Dani Finn invites guests to talk about their native countries and cultural backgrounds.
Carrie Ricker School
Turner resident inducted into Maine Music Educators Hall of Fame
TURNER — Silvia “Sam” Moore-Young of Turner was inducted into the Maine Music Educators Hall of Fame on May 17. ?This award honors music educators who, by virtue of their contributions, are recognized as being the most highly regarded professional leaders in the state of Maine. Requirements for nomination are that a nominee, living or […]
Sabattus, Litchfield schools celebrate Flag Day
Meadow Straw, 8, a pupil at Sabattus Primary School, attends a Flag Day celebration at Carrie Ricker School in Litchfield on Thursday. Skits, singing and educational segments were presented by classes. Straw won a third-place prize for a flag design. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
Litchfield students ready for Memorial Day
Students and parent volunteers from Carrie Ricker School of Litchfield volunteer their Sunday morning to attend a Memorial Day prepping opportunity led by their teacher and Sabattus American Legion Auxiliary officer Jennifer Caron. The group, led by Sabattus American Legion member Ron Caron, planted flowers at the Sabattus Monument, seen here, and Pleasant Hill Cemetery […]
RSU 4 students learn outdoor skills
Nine-year-old Kaylynn Washburn, a third-grader at Carrie Ricker School in Litchfield, points her solar panel toward the sun Thursday while trying to create enough electricity to make her fan spin at Smithfield Plantation, also in Litchfield. Fifteen volunteer presenters taught five classes of third-graders a variety of outdoor-related lessons, including survival, owl pellets, every tree for […]
Litchfield students pay it forward
LITCHFIELD — Students in Jen Caron’s fifth grade class at Carrie Ricker School are spreading joy in their Pay it Forward project. The idea came from the young reader’s edition of the book “Pay it Forward” by Catherine Ryan Hyde. In the book, a boy comes up with the answer to the crime rates and issues […]