Approximately 60 students and staff joined in a competitive, fun game of pile up kickball in the Doughty gym after school on Wednesday, October 26. We ventured indoors due to the wind and rain but that did not put a damper on the fun! Student Council sponsored the activity and topped it off Read More
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Native American Studies at JFDS
Students in Mrs. Kennedy's social studies class have been learning about Native American cultures. To culminate their studies, students played a traditional stick dice game as well as a Dakota Sioux tribe game called Snatching Places, and a Pima tribe game called Vaputta. Students were impressed 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
JFDS Drives the Golden Spike
Students in Mrs. Kennedy's Social Studies' classes have been studying about the transcontinental railroad. Some students put on a play recreating the laying of the last golden spike in Utah. Students decided to create a railroad in the classroom with yardsticks and rulers as the track, desks as the Read More
JFDS Picture Day
JFDS Picture Day is scheduled for Friday, September 23rd. Pictures generally begin around 8:30 and are finished by 11:00AM. Read More
Goal setting at JFDS
Mrs. McPhee's classes reflected on individual strengths and weaknesses and illustrated the story of ourselves on paper hands. They set goals for making academic and personal gains this school year, and, by a show of hands, committed to going after those goals. These activities will help students Read More
7th & 8th Grade MLTI Laptop Meetings
Dear 7th & 8th Grade Parents of MLTI Students: The State of Maine, through the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI), provides all Grade 7 and Grade 8 students in Maine with a laptop to use for educational purposes at school and also at home. The school must obtain parent permission Read More
Busy Summer at JFDS
If you have driven past JFDS in the last week or so, you may have noticed some heavy duty construction going on. In addition to all of the usual summer cleaning, painting, and teacher work in our building we have three major projects ongoing. Outside, all paved surfaces and curbing is Read More
JFDS Open House
The James F. Doughty School is proud to welcome all of our students and their families to our Open House on Thursday, September 8th, from 6:00 to 7:00. Students are encouraged to tour the building with their families, see their classrooms, and introduce them to the faculty. For parents of Read More
JFDS Fall Sports Information
It is time for families to begin getting ready for the fall sports season! With the September 1st start date this year, and Labor Day coming on the following Monday, the time for tryouts and practices is extremely short, so it is even more important than ever that parents turn in athletic paperwork Read More