Quick update - January 2024

Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to the 2024 Maine Music Educators' Association (MMEA) All-State Festival which will take place May 16-18, 2024 at the University of Maine, Orono. Bravo!

SATB CHOIR

Adia Ameswright, grade 11

Mia Cyr, grade 12

Jay Duncan, grade 10

Blue Orenstein, grade 11

Sam Thompson, grade 10

Antonio Velazquez, grade 10

Coltrane Vitalius, grade 9

Josh Webber, grade 10

SSAA CHOIR

Lara Cakmakci, grade 10

Vagni Das, grade 10

Haley Doan, grade 11

Annabella Farnsworth, grade 12

Chloe Troy, grade 11

BAND

Clara Herman, clarinet, grade 9

Finn Marianski, clarinet, grade 10

Liam Hannah, mallets, grade 11

Ozric Stewart, baritone sax, grade 11

ORCHESTRA
Chris Augur, cello, grade 11

Along with both Girls' and Boys' Soccer teams and the Volleyball team capturing State Championships, individual honors have been bestowed on dozens of YHS athletes and coaches.

Amazingly, 58 Clipper student-athletes showed that they put the "student" in student-athlete, earning All-Academic honors for the Western Maine Conference. Of those individuals, 29 were also named to their respective All-Conference teams in recognition of their athletic performance.

You can view the list of these students on our YHS Athletics webpage, while our State and New England honorees are listed below.

Girls' Soccer: Aine Powers - Maine Class B Player of the Year, All-New England, All-State, and All-Region

Regan Sullivan - All-State and All-Region

Taylor Oranellas & Kadin Davoren - All-Region

Andy Higgins - Regional Coach of the Year

Boys' Soccer: Adam McLaughlin & Jon Fulton - All-New England, All-State, and All-Region

Justin Dawes - All-Region

Field Hockey: Sophie Smith - All-State

Football: Mike McGonagle - All-Region, Regional Player of the Year, Fitzpatrick Semi-finalist

On January 25 and 29, the School Committee held public workshops to receive the Superintendent's proposed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) School Department Budget. The budget proposal may be viewed in narrative form or as a slide deck on the district finance page.

The next steps in the approval process will be two public hearings of the proposed budget at School Committee meetings, followed by Town Council consideration and, finally, voter approval.

We encourage voters in Yarmouth to engage in the budget deliberation process, as it is the local community that provides much of the financial support for the schools. All of the meetings listed below are public meetings where citizens are provided with an opportunity to address the School Committee and/or Town Council to share their hopes and expectations of the Yarmouth Schools.

In October, Yarmouth Schools hosted three professionals who comprised the Equity Review Team provided for us by SchoolWorks.

Dr. Sean Larry Stevens was the team leader, joined by Lyn Bajaj and Dr. Charles King. These individuals came to us from different regions of the country to gather data and share their insights on our work in ensuring an equitable learning experience for all students.

The result of their effort is the recently released Equity Review Report for the Yarmouth Schools. This report has been shared with the District Leadership Team, the School Committee, and the Mission Committee, along with Intercultural Leadership Groups at each of our schools.

It is our intent to make use of the recommendations in the Equity Review Report to further our work, engaging staff, students, and community members whenever necessary to promote a safe, inclusive learning environment for every student.