Surviving triplets Emma and Lucas Towers compete in the classroom, on the field and give back to their community.
Schools & Education
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Posted inNation / World, New England, News, Schools & Education
Hoax school shooting made worse when Massachusetts officer accidentally fires gun
Local and state police had responded to a report of someone with a gun at St. John’s Prep at about 2 p.m. Monday, and the sound of the gunshot ‘elevated the situation,’ police said.
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Students suspended for fighting at Mexico middle school
No weapons were involved and no one was injured.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools & Education
Sen. Angus King talks citizenship, book-banning, TikTok with Readfield-area middle schoolers
The independent U.S. senator from Maine was the guest speaker for the “Acadia Team” at Maranacook Community Middle School for their topic on “Paths to America.”
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
UMaine System trustees approve tuition, fee increases
Citing declining enrollment, inflation and other financial pressures, the board adopts a budget that will raise tuition 3% for in-state students beginning this fall. Room and board and student fees also will rise.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News, Schools & Education
Using ‘he/him,’ ‘she/her’ in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college
The firing of 2 employees at a religious school in western New York is fanning the culture wars roiling parts of the United States
Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education
Rangeley scholar finds balance through self-education
Grad Tidings: Daxxtyn Williams has found opportunities to learn outside of the classroom.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Portland schools struggle to enroll students amid influx of asylum seekers
The city school district has enrolled over 800 students whose primary language is not English this school year – about twice the rate of the previous year.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Colby College graduates told to embrace failure, stay true to self
At the Waterville college’s 202nd commencement exercises Sunday morning, diplomas were presented to 543 graduates from 38 states and 35 countries.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Leadership comes naturally to Oxford Hills salutatorian
When Brendan Palmer was made a captain on the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School soccer team last fall, he knew it wasn’t because he was particularly good at the sport.