Reaping the rewards
     The Kingfield Elementary School has realized the rewards of all the hard work and fundraising the students and PTA have done to update the playground equipment. Here, KES students enjoy playing on the large X-Wave and the Skate and Snowboard rides. "The kids are having a ball on them!" said Holly Taylor. (Submitted photos)
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Things went 'bump' in the night
     Elijah Audet (above) sports "Best Costume" at the Kingfield Halloween Party, sponsored by the eighth grade, last Friday night. The party attracted everything from dragons, to gnomes, to princesses and Batman. There were plenty of games and treats for the kids. (Heidi Murphy photos)
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Top bananas!
     The third and fourth grade students in Heidi Bullen's Stratton Elementary School class show off the costumes and settings they designed for a banana. They used the bananas for a descriptive writing piece. The projects were so creative they gave everyone lots of laughs. (Steve Mitman photo)
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'First tracks'
     Stratton student Jared Clukey gets "first tracks" in the season's first snow last Wednesday. (Steve Mitman photo)
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Little baton, big shoes
     Above, Strong Elementary School seventh grader Abby Fecteau directs members of the Bangor Symphony Brass Quartet. (Steve Mitman photo)
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Tooting her own horn
     The Bangor Symphony Orchestra's Lori Wingo, at right, demonstrates that the sounds coming from their brass instruments are conceptually similar to that of a hose or tube and a funnel. Here Kingfield eighth grader Lauren Crossman volunteers to demonstrate the sound in front of a gymnasium of students and guests. The BSO brass ensemble visited all four MSAD #58 elementary schools last week. The events were sponsored by the Kingfield POPS through its commitment to provide music exposure, arts, education and performance opportunities in local schools. The POPS will present its 7th annual outdoor concert Saturday evening on June 27, 2009. (David Hart photo)
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