The WinterKids Winter Games 2020 got 32 Maine schools (2 in every county in Maine), including 7,332 kids and 1087 teachers and support staff (superintendents, principals, vice principals, school nutrition, guidance, maintenance, bus drivers, and more) to take their classrooms outside this winter, learning, playing, and taking advantage of the magic that is Winter in Maine!
Continue reading for a play by play rundown of what happened during this year’s Winter Games!
This month-long challenge was aligned with STEAM and focused on outdoor physical activity, nutrition, and family engagement. Entire communities wrapped their arms around these schools to support and get involved themselves. Schools were supported by 82 different businesses and local organizations!!! The snowball effect is real friends!
Each week, schools were given different challenges to complete throughout the week. They were scored on a rubric that allowed them to earn points that also took into account guest speakers, non-teaching staff participation, social media shares, community collaboration, and more.
Week 1: Outdoor Physical Activity & Science
Scoring Rubric
The theme for Week 1 was Outdoor Physical Activity and Science. After kicking off the Winter Games with their opening ceremonies, Students completed 5 physical activity challenges from the WinterKids Elementary or Preschool GOAL.
Just look at how they took their science lessons outside and stayed active all week long!
Whitefield Elementary School 
West Bath School 
Waterboro Elementary School 
Swans Island School 
Spruce Mountain Elementary 
Sabattus Primary School 
Rangeley Lakes Regional School 
Prescott Memorial School 
Madison Elementary School 
Leroy H Smith School 
Katahdin Elementary School 
Jonesport Elementary School 
Helen A Thompson School 
HB Emery Jr Memorial School 
Harrison Elementary 
Greenville Consolidated School 
Glenburn Elementary School 
Fort Kent Elementary School 
Fairview Elementary 
Edna Libby Elementary School 
Dr Levesque Elementary School 
Dirigo Elementary School 
Carrabec Community School 
Brownville Elementary School 
Bristol Consolidated School 
Beech Hill School 
Bay Ridge Elementary 
Ash Point Community School 
Andover Elementary School 
Ames Elementary School
Week 2: Nutrition & Math
Scoring Rubric
The theme for Week 2 was Nutrition and Math, sponsored by Backyard Farms. Students completed 5 nutrition challenges from the WinterKids Elementary or Preschool GOAL.
Check out all the fun they had learning about nutrition & math:
Whitefield Elementary School 
West Bath School 
Whitefield Elementary School 
West Bath School 
Waterboro Elementary School 
Swans Island School 
Sabattus Primary School 
Rangeley Lakes Regional School 
Prescott Memorial School 
Edna Libby Elementary School 
Fairview Elementary 
Harrison Elementary 
Jonesport Elementary School 
Leroy H Smith School 
Madison Elementary School 
Dr Levesque Elementary School 
Carrabec Community School 
Brownville Elementary School 
Bristol Consolidated School 
Beech Hill School 
Bay Ridge Elementary 
Ash Point Community School 
Ames Elementary School
And OH, the MEMES!
Spruce Mountain Elementary 
Waterboro Elementary School 
West Bath School 
Whitefield Elementary School 
Swans Island School 
Leroy H Smith School 
Harrison Elementary 
HB Emery Jr Memorial School 
Rangeley Lakes Regional School 
Jonesport Elementary School 
Prescott Memorial School 
Sabattus Primary School 
Greenville Consolidated School 
Helen A Thompson School 
Glenburn Elementary School 
Fort Kent Elementary School 
Dr Levesque Elementary School 
Edna Libby Elementary School 
Ames Elementary School 
Beech Hill School 
Bristol Consolidated School 
Fairview Elementary 
Carrabec Community School 
Brownville Elementary School 
Bay Ridge Elementary 
Andover Elementary School 
Ash Point Community School
Week 3: Family Engagement & Art
Scoring Rubric
The theme for Week 3 was Family Engagement & Art, sponsored by 5210 Let’s Go! Students took home bingo cards with many outdoor activities to do with their families.
Check out these awesome photos of healthy, winter fun that happened all across Maine!
Whitefield Elementary School 
West Bath School 
Waterboro Elementary School 
Spruce Mountain Elementary 
Sabattus Primary School 
Rangeley Lakes Regional School 
Greenville Consolidated School 
Harrison Elementary 
Jonesport Elementary School 
Leroy H Smith School 
Madison Elementary School 
Prescott Memorial School 
Glenburn Elementary School 
Fort Kent Elementary School 
Dr Levesque Elementary School 
Carrabec Community School 
Brownville Elementary School 
Bristol Consolidated School 
Ames Elementary School 
Andover Elementary School 
Ash Point Community School 
Bay Ridge Elementary
Week 4: Winter Carnival & Technology / Engineering
Scoring Rubric
The theme for Week 4 Winter Carnival and Technology / Engineering. Students enjoyed learning technology and engineering skills that allowed them to do fun and creative things both outdoors and indoors, and celebrated their final week of the Winter Games!
Whitefield Elementary School West Bath School 
Waterboro Elementary School 
Swans Island School 
Spruce Mountain Elementary 
Sabattus Primary School 
Glenburn Elementary School 
Harrison Elementary 
Jonesport Elementary School 
Katahdin Elementary School 
Leroy H Smith School 
Fort Kent Elementary School 
Fairview Elementary 
Edna Libby Elementary School 
Dr Levesque Elementary School 
Carrabec Community School 
Brownville Elementary School 
Ames Elementary School 
Andover Elementary School 
Bay Ridge Elementary 
Bristol Consolidated School
Weekly Wild Card Winners
Each week schools had an opportunity to enter the Wild Card competition for a chance to win ONE additional point. Here were our weekly winners:
Tie Breaker
As week 4 of the games wrapped up, 6 schools were in a one-way tie for first place! The final tie-breaker challenge for the Top 6 in first place was to create a snow likeness of their school principal. Here were their submissions:
Jonesport Elementary
Dr. Levesque Elementary
West Bath School
Leroy H Smith School
Prescott Memorial School
Bay Ridge Elementary
In the end, three schools had to be chosen to take top honors with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, but the truth is, every participating school is a winner in our eyes. So much hard work was put in by every single one. We are so very proud!
Gold Medal Winners: Prescott Memorial School
Silver Medal Winners: Joneesport Elementary School
Bronze Medal Winners: Dr. Levesque Elementary
Participating Schools:
Final Scores
Thank you To Our Sponsors!
Our Major Community Sponsor, Hannaford Supermarkets, surprised our Gold Medal winning team AND the WinterKids team with a $5,000 match, granting Prescott Memorial School $10,000!
We’re so grateful for their support, as well as the support of our other sponsors, all of whom made the Winter Games 2020 possible:
WinterKids Major Community Sponsor:
WinterKids Supporting Sponsors:
Agren
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Irving Oil
L.L.Bean
Portland Glass
WEX