The community is invited to the Wiscasset Middle School to share special times with students and staff as they showcase their Expeditionary Learning experiences.

Please join us on Friday, June 5 for an evening of theatrical performance put on by the fifth grade at 6 p.m. Then join us on Friday, June 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and take a walk around the school to see the displays and talk with our students.

Grade 5

How would you like to see a wonderful theatrical performance but can’t get to New York City to see that Tony Award winner? The Wiscasset Middle School fifth grade students are performing in the award winning play, “The Incredible Westward Movement” on Wednesday evening, June 5, at 6 p.m. in the gym.

This musical stars every fifth grade student telling and singing the story of the United States’ westward movement. It tells of everything from the days of Daniel Boone settling Kentucky to the Louisiana Purchase; from the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Trail of Tears and the Cherokee nation; from the pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail to the California Gold Rush; and finally to the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Please join us for this stellar performance. Bring your friends, family, and your neighbors and help support this year’s fifth grade class.

Grade 6

Welcome to Ancient Greece! 
Our studies in ELA and Social studies have focused on life in ancient Greece, and the Gods and Goddesses of Greek mythology. Join us in the gym, and you will see our beautiful Greek vases, keynote presentations on many Greek topics, Greek dancing, posters of Gods and Goddesses, taste some traditional Greek foods, and hear Greek music.
Oh, and did we mention that you might decide to take part in some ancient Olympic games?

Grade 7

Visit the seventh grade wing to get a taste of the 1940s. Students have been studying World War II and the economy of the time. In Mr. Cossette’s room you can view computer-generated games that represent the times.

You will see projects reflecting the home front, rationing, recycling, victory gardens, and World War II information. There will be student written stories about Pearl Harbor.

In Mr. Hammond’s room there will be on display mathematically made enlargements of World War II symbols and images as well as posters showing price comparisons between today and yesterday.

Then drop into Mrs. Cailler’s room for some poetry entertainment. Students will be presenting original pieces in a coffee house environment. Come in to relax, have a snack and listen to some creative work.

Grade 8

In the book “Chew on This,” Eric Schlosser remarks, “Food is one of the most important things you’ll ever buy and yet most people never bother to think about their food and where it comes from.” The eighth grade class wants to change that. They have been exploring a wide range of issues regarding the ethics of our food choices.

Some of these are: small-farms vs. factory farms
; food advertising targeted at young people; community supported agriculture; conventional fruits and vegetables vs. organic
; diet-related diseases; and environmental cost of transporting food long distances.

Grade 8 students have spent a morning on a farm and used the expertise of local farmers to increase their knowledge of what they eat. During the “Celebration of Learning,” they will take this debate to the public and other grades, sharing what they have learned and the choices they believe could give hope to the future health of our families, environment and communities.