Our students are readers, and their passion for reading certainly can continue over the summer months with some terrific digital resources and programs. Please take a few minutes to explore our digital flyer to learn about some reading resources that are only a click away! Read More
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JFDS Community Reads for 2016-2017
Our school year began with reading The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall, followed by a nonfiction title, Masters of Disguise by Rebecca Johnson, and our final book this year was a memoir by Jordan Romero, No Summit Out of Sight. (Photo above: No Summit Out of Sight readers at Read More
Reading Madness Returns to JFDS
Grade 6 students will again have the chance to participate in “Reading Madness” and vote for their favorite books at the James F. Doughty School. 32 of the most popular books from the Maine Student Book Award nominee list have been placed in brackets for students to vote on during the month of Read More
Teen Trendsetters Spread the Joy of Reading
Teen Trendsetters, a literacy grant funded through the Barbara Bush Foundation, will be up and running starting November 7th! A small group of seventh and eighth graders have volunteered to be reading mentors to first and second graders at the Vine Street School, one time per week throughout the Read More
One Book, One School at Doughty
We are excited to announce that every student and faculty member at James F. Doughty School will receive a copy of our fall discussion book, The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall, as a gift from our school. We pride ourselves on being “a school of readers,” and after hosting numerous Read More