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Central Maine Christian Academy students attend ACSI Maine Academic Day

By Staff Central Maine Christian Academy students, from grades 5 through 12, recently participated in the ACSI Maine Academic Day at Bangor Christian School. The event included competitions in the math, art, and science areas. Central Maine Christian Academy was among the twelve Christian schools involved in these activities. The students chosen to take part […]

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Pottery fund raiser for Tsunami Relief

By Amanda Robinson,Hebron Academy Hebron Academy pottery students raised $1,200 for tsunami relief efforts by crafting and selling ceramic bowls.One hundred percent of the proceeds went to the villages of Tamil Nadu, the southern-most state of India. Half will go to a children’s fund that is creating a community center for emotional healing, while the […]

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National Nurse’s Day May 11

Complex nursing interventions are needed on a daily basis in our nation’s schools because more and more medically fragile children are in attendance. Tube feedings, suctioning, insulin pumps, catheter! zations, ostomy care, sterile dressing changes and more are among the many treatments handled in the schools. Nurses are seeing students with multiple psychiatric problems, autism, […]

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Poland Regional High School Band meets Monmouth Middle School

By Stephanie A. Spencer,Monmouth Middle School Combine a few flutes, a couple clarinets, some saxophones, trumpets and trombones, throw in a dash of rock and roll and jazz music from the 70’s and 80’s, a pinch of singing, and about 10 steel drums, and what do you get? The three different bands from Poland Regional […]

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Academics vs. athletics

By Stephanie Spencer,Monmouth Middle School As she watches her teammates rush down the court, she remembers what it was like to play basketball. The heat and intensity of the game, and the feeling of adrenaline pumping through her blood all seems like a memory. She’s missing out on her favorite game just because of one […]

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Overview of J.R.R. Tolkien’s

By Jacob White,Tripp Middle School The Maiar are great spirits that serve the Valar gods. The Maiar come in the form of almost anything, including fair maidens, wizened old men, and great evil spiders, and also vary greatly in power. Maiar not only served the Valar, but in my opinion were their way of dealing […]

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S.A.D.D. Healthy Decisions Day

On April 10, 20 students, five adults and the assistant principal spent three hours assigning students and teachers to workshops. What an amazing task. Job well done!Camp Kieve was the beginning of the process for what the S.A.D.D. students at Lisbon High were planning for an awareness day at school. The students spent three full […]

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“Oral History”

By Kassandra Bowen,St. Peter & Sacred Heart School On March 28, students in grades 6-8 at St. Peter and Sacred Heart School competed in the Modern Woodsmen of America school speech contest. This year’s topic was “The Greatest Time in American History.” All of the students worked hard, but not all of them could move […]

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English classes take part in storybook

By Arjang Nowtash,Edward Little High School Students in Mrs. Nancy Martin’s ESL English classes took part in an activity about a children’s storybook. The stories they wrote were from the country that the ESL (English as a Second Language, now English Language Learners) students come from. It was done in all the English classes.The reason […]

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Elm Street School “Brings Down the House”

Thirteen students from the Pine Tree League math team at Elm Street School in Mechanic Falls participated in a spring Math Meet at the Richmond Middle School on Thursday, April 14. Approximately 12 schools from the surrounding area were involved. Mechanic Falls took home a first place for overall top score. The sixth, seventh, and […]