Tripp Middle School has been a powerhouse in the East Division losing three games in three years and dominating a tough football division.The coach of Tripp,s team is coach Jim Hersom. He stresses image more than anything and how that means how your school pictures you, your teachers and your community all looks at you. […]

Do you love to have fun while helping others? Try having a Compassion Fair! All you need is a right mind and a good idea.Central Maine Christian Academy had a compassion fair a few weeks ago. The seventh through 12th graders had a blast creating fun and easy games for the younger grades. And the […]

Saint Dom’s posted the results of the mock election that the A.P. Government class held. The school had a 63% voter turnout and McCain received 60 votes while Obama received 48. The Electoral College also voted in favor of McCain. Though voter opinions differed in the national election, A.P. Government was pleased with the students […]

The computer classes at Edward Little High School are suffering from lack of efficient technology. The computers in certain classes are not powerful enough to run certain software that would benefit the classes, and in the few classes that do possess the necessary hardware, the software is still at its bare minimum.Computerized media classes, such […]

How much one should care about writing was the question many third graders in Mrs. Sue Hardison’s class at Lisbon Community School were asking themselves as they listened to this Advocate reporter talk about the importance of writing. Earlier this month, I received a wonderful invitation from Mrs. Hardison to visit her class and encourage […]

Homework is the type of thing we all have to do. Usually, it’s in more than one class, so it’s very time consuming. But the question is, why do we do it?Homework, in some teachers’ eyes, is very important. It will help you learn to be responsible for when you get a job. But there […]

Well ’tis the season for lots of colds; winter time is just around the corner and it’s time to bundle up and start increasing your defense against those nasty, cold-causing germs. So why don’t we start with what we put into our body. Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietician and author of the book, The […]

In the fall of seventh grade, I was nominated to take part in the Jr. NYLC, which stands for Junior National Young Leadership Conference. This is a week long leadership program that teaches and improves leadership skills traits. It involves more than 200 students from all over the United States.The program took place in Washington […]

I interviewed Melissa Elie our reading and English teacher.What was your favorite animal? Dogs and the type of dog is a Boston Terrier.Why do you like teaching as your job? I like helping kids learn and I like working with kids.If you could choose another job what would it be?I would like to be a […]

Picture day; a day that will live in infamy, as F.D.R would say. Most of us think of picture day as horrible as an immunization shot, or an introvert forced to speak in public. We prepare and stress; we must get the right outfit, the right hair cut, the right everything. For those of us […]