from RSU2 Videos on Vimeo.

At the end of April, the HDES second graders had a couple of combined music and physical education classes.  Mr. Viselli and Mrs. McGuire helped them to learn some Canadian folk dances.  They were all circle dances, working toward meeting the music learning targets of learning line or circle dances, moving to a beat, and remembering rhythmic movement patterns.  The learning targets specific to PE are locomotor movements of skipping and galloping, teamwork and direction following.  The 5-2-1-0 program that they studied in health classes also recommends one hour or more of physical activity per day.  Folk dancing is a wonderful way to combine music with physical activity for a healthy lifestyle.

Who Can Play? Hall-Dale Youth Soccer is open to children who are 5 years of age or older before October 15, 2012 or are entering Kindergarten through Grade 6 in the Fall of 2012 and who live in Farmingdale, Hallowell, or Dresden.

Register by Mail:  HDYS_Registration_2012.pdf

Send completed registration forms along with fees to:
Hall-Dale Youth Soccer, c/o PO Box 68, Hallowell, ME 04347

Please read all the news in the latest issue of the HDES Newsletter:

Thoughts from the Principal
Special Announcements
News from the Classrooms
Walking School Bus
Calendar
Hall-Dale Summer Recreation Newsletter

April_2012.pdf

Please click the menu for a larger view or download the PDF for a full view: menu_HDES_May2012.pdf

Grade 5 student, Austin Stebbins, shares his persuasive writing piece on “chewing gum in school!”  Austin
shared, ” I really enjoyed interviewing Mr. Folsom to get his thoughts on chewing gum in school and sharing
some of my thoughts for this project.”  Having the choice to pick his topic was also exciting.  Austin received
a 4 on his assignment.  This assignment was part of the Grade 5 ELA Measurement Topics curriculum.

Pre K student Julia Nott was a random winner of a bus ride to school! HDES recently completed a very successful read-a-thon fundraiser and many stduents were reocgnized for their efforts.  Julia, mom Carolyn, and dad Kenneth enjoyed their ride to school. Hallowell Fire Dept. Chaplain Peter Inchcombe was the host driver.

This photo represents grade 2 Measurement Topics!  The bulletin board display reflects the curriculum in grade 2 and students can graph their learning progress as they demonstrate proficiency to the teacher.