We Want and Need Your Opinion

As we continue to pursue a proposed new school in the Upper St. John Valley, a number of people are offering a range of suggestions concerning the grade levels that should attend the school.  Please take a few moments to complete a survey concerning this matter.  To access the survey, click here or on the image below.  In advance, thank you for your input.

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Site Selection Update

For an update on the Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility Site Selection process, read Morgan Mitchell's article from the Fiddlehead Focus.  To access the article, click here or on the image below.

May Meeting of Valley Unified Board of Directors

The Valley Unified Regional Service Center Board of Directors met on May 14 at the St. John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville, beginning at 6 PM.  To watch a WOWL video of the meeting, click here or on the image below.

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May 14, 2019 Valley Unified Site Selection Committee Meeting

The Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility Site Selection Committee held its kick-off meeting with Ray Bolduc of Bangor-based WBRC Architects and Engineers at the St. John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville on Tuesday, May 14 from 4-6 PM.  To view the WOWL video of the meeting, click here or on the image below.

Valley Unified May 14 Site Selection Committee Meeting Agenda

The Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility Site Selection Committee met with Ray Bolduc of of the Bangor-based WBRC Architects and Engineers at the St. John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville on Tuesday, May 14 from 4-6 PM.  To review the meeting agenda and slide show,  click here or on the image below.

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Just Imagine!

Imagine it's April, 2024.  A mom, dad, and their 8th grader are reviewing the 2024-2025 Program of Studies from Valley Unified Regional Learning Center, a brand new comprehensive, integrated educational facility serving learners from the Madawaska School Department, MSAD #33, and MSAD #27.

They open to a section of the Program of Studies that describes the high school's Career Cluster Academies.  The 8th grader is interested in the Nursing field and is also considering serving as a medic in the Army.  He is interested in the Academy for Health and Public Service Studies.

He and his parents turn to the page of the Program of Studies that provides an overview of this academy so they can learn more.  To access what that boy and his parents might read five years from now, click here or on the image below.  Just imagine!

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Check Out This New SELECTIVES Opportunity

Each year, a number of our high school learners pursue military service after graduation.  To help them make informed decisions concerning military service and the pursuit of military occupations/careers that align to post-service career and training opportunities in the civilian workforce, we have created a specialized learning opportunity, Introduction to U.S. Military Service and Occupations/Careers.

Learners will have to access to this opportunity in Fall, 2019 through the Valley Unified SELECTIVES Initiative.  Personalized learning and increased student choice lie at the heart of the SELECTIVES Initiative which is funded through our FEDES III grant.

Through this initiative, learning facilitators are working to develop and implement a host of elective Career and Post-Secondary Readiness blended learning opportunities identified as high interest in two surveys conducted with 9th-12th graders from the three high schools in the Valley Unified Regional Service Center.

In SELECTIVES blended learning courses, a significant portion of the learning content is available and delivered online; in-person, face-to-face interactions between learners and learning facilitators also occur on a regularly-scheduled basis.

To access and review the syllabus/pacing guide for Introduction to U.S. Military Service and Occupations/Careers click here - or on the image below.

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Upcoming Valley Unified Meetings

The Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility Site Selection Committee will meet with WBRC Architects and Engineers on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, beginning at 4 PM.  This will be the third meeting of our Site Selection Committee.

The meeting will be held at the St. John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville and will be followed at 6 PM by a Valley Unified Regional Service Center Board of Directors meeting, also at the SJVTC.  

To review the Site Selection Committee meeting announcement and the Valley Unified Board meeting agenda, click here or on the image below. 

Watch this Video Tour of a Modern School

Olathe West High School in Kansas opened in the fall of 2017.  It was designed using advanced architectural techniques to create an innovative and futuristic learning environment.  Teachers and students at Olathe West focus on the use of technology for teaching and learning, and the school features open, modern learning spaces that encourage efficiency and promote collaboration. 

A centrally-located learning commons provides both gathering areas and learning spaces that connect to the entire building.  The school has four wings or communities where students attend classes and includes 21st century academies, a media center, a performing arts center, and two gymnasiums. 

To watch a Summer 2017 Sneak Peek video tour conducted by the school principal, click here or on the image below.  Then, just imagine a video tour like this being prepared in the summer of 2024 to introduce the Upper St. John Valley to the proposed Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility.

  

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Dream With Us!

At the Valley Unified Regional Service Center, when we think about the proposed Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility, we envision a modern, energy-efficient school with a unique, attractive, appealing exterior design.

We imagine an interior with open, flexible common areas and learning spaces filled with natural sunlight and featuring modern equipment and moveable furnishings.

Want to dream with us?  Click here or on the image below to see exterior and interior photos of modern schools.

Then, just imagine a school that looks like this, that is equipped like this, and that has learning spaces and common areas like these right here in the Upper St. John Valley!

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