04/01/2024
Congrats Deb on your retirement🎉Some of my favorite/wildest school dances have been at Wiscasset High! A highlight was assisting the school on their quest to win the School Spirit Challenge. Here's an excerpt from the article:
"One of the proud moments Deb has had working at Wiscasset is when they won the WGME School Spirit Challenge in April of 2014. Highlights of that time are when they beat seven other schools including much larger schools like Portland High School. They raised 58,662 pounds of Food for the Good Shepherd Food Bank! She had an amazing crew of kids who worked with her. They were featured on a Channel 13 News special about the win.
Deb put out a plea to the community to help the kids win and it was an incredible outpouring of support from everyone in Wiscasset, so many businesses like Big Al’s, Ames Supply, Sea Basket, Sarah’s Pizza, Shaw’s, Dunkin Donuts and many more reached out to help! Deb organized a Pep Rally half-way through the weeks of the competition and on the morning of the pep rally when she drove to the school early, she was scared that no one would show up so early to support the kids. She was truly amazed to think so many community members came out to cheer them on! The gym was packed and DJ Paul Wolfe donated his time to provide music while Channel 13 broadcast the whole thing live. So many people came out so early in the morning to support this effort!"
Deb Pooler graduated from Wiscasset High School in 1971 and went on to attend the University of Maine at Orono and Augusta. She started working as an educational technician for Wiscasset School Department in 1989 in the Special Services Department...