{"id":506,"date":"2023-05-17T08:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:08:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Welcome to Prescott Memorial School!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prescott Memorial School is a vibrant, close-knit Pre-K through 5th-grade community nestled in Washington, Maine. Here, our dedicated educators partner closely with families to inspire student success and nurture a natural curiosity about the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We believe learning has no boundaries. Especially for our youngest learners, we embrace outdoor education and hands-on discovery, using nature to make learning active and memorable. Coupled with a rich array of enrichment opportunities\u2014including art, physical education, music, and library programs\u2014we set high expectations that encourage every child to grow academically and socially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guided by our core values of being <em>Respectful, Responsible, Ready, and Safe<\/em>, we empower our Proud and Productive Pandas to become lifelong learners equipped for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are proud to say Prescott Memorial School has placed in the top 40% of all elementary schools in the state of Maine for the past three years, making Prescott a<strong> U.S. News and World Report Best Elementary School!<\/strong>&nbsp; Check out what was published about our school at this link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/k12\/maine\/badge-eligible-school-237975\"><strong>https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/k12\/maine\/badge-eligible-school-237975<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also won the 2019 WinterKids Winter Games competition, which awarded us $10,000!!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/07\/image-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" style=\"width:384px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/07\/image-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/07\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/07\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/07\/image-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/07\/image-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/07\/image.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Prescott Memorial School! Prescott Memorial School is a vibrant, close-knit Pre-K through 5th-grade community nestled in Washington, Maine. Here, our dedicated educators partner closely with families to inspire student success and nurture a natural curiosity about the world. We believe learning has no boundaries. Especially for our youngest learners, we embrace outdoor education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1164,"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsu40.org\/prescott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}