LUNT SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN AND PLAY & LEARN PROGRAM:

HOURS FOR THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL

SEPTEMBER 2010

In order to provide a smooth transition into kindergarten, the students’ first day is abbreviated. We

believe that this practice allows our youngest students to adjust to their new surroundings and to engage

with their new friends and teachers without having to maneuver the novel experiences of cafeteria lines

and full-school busing.

The scheduled hours for kindergarten for the beginning days of school are: 

WEST SIDE (M-T-W)

Tuesday, September 7 – First day of School– 8:45-11:30

Wednesday, September 8 – 8:45-11:30 (the normal schedule for Wednesday)

Beginning Monday, September 13 the West Side will be on their normal schedule:

Monday and Tuesday 8:45-3:05

Wednesday 8:45-11:30

  EAST SIDE (W-Th-F)

Thursday, September 2 – First Day of School – 8:45-11:30

Friday, September 3 – 8:45-3:05 (the normal schedule for Friday)

Beginning Wednesday, September 8 the East Side will be on their normal schedule:

Wednesday 12:30-3:05

Thursday and Friday 8:45-3:05

LUNT PLAY AND LEARN

“AN ENRICHMENT DAYCARE EXPERIENCE FOR KINDERGARTENERS”

 Thursday, September 2 – 9:30-10:30 – Meet and Greet for students attending 

Lunt Play and Learn on Wednesday PM/Thursday/Friday. 

Thursday, September 2 – 11:30-12:30 – Meet and Greet for students attending 

Lunt Play and Learn on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday AM. 

Friday, September 3 – First day for Lunt Play and Learn – 8:45-3:05

(Parents / Guardians must accompany children to Meet and Greet.)

LINKS

Proposed Lunt School Kindergarten Extension Program Description

Letter to Parents Re: Haiti Fund Drive

Letter to Parents Re: Title I Services to Children

Letter to Parents Re: Highly Qualified Teachers

Letter to Parents Re: Welcome 2009

Letter to Parents Re: Guiding Principles Progress Report

Mission

Falmouth Elementary School shall foster a nururing environment where academic, social, and emotional growth will take place.
Students will be encouraged to develop intellectual curiosity and an appreciation for a variety of cultures. We will strive to cultivate life long learners and responsible and respectable citizens. We invite you to share in our belief and commitment.

About the Lunt School

The Falmouth Schools elementary complex consists of the Plummer Motz School and the Lunt School. The principal at Plummer Motz is Karen Boffa and the principal at Lunt is John G. Flaherty.

The History of D.W. Lunt School

This is the second D.W. Lunt School. The first was built in 1867 at 14 Falmouth Road. Originally known as the Falmouth Corner School, the building is now owned by Ruby Paving Company.

The present school was built in 1941, and occupied in 1942 as a four-room building. The basement was immediately converted into two classrooms, and in 1961, a third basement room was converted to classroom use.

In 1974, the Superintendent’s offices were moved to the third floor of Plummer, and in 1983, the school was closed due to declining student population. It was rented to Spurwink Schools for two and a half years as a private school for children with special needs.

In 1986 the school was again reopened as a kindergarten school, and the Superintendent’s offices occupied two rooms on the first floor. Increasing enrollments dictated the need for an expansion to the school. Lunt School was enlarged with six more classrooms and the Superintendent’s office space was converted back to classrooms in 1991.

The school is named for Daniel Webster Lunt, the Superintendent of Schools in Falmouth in 1897, 1898 and 1911-1925. The school system then serviced a much larger area including much of what are now Falmouth, Cumberland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and Westbrook.

One interesting footnote to history is that the Superintendent of Schools in D.W. Lunt’s time had no office. The Superintendent went from district to district as required and all records were stored at his home. Falmouth has a real scarcity of records of the early years due to the fire that destroyed D.W. Lunt’s house and barn (where the records were stored) around the turn of the century.