We will be premiering the Variety Show at Saccarappa on Thursday, May 21st, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. In addition to the movie, there will be activities for the whole family to enjoy. All children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the event.
Support the Saccarappa School Garden Club by purchasing your summer seedlings! The plant sale will be at the Saccarappa garden on Saturday, May 16th, from 9-11:30 a.m.
And they're off! Congratulations to the winners of the Bikes for Books raffle, and thank you to the Saccarappa Masonic Lodge for sponsoring this event. There were twenty winners across grades K-4 and over 600 entries. Each entry represented either 5 picture books or 100 pages. That's a lot of reading! Well done, Shining Stars!
It has been a lovely start to our summer camp-themed Staff Appreciation Week. Thank you to all of the families who contributed to the Chalk Walk, to Stroudwater Church for the delicious treats, and to Horace Mann for the cookies, games, and prizes. We are feeling appreciated and can't wait to see what the rest of the week has in store.
Second grade has been working hard on their animal research projects, and yesterday they showcased all of their work for the rest of the school! Each class studied a different habitat, including rainforest, arctic, savanna, and ocean, and each student researched an animal from that habitat. They wrote their own nonfiction chapter books and created a diorama to depict all that they learned. Well done, second graders!
As you visit Saccarappa for family-teacher conferences, please take a few minutes to check out our Lost & Found. It’s overflowing with jackets, sweatshirts, water bottles, and more!
Thank you for helping us reunite these items with their owners!
Thank you for helping us reunite these items with their owners!
Hannaford Helps Schools starts tomorrow! Please consider choosing Saccarappa to receive your Hannaford Helps Schools dollars.
Thank you to Antonio Rocha, award-winning storyteller and mime, for presenting at Saccarappa this morning. The students (and staff) were completely engaged- laughing, learning, and fully immersed in the performance. Here's to enjoying the art of storytelling!
The Saccarappa School Variety Show is returning for its second year. All students are invited to submit a 30-second video clip of anything that they enjoy doing. The videos will be compiled and shared during a family engagement event on May 21st. We can't wait to see all of our Shining Stars shine!
On Friday, Saccarappa's College Knowledge Club challenged a group of high school teachers and students to a college knowledge competition. Saccarappa's students spend months memorizing college trivia, and it showed! All three of Saccarappa's teams beat the high schoolers. Way to go, Shining Stars!
Saccarappa celebrates minds of all kinds. Neurodiversity Celebration Week!
Saccarappa is joining LOTS of elementary schools across the state of Maine to vote for its favorite picture book. During library, the students are voting from the top ten Chickadee Award nominees. Next week, we'll know which one was Saccarappa's favorite, and we'll find out the BIG winner for the entire state in a few weeks! Stay tuned!
The PTO is hosting a Skate Night at Happy Wheels Skate Center on Saturday, March 21st, from 5-7 p.m. All students must be accompanied by an adult, and skating costs $11. We hope to see you there!
Join us on April 9th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. for Saccarappa's Unified Arts Night! There will be a book fair in the library, an art show in the hallways, and other activities and exhibits for music, STEAM, and physical education. We hope to see you there!
Children's book author and illustrator, Don Tate, visited Saccarappa today to share his work. He will be presenting again tonight from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Saccarappa School cafeteria. All Westbrook families are invited. Hope to see you there!
Student Council has planned a spirit week! Mark your calendars and get excited to show some Saccarappa School spirit!
Support the Saccarappa School Garden Club by purchasing seeds! The seed sale will run through March 11th. Orders can be placed online or using the order form below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SaTtbaB0xIOZEOOwlG_mRHxIS_p9-III/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SaTtbaB0xIOZEOOwlG_mRHxIS_p9-III/view?usp=drive_link
Meet the author event at Saccarappa! Join us on March 17th at 5:30 p.m. to meet children's book author Don Tate.
Westbrook School Department Public Pre-Kindergarten Program
Know a child who is turning 4 on or before October 15, 2026? It's time to start thinking about Pre-K! Come to our parent/guardian information session at Canal School on Tuesday, March 10th, at 6:00 p.m. More information about Westbrook's Pre-K can be found below.
https://www.westbrookschools.org/o/wsd/page/pre-k-2027
Know a child who is turning 4 on or before October 15, 2026? It's time to start thinking about Pre-K! Come to our parent/guardian information session at Canal School on Tuesday, March 10th, at 6:00 p.m. More information about Westbrook's Pre-K can be found below.
https://www.westbrookschools.org/o/wsd/page/pre-k-2027
All Westbrook families are invited to a Game Night at Canal School on February 12th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. There is a Game Swap opportunity: if you bring a game, you get to take a different one home! See the attached flyer for more information.
