Piscataquis Community Elementary School recognizes Students of the Month

GUILFORD — Each month outstanding pupils in grades 5-8 at Piscataquis Community Elementary School are honored as Students of the Month. The 15 February honorees were presented with certificates in front of their peers during morning meeting in the cafeteria on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

“You have been working really hard and we want to recognize that,” Assistant Principal Jessica Dunton told the audience.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom
PCES STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — February Students of the Month at Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford are, from left, seventh-graders Ben Higgins, Beau Talbot and Zack Demmer; Vivian Feaga, grade 6; eighth-graders Gracie Talbot, Anna Zimmerman, Janelle Bernier and Abby Ricker; Ava Goulette, grade 5; eighth-graders Meriel Willey, Saia Miles and Sydney Grenier; Lena Pearson, grade 6. Not pictured, fifth-grader Arianna Crosby and eighth-grader Bella Thompson.

Students of the Month are selected by their teachers for criteria such as outstanding citizenship and academic performance. Dunton said some of this month’s honorees have put in a lot of effort toward solving math problems, are always polite respectful, have been a good friend and are enthusiastic learners among other qualities.

The 15 newest Students of the Month at PCES — some of whom have been honored during previous months — are Arianna Crosby and Ava Goulette, grade 5; sixth-graders Vivian Feaga and Lena Pearson; Zack Demmer, Ben Higgins and Beau Talbot, grade 7; and eighth-graders Janelle Bernier, Sydney Grenier, Saia Miles, Abbey Ricker, Gracie Talbot, Bella Thompson, Meriel Willey and Anna Zimmerman.