MSAD#44 CURRENT VACANCIES
Industrial Arts Teacher @ Telstar Middle/High School
Ed Tech III @ Telstar Middle/High School, Special Ed, Life Skills
TELSTAR HIGH SCHOOL FALL COACHES NEEDED
Cross Country Running
Assistant Football (2 positions)
MSAD #44 has the above positions available. Interested applicants need to notify the Central Office indicating their interest in a specific position. If you interested in a Fall Coaching position at Telstar High School, please contact Gail Wight, Athletic Activities Coord. Appropriate Maine DOE certification required. E.O.E.
Industrial Arts Teacher @ Telstar Middle/High School
Ed Tech III @ Telstar Middle/High School, Special Ed, Life Skills
TELSTAR HIGH SCHOOL FALL COACHES NEEDED
Cross Country Running
Assistant Football (2 positions)
MSAD #44 has the above positions available. Interested applicants need to notify the Central Office indicating their interest in a specific position. If you interested in a Fall Coaching position at Telstar High School, please contact Gail Wight, Athletic Activities Coord. Appropriate Maine DOE certification required. E.O.E.
The MSAD#44 bus garage has a new phone number this year starting on 8/24/26. You can reach transportation with questions at 207-381-1255. Thank you!
August/September Lunch Menu
It is back to school time, please be on the lookout for students getting to and from school. We ask everyone to be extra careful around our buses and know that when the red lights are flashing and the stop sign is out, all traffic must stop. This includes parking lots at the schools! Thank you for your help in keeping our kids safe while getting to and from school. The first student day is Wednesday, August 26th!
Here is a quick YouTube video reminder as well:
https://youtu.be/ODiG0y8j_Gs
Summer Meals
Breakfast and Lunch meals will be available to all SAD44 children ages 18 and under (Your child does not need to be enrolled in SAD44, they just need to reside in the area that SAD44 encompasses). Meals can be picked up at the Telstar kitchen Monday-Friday from 11am-1pm. This service will begin on Monday, June 22, and will end on Friday, August 14th.
You can choose to pick up meals daily, or if you would like us to pack multiple days of meals we can do that too. Please fill out the form so we can ballpark how many meals we will need on a daily and weekly basis. Meals will be picked up from the back door to the kitchen, just ring the bell.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Food Service Director, Ryan Kimball at Kimballr@sad44.org.
https://forms.gle/B7xydA51658VkaDc8
Breakfast and Lunch meals will be available to all SAD44 children ages 18 and under (Your child does not need to be enrolled in SAD44, they just need to reside in the area that SAD44 encompasses). Meals can be picked up at the Telstar kitchen Monday-Friday from 11am-1pm. This service will begin on Monday, June 22, and will end on Friday, August 14th.
You can choose to pick up meals daily, or if you would like us to pack multiple days of meals we can do that too. Please fill out the form so we can ballpark how many meals we will need on a daily and weekly basis. Meals will be picked up from the back door to the kitchen, just ring the bell.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Food Service Director, Ryan Kimball at Kimballr@sad44.org.
https://forms.gle/B7xydA51658VkaDc8
We would appreciate your support today to pass the MSAD44 FY27 budget, for the five school board positions that are open, and other elected officials as you head to the polls. Our local polling places are open 8am to 8pm today. Thank you in advance!
Recently, MSAD#44 had three educators honored at the Maine Environmental Education Association, MEEA conference. First was THS social studies and LEAP teacher D Johannesen for her work on integrating place based opportunities for her students on environmental projects. Then from TMS, 7th grade social studies teacher Heather O'Leary and visual arts teacher Melissa Prescott for their unit on the 3 Sisters Garden and Wabanaki studies unit for 7th graders. Recognized for their efforts as well as community collaborations to help our students learn more about their community and how their contributions even at a young age can make a difference.
On Wednesday of this week, the junior class from Telstar High School went to the LL Bean Outdoor Discovery Center as a part of their 7 Peaks program to do some sea kayaking. They had beautiful weather and a great time. This is just one more example of our 7 Peaks program in action with business partnerships providing unique opportunities to our students!
I would like to invite you to join us this evening for the first portion of our two part process in approving the FY27 Budget for MSAD#44. Tonight is the public hearing in the Telstar Auditorium starting at 6:30pm. If you cannot come in person but would like to still be a part of the evening, you can watch on Western Hills Access Television's YouTube channel for the live broadcast. Tonight, the Finance Committee will present budget highlights, review the cost centers, answer questions and for those in attendance. Registered voters in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry or Woodstock will be asked to vote to approve the proposed budget for next year. If that passes, then all voters will get their chance to vote at the polls on Tuesday, June 9th. Thank you, Mark Kenney, Superintendent of Schools.
MSAD#44 is very proud to announce that CPS preK teacher Gina Welch was celebrated today at the State House in Augusta as the 2026 Oxford County Teacher of the Year!! Gina is an exemplary teacher who goes above and beyond for her students and their parents on a daily basis and an integral part of the CPS. A huge congratulations to her for all of her efforts each and every day!
Happy May Day everyone and a special thank you on National Principal Appreciation Day to our four fearless and dedicated leaders for all of your time, energy and efforts for our students every day. Thank you Tanya Arsenault, Lindsay Luetje, Erika Fujimaki, and John Eliot.
If you would like to vote on the FY27 Budget for Region 9, it will be at Region 9 on Wednesday, May 6th and 6:00pm.
May 2026 Lunch Menu
Class of 2026 Graduation Week Information
Telstar High School is proud to share that the following students were inducted into the National Technical Honors Society this week at Region 9. Senior Michaela Mowery participates in the Outdoor Skills and Leadership Program and was also named the Region 9 Student of the Year voted on by the staff at Region 9. Not pictured from the same program was junior Brayden Easterlin. From the CNA program, two juniors; Addy Kimball and Emma McPherson were honored and sophomore Garrett Owens who is in the Heavy Equipment program.
They join other THS classmates inducted last year: Gage Berry and Matt Doucette from Metal Trades, Michael Early Outdoor Skills and Leadership, Austin Mosher in Building Construction, and Hannah Stetson from Fire Science.
Job well done to you all!!
They join other THS classmates inducted last year: Gage Berry and Matt Doucette from Metal Trades, Michael Early Outdoor Skills and Leadership, Austin Mosher in Building Construction, and Hannah Stetson from Fire Science.
Job well done to you all!!
Scholarship Time!! Here is the link to apply for the River Fund Maine Scholarships.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2026RiverFundTradeScholarshipApplication
The River Fund Maine has opened scholarship opportunities to seniors are only open to students who reside in AND attend a school within the RSU 10 and SAD 44 school districts.
The scholarship is intended for students desiring to pursuing a career in the trade or technical fields. Students may choose to attend a one or two-year program at trade school, technical school or community college of their choice located in the state of Maine or Coos or Carroll Counties in New Hampshire. The scholarship amount awarded is $20,000 for a two-year program or $10,000 for a one year program.
This scholarship is NOT intended for students choosing community college as a means of then transferring to a four-year college or university. We ask that school officials guiding their students through our application process make this clear.
Below is a suggested list of programs of study:
Automotive Technology Building Construction Technology
Business Administration and Management
Career Studies
Communication and New Media
Computer Technology
Conservation Law Enforcement
Cosmotology/Beauty
Criminal Justice
Culinary Arts
Cybersecurity-Digital Forensics
Data Science
Early Childhood Education
Electromechanical Technology
Exercise Science
Facilities Maintenance and Management
Forensic Science
Graphic Design
Health Sciences Certificate
Human Services
HVAC/R Technology
Justice Studies
Life Sciences
Medical Coding & Electronic Health Records
Metal Fabrication
Nursing
Plumbing and Heating Technology
Police Operations Advanced Certificate
Precision Machining Technology
Precision Machining Technology Advanced Certificate
Pre-Engineering
Restaurant Management
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2026RiverFundTradeScholarshipApplication
The River Fund Maine has opened scholarship opportunities to seniors are only open to students who reside in AND attend a school within the RSU 10 and SAD 44 school districts.
The scholarship is intended for students desiring to pursuing a career in the trade or technical fields. Students may choose to attend a one or two-year program at trade school, technical school or community college of their choice located in the state of Maine or Coos or Carroll Counties in New Hampshire. The scholarship amount awarded is $20,000 for a two-year program or $10,000 for a one year program.
This scholarship is NOT intended for students choosing community college as a means of then transferring to a four-year college or university. We ask that school officials guiding their students through our application process make this clear.
Below is a suggested list of programs of study:
Automotive Technology Building Construction Technology
Business Administration and Management
Career Studies
Communication and New Media
Computer Technology
Conservation Law Enforcement
Cosmotology/Beauty
Criminal Justice
Culinary Arts
Cybersecurity-Digital Forensics
Data Science
Early Childhood Education
Electromechanical Technology
Exercise Science
Facilities Maintenance and Management
Forensic Science
Graphic Design
Health Sciences Certificate
Human Services
HVAC/R Technology
Justice Studies
Life Sciences
Medical Coding & Electronic Health Records
Metal Fabrication
Nursing
Plumbing and Heating Technology
Police Operations Advanced Certificate
Precision Machining Technology
Precision Machining Technology Advanced Certificate
Pre-Engineering
Restaurant Management
Telstar had 8 students participate along with other Oxford County high school students in a rural workforce medical boot camp at UMA as a coordination project between two of our THS student pathway programs: Extended Learning Opportunities or ELO program (coordinated by Carrie Lynch) and Jobs for Maine Graduates or JMG program (coordinated by Chyanna Millett-Cordwell) and the Rural Aspirations Project. WABI-TV out of Bangor did a nice op piece about the students to share their experience.
https://www.wabi.tv/2026/04/07/uma-hosts-medical-bootcamp-gives-oxford-county-students-hands-on-look-health-care-careers/
https://www.wabi.tv/2026/04/07/uma-hosts-medical-bootcamp-gives-oxford-county-students-hands-on-look-health-care-careers/
Good Morning,
The phone lines as the High & Middle School are currently down. We are working to get them back up and running again. In the meantime, please email jordanh@sad44.org or mcdonnellm@sad44.org for assistance. You can also use the Kinvo messaging system in Powerschool.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
The phone lines as the High & Middle School are currently down. We are working to get them back up and running again. In the meantime, please email jordanh@sad44.org or mcdonnellm@sad44.org for assistance. You can also use the Kinvo messaging system in Powerschool.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Region 9 will hold a public meeting on Thursday, March 26th at 6pm in the Telstar library to discuss and present their 2026-2027 budget. All are welcome to attend.
The Telstar Math Team drove to UMF today to compete in the regional high school math meet. They are a small but committed group who worked hard and well together! The unique make up of this team gives MSAD#44 a lot to be proud of. THS student Davon De Gruttola is the lone high school representative leading his younger teammates. TMS is represented by Henry Harrop, Mikayla Russell, Addison Lynch, and Sybil Lafaver. Coached and guided by THS Math teacher Dave Lynch, they are building the foundation for a competitive program for the future. Congratulations to you all!
