Telstar High School

Attention Junior and Senior families!

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This evening at 5pm we will be conducting a test of the emergency alert system for MSAD44. We are rebuilding the data base from scratch to hopefully get all of the kinks worked out. Your students were given a paper form we ask you to fill out and return tomorrow please to help us identify who this is and is not working for. We are also posting the same information and a picture of the form to our websites and Facebook pages to try and make sure we are getting the word out to all families and to see if the system is working properly. If you do not receive a call, text, and email this evening, and you believe you should, please contact your school office in the morning. Thank you for your patience through this process. Mark

The time of the football game Saturday at Kittery Memorial Field in Kittery, Maine has been changed to 11am. The game is vs Traip Academy.

Good morning, I wanted to give you an update, following the cancellation of school this morning, Monday, September 9, 2024 in all MSAD#44 schools. We have been working with the OCSO all morning following up on a report that came in overnight from a student/parent who saw a post on Snapchat. We were not able prior to school opening to talk to all parties involved and come to a conclusion about the credibility of the threat made so I made the decision to close schools while we continued to investigate. The reason the elementary schools were also canceled is similar to last week, if we do not have 50% district attendance, the day would not count, and without the middle and high school in session, we fall below that mark. Unfortunately we have been in the process of changing over our Student Information Systems from Infinite Campus (IC) to the new system PowerSchool.  There have been some big glitches with that transfer and unfortunately our Instant Alert system is not working properly which is making it difficult to consistently get the word out to all staff and families.  We are working on this as I type and apologize for that communication break down. We have made the decision along with the OCSO now that the threat is not seen as credible to allow for the Telstar High School home soccer games to still take place today as well as other HS practices.  There will be no MS sports tonight .  The biggest take away we can ask is that if you or your student hear information about this or any situation that poses a safety risk that they tell an adult, teacher, coach in the moment and no continue to talk about rumors, post things to social media, etc. so we can investigate quickly and thoroughly to help avoid situations like this morning. Helping to have that conversation at home would be appreciated greatly. Starting tomorrow OCSO will have deputy presence on the Telstar campus for the remainder of the week while students are present.  School will resume for everyone tomorrow morning, Tuesday, September 10, 2024.  This does count as our first snow day cancellation of the 2024-2025 school year. This incident has nothing to do with our issues last week with the fire alarm system at Telstar. That was successfully fixed and inspected on Saturday. Thank you, Mark

Unfortunately, MSAD#44 schools will not be able to open today, Monday, September 9, 2024. Sorry for the late notice. We had a credible threat come in towards the Telstar complex that we are working on with OCSO. My apologies. and yes, this will have to count as our first snow day for 2024-2025.

Picture day is Sept. 3 at Telstar!

Good luck to Telstar High School Class of 2024 Cruze Kimball as he prepares to particpate and play in the upcoming Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic football game tomorrow, Saturday, July 20, 2024! Don Roux Field | Lewiston, ME

The River Fund Maine has launched a new trades scholarship for 2024 graduates living in the MSAD44 area and attended Telstar High School. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/trfmjasonyorktradescholarshipapp This is the link to get to the application. The deadline is August 5th! This is for students who are entering the trades, attending a Community College for the trades or currently employed in the trades looking to further themselves. It is $10,000 a year and renewable for up to 2 years! Please help spread the word to THS Class of 2024 grads for us!!

Looking for some folks who want to join our team!

Please do not forget to vote on election day, Tuesday, June 11, 2024!

We would like to say thank you to Bethel Rescue members (Dave Hanscom and Haley Tripp) who came in today to work with some of our seniors to get their CPR certification which is a collaboration project with Scott Underhill's Health classes.

Here is a great article about some of the good things taking place at the Telstar Freshman Academy (TFA)! https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/03/13/tfa-students-present-innovative-solution-to-qatars-pollution/

Please help us spread the word, MSAD#44 is a great place to work!

The Bus Garage now has a working landline. That number is 824-4094 if you need to reach anyone regarding transportation back at the Main Street Bethel location.

For those who would like to watch the THS Boys game at Sacopee tonight, here is the link they shared with us: You can find it at Sacopee TV on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SacopeeTv

Please be aware of this public service announcement and timeframe for Special Ed records.

We will be dismissing early today, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 11:30am in all MSAD#44 schools due to the anticipated snow. Thank you.

Due to the flooding that occurred at the bus garage, our transportation department has temporarily been moved to Telstar. If anyone needs to call or have transportation questions, please call (207)890-3509. If no one answers, please leave a voicemail. Thank you!

Oxford County is asking towns to collect private citizen primary home damage in our community. They are hoping that FEMA teams will review citizen damage at some point in the near future. If the county is able to present enough information on private citizen damage assessments the process will go as follows: meet with local officials regarding citizen damages in your community and visit homes with major damage in the most logical and expedient order, focusing on destroyed or major damage first. This would be to assess if we qualify for federal assistance for private citizens in Oxford County. This is a similar process to Public Assistance to provide federal assistance to your municipalities, but the damage thresholds are not as clear cut for private citizen assistance. These assessments and collection of this information does not guarantee assistance. We are encouraging all citizens with home owners insurance to make an insurance claim first to show that all other resources have been exhausted. **We need the following information:** 1. **Citizen Names** 2. **Citizen Primary Home Address where damage to home occurred** 3. **Citizen Contact Phone Number** 4. **Brief statement of damages at their home** 5. **Photographs of the damage incurred at homes are necessary for this assessment (please label with address or citizen name)** **Please Contact the Town of Bethel at 207-824-2669 or email the information to info@bethelmaine.org**