Instructor Bob Walker says that students like AutoCAD because it helps them to better visualize what they are working on. Moreover, creating and visualizing their own designs excites students to take drawings off the board and build things. Currently, students are designing an automobile that is “out of the… Read the rest

By Carol Bousquet

KENNEBUNK, ME – The Journal Tribune took the title of spelling champs for the second time at the Third Annual Spelling Bee in support of the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks.

Fifty teams competed in the April 1 event at Sea Road School. Local businesses sponsored the… Read the rest

The Spelling Bee has been the primary community fundraiser for the Foundation since 2007. Civic groups, businesses, teachers, and municipal employees come together for a night of fun that brings them back to their school years by testing their spelling prowess!

Words like Pecksniffian and aileron challenge teams and eliminate… Read the rest

“I don’t want to sell this plant. I grew it.”

This comment, by a fifth-grader who had grown very attached to her Christmas Cactus seedling, is a perfect example of the kind of spark the Education Foundation strives to ignite. The students propagated the cactuses for a holiday fundraiser, and… Read the rest

The Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel held its first ever Call-a-thon October 19-21, 2009, to raise additional funds for innovative educational programs and professional development of teachers in RSU#21. Hundreds of calls were made by parents, teachers, business leaders, and other volunteers who believe in the Foundation’s mission.… Read the rest