Great Works School

MGWS' annual pie/cookie dough fundraiser begins October 3rd and ends October 13th. Delivery is expected on November 2nd, well before Thanksgiving. Sorry, we are unable to acc...

August 24, 2022 Welcome to the 2022 - 2023 School Year! It is with great excitement and anticipation that I write to our Marshwood Community today. I cannot remember a time...

School Calendar for 2022-2023

When fourth-grade teacher Ms. DeMace found out on a social media site that a local rescue was looking for help, she and her class jumped into action! The class worked really h...

Good afternoon, My name is Finley and I'm a 5th grader at Great Works School. I have been working with Mr. Burnell to organize a community project. We are excited to announce a...

The students (and some staff) finally got to have their Great Toboggan Race! We weren't sure if it was going to happen, but mother nature was on our side and gave us just ...

An anonymous parent in our district thought that teachers were having a particularly hard time this year and wondered how to help. The idea of a massage chair for our schools ...

Thank you to all of our students, families, the PTO volunteers, and staff for making Friday an amazing day! While we are still waiting for some snow for The Great Toboggan Race, ...

Whether it's golden brown or burnt to a crisp, people love a good s'more! Last Friday, students had the opportunity to partake in the school's newest tradition of roa...

Thank you GWS Families for supporting The Great Toboggan Race! We have already registered 54 students and collected $3,400 online! We have also had students bring in checks and...

MGWS Pep Rally On Friday, January 21st MGWS students and staff had a spirit day of wearing purple and white. We welcomed MHS cheerleaders to kick off our great Toboggan Ra...

Three students in Ms. Tarr’s class were out at recess one day when they realized how much trash there was out on the baseball field. They decided that they would ask Mr. Hubba...

‘Tis the Season of Giving! Marshwood Great Works students collected thousands of dry and canned goods for our local food pantries over the last few weeks of December. The do...

Great Works School’s Chorus Presents Their Winter Concert On Tuesday, December 21st, the GWS 4th & 5th Grade Chorus performed a Winter Concert for the students and staff of GWS...

GWS is getting festive! The 5th-grade classrooms invited 4th-grade classrooms to join them on their journey of learning about holidays around the world! This was a fun and...

Balloon Parade Great Works Fifth graders had their very own Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Tuesday, November 23rd. All of the classes paraded down the main hal...

A couple of years ago, GWS staff had the opportunity to imagine their dream school. In many of those dreams, GWS had outdoor learning spaces. Mr. Burnell and staff quickly got to ...

Our local VFW Chapter is inviting any students that would like to read their essays to reach out to commander Jeffrey Chase

Last year, Mr. Burnell decided that the students needed a fun activity during our first back to school covid year, so he came up with the idea of a Halloween parade. This was a ...

“ Great Works School Stewards of the Local Land ” This Marshwood Education mini-grant funded a student trip to Mount Agamenticus so students could compare the ecology and ha...