Watershed’s Conceptual Physics class is wrapping up the year with a three-week individual project period where each student has chosen to investigate some physical phenomenon in depth. The projects range from Margo’s detailed investigation of how eating and insulin affect blood sugar, to Sophie’s elaborate wind tunnel investigation of airfoil shapes.
The project presentations will be [...]
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Students from the ninth grade observation class were treated to a visit to the only wild American Chestnut tree known in Camden. Their guide in this adventure was Eric Evans, Camden’s local representative of the American Chestnut Foundation.
After showing students the orchard of back-crossed American and Chinese Chestnut trees at Merryspring Nature park, Evans led [...]
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Street lights are the second largest user of electricity for Rockland, costing the city more than $13,500 every month. When City Council authorized an evaluation of city energy use as a part of an energy planning grant application last November, a street light survey was identified as a key step. A street light survey would [...]
In good hands
Thanks to the wonderful staff and students at the Watershed School who have demonstrated their caring by helping an elderly couple with yard work and securing a dog pen. This had to be done, but no one came to help until my friend of years ago, Will Galloway, brought the entire school, staff [...]
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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has notified Thomas O’Connor, a junior at Watershed School in Rockland, that he has reached the next level of the competition. O’Connor is the fourth Watershed student in the history of the small independent high school, which has been in operation since 2003, to achieve this distinction.
The National Merit awards [...]
There is a new album of pictures from Watershed’s Quebec Trip.
Here are a few
Baby Colton was born on Saturday March 14th at 11:20 in the morning. He was 6lbs and 10oz and all was going well as of a week ago! Congratulations Alison and Tom! We hope Colton and Maggie become good buddies!
This is a picture of our initial rehearsal with Christopher O’Riley on March 24th.
Sophie and I were selected to appear on NPR’s From the Top at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine and were asked to write about our experience.
On Tuesday afternoon we drove to Portland for our initial rehearsal with pianist and From the [...]
Mollishmael Gabah, the talented 26 year-old Ghanaian founder of the Global Ghana Youth Network came to Watershed last week to give a drumming and dancing workshop. His enthusiastic teaching got everyone involved as you can see from the videos! Pay particular attention to the dance video: you can see that our esteemed director, Will Galloway, [...]
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Hot news from the Labor/Delivery Floor of Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, Maine (by Bridget Buck):
Margaret (Maggie) Elizabeth McCarthy was born today, Friday, February 12, 5:19 pm, after a labor of 3 hours, 19 minutes–weight: 6 lbs, 6 oz; height: 19 1/2 inches. Mother Jude, Baby Maggie and Father Bryan are all well, tired [...]
