January 13 – February 7, 2025
What an incredible four weeks of outdoor fun, learning, and teamwork! A huge round of applause to every participating Winter Games school for embracing winter, stepping outside, and making the most of the season!
Our unique annual academic challenge encourages outdoor physical activity, teamwork, and a passion for learning outdoors in winter.
Have your students or children participated in the WinterKids Winter Games? We want to hear how WinterKids has positively changed your life, classroom, or community!
Week 2 of the WinterKids Winter Games focused on the theme of precipitation. In spite of some of the lowest temps of the season, students bundled up and headed outdoors to gather data for their weather charts. This week’s activities focused on taking accurate measurements – be it temperatures, snowfall amounts, or the size of a snow angel!
This year’s program is buzzing with energy as schools across Maine participate in winter-themed activities designed to promote outdoor activity and community spirit. Over the next few weeks, we’ll share stories and images from these schools as they embrace outdoor education and learn how individual and collective actions impact our climate.
Congratulations to our 2025 Competitive Track Winners:
Three Schools received top scores as part of our Competitive Track, through a rubric-style scoring method based on daily challenges. We are thrilled to congratulate our top three Competitive Track schools:
🥇 Gold Medal: Rangeley Lakes Regional School | Rangeley, ME (Franklin County) – taking home the top prize of $5,000!
🥈 Silver Medal: Lamoine Consolidated School | Lamoine, ME (Hancock County) – earning $3,000!
🥉 Bronze Medal: Community Regional Charter School | Cornville, ME (Somerset County) – winning $1,500!
But that’s not all—every participating school is a winner in our book! A grand total of $18,250 in cash grants was awarded across all competing schools, recognizing their dedication to outdoor education and the spirit of the Games.
Past Competitive Track Winners:
2024
🥇 Williams-Cone School | Topsham, Maine (Sagadahoc County)
🥈 Rangeley Lakes Regional School | Rangeley, Maine (Franklin County)
🥉 West Bath School | West Bath, Maine (Sagadahoc County)
2023
🥇 Leroy H. Smith School | Winterport, Maine (Waldo County)
🥈 Williams-Cone School | Topsham, Maine (Sagadahoc County)
🥉 Rangeley Lakes Regional School | Rangeley, Maine (Franklin County)
2022
🥇 Jonesport Elementary | Jonesport, Maine (Washington County)
🥈 West Bath School | West Bath, Maine (Sagadahoc County)
🥉 Leroy H. Smith School | Winterport, Maine (Waldo County)
2021
Due to COVID, no medals awarded | fully remote edition of the Winter Games.
2020
🥇 Prescott Memorial School | Washington, Maine (Knox County)
🥈 Jonesport Elementary | Jonesport, Maine (Washington County)
🥉Dr. Levesque Elementary School | Frenchville, Maine (Aroostook County)
2019
🥇 Searsport Elementary School | Searsport, ME (Waldo County)
🥈 Ames Elementary School | Searsmont, ME (Waldo County)
🥉 Canal School | Westbrook, ME (Cumberland County)
2018
🥇 Dayton Consolidated School | Dayton, ME (York County)
🥈 Skillin School | South Portland, ME (Cumberland County)
🥉 Miles Lane School | Bucksport, ME (Hancock County)
The community has been super excited, the whole school, there's been a different atmosphere and we're just really happy to be chosen to be part of this, this year.
Teacher / Leroy H. Smith School
Kudos to you and this organization for mapping out such a wonderful program for Maine schools. I have been blown away by every aspect of this initiative.
Principal / Waterboro Elementary School
Win or lose, this has been a wonderful experience for our staff and our community.
Principal / Ash Point Community School
Of course we want to win! But I feel like we've already won... It's an immediate result. You can see the difference in the kids."
Principal / Swan's Island School
Ok, first and foremost, this is the COOLEST program. The amount of thought that has gone into it is incredible.
PE Teacher / Waterboro Elementary School
I am SO thankful for the impact this Winter Kids competition has on our kids. In this short time, the changes in attitudes, physical activity, even the helpfulness of students was very heart-warming.
Piscataquis Community Elementary School
Because of this competition, my family is now rethinking our snack choices and making healthier ones, our kids and community have formed a wonderful bond coming together for one goal, and you managed to get a Mom, who hates winter and the cold, outside embracing the beauty of Maine having fun with her kids.
How do you combine a community, school, home, nutrition, exercise, team, kids, parents, teachers, school spirit, awareness, and fun? Participate in WinterKids Winter Games!! Seriously had no idea how amazing this would be and what our community was capable of! The support and Camaraderie is incredible. What a positive experience this has been for our kids and all the parents too!
It has been inspirational to watch our community unite around a common purpose of healthy, active kids.
Assistant Principal / Waldo T. Skillen School
Let's just say several parents told me their students were sleeping better at night and at school we've had much less behavior issues this week! Two very big positives for WinterKids Winter Games challenge week #2!!
Principal / Miles Lane Elementary
This was truly an inspiration to the kids, staff and families to embrace the winters here in Maine, more than they already have.
School Nurse / Dayton Consolidated School
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