Class of 2024’s adviser and keynote speaker, Nicole Sautter, urged the graduates to hold space for uncertainty.
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Great grad: Spruce Mountain High School’s Faith Maurais hones leadership, problem-solving skills
She hopes to one day work for the United States National Park Service and help revive and protect endangered species.
Turner-based school district directors support changes to policy on selecting instructional materials
Changes to policy on library materials was tabled.
Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme ruled that a program providing tuition aid to students in rural areas in Maine without public schools could not exclude religious education.
Photo album: See images from the Leavitt Area High School commencement
Leavitt Area High School awarded diplomas Sunday to 126 seniors at the school’s 125th graduation ceremony at The Colisée in Lewiston.
Sweetser can’t sustain its mental health services to 18 Maine school districts
Sweetser said it lost $1.5 million last year because of billing rules. Their decision to scale back comes as the mental health of young people continues to struggle in the wake of the pandemic.
Leavitt Area High School awards 126 diplomas at 125th graduation
Among the event’s speakers at The Colisée in Lewiston, LAHS Principal Eben Shaw encouraged the graduates to strive for kindness, service, compassion, generosity, perseverance, honesty, determination and enthusiasm.
Photo album: Lisbon High School sends off 69 graduates
Lisbon High School’s class of 2024 closed out their high school careers Sunday with a ceremony at the school.
Great grad: Makenzie Eliot has earned respect from faculty during her years at Telstar
She hopes to become an Army nurse someday.
Photo album: See images from Edward Little High School commencement
The class of 2024, some 258 seniors in all, heard the last of its school elders’ and classmates’ words of wisdom before heading off to the workforce, college, military or some unique spin on the ‘new.’