This year’s grads were freshmen when the pandemic hit, making this past year their first relatively normal high school experience.
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Canton selectmen postpone town meeting to wait for audit
Vice chairwoman says 2021-22 financial accounting not finished.
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Posted inBethel, Schools & Education
Telstar senior is interested in solving problems
Grad Tidings: Lacey Tilsley plans to major in engineering at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Maine now has a state butterfly thanks to 2 inquisitive fifth graders
The Old Orchard Beach students reached out to their state representative, Lori Gramlich, who worked with them on submitting a bill naming the Pink-edged Sulphur as Maine’s official butterfly.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Maine adjunct professors join push for wage increases
The instructors acknowledge they have different roles than full-time faculty but say they should be paid similarly for performing the same tasks.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Photos: Students’ hard work goes up, up and away in 3rd annual USM CubeSat Design competition
Students from a dozen middle and high schools competed in the University of Southern Maine’s third annual CubeSat Design Competition on Saturday at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington. A balloon took student-designed microsatellites to an altitude of about 120,000 feet, with the launch testing mission planning, engineering design, and performance of the student-built cubesats (a class of small cube-shaped research satellites, often weighing less than 3 pounds).
Posted inBethel, News, Schools & Education
Recognizing a gap in monitoring, Gould Academy student creates his own water quality sensor
Grad Tidings: For three years, Eli Shifrin of Bethel studied native brook trout, cold water fisheries and water quality monitoring at Gould Academy.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Saint Dominic Academy graduates Class of 2023
As St. Dom’s graduated its 2023 class, lots of people looked back in the weirdness of the pandemic and how it seemed to strengthen people and bring them together.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Spruce Mountain team wins regional Envirothon competition for third consecutive year
Senior team members Abrahm Geissinger, Owen Schwab and Daniel Wilson along with juniors Leah Burgess and Brenden Veillieux earned the highest score the team has ever achieved in Maine competitions.