2023-2024 Student Transportation Plan Survey
August 1, 2023
We hope you are enjoying your summer break. Our staff is working hard behind the scenes to prepare for the start of the school year. One of the areas we need your help is by getting the necessary information to determine bus transportation routes. In order to set these routes, please complete this brief survey: https://bit.ly/3OF4fQZ. Ledgemere needs your input no later than this Sunday, August 6th.
We are asking for this information for EACH student who rides the bus. That could mean that whether your child rides every day, only in the mornings or afternoons, or only between sports seasons, we'd still like you to complete a survey for them.
Your information will help establish the need for busing to and from the York School Department schools and help improve your child’s safety, comfort, and overall experience.
Transportation resources can be found on the York Schools website at https://www.yorkschools.org/page/transportation.
Enjoy the last few weeks of the summer break. We look forward to a strong start to the school year.
Thank you!
York School Department/Ledgemere Transportation
Please Join Us as we bid farewell to CRES Principal Sean Murphy and welcome our new Superintendent and Business Administrator.
York School Committee Meeting
At the York Public Library, July 19, at 7 p.m.
York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York
WARM WELCOMES: This is the first York School Committee Meeting for Superintendent Tim Doak and Business Administrator Rick Kusturin.
FOND FAREWELL: Coastal Ridge Principal Sean Murphy will join us for his last York School Committee meeting during his sixteen years of service with the York School Department.
Join us at the York Public Library at 7 p.m. or stream online at https://townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=77&id=52607.
Check out the Village Scoop this summer to see some 7th grade Advanced artwork!
7th grade probability fair! The probability of winning candy was medium.
8th Grade Advanced Art went to the Portland Museum of Art on Wednesday. They did a guided tour and then spent some time with an artwork of their choice sketching it.
After doing a kinetic energy lesson in Science, the 6th graders made their own kinetic energy outside!
Our 5th Graders are taking to the sea on our field trips with the Gundalow Company in Portsmouth! They learn about maritime heritage and ocean science and enjoying time on the water!
Memorial Day Parade was a huge hit with our band!
Happy Birthday to our amazing face of the front office Barb Armitage! She's so classic we love her.
What a great day for our Special Olympian students last week! After being canceled for many years due to COVID, the games resumed on a beautiful sunny day! The school rallied to send students off with posters and cheers and hallways lined with clapping students. The staff who went with them said to the school, “thank you all so much for the amazing, energetic, colorful, thoughtful rally you gave our athletes! You gave them confidence to start their day. They had a great time and rocked the games! We came home with lots of ribbons and smiles.” Well done, everyone!
The Chorus Concert on May 17 was a hit! Congratulations to everyone, and thank you Mrs. Etter!
York Middle School Chorus Concert this week!! They sound amazing, come check them out.
Teachers helped to celebrate our wonderful Mr. Bloise's birthday, by dressing like him in his honor! We love Mr. Bloise!
There is a regional art show this weekend that will include the artwork of some York students throughout the district. The opening is Friday night 4-6pm at the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit!
The University of Southern Maine Osher Map Library hosts an annual mapmaking contest where 4th-6th grade students from around the state submit their maps for a chance to win $1,000!
This year, thirty-two 6th graders from York Middle School submitted a map to the contest and we have a finalist. Jasper Bloomer's map of Titasia has made the top 12!
Let’s show our support by voting for Jasper!
Go to: https://oshermaps.org/contest/vote to vote and look for Jasper’s map titled Titasia. Voting is open all week.
In honor of tomorrow's Kentucky Derby, 6th graders (and a smattering of Jaguar staff, hi Mr. Duggan) are wearing crazy hats today. So festive!
8th graders went out to the Fuller Forest Preserve in York to collect data for a citizen science project in collaboration with the Gulf of Maine Research institute and the University of Maine. Scientists are trying to answer the questions: What is the distribution of caddisflies, fairy shrimp, and amphibian species in vernal pools in the Northeast? How will their distribution change as the climate warms?
The 7th and 8th grade York Middle School student council recently conducted its annual food drive for the YCSA Food Pantry. During the two-week drive, YMS students and staff brought in 325 goods for donation. The items will go to appreciative local community members. The 5th grade collected the most items, and two students were recognized as the top contributors: Aaron Gurtman (for 7th and 8th grades) and Shawn Weiner (for the 5th and 6th grades).
Volunteer Appreciation Month
We are so thankful for our peer listeners!
