Dresden Elementary School

Dresden Elementary School (DES) is a pre-kindergarten through fifth grade school in Dresden, Maine. The school was originally built in 1972, with an addition in 1986. Dresden Elementary has one classroom per grade from Pre-K to Grade 5. Our school also offers Special Education, Title I Reading and Math, Art, Music, P.E., and Library.

Dresden Elementary is a member of the Kennebec Intra-District Schools Regional School Unit 2 (KIDSRSU2). Our RSU2 includes the towns of Dresden, Farmingdale, Hallowell, Monmouth, and Richmond. The Central Office is located in Hallowell. The RSU2 Board of Directors Calendar contains meeting information and their meeting agendas and minutes are available.

The 2011-2012 NCLB Report Cards for Maine schools are now posted and may be accessed directly through this link:  http://www.maine.gov/education/nclb/reportcard/index.html. Here is the NCLB Report Card for our school (reports cards for other KIDS RSU2 schools are available at http://www.kidsrsu.org/):

NCLB Report for Dresden Elementary School

Please click the menu for a larger view or download the PDF for a full view: menu_DES_May12.pdf

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

May Events
Mrs. Williams’ Space
Tidbits from Title One
PTF News
State Special Olympics
Kindergarten & 4th Grade Reading Buddies

DES_Newsletter_May2012.pdf

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

April Events
Mrs. Williams’ Space
Tidbits from Title One
PTF News
Student-Centered Learning
Jeannine Brett, Author and Illustrator
Youth Art Month
Legos!
Menu and Events

News_April2012.pdf

Young learners at Dresden are working on vowel sounds to help students kindergarten through second grade meet their learning targets.

The collaborative teaching team working with the small groups is composed of kindergarten teacher Mrs. Stover, first grade teacher Mrs. Hart, and second grade teacher Mrs. Skelton. Also working with these new groupings are special education teacher Mrs. Burk, Title 1 teacher Mrs. Desmond, and educational technicians Mrs. Stilphen and Mrs. Lynch.

The seven person team each works with a small group of mixed-age learners. The students are excited to travel to a different classroom for word work that meets their specific needs.

The goal of the groupings is to help students achieve their targets, and will change as students are successful.  Teachers are energized and learning from each other as well.

Student centered learning is thriving!

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

March Events
Mrs. Williams’ Space
Tidbits from Title One
PTF News
Dresden Art Museum
Fourth Grade State Projects
Dresden Elementary Wax Museum

March2012.pdf

The More It Snows

The more it
SNOWS-tiddely-pom,
The more it
GOES-tiddely-pom
The more it
GOES-tiddely-pom
On
Snowing.

And nobody
KNOWS-tiddely-pom,
How cold me
TOES-tiddely-pom
How cold me
TOES-tiddely-pom
Are
Growing
~ A. A. Milne

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

Upcoming Events
Mrs. Williams’ Space
Educate Training for Parents
Tidbits from Title One
PTF News
Lego Mania Is Back!!
Library News
African Drummers
Ms. Wood’s Artists

Feb2012.pdf

January

In January
it’s so nice
while slipping
on the sliding ice
to sip hot chicken soup
with rice.
Sipping once
sipping twice
sipping chicken soup
with rice.
~ Maurice Sendak