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 nine April honorees were presented with certificates in front of their peers during an assembly in the cafeteria to start the day on Thursday, April 25.

“This is the Student of the Month morning meeting, so we want to recognize all of you who are doing a good job,” Assistant Principal Jessica Dunton told the audience.

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PCES STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — April Students of the Month at Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford are, from left, eighth-grader Julia Munson, seventh-graders Emily Easler and Zach Demmer, fifth-grader Donald Farnham, sixth-grader Jordan Brown, seventh-grader Scott Chadbourne and eighth-grader Dawson Simpson. Not pictured, fifth-grader Caleb McKusick and eighth-grader Samantha Goodwin.

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 been working hard in the classroom all year long even when tasks get difficult, often volunteer to help their teacher, are “a good friend to everyone and sticks up for others,” have already finished a math program, turned in every assignment on time all year long and more.

The nine newest Students of the Month at PCES are fifth-graders Donald Farnham and Caleb McKusick; Jordan Brown representing grade 6; grade 7 students Scott Chadbourne, Zach Demmer and Emily Easler; and eighth-graders Samantha Goodwin, Julia Munson and Dawson Simpson.