OXFORD — Vocational education is strong and growing in the Oxford Hills, Oxford Hills Technical High School Principal Shawn Lambert recently told the SAD 17 Board of Directors. From pre-engineering courses, to fashion design, forestry and early childhood education, the high school serves hundreds of the more than 1,100 students who attend the Oxford Hills […]
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Public forum set on the future of SAD 17
OXFORD — The future direction of SAD 17 will be the focus of a meeting Dec. 4 at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Forum. Residents can tell the district’s Strategic Planning Committee what’s on their minds regarding the future of the Oxford Hills educational system. The meeting will be from 6 to 8 p.m. […]
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SAD 17 readies for planning forum
OXFORD — The 22-member Strategic Planning Committee for SAD 17 will meet this week to prepare for a public forum on mapping the future of the school district. “To strategically plan for the next five to 10 years is a must,” committee Chairman Jared Cash of Norway said. The forum is set for Dec. 4. […]
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SAD 17 business manager gets international recognition
OXFORD — SAD 17 Business Manager Cathy Coffey has received international recognition for her work in the Oxford Hills School District. The 21-year district employee was highlighted in the October edition of the online publication of the Association of School Business Officials International. School Superintendent Rick Colpitts made the announcement at Monday’s school board meeting. […]
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Aspiring higher
Kira Kenniston and Kaya Joseph, foreground, and Shane Fellows, background, walk in the Aspire Higher march in Paris on Tuesday. The three Waterford Memorial School students were among an estimated 4,300 Oxford Hills School District students, staff and community members participating in the annual march to encourage higher education. They walked from Oxford Hills Middle School […]
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Oxford students headed to Acadia for science camp
OXFORD – Fifty-five sixth-grade students from Oxford Elementary School will leave Wednesday morning to spend three days in Acadia National Park at a marine science camp. School Principal Kim Ramharter informed SAD 17 directors Monday night that the annual trip to Schoodic Point for the marine science education program is on following the recent federal […]
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SAD 17 board gets report on facilities work
OXFORD – Eight weeks is not a lot of time for SAD 17 Facilities Manager David Marshall and his maintenance crew to get 642,130 square feet of buildings and 179 acres ready for the new school year. “There’s a lot of work in getting this ready,” Marshall told the board of directors at its meeting […]
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Computer software saving SAD 17 money on busing
OXFORD — The Oxford Hills School District has been able to reduce its bus routes by almost a dozen since it began using a state bus transportation program, according to SAD 17 Transportation Director David Fontaine. “It gives me a visual of where students live,” Fontaine said in a presentation to the SAD 17 Board […]
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March planned to raise student aspirations
OXFORD — The Oxford Hills School District community is being asked to participate in the Oct. 22 Aspire Higher march. “This is a march, not a parade, in support of students’ aspirations,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the board of directors at its meeting Monday night. The annual event recognizes the importance of having post high […]
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Money approved for school lighting
OXFORD — The State Department of Education has unanimously approved using part of a $1 million energy efficient contract with Siemens Building Technology to convert some 600 lights at SAD 17 schools to LED fixtures. The project, to switch out the lighting and to convert two oil burners to wood pellet burners, is being financed […]