The Athletic Program offers seasonal physical challenges for our students. Sports programs for middle-school boys and girls include soccer, cross-country, track and field, basketball, cheerleading, softball and baseball. “The Saints” have been recognized for their performance, success and sportsmanship, which fosters team and school spirit. More information
MathCOUNTS is a national math enrichment program to promote middle school math achievement. Students meet twice per week to prepare for local competition. All Saints teams have gone on to state-wide competition. More information
Chess Team at St. John’s campus is an after school activity designed to develop students’ logic, strategic thinking, and etiquette while playing this complex game. Chess team is a program for students in 2nd to 8th grade who already know how to play chess. Students learn how to play competitive chess and encouraged to compete in local tournaments. The chess team hosts a tournament every February in preparation for the Maine Scholastic tournaments in April. All Saints has had many successful teams and players including winning team and individual honors.
Yearbook is an exciting opportunity for middle-school students to capture and share memories of each academic year. Students take an active role in photography, design and the artwork of their publication.
Children’s Choir fosters the joy, discovery, creativity and discipline of musical presentation. Both St. Mary’s and St. John’s churches support youth choir opportunities for youngsters (reading age to grade 8) to experience a solid introduction to the concepts of singing as part of a group, rhythm skills and participation in a church service.
Field Trips are planned with educational and/or social development objectives as the focus. These activities reinforce our curriculum goals by offering enjoyable, life-learning experiences. The Youth Symphony at the Maine Center for Performing Arts, the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, the University of Maine’s planetarium, Leonard’s Mills Living History Day and a visit to an apple orchard are just some of the field trips that have been offered to students. Class trips are also included as they pertain to the curriculum.
As Robotics and computers become increasingly prevalent in students' lives, understanding programming and programming concepts is becoming very important for students' success. Robots are an easy and effective way to learn about computer programming a fun way for students to learn STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) concepts. Programming a robot has tangible, observable effects. More information
Annual 7th grade science project of raising and releasing Atlantic Salmon
From the day they recently received 200 salmon eggs to the moment they release new salmon into the Kenduskeag Stream in Bangor in May, seventh graders at All Saints Catholic School are in for quite an experience. By May, the salmon at All Saints will develop from eggs into alevin, an immature life stage of the Atlantic salmon. The students will then release the salmon into the Kenduskeag in May. “It is a very powerful learning experience that helps our students become better stewards of our river, fish, and related wildlife,” said Matthew Houghton, principal of All Saints. “Our students grow to understand that stewardship of nature is crucial,” said Rehmeyer. “After all, they are going to inherit the responsibility of looking after our most vulnerable populations.” All Saints Catholic School has collaborated with the Maine Atlantic Salmon Federation for years through the Fish Friends Program, which provides materials and mentoring to schools around Maine. For more information, visit www.fishfriends.me. Full Story Here