By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer GUILFORD — The “Pirate Portal” 360-degree virtual reality classroom at Piscataquis Community Elementary School has been included in an EdTech Magazine article on virtual field trips.

GUILFORD — For the fourth time in five months, SAD 4 residents will head to the polls to vote on a budget for the 2025-26 academic year.

GUILFORD — For the second time in as many months, a proposed $9,531,320 SAD 4 budget for the 2025-26 academic year is being brought before voters.

GUILFORD – A month after SAD 4 residents turned down a proposed 2025-26 budget of $9,752,463 — via a count of 282-187 on the ballot across its half dozen communities — a revised spending plan totaling $9,531,320 was approved at a district budget meeting on Tuesday evening at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will demonstrate their skills as classes, groups and individuals using their voices and instruments to perform traditional folk songs, sea shanties, ukulele, chorus and band.

GUILFORD — The rural location of the SAD 4 campus housing both Piscataquis Community Secondary School and Piscataquis Community Elementary School provides a number of assets for teachers and students such as trails through the woods, space for gardening, an outdoor classroom, a courtyard in the middle of the grade 7-12 school, and more.

GUILFORD — Each year Anita Wright, principal at Piscataquis Community Elementary School, challenges her sixth grade class to “make a difference” in their world.