SeDoMoCha School honors students for honest and integrity
DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha Elementary and Middle School hosted a special schoolwide assembly on Nov. 25 to recognize students in kindergarten through grade 8 who demonstrate exceptional honesty and integrity.
One student from each grade level was selected by teachers, along with one student chosen by the kindergarten through grade 4 and unified arts team and one selected by the grade 5-8 and UA teachers. During the assembly, teachers took turns sharing remarks about their chosen students before calling them to the podium to receive a certificate, a gift certificate to the school store and a round of applause from an audience filled with students, staff and proud family members.
SEDOMOCHA HONORS — SeDoMoCha School students who had been recognized for showing honesty and integrity were honored during the November Student in the Spotlight schoolwide assembly on Nov. 25. Front, from left, are kindergartener Avery Rideout, first grader Nathan Thorpe, third grader Emmitt Bragdon, fourth grader Grace Anderson and elementary unified arts honoree Casen Butts. Back, fifth grader Cloe Craig, sixth grader Vera Koncinsky, seventh grader Jackson Hanson, eighth grader Parker Lizotte and middle school unified arts honoree Cloe Pratt. Not pictured, second grader Iris Smith.
Honorees are kindergartener Avery Rideout, first grader Nathan Thorpe, second grader Iris Smith, third grader Emmitt Bragdon, fourth grader Grace Anderson, Casen Butts for elementary unified arts, fifth grader Cloe Craig, sixth grader Vera Koncinsky, seventh grader Jackson Hanson, eighth grader Parker Lizotte and Cloe Pratt for middle school unified arts.
Families had received advance notice of the event, but were asked to keep the recognition a surprise — making for a heartwarming afternoon of joyful reactions and well-deserved celebration. Jeff Dale, head of the Student in the Spotlight committee, welcomed the crowd before turning the program over to the teachers to present the awards.
Throughout the event, each teacher shared brief but heartfelt words describing the ways their students show respect each day.
The event concluded with enthusiastic applause and smiles all around as the SeDoMoCha community celebrated its students’ positive examples.
SeDoMoCha will continue recognizing students throughout the 2025–26 school year for demonstrating other important Habits of the Mind, including perseverance, responsibility and empathy.
For November several staff members were recognized for demonstrating resilience in the building, Jenn Gallagher, Katy Gregory, Judy Pickard and Melissa Stearns. The Staff in the Spotlight honoree is Pickard, a special education technician.
STAFF IN THE SPOTLIGHT — The SeDoMoCha School’s November Staff In the Spotlight honoree is Special Education Educational Technician Judy Pickard, who demonstrated resilience.