LIVERMORE — Maine high school seniors have until June 30 to apply for a $1,000 scholarship in the name of Ethel “Billie” Gammon, who founded the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center. One $1,000 scholarship is awarded each year to a senior who has been inspired by their experiences at Norlands, and plans to pursue a field […]
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Longley inching toward year-round school
LEWISTON — To help students catch up academically, Longley Elementary School is moving closer to becoming year-round school. And this fall Longley students’ school day will increase from 6½ hours to 7 hours, Principal Linda St. Andre told the Lewiston School Committee on Monday night. Committee members applauded the plan. Committee chairman Tom Shannon called […]
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Camden-Rockport school seeks more iPads after kindergartners see education gains
ROCKPORT, Maine — After witnessing reading and math gains by kindergartners here, Camden-Rockport Elementary School plans to ask the school board for more iPads. The school bought four iPads for kindergartners last year for the first time. The tablets were given to students who needed help getting their reading and math skills up to grade […]
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Let voters speak on 2012 bond proposal
Maine has gone one year without passing a bond package and we should not go another. That’s why it is critical for legislators to act to pass the $95.6 million package put together last month by legislative committee. Gov. Paul LePage, who adamantly opposed last year’s package, should then stand clear and allow voters to […]
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Mt. Blue students reinvent the windmill, win recognition for it
FARMINGTON — Humans haven’t had much luck reinventing the wheel over the ages, but it took just a few months for students at Foster Technology Center to rethink the windmill. On April 27, the Foster Tech students finished third in the Maine Wind Blade Challenge, a competition that asked 45 teams from across the state […]
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Auburn school budget passes by 5 votes
AUBURN — A check of the numbers Wednesday showed the vote on the school budget, unofficially a tie Tuesday night, was 349-344 — with five fewer no votes than initially reported. Acting City Clerk Sue Clements-Dallaire said Wednesday that a review of the numbers revealed an error was made when the tally sheets were totaled. […]
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Michael McClellan: Education should light a fire, not fill a bucket
Irish poet William Butler Yeats once said, “Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” How true that is. However, I would even say that Yeats did not go far enough. For too long in Maine, we have not only limited ourselves to filling the buckets, we have been […]
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Boys-only classroom concept to end at Camden-Rockport school
ROCKPORT, Maine — The students in a boys-only third-grade class likely will mix back in with the girls and their other male peers next year. The local curriculum committee plans to ask the school board to reintegrate the boys in Camden-Rockport Elementary School, according to Elaine Nutter, assistant superintendent for MSAD 28. “It has been very positive […]
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Fewer than half of new parents accessing $500 Alfond gift
AUGUSTA, Maine — More than half of the parents of Maine’s newborns are leaving a $500 gift on the table. The Harold Alfond College Challenge, established in 2008, puts $500 in a NextGen college account. NextGen is a state-sanctioned, tax-sheltered investment account dedicated to saving for college or postsecondary training or education. All children of […]
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Governor signs teacher evaluation plan in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill setting standards for teacher effectiveness and evaluation that he says will help improve Maine schools. The bill, signed into law Friday, requires school districts to adopt teacher and principal evaluation systems, as well as support professional growth. It also establishes a panel to come […]