LCS Students Benefit from Volunteers‏

 Students in Suzie Piraino’s fourth grade class at Lisbon Community School benefited from the woodworking hobby shared by LCS Volunteer, Patti Roberts of Turner. Roberts also assists students with fluency and other areas. Pictured (l-r): back row: Megan Stone, Bradley Harriman, Tony Whittemore, Sean Scott, Lorean Reed, Kayla Roberts, Camron Perry, Rachael Bundy. Third row: Glenn Hill, Adam Loss, Sahara Aldrich. Second row: Trinity Barbay, Stevie Martin, Mrs. Roberts, Brandon Keith-Williams, Sean Marchant. Front row: Payton Veilleux, Brendon Matchett, Brian Small, Mercedes Green, and Cheyenne Pesce.   Picture by Suzie Piraino.

Lisbon – Each week, teachers and students at Lisbon Community School, are visited by a number of Lisbon Volunteers.   Community members, employees from area businesses, parents and grandparents alike, who have attended a Volunteer training class offered at the school, are welcome.  Volunteers spend time assisting teachers in their classrooms, working with students in smaller groups on specific projects, and often times share a hobby of their own.   During a recent classroom visit to students in Suzie Piraino’s fourth grade class, Patti Roberts of Turner shared her knowledge and passion of woodworking.   After the lesson, Mrs. Roberts presented every student with their own wooden spoon.  “Mrs. Roberts visits with my students every week and works on fluency levels,” shares Piraino.  “They love meeting with her each week to demonstrate their progress in reading fluency.”

FMI on Volunteer opportunities in Lisbon Schools, contact, Community Resource Coordinator, Monica Millhime by calling 754-0021 or email mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org to register for the monthly training class.

I'm Patti Roberts and I work with these students.  This is what I would like to add. 

When I first took the volunteer project for Mrs. Piraino, I believed it was just for 2 days, then she asked if I could do it until the end of the year.  I was very skeptical at first since I work well with younger children and was not sure about 4th graders. 

Well I have to tell you seeing these children excel in their  fluency I realize how very special each one of the children are.  So for Christmas they needed something special that was theirs so I thought of the wooden spoons.  May God bless each child and maybe one day they could make something special for another class.

Thanks.