AUGUSTA — Capital Area Technical Center has presented certificates of program completion and program awards for the 2020-21 school year. The center serves more than 400 students from eight area high schools annually in 15 different career and technical education programs. They include Cony High School in Augusta, Erskine Academy in South China, Gardiner Area […]
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Winthrop Middle School posts honor roll
Winthrop Middle School has announced its third-trimester honor roll for the 2020-21 academic year. Grade 8 — High honors: Zion Armstrong, Colton Baird, Sienna Beauchesne, Katherine Beck, Annabell Blais, Braden Branagan, Tyler Chase, Caroline Corgan and Kaitlyn Curtis. Also, Morgan Fichthorn, Isabel Folsom, William Grant, Logan Harrison, Katherine Hart, Benjamin Jewett, Phinnaeus Keller, Wyatt Mangin, […]
Monmouth Academy lists Class Night Awards
Monmouth Academy Academy presented Class Night Awards on June 4. The students are listed in alphabetical order. Cameron Armstrong: Stuart L. Foster Most Coachable Athlete Award, W. Andrew Poole Baseball Scholarship, Betty S. Davis Senior Athletic Award Shauna Auger: Music Award David Barker: Edith, Arland and Brian Blaisdell Award Amaya Bauer: Harold A. Lovejoy, Sr. […]
Oakland area schools to begin youth summer meals program
Regional School Unit 18 (Oakland, China, Belgrade, Sidney and Rome) is sponsoring a USDA Summer Meals Program for Kids. The school district plans to offer free breakfast and lunch meals from Monday, June 14 through Aug. 13, weekdays at sites throughout the district. The program will follow federal regulations of “non-congregate” meal service. Parents/guardians and […]
Augusta tech center inducts honor students
AUGUSTA — Capital Area Technical Center recently held its National Technical Honor Society virtual induction ceremony. The following students were inducted: Isaac Baker, Electrical Technology, Erskine Academy; Isaiah Barden, Business Academy, Maranacook Community High School; and Olivea Bean, Early Childhood Education, Hall-Dale High School. Also, Genevieve Cirello, Early Childhood Education, Maranacook Community High School; Joleigh […]
Winthrop students, garden club plant pear tree
The Kennebec Valley Garden Club, in collaboration with Jeff Ladd, principal at Winthrop Elementary School, and students of Jinny Bryant’s kindergarten class, planted an ornamental flowering pear tree on the school grounds May 27 in commemoration of Arbor Day. The project is “Carbon Sequestration” and the celebration of trees. Karen Foster, chairwoman of the horticulture […]
Augusta tech center recognizes students
AUGUSTA — Capital Area Technical Center recently held in-class ceremonies to make scholarship and tool award presentations. The following students received awards: Kyle Adams, Gardiner Area High School, Plumbing Scholarship; Philip Allen, Erskine Academy, Instructor’s Choice Activity Account Scholarship — Machine Tool; and Faith Best, Gardiner Area High School, Early Childhood Education Activity Fund Scholarship. […]
Fayette school, students support foster care children
The Fayette Central School recently collaborated with Project Sparrow to display a sea of pinwheels. Students planted approximately 2,000 pinwheels to symbolize the amount of children in foster care in Maine. Several students forfeited their own recess to help with the pinwheel display in an effort to show support for their classmates and community members […]
Allen named Monmouth’s April student of month
Alexa Allen, class of 2022, was selected as Monmouth Academy’s April Student of the Month. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Monmouth Academy Student Government, Future Business Leaders of America, and the varsity cross country, basketball, and track and field teams. In presenting this award, Alyssa Littlefield, MA English teacher, remarked, “Alexa […]
Oak Hill High seniors earn summa cum laude
Oak Hill High School has announced its summa cum laude students for the graduating class of 2021. Autumn Chadburn is the daughter of Sarah and Keith Chadburn of Sabattus. Chadburn plans to attend the University of Maine and major in psychology. Sophie Childs is the daughter of Jessica and Brent Childs of Litchfield. Childs […]