Mexico tech school board approves raise for outdoor skills instructor

Registered Maine Master Guide Jeff Rainey will receive $3,400 according to the Mastery Level pay scale.

Mexico tech school applications increase to over 260

Director Brenda Gammon said the number is about 50 more than this year.

Region 9 culinary students take home the silver

Mexico tech school accepts $2.3 million bid for constructing welding building

The work must be completed by December to comply with a finance agreement.

Outdoor skills students brave fierce winds, cold to teacher others how to catch fish in Roxbury Pond

Region 9 School of Applied Technology students and instructors hosted the ice fishing event for about 90 T.W. Kelly Dirigo Middle School students on Friday morning.

Bids for Mexico tech school construction project to be opened March 5

Bids for the project will be opened March 5 at 2 p.m. at the school.

Mexico tech school to seek contractors for new buildings

Region 9 School of Applied Technology in Mexico to build new construction for their welding and their culinary arts programs.

Mexico tech school enrollment about double from last year

Most students come from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford and Dirigo High School in Dixfield.

Mexico tech school doubles enrollment to 209

Of the 12 CTE course offerings, the highest student enrollment is in the school’s culinary arts program with 33 students enrolled and two students who are on a waiting list for the course.

Region 9 trains future firefighters

"This program really did change my life ... I had more purpose. I found my people," said Mitch Dunbar, a Rumford firefighter who graduated from the program in 2020.