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Classroom canine

Students from Marsha Wood’s fourth-grade class at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway on Tuesday pet Belle, a golden retriever who serves as a therapy dog once a week for students who require assistance. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)

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Norway students name Norway police dog

NORWAY — The newest member of the Norway Police Department has a name: Bolo. The department handed over the responsibility of naming its black Labrador retriever to students at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway. They had three choices: Bolo, Maverick and Magnum. Bolo got 104 votes; Magnum, 88; and Maverick, 76. BOLO is […]

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Career Day at Guy E. Rowe

Guy E. Rowe Elementary School hosted its second annual Career Day on Nov. 2,  where more than 30 career presenters demonstrated and spoke about their respective aspirations and vocations. On Nov. 17, the Aspire Higher recognition and awards assembly was held. The assembly’s special guest Aspirations Speakers and 2017 Aspire Higher Scholarship recipients include from […]

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Norway pupils walk to school on first day

NORWAY — Energy levels were high Tuesday morning as more than a dozen Guy E. Rowe Elementary School pupils participated in the school’s Walking School Bus program on the first day of classs. The nationwide Walking School Bus program was implemented at the school to improve students’ health and to save the Oxford Hills School […]

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Students have mixed feelings returning to school

OXFORD — Oxford Elementary School third-grade student Ivree Choate was nonplussed Tuesday as she waited for the school bus at the end of her driveway with her mother, Brittany Knight, and her “meme,” Jody Hall. Wearing her new Shopkins backpack and a big smile, Choate said she was looking forward to gym — her favorite […]