Wiscasset School Department honors students, teachers

Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:00am
Wiscasset Elementary School third graders, from left, Justine Marshall, cousin Olivia Marshall and Dante George listen as WES Principal Mona Schlein introduces them and, behind the students, from left, technology integrator Christina McCue and teacher Diane Sturgeon at the May 25 School Committee meeting in the Wiscasset Middle High School library. The group gave a presentation on a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) project involving simple machines and aided by Crooker Construction in Topsham. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot, left, poses with retiring Wiscasset Elementary School teacher Diane Sturgeon. SUSAN JOHNS/ Wiscasset Newspaper
WES teacher Clara Brown, center, is Maine’s first teacher to work in a mentor-host teacher model, said Marcia Nye Boody, right, director of the Maine Partnership in Comprehensive Literacy. Boody also recognized literacy coach Kirsten Perry as a brilliant educator who applies her research daily to her work in the Wiscasset school system. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Stacylynn Rouleau teaches eighth grade language arts. She trained as a literacy coach through the Maine Partnership in Comprehensive Literacy. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

    Showcasing of students’ and teachers’ work took up most of the May 25 Wiscasset School Committee meeting.

    It all drew applause, beginning with the presentation on an extensive third grade project that had students working with simple machines; taking a field trip to Topsham to visit Crooker Construction where teacher Diane Sturgeon’s husband Tom Sturgeon is president/CEO/owner; and then narrating a video on their learning.

    Diane Sturgeon is retiring. At a reception before the meeting in the Wiscasset Middle High School library, she received a personalized blanket. Sturgeon, of Bowdoinham, has taught her entire, three-decade career in Wiscasset. The Sturgeons have a new business, Sturgeon Holdings, LLC. Diane Sturgeon said in an interview, she also will have more time to spend with her six grandchildren. She said she feels good about retiring this year, “because I’m leaving while I still love it.” 

     

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