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It is truly hard to believe that we are in our last month of the school year! Summer vacation is right around the corner, and everyone (at least in our office) is ready to put on some shades and head to the beach. Check out the content below to see how you can stay involved with your community this summer.
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Community Programs Spotlight
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Summer Programming
Click each program title to go directly to its registration page, or head over to our website for a full list of programs.
These programs below are open for registration:
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Youth Sports & Fitness Programs
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High School Summer Sports
Registration is now available for:
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Field Hockey
Football
Girls Basketball
Boys Basketball
Sign up ASAP to reserve your spot on a summer team!
Fall Football - Registration Event Happening Soon!
All K-12 players planning to play football in Fall 2026 must attend the Registration Event from 6-7pm at Pownal Road Field on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026. The Gridirons Booster club will gather uniform measurements and other details essential for the season.
Please email <freeportfootballgridiron@gmail.com> with any questions or concerns related to this event.
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Summer Camps
Check out the list of summer camps below, or go to our website for more!
SparkYou Summer Camps
SparkYou has three unique camp experiences to offer this summer - Slime Masters, Wizards and Potions, and Pixels & Blocks Creators Camps. If you like to learn while using your hands and stimulating your senses, these camps are for you! Click the title above to learn more and register for each program.
Top Rockers Hip-Hop and Jazz Dance Camp
Students will learn various styles of hip hop and choreography. Instruction in the fundamentals and vocabulary of hip-hop will help to round out the week. Techniques include: popping, locking, waving, isolation, breaking and tumbling. We will finish out the day with dance games, crafts and other fun activities. An outdoor demonstration on Friday will complete this high energy week. Beginner Level.
Fairy Dance Camp
Encourage your child to use their imagination, spread their wings and join us for a week of Fairy Fun Dance Camp! Daily activities include ballet and creative movement dance instruction, with an emphasis on vocabulary and technique. We will round out the day with tumbling, crafts, and dance games.
Fairy Tale Princess Dance Camp
A magical experience to become the princess of your dancing dreams! Come dressed in your favorite Princess dance outfit. Students will learn themed movements and all the essentials of becoming a true princess! Activities include tap and ballet instruction, tumbling and creative movement, technique and vocabulary. Family and friends are invited the last day to join the Royal Celebration!
Team Sports Sampler Camps
Join us for a week of fun learning and playing classic sports from around the world - soccer, flag football, basketball, bocce, tennis, volleyball and more! This half day camp is appropriate for all skill and experience levels.
High School Sports Camps
RSU5 Varsity sports offer a number of summer camps led by head coaches and players of each team. Click each link below to go to their registration page with more information.
Falcon Basketball Camps
Falcon Field Hockey & Lacrosse Camp
Falcon Football Camp
Falcon Co-ed Soccer Camps
Falcon Fusion Track and Field
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Adult Programs
Wood Fired Pizza Making @ Wolfe's Neck Farm Center
Join Chef Malcolm Kelly at Wolfe's Neck Center for a seasonal wood-fired pizza class. You will learn how to make a classic Neapolitan style dough before adding toppings of your choice. Finally, you will pop your creation into our wood oven for cooking. This hands-on class will use seasonal ingredients to make a delicious dinner. Come hungry for knowledge and food.
Wok and Cleaver Bootcamp
Participants will learn how to season, care for, and use a Chinese wok and cleaver. The recipes for the class will include stir-frying, oven roasting, and preparing steamed rice.
Each student will take home a specially selected kit including a lightweight cast iron wok, wok spatula, carbon steel cleaver, honing steel, a heavy duty cutting board, and one of Chris Toy's 6 cookbooks!
Maine Sandlot Baseball League
The MSBL is a supremely player-friendly league for players who have completed their high school eligibility right up through their 20s. We've got a June-July regular season, followed by an early August championship tournament. It's excellent baseball, a ton of fun, and insanely affordable. OPENING DAY IS THIS MONDAY, JUNE 8. Join us!
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Local Events & Activities...
...with RSU5CP & Other Local Groups
Freeport Climate Action Now is excited to announce that the Freeport
Farmers Market is returning for its fifth season! Our opening day will be
Friday, May 29th, from 10 AM to 1 PM at Memorial Park, located at the
corner of Bow Street and Park Street.
We have a wonderful lineup of local vendors and farmers joining us this
year. You can expect a great variety of fresh vegetables, microgreens,
seedlings, honey, maple syrup, handmade pies, sourdough breads,
croissants, fresh brewed coffee, savory foods, and other treats. In addition
to the market offerings, there will be live music, crafts, and various activities
for both children and adults to enjoy.
More information is available on their website:
http://freeportfarmersmarket.org/
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Our partners at Freeport Community Services offer community events taking place regularly at their location at 53 Depot Street in Freeport:
Art Van
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the Month, from 10:30am-12pm. Meet in the FCS courtyard to create art with your neighbors.
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Tech Time with the Library
Every 1st Thursday of the month, from 1-3pm. Meet in the FCS lobby. Come with questions, curiosity, and any gadgets you may need help troubleshooting!
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Free Lunch Friday
Every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, from 12-1pm in the Bradley Room at FCS. Free meals for everyone in the community, prepared by local volunteers.
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For questions about our Adult Education programs, you may contact our Adult Ed Coordinator, Liza Gerber, at:
207-865-6171 x8322 or GerberM@rsu5.org
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Laugh & Learn
Our Laugh & Learn programs in Durham, Freeport and Pownal have enjoyed a great start to the spring and soaked in as much extra time to play outside as they can! We enjoy celebrating seasonal changes, making observations of their “signs” and having conversations with children about what these seasonal changes bring to each of them, and our community. We look forward to enjoying warmer weather this spring!
Our Laugh & Learn team works hard to prepare an inclusive, educational and fun environment for children throughout the school year; we hope to grow and become even more involved in our school and local communities. Throughout the month of May, our Preschoolers ventured to a new continent - Africa! While focusing on Ghana, students learned about natural resources such as gold and cacao, predatory animals and their sounds, the Baobab "Tree of Life" and drums. We were grateful for a parent visitor who came to teach us about their experience living and working in Ghana! Toward the end of May Preschoolers reviewed our map and crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Africa, to stamp their classroom passports in and begin their learning about Cuba. The tropical climate and letter of the week “X” lined up perfectly to learn about Pirates! Preschoolers made their own parrot companions, played in their own pirate ship, followed a treasure map and learned about animals and exports of Cuba.
Want to hear more? Check out our L&L Spring Newsletter.
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Our Laugh & Learn team works hard to prepare an inclusive, educational and fun environment for children throughout the school year; we hope to grow and become even more involved in our school and local communities.
Registration for Laugh & Learn Preschool, Before and After Care is still open however spaces are limited for the 2025-2026 school year. Visit the Laugh & Learn page on our website for more details and to begin the registration process. Any questions? Reach out to: ChildhoodEd@rsu5.org
Registration for the 2026-2027 School Year:
Preschool: Monday, February 2nd 2026 -- still a few spots open!
Before and After Care: Wednesday, April 1st 2026
Laugh & Learn programs are growing so fast that we’re looking to add more teachers to our team! This fun and fulfilling position can be viewed and applied for by visiting this link. Questions? Please reach out to: ChildhoodEd@rsu5.org
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Gift Cards
Need an idea for a quick and easy gift? Community Programs sells gift cards of any value! Give us a call at 207-865-6171 for details and to purchase.
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Reminder to Use Credits on Your Accounts!
Many credits have been issued over the past year, which means you could register for a program using money that has already been applied to your account. To see whether or not you have a credit, you can log into your profile at this link - after logging in, click "My Account" and any credits will be listed under the "Account" menu on the left (see example image below).
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Information on Scholarships
One of our goals here at Community Programs is to make our programming accessible to everyone. To help us reach that goal, we offer scholarship funding to anyone who may need it - all you have to do is apply!
If you are interested in applying for a scholarship (full or partial), we ask you to please submit our application form BEFORE registering for the program. The earlier we are able to process these requests, the better, as it helps us budget and plan our programming each season. You may submit your application/request to our office by emailing the completed form to cp@rsu5.org. All information provided will be kept confidential.
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