Grad Tidings: Laura Wong is passionate about taking photos and recording little details for the yearbook.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Hebron Academy senior uses curiosity to draw others into her community
Grad Tidings: For more than a year during the pandemic, Hebron Academy’s student magazine stopped publishing. Then, Nola Goodwin came along and gave the biannual publication a fresh start.
Boiler fix not included in $24.7 million RSU 16 budget given first OK by residents
The spending plan represents a $1.5 million increase over the current year and must be approved in a June 13 validation vote by residents of Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot.
Siblings Emma and Lucas Towers are the top 2 students at Spruce Mountain High School
Surviving triplets Emma and Lucas Towers compete in the classroom, on the field and give back to their community.
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.
Students suspended for fighting at Mexico middle school
No weapons were involved and no one was injured.
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.”
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.
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
Rangeley scholar finds balance through self-education
Grad Tidings: Daxxtyn Williams has found opportunities to learn outside of the classroom.