MEXICO — Classes will resume Tuesday at Mountain Valley Middle School, after losing water service Monday, according to officials. The break in the 10-inch main only affected the school at 58 Highland Terrace. It was repaired shortly before 1 p.m., Mexico Water District Superintendent James White Sr. said Monday evening. The cause is unknown, he said. […]
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Middle school awards for citizenship, academic achievement mixed with fun
Mountain Valley Middle School seventh-grade student Tia Gray works on her team’s snowman during the school’s Renaissance Program awards ceremony. About 30 students received awards for scholastic citizenship, academic achievement or school attendance during the ceremony. Snowman building and snowball pastry-eating competitions were also included in the festivities. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Marianne Hutchinson) […]
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National Red Ribbon Week: Mexico middle school students send anti-drug message
The door of Lisa Belanger’s seventh-grade classroom at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico is decorated as book shelves for National Red Ribbon Week. The anti-drug campaign message by students is Read Your Way Out of Drugs. (Submitted photo) MEXICO — Students at Mountain Valley Middle School celebrated National Red Ribbon Week by pledging to […]
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Lights On Afterschool celebration set Thursday
RUMFORD — Western Foothills Kids Association will host a Lights On Afterschool celebration from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Middle School. Lights On Afterschool celebrations are held nationwide to draw attention to the many ways after-school programs support students, families and communities. There will be displays of artwork and photographs taken by […]
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Mountain Valley Middle School students learn tools for healthy living on Believe in Yourself Day
MEXICO — Students and teachers at Mountain Valley Middle School prepared in advance for Believe in Yourself Day on May 25 by reading the book “Husky” by Justin Sayre. The book is about a teenage boy who is trying to figure out what is important to him, who he wants to be, and how he […]
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Students raising money for Hurricane Irma victims
Eighth-graders Haley Coulombe, left, and Abigail Santillo pose with a poster they made for a fundraising effort at Mountain Valley Middle School to help Hurricane Irma victims in Florida. Mountain Valley Middle School teacher Tammy Brown makes a $1 donation to help Hurricane Irma victims in Florida. The fundraising effort is being held this week […]
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Poulos to speak at Mountain Valley Middle School March 21
MEXICO — River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will present guest speaker Christopher Poulos at a free community dinner and presentation March 21 in the Mountain Valley Middle School cafeteria and auditorium. Poulos recently graduated from University of Maine School of Law and is in recovery from substance-use disorder. His journey has taken him from federal […]
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Mexico students showcasing projects Friday
MEXICO — Seventh- and eighth-grade students from Mountain Valley Middle School will display their QUEST projects from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 15, teacher Lisa Drapeau said. Math and social studies teacher Craig Milledge described QUEST as a theme-based, hands-on learning approach to help improve attendance and get students more excited about learning. Drapeau […]
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Gov. Paul LePage talks energy, education, politics at Mexico town hall
MEXICO — Gov. Paul LePage fielded questions on energy and education costs, and how to properly govern the state during a town hall meeting Tuesday night at the Mountain Valley Middle School auditorium. LePage spoke on four “basic issues” he is making a priority in Augusta: reducing the income tax, reforming welfare by strengthening the […]