Suicide, cutting, bullying, social media and, yes, caring adults. Middle school 2017. LEWISTON — They face challenges every day. Bullying, on social media and in real life. Peer pressure and anxiety — to be good enough, to be “liked” enough online. Insults and put-downs, sometimes blatant, sometimes disguised as a roast or a joke. Fights […]
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Lewiston school district discusses dealing with student tragedies
LEWISTON — The school year that ended Wednesday for middle-schoolers was a tough one, with two students dying in the past six months. During a sparsely attended community forum to discuss the district’s response to tragedy Wednesday night, Lewiston Middle School Principal Jake Langlais talked about how staff responded to the deaths, and why the […]
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Lewiston High: New alternative ed teacher approved
LEWISTON — After being told that students who need alternative education at the high school are being turned away because there’s no room, the Lewiston School Committee voted Monday to reclassify a new teacher’s position from art to alternative education. The recently approved school budget had money for an additional art teacher. “My request is […]
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Reporters notebook: And the winners are ….
LEWISTON — The list is out. After holding an online vote asking residents which movies should be shown during the Summer Fun & Films with the Lewiston Police, the winning movies are: “Moana,” 430 votes; “Finding Dory,” 379; “Sing,” 361; “The Secret Life of Pets,” 293; “Beauty and the Beast,” 257; and “Zootopia,” 249 votes. […]
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Reporters notebook: Good year to be high school senior
If you’re a student counting the days of school left, this is a good year to be graduating from high school. Why? Snow days — lots of them. What do snow days and graduation have in common? “Seniors do not have to make up snow days,” Lewiston High School Principal Shawn Chabot said. By the […]
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Memorial dedicated to Jayden Cho-Sargent in Lewiston park
Jayden Cho-Sargent’s mother, Kellie Foley, gets a hug from Lewiston Middle School Principal Jake Langlois in Sunnyside Park in Lewiston on Thursday. A public dedication was held for the memorial for her son, Jayden, who was struck and killed in a pedestrian crosswalk. Tina Hutchinson stands nearby. The memorial plaque in Jayden’s Place in Lewiston’s […]
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Students rally against bullying outside Lewiston Middle School
LEWISTON — About 30 Lewiston Middle School students skipped class and quietly gathered outside the school Wednesday to rally in support of a fellow student who died Tuesday and to protest bullying at the school. The girl’s cause of death has not been officially released, but education officials this week sent parents information on […]
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Offering Somali makes sense
I appreciated the column by Abdikadir Negeye in the Sun Journal (Sept. 11) in which he wrote about the idea of offering the Somali language at Lewiston High School. I was an educator for 30 years and, at my high school, students were required to take a minimum of one year of a foreign language. […]
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Election year brings teachable moments
Editor’s note: The following are opening day remarks by Superintendent Bill Webster to Lewiston public school teachers. Good morning and welcome to the official beginning of the new school year. The start of a year is always special, and one teacher likened the first day to a second New Year’s. “It is our day to make […]
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Once bitten, twice shy
At the Lewiston School Committee meeting on Monday, Aug. 22, it was brought to the public’s attention that Bill Webster’s 85-day vacation was not his doing, but rather the School Committee’s offer made to keep him from retiring. As a citizen and taxpayer, I question why anyone would allow him to take that time in […]