Preliminary Information on Pooled Testing

All Valley Unified Middle/High Schools are set to begin receiving students next Wednesday, August 25 and the first day of school for both Dr. Levesque Elementary School and Madawaska Elementary School is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9.

Here at the Valley Unified Education Service Center, we are looking forward to the new school year.  We hope to maintain full in-school instruction for the entire school year and are taking several steps to ensure safe school environments for students, staff, families and our communities.

One of those steps is providing voluntary, free COVID-19 pooled testing programs in each school.  To do this, we will need the help of our students' parents.  For preliminary information about pooled testing, read a letter from our Superintendent of Schools at bit.ly/2W9B5Rd or click on the image below.  

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Valley Unified Administrative Team Planning Retreat

Administrators from across the Upper St. John Valley participated in a day-long retreat on Thursday, August 12 in preparation for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year.  

Building and department administrators from MSAD #27, MSAD #33 and the Madawaska School Department - the three school units that form the Valley Unified Education Service Center - spent the day discussing and sharing thoughts, ideas, and strategies on a variety of topics, including:

• The 2021-2022 Valley Unified Theme - Leadership, Relationships, Trust, Positivity
• The Safe Return to Full In-School Instruction for Students and Staff
• Classroom Observations
• Curriculum Leadership
• Professional Development
• School and Department Goal-Setting
• Opening Teacher Workshop Days
• First Student School Days

The first day of school for students at all three Valley Unified Middle/High Schools and at Fort Kent Elementary School is August 25.  Dr. Levesque Elementary School and Madawaska Elementary School students will start their school year on September 9.

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Valley Unified School-Based Pfizer Vaccination Clinics

With the first day of school set for August 25 for all Valley Unified middle/high schools and Fort Kent Elementary School and for September 9 for Dr. Levesque Elementary School and Madawaska Elementary School, the Valley Unified Education Service Center is working with St. John Valley Pharmacy to host additional school-based Pfizer vaccination clinics for students age 12 and older as well as staff.

The first set of voluntary clinics for students and staff who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 is set for August 23 and 24 and September 13 and 14.  For details on times, dates, and locations of the vaccination clinic in your school unit, go to bit.ly/3xHZrij or click on the image below.

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Valley Unified Curriculum Leadership Team Meeting

With the start of the 2021-2022 school year just two weeks away, the Valley Unified Curriculum Leadership Team met at the St. John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville on Monday, August 9, 2021 from 9 AM to 2 PM to discuss and develop plans for addressing student support systems, student progress monitoring, curriculum and instruction, and assessment and grading practices.  

Teams from Valley Rivers Middle School/Community High School and Fort Kent Elementary School, Dr. Levesque Elementary School, Wisdom Middle/High School, and the St. John Valley Technology Center, and Madawaska Elementary School and Madawaska Middle/High School spent the day sharing thoughts, ideas and strategies within their school teams and with other school teams.

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School Budget Validation Votes Today for MSAD #27 and MSAD #33

This is a reminder that the school budget validation vote is today for both MSAD #27 and MSAD #33.  If you are a citizen of any of the MSAD #27 or MSAD #33 communities, your support for our school budgets is appreciated.  

Here are the polling times for each community:

• Fort Kent: 12:00pm to 6:00pm at the Fort Kent Town Office
• Wallagrass: 12:00pm to 6:00pm at the Wallagrass Community Center
• New Canada: 2:00pm to 6:00pm at the New Canada Community Center
• St. Francis: 2:00pm to 6:00pm at the St. Francis Community Center
• St. John Plantation: 2:00pm to 6:00pm at the St. John Plt. Community Center
• Frenchville: 10:00am - 6:00pm at the Frenchville Town Office
• St. Agatha: 8:00am - 6:00pm at the St. Agatha Town Office

Please don't forget!  Each vote is essential!  Thank you!

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Final Alternative Schooling Enrollment Report for 2020-2021

During the soon-to-be-completed 2020-2021 school year, a total of 80 students from the three high schools in the Upper St. John Valley participated in the Valley Unified Education Service Center Alternative Schooling Program.

To review our final Alternative Schooling Enrollment Report for 2020-2021, go to bit.ly/2RqpUBJ or click on the image below.

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School-Based Pfizer Vaccination Clinics Continue Next Week

This is a reminder to Valley Unified students (age 12 and older), parents, families and, where applicable, staff that St. John Valley Pharmacy will be conducting voluntary school-based Pfizer vaccination clinics next week on Wednesday, June 9 and Thursday, June 10 and again on Wednesday, June 30 and Thursday, July 1.

For details, go to bit.ly/3pcnZgJ or click on the image below.  Stay safe and be well.

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