Principal's Message

Welcome to the Dr. Lewis S. Libby web page. Our school serves approximately 300 students from kindergarten through eighth grade. We are located in a beautiful facility in Milford, Maine. I am very proud to be rejoining the Libby School Team as the principal. I am looking forward to an exciting year of learning and growing together.

This year will see a melding of honored traditions and new changes. A new administrative team and several new teachers and staff will join a team that already has many strategies in place to help children. Our elementary literacy curriculum will continue to follow the Four Blocks Framework based on the research of Patricia Cunningham and Dorothy Hall. The Four Blocks give teachers the opportunity to teach children how to become better readers, writers and spellers. The Four Blocks acknowledges that not all children learn in the same way, so each block is designed to allow teachers to vary their teaching to support the learning styles of every student. The Director of Elementary Education, Deb Bird, and I are looking forward to working with the very talented teachers in grades six, seven and eight on a new language arts curriculum for the middle grades.

Union #90 is implementing a new mathematics program this year entitled Everyday Mathematics. The University of Chicago School Mathematics Project developed this curriculum using a rigorous research based model. The general philosophy of the program is that students will use their own experiences to acquire knowledge and skills and to develop an understanding of mathematics. Teachers attended training in June and August to learn how to implement Everyday Mathematics. We will be hosting some parent information nights to familiarize parents with this new program and to explain how families can reinforce skills at home.

In addition to academics, we are looking forward to an exciting year of extra curricular activities. We will continue to work with the River Coalition to provide after school activities. Thanks to the hard work of many staff, parents and community members the Chaisson Field offers a beautiful home for our soccer teams to practice and play this fall. Our sports season will begin with soccer and cross country in September.

The Dr. Lewis S. Libby School is a community school. We welcome parents and friends to be involved in our activities. Please consider joining our Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), attending a sports event (Go Wildcats!), or volunteering. You can find opportunities to be involved in our school on this website. Please do not hesitate to call or email me at lsilk@union90.org if you have any questions or concerns. Working together, the Dr. Lewis S. Libby School will continue to be a source of pride to the Milford community.