By Celise Murphy, Drama Director, Lewiston Middle SchoolThe Lewiston Middle School Drama Club is having another very busy year, with nearly 90 students participating onstage as actors, or backstage with sound, lights, sets, and props. Every year students tell us that the club helps them learn new things, meet new people, and have fun!In addition […]

By Joseph Manley, Student, McMahon Elementary SchoolThe McMahon Elementary School Tiger Times is a regular newspaper run by a team of eight kids. Our April issue includes an article about how the sixth graders recently dissected squid, an interview with a third grader, and an interview with a teacher. Our game page includes a crossword […]

The music and theatre programs at Lewiston High School continue to give stellar performances of plays and musicals. This year, the drama club Center Stage Ensemble produced two quality performances.On the evenings of February 27, 28, and March 1, community audiences saw an outstanding production of the well-known play The Miracle Worker. The set design, […]

By Nicole Vincent, Office of Curriculum & InstructionLewiston teachers learned how to use music to teach reading during a recent professional development workshop. Developing Reading Skills Through Music, facilitated by Carol Huffman, demonstrated how the simple rhyme and rhythm of certain children’s books can be used to enhance the way that students learn basic reading […]

By W. Gus LeBlanc,Principal,Montello Elementary SchoolTeaching children to read has long been the primary instructional responsibility of elementary schools. The first of the three Rs has referred to reading since the days of the one-room classroom. The process of teaching reading has changed in many ways over the years but it still continues to involve […]

By Althaea White, ELL CoordinatorIt has been a busy and exciting year for the English Language Learner classrooms. The program’s name has changed from English as a Second Language (ESL) to English Language Learner (ELL) because what was once referred to as a second language might actually be a student’s third or fourth language.At Montello […]

By Jennifer Oxman, Education Director, L/A Arts Artists-in-ResidenceFarwell School: May 5-16 Dancer Louis Gervais will work with kindergartners through sixth graders at Farwell School this spring. A former dancer with Ram Island Dance, Gervais has since focused on his own dance and work in the schools. The focus of his residency will be on movement […]

The Lewiston High School Speech Team talked their way through a productive, memorable, and successful season this year. The team had top finishers at every tournament. In post-season competition, the team set new LHS records and qualified seven students to compete in national tournaments to be held later this spring.The year started with the team […]

By David Marshall, Grade 6 Teacher, Farwell Elementary SchoolWhich brand of laundry detergent cleans best? How do you turn milk into rubber? Do plants grow better when they are sung to? Students explored these and many other mysteries in preparation for Farwell School’s Sixth Grade Science Fair, hosted by sixth-grade teachers Loni Dion and David […]

Ongoing: LHS student art on exhibit, LRTC South CampusMay 12: Band Concert, Montello, 7 pmMay 12: Pettingill Art ShowMay 14: Performing Arts Awards Night, LHS, 7 pmMay 15: Martel Art ShowMay 19: Montello Art ShowMay 21: Elementary Strings & Chorus Concert, Montello & Pettingill (at Montello), 7 pmMay 28: Band, Chorus, & Strings Concert, LMS, […]