News from the Blog: Daily Announcements Sports Announcements Celebration of Learning This Week! Mon, 14 May 2012 Early Release on Friday — Students Dismissed at 11:30 Sun, 13 May 2012 Tennis Match Cancelled for Today 5/3/2012 Thu, 03 May 2012 ELL Media: Learn about the Regions of the United States from the Students in Ms. Paul’s Class Wed, 25 Apr 2012 8th Graders Work with Pros to Make Wind Blades from Composite Materials Fri, 13 Apr 2012 Principal McCarthy’s Letter to Parents April 12, 2012 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 Spring Picture Day April 13, 2012 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 World Cultures Gallery Tonight March 28, 2012 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 More from the blog

Upcoming Events May 17 -- KMS Celebration of Learning from 9 to 2 at the Portland Expo May 17 & 18 -- KMS Site Seminar A School for All May 18 -- 11:30 Release for Students May 24 -- Step Up Day for Incoming 6th Graders June 5 -- Spring Concert June 15 - 6th Grade Assembly at 9 am June 18 - 7th Grade Assembly at 9 am June 19 - 8th Grade Assembly at 9 am Watch our students' keynote at the Expeditionary Learning National Conference in Portland, OR.

Big Week at King! May 14
Celebration of Learning and Site Seminar; Students Dismissed at 11:30 on Friday

King students and facutly welcome hundreds of visitors from Maine and across the United States (including the state Commissioner of Education) for our Celebration of Learning and our two-day professional development site seminar -- A School for All.

Both events start on Thursday morning, May 17th. The Celebration of Learning is held at the Portland Expo, down the street from King. The Site Seminar continues through Friday. Students are released at 11:30 on Friday. More

Register for our May 17 &18 Site Seminar - A School for All

This nationally attended seminar is co-sponsored by Expeditionary Learning. Click here for details and registration.

King's Auction and Talent Show raises over $18000 for next year's 7th grade May 1

Thanks to the support of our families, faculty, and volunteers --next year's 7th grade class will be heading to the Leadership School at Camp Kieve for a 3-day retreat. This year's event raised enough money to fully cover the costs of this important 7th grade tradition.

King students are On Expedition! March 14

With the weather warming, King teachers and students are busy in every house at every grade level in eight learning expeditions. To learn about our current expeditions, or look back at expeditions from the past five years, visit our On Expedition page.

King welcomed 40 educators to our spring seminar April 12
School Change that Matters provided professional development to regional and national schools

Maine faculty and school leaders from Lewiston, Auburn, Brunswick, Wells-Ogunquit, Lebanon, Windham, Gray, Portland, and Bridgton -- as well as from as far away as Durango, CO -- attended our professional development seminar School Change that Matters. Faculty from attending schools interacted with students and teachers at King, and explored what 20 years of change could mean for their schools.

Extra curricular activities help students succeed at King Sept 2011
See activities offered at King

Kids who get involved in a variety of activities have a better experience at school. King offers a range of clubs, sports and special activities for students. See the list of on-going clubs here, and stay tuned to daily announcements to hear about special opportunities.

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King announces changes to the new math program Aug 2011

In a letter to families, Mike McCarthy explains changes to the 8th grade math program. These changes were prompted by discussions with King parents and with the director of the University of Chicago Mathematics Project, Dr. Zalman Usiskin. Read Mr. McCarthy's letter.

~ Highlights from Last Year~

Mike McCarthy named 2010 Maine Principal of the Year
McCarthy also recognized as finalist for 2011 National Principal of the Year award

See King Middle School through the lens of Edutopia

In December 2009, a crew from the George Lucas Education Foundation (GLEF) spent a week at King. The videos included in this collection are all featured on GLEF's Edutopia website, as part of their series Schools that Work.

Learn about King's banner; meet the artists

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