Edgecomb Eddy begins new school year

BILL PEARSON, Staff Reporter
Tue, 09/01/2015 - 12:00pm
Edgecomb Eddy principal Lisa Clarke hugs fifth grader Brynna Nelson on Sept. 1 as she arrives for the first day of school. Eighty-two students start the new year at the kindergarten through grade six school. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register
Edgecomb Eddy kindergarteners Myles Whitfield and Arabelle Hodgon climb the jungle gym Tuesday morning waiting for the new school year to start. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Region
On Sept. 1, Edgecomb Eddy students began the new school year meeting new classmates and staff. The kindergarten through grade six school begins the new year with 82 students. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register
Edgecomb Eddy guidance counselor Mrs. Bezon and her friend “Shambo” announced during a school assembly that Mrs. Bezon was “going to have a baby.” Bezon explained she’d be taking a leave of in the next few weeks and return later in the year. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register
Edgecomb Eddy principal Lisa Clarke gave students their first lesson of he school year. She reminded students to make good choices when picking friends. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

At the Edgecomb Eddy School, it’s more than reading, writing, and arithmetic.

The staff also teaches the three B’s: Be respectful, be responsible, and be safe. Principal Lisa Clarke reminded the new and returning students of these daily expectations during the school year.

Clarke and the staff welcomed 82 kindergarten through grade six students on Tuesday, Sept. 1, for the new school year. Clarke explained the school would have several new posters located throughout the building reminding them of the school’s behavior expectations.

One poster is positioned as students exit the building for recess. It reads “Peace Begins Here.”

“It’s there as a reminder as you head out or return from recess about what is expected of you,” Clarke said.

Another poster serves to remind students to choose the right friends. The poster pictures four sharpened pencils and a dull one with the caption: “Surround yourself with who you want to be.” Clarke urged students to befriend those who treated them with kindness and respect.

“Surround yourself with people who make you feel good. We have a room filled with really good people, and we hope you make really good choices,” she said. “If you don’t feel good about people, you don’t have to play with them. Just walk away.”

Kindergartener Hannah Jasinski likened the posters to a traffic signal. She believed the messages are like the red, yellow and green lights instructing them on social behaviors.

“When you come to a traffic light on red you stop. Yellow is slow down. And green, you go fast,” Jasinski said.

The assembly also welcomed several new students and two new staff members. This summer, Sarah Currier was hired as a special education technician. And Ali Butler is a new third grade teacher.

Guidance counselor Haley Bezon announced she was going to have a baby. Bezon will work for a few more weeks before taking a maternity leave. She expects to return later in the year.

Clarke also met separately with the sixth grade. She reminded them that as the school’s oldest grade they were both role models and school leaders.

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