Lewiston residents need to be aware of the new grading system coming to Lewiston High School. A new proficiency-based grading system will be used for the incoming 9th grade at LHS in September. The system imposes significant changes. The current LHS grading system says students pass a class if they earn an average grade of […]
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Mother-daughter team tackles water problem in Guatemalan village
Marina MacKinnon, now 16, watched the young schoolchildren in Tierra Colorada Alta, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, line up and brush their teeth with unfiltered water during a visit to the country last year. Just days before, she had witnessed medical volunteers give the children and their families antibiotics to treat intestinal worms and parasites from unclean water that […]
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Pay-to-play at Lewiston High rejected
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School athletes will not pay to play sports next year after the Lewiston School Committee Monday night rejected the proposal as a way to raise more money for sports. Several School Committee members said sports is an important part of learning, and charging athletes sends a bad message. The intention is […]
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Correction: Fournier on LHS honor roll
LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School third-quarter honor roll published Friday, May 9, on Page B3 of the City edition should have included the name of grade 12 student Emily Claire Fournier. She earned first honors.
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Lewiston High School honor roll
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School has announced the third-quarter honor roll. First honors Grade 12: Sulekha Abdulle, Shamsi Aden, Ramzi Adil, Kassandra Alimandi, Cameron Boucher, Emily Cloutier, Sean Dyer, Emily Claire Fournier, Nathan Freve, Sahro Yussuf Hassan, Taylor Hinson, Courtney Jacques, Chantal Jordan, MacKenzie Labadie, Benjamin Lowit, Alexandria Mason, Maegan Mathon, Mariah Mathon, Mohamed Mohamed, […]
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Police and school officials worry about ‘Assassin’ game
LEWISTON — A 15-year-old high school student suspended for taking a squirt gun to school likely was playing a game known nationally as “Assassin,” according to police, school officials and parents of other teens. One parent described it as a harmless game with written rules that stress that it is not to be played on […]
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Lewiston High School hosts student job fair
LEWISTON — With his resume in hand, looking sharp in a shirt and tie, Abdi Hamsa, 16, approached Michelle Cyr at a job fair at Lewiston High School on Thursday. Cyr, who represents the YMCA, told him summer counseling jobs were available for workers his age. She gave him an application, saying, “It’s my last […]
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LHS student suspended for squirt gun
LEWISTON — A 10th-grader was suspended from Lewiston High School this week after allegedly bringing a bright yellow squirt gun to school. A source said the teen was disciplined after the squirt gun fell out of his backpack at the school. The student was suspended for 10 days in accordance with school policy on firearms, […]
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Silicon Valley investor from Lewiston sees growth in Maine seafood company
PORTLAND — Darrell Pardy isn’t afraid to think big. He and his business partner, Ray Swenton, have already grown their company, Bristol Seafood Inc., into one of the largest seafood processors in Maine. From its facility on Portland’s waterfront, the company employs 75 people and does $40 million a year in business. But Pardy, Bristol’s […]