Welcome to the Kennebec Intra-District Schools (KIDS) regional school unit web site. The new school unit will be made up of schools in the towns of Dresden, Farmingdale, Hallowell, Monmouth and Richmond.
It’s great to see that our new DOE commissioner Steve Bowen embraces technology. He’s comfortable enough to use twitter, blog on Wordpress and savy enough to have registered a new domain name for the Maine DOE - mainedoenews.net - in order to write about his ideas and beliefs.
Here’s an article about the bills currently in Augusta regarding standards-based diplomas…
Setting high standards, and sticking to them
The Vision of RSU #2 is to be a system of Student Centered Learning:
* Embraces student voice and choice through varied learning opportunities that take place
inside as well as outside the schools and year-round, e.g. project-based learning,
internships, experiential learning, career technical education, peer learning, technology
and apprenticeships.
* Shows students learn in a variety of environments, from a variety of sources, and at
different paces based on individual learning needs.
* Presents opportunities for students to analyze and think critically, write and speak
effectively, and collaboratively solve complex problems today and in the future.
* Includes the community and it resources as an important part of the learning process.
* Integrates a rigorous, focused curriculum with instruction and standards-linked
assessments.
* Enables students to clearly understand what they should know and be able to do as a
result of their learning.
* Incorporates demonstrations as well as traditional tests to measure when a student has
mastered the skills and content, thus providing an accurate gauge of how well student are
learning and when advancement to the next stage is appropriate.
* Develops in the learner a sense of self-worth, cultural awareness, and ethical and social
responsibility.
* Ensures that students are able to set goals, manage time and demonstrate an effective
work ethic.
RSU2 Vision Statement in a printable PDF
Report_card_NCLB_summary_Monmouth.pdf
Report_card_NCLB_summary_Richmond.pdf
Report_card_NCLB_summary_Hall-Dale.pdf