While researching for my article “Cancer” (recently published in the Advocate,) I decided to seek resources, contacting Kerry Irish. Kerry is a part of the Patrick Dempsey Center for Hope and Healing at CMMC. Through e-mail, she gave me some great links. After submitting my article, Kerry informed my GT teacher, Mrs. Duguay, and I […]

High school: the best years of your life. The years of bad hair days, tears, friendships that last forever, broken hearts and backstabbing. Yeah, it’s a blast, something that I personally love doing everyday of my teen life. However, there are people out there who don’t appreciate it as much. And usually they are the […]

The Central Office for the Lisbon School Department is like a lot of old buildings in the state of Maine. Many of these older buildings need renovations and other enhancements. With the current economy and budget cuts everywhere, all too often getting the work done is a challenge.A few years back, Lisbon’s Central Office was […]

LMS is having their yearly Winter Concert featuring 160 students. This event will be on Wednesday, December 17, at7 p.m. in the LMS auditorium. The band, chorus, and strings group will be performing traditional and holiday music. The music groups would love to see as many people there as possible, so it’s sure to be […]

Butterflies mean many different things to me. When I first think of butterflies, I think of an insect. You know, the cute bug that has elaborate wings with neon colors on them, and that fly around you in a field. They can be so beautiful to look at. And then there is the other meaning, […]

Fall is the season when people start getting out their warm clothing and getting ready for winter. Just imagine sitting by the warm fire sipping on a cup of hot chocolate. Mmm. In the fall, I love how all the leaves change colors, and then raking up the leaves and jumping into them. I then […]

Monmouth Academy’s annual Halloween Costume contest had a great turnout this year! Pink haired pop stars and mysterious people in ski masks replaced the students in classes. Vampires and dark angels roamed the halls, and superheroes took the day off from saving the world to show off their spandex wear! We even had a teacher […]

As we all know, Myspace is a pretty popular place. But as we all don’t know, there can be a lot of dangers that come along with this site. Now, most Myspace users will type in the address to get there. They will see the appealing opening Web site. Most of them will click on […]

On November 24, the sophomores and juniors went on a field trip to the St. Mary’s Food Bank. Once there, they were greeted by Joyce Gagnon, the volunteer director for the Food Bank. She gave a brief, but beautiful, speech on how miracles are always at work at St. Mary’s Food Bank. Next, every student, […]

During the week of October 27, Elm Street School’s seventh and eighth grade students held an election. The election was for all students in the school. I, an eighth grader at Elm Street, got to help out during the election. Each one of my classmates got a different job. One person would check students off […]