George E. Jack

George E. Jack Elementary School recently suffered from a storm in Southern Maine, causing hundreds of thousands to lose power. Their own gym lost most of the back portion of their roof. So the 4th and 5th graders have come to Bonny Eagle Middle School. They have been conducting their classes in our cafeteria and a few of the 8th grade classrooms. This is a very good thing for the elementary school. The 6th, 7th and 8th graders have been having lunch in their homerooms for a few days now. The 7th grade has been very considerate for making BEMS a relaxed environment for educating.

“I cannot speak for the whole 6th grade, but for Sinclair, I think the kids have been handling it beautifully. They seem pretty unphased. We have asked them to make sure the teachers and students feel welcome here. I think it has been a little challenging but I think we have and are meeting the challenge,” says Mrs. Melaugh, the science teacher in Sinclair clan. She has handled this very gracefully. I also consulted Mr. Pease, the Language Arts teacher in Argyll clan, and he says, “Though it is a challenge for kids not to have the extended motor brake and social time provided by a lunch in the cafeteria, I value the opportunity to challenge our students with this new scenario while giving them the chance to sacrifice and share their space in order to help the younger people.”

I also had the chance to confer with Mr. DeMaris, the Language Arts teacher for the 8th grade clan, Barclay. He says, “Eating lunch in our rooms gets old fast, and we shuffle some thing around to make all the students fit. But, we are glad to help the younger grade the best we can.”

So as you can see and probably feel, we are making great sacrifices for George E. Jack, but are happy to do so.

All three grades, all nine clans are making sacrifices that affect them and us. BEMS is happy to help an elementary school in our M.S.A.D 6 district. “We hope they feel welcome” is the main message we are trying to send as a school. Although we have to do more difficult things, we were very proud to play host to George E. Jack.

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