Franklin Savings Bank donated to our food banks at DHS and TWKDMS. 

DDF works on providing Christmas gifts for so many students in our schools as well as other schools in the area. The generosity of our community businesses is amazing. At Dirigo High School, donations that came through DDF were from Towles, Sam's Italian, Mimi's, Walmart, Ellis Variety, Dollar Tree, Hannaford, McDonalds, Dunkin, and Irving. 

DDF Toy Drive fulfilled the holiday wishes of 15 students, provided DMS with $1,200 worth of gift cards to distribute, added prizes to our prize drawers, restocked our personal hygiene supplies, and donated loads of snacks to our food pantry. 

The girls and boys basketball teams supported DDF on 12/9/25. Toys were collected in lieu of admission cost. All admission money was donated to DDF. 

In Geography class we were comparing cultural geography topics.  Students compared the geography of the NorthEastern United States with NorthEastern Asia (Japan).  Students learned about the different cultures and found similarities and differences between the two.  On the last day of the unit students tried different Japanese snacks along with the Japanese art of Origami.  The snacks were all consumed, not as much success was had with Origami.

Both the Middle School and High School choirs sounded amazing!

On December 8, Dirigo JMG held a Paint Night Fundraiser. Dianna Dority led the group to create some beautigul masterpieces. Those in attendance had a wonderful time. 

Students made gingerbread houses in Ms. Morse's class. (Many thanks to Mrs. Littlehale!)

The ASP spent November learning about the Macy's Day Parade, looking at the  history, and how the floats are made.  The students planned, designed and built their own floats then we had a parade through school.  Families and staff came to enjoy the festivities. 

Ms. Rines' 4th graders have been learning about what life in the Middle Ages was like. Students wrote a five paragraph essay putting themselves into the shoes of someone from the Middle Ages. They all did an amazing job working hard and being creative on this project! 

Picture 1 retelling the story of the Gingerbread Man using prompts.

Picture 2 the dramatic play area has become Santa's workshop. This elf is wrapping a gift.

Picture 3 decorating the Magna tile houses set up on the light table with tinsel and bells.

Picture 4 ripping up pieces of paper to decorate a picture of an ornament.

Picture 5 using positional words to move the gingerbread man.

First graders learned about the Inca culture and invited Mrs. Doyen in to share her experiences.

Band Concerts: Grade 6 Band, Grade 7/8 Band, High School Band

Central Office with 100% participation all week!     But....

We tried to take the bobblehead. Santa would not allow it. Santa says TWKDMS wins with 98.67% participation because "Central Office is too small to compete on their own."