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Welcome to MSAD16 - Hall-Dale School District

Welcome to the new M.S.A.D #16 (Hall-Dale) webpage.  Please visit our website regularly for information about our district which serves students in Hallowell, Farmingdale and tuition students from Dresden and other surrounding communities. Please visit our school links to learn more about our schools and activities.

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NEWS FLASH- New England Secondary School Consortium

AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER)—Governor Baldacci and Maine’s Education Commissioner announced a $1 million grant Monday to create the New England Secondary School Consortium. Maine will partner with Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Experts say in the 21st century the high school experience has to reach beyond the classroom. The goal of the New England Secondary School Consortium is to increase high school graduation rates, decrease the rate of drop outs and encourage more kids to go to college. And make sure they’re better prepared when they get there.
They say the same applies to students going directly into the workforce.
“At no other time in the course of our education history have the tools and skills required to be successful in the marketplace as well as in schools been so similar,” says Mark Kosten of the Great Schools Partnership.
The states will pinpoint cutting edge programs already part of the curriculum in some schools. They’ll also identify other progressive learning tools--from challenging internships to virtual learning.
The grant for the Consortium is from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
NEWS CENTER

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Parent Portal Login Procedure FAQ

This tutorial will walk parents and guardians through the simple process of creating a portal account on our Infinite Campus student information system (SIS).

First, you should have gotten a letter with your initial access code.  You will need this code to identify you within the system so you can complete the registration process.

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Google Street View of Hallowell

We have arrived!
Google streetview has mapped/photographed Hallowell/Farmingdale:

View Larger Map

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KIDS RSU Honored by the Maine DOE

The KIDS RSU (Kennebec Intra-District Schools Regional School Unit), Hall-Dale School District and the towns of Hallowell, Farmingdale, Monmouth, Richmond and Dresden were honored today by the Maine Department of Education for being the first successful consolidated district under the school consolidation law.

DOE Commissioner Susan Gendron was present to award the KIDS Regional Planning Committee and each town with a plaque thanking us for our very successful efforts to improve education while reducing education costs.  Commissioner Gendron even brought a cake!  Congratulations to the RPC members, school board members and the voters.

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Board Approves Standards-Based Reporting K-8

Last night, the School Board approved a motion to use standards-based grading and reporting at the middle school grades 6-8 beginning this fall 2008.  They approved the initiation of standards-based grading in grade 9 for fall 2009.  The motion also approved the creation of an “Implementation Team” consisting of some administrators, teachers, parents, and students to focus on developing timelines and answering the many questions still being asked by the community. 

Thanks to so many of you at Hall-Dale who worked hard to support this initiative.  We’ve seen what it can do for kids at ES.  Now the middle school students will benefit from standards-based instruction and grading!

-Christine Chamberlain

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Never been camping?

Check out this great opportunity for families who have never been camping to register to win a Family Camping Weekend for First Time Campers at a Maine State Park.

Camping in Maine is one of the best ways to reconnect with your children and start a great tradition.
Take it Outside is an initiative led by Governor John E. Baldacci to encourage Maine’s children and families to reconnect with nature.

Click on the link below to register to win:

http://www.take-it-outside.org/

The deadline for registration is June 15th.

Renee Page, MPH, CLC
School/Youth Community Coordinator
Healthy Communities of the Capital Area
A Healthy Maine Partnership
36 Brunswick Avenue
Gardiner, ME 04345
tel. 207-588-5020
cell. 207-557-2945
fax. 207-582-5804

(Thanks Chris Chamberlain for letting us know about this!)

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Remember to Vote!

Please remember to vote on Tuesday, June 10.

School consolidation is one important question on the ballot.  Hallowell, Farmingdale, Monmouth, Richmond and Dresden have submitted a plan to consolidate into the Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KIDS).  Read more about it at www.kidsrsu.org.  If you have questions feel free to contact any consolidation committee member.  Names and contact information are listed on the web site.

Click the “Read More...” link below to read the ballot language.

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Standards-Based Grading Weblog

A weblog has been established for news and information regarding the move to standards-based grading in the Hall-Dale School District.
Likewise you can share your ideas and concerns regarding standards-based grading in the Hall-Dale Forum.

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Become an AFS host family!

“Would you like to have the cultural experience of a lifetime?  AFS, the foreign exchange organization, is looking for host families for next year.  If you would like to learn more about welcoming a student into your home, please contact Jody Bachelder at 622-6211 ext. 301 or ”

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China

Be sure to check out Mr. MacDougall’s excursion to China and his weblog commentary

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Growing Up Online

“Growing Up Online” a recently aired documentary discusses the perils and promise of living a life on-line.

... the “Frontline” franchise has never been interested in promoting panic at the expense of good reporting, and “Growing Up Online” quickly establishes itself as an even-handed look at the generation gap between teenagers who have never known life without e-mail and their parents who are all-thumbs with text messaging.

- Alan Sepinwall, The Newark Star-Ledger (N.J.)

A video well worth viewing.

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Regional Planning Committee

The Regional Planning Committee or RPChas been established to produce a plan for the consolidation of the schools in Dresden, Farmingdale, Hallowell, Monmouth and Richmond.  While everyone would agree that this represents a significant challenge, we feel that such a move could benefit our schools.

This plan will provide a framework upon which we can build a collaborative, mutually beneficial and excellent yet cost-effective school system and the very best educational environment for our children in the years to come.

Visit the RPC section of our web site here.

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Geography Awareness Week 2007

November 11-17th

Join National Geographic and Google and explore Asia!

http://www.google.com/educators/gaw2007.html

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School Consolidation Informational Meeting

for

Kennebec Inter-District Schools

Dresden, Farmingdale,
Hallowell, Monmouth
and
Richmond

at the
Monmouth Academy Cafeteria

Wednesday
November 14, 2007
7:00 PM

Refreshments will be served

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