The Dirigo High School March Student of the Month award was presented to senior Zoe Tacheny. Several members of her family joined her classmates to celebrate. From left are Principal Mike Poulin; Zoe; Carrie Tacheny, mother; Alan Tacheny, father; Fay Hutchinson, grandmother; Frank Hutchinson, grandfather; and Amy Hutchinson, aunt.
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Good Citizen Award given to Dirigo student
DIXFIELD — Charlotte Collins, member of Colonial Daughters Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Farmington, presented Mason Corriveau with a 2017 Good Citizen Award at a recent assembly at Dirigo High School. Corriveau is the son of Terri and Matthew Foreman of Dixfield. He received a Good Citizen Pin and a certificate authorized and signed […]
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Winthrop High School honor roll students announced
WINTHROP — Winthrop High School has announced the third quarter honor roll for the 2016-2017 academic year. High Honors Seniors: Megan Chamberland, Adlin Chaparin, Jacob Hickey, Matthew Ingram, Kyle Keezer, Andrew Pazdziorko, Brogan Plossay, Shie Smith, and Sarah Spahr. Juniors: Chloe Armillotti, Pearl Bechard, Jordan Belanger, Benjamin Boulay, Lakin Conner, Gregory Fay, Vincent Scott, and […]
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Second trimester honor roll listed for Mountain Valley High School
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School has announced the honor roll for the second trimester of the 2016-2017 school year. High Honors Grade 12: Celina Adley, Jonathan Adley, Chelsea Allison, Andrew Arsenault, Riley Bell, Alecia Bolduc, Ethan Boucher, Brooke Carrier, Peter Cogley, Marissa Crosby, Parker Davis, Baylee Dresser, Natalie Inglis, Abigail LaBrash, Hannah Leonard, Codi […]
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Peru scholarship fund accepting applications
PERU — The family of the late Devon Waugh announced that applications for a $4,000 scholarship to a Peru resident seeking higher education are due April 30. Nick Waugh said that in June 2003, just before his wife, Devon Ezell Waugh, died, his family received an anonymous $100 to be used for a scholarship to […]
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Bowling for youth
The annual Roger R. Perreault Youth Bowling Scholarship tournament was recently held at Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston. Teams consisted of one adult and one youth bowler. From left are, tournament champions, Shayne MacFarlane and Tom Giberti Jr.; third place, Bob Violette and Noah Flanigan; and second place, Parker Thibault and Jim Goulding II. Funds raised […]
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Words for Thirds
Danville Junction Grange distributed dictionaries to over 300 third-grade students in three local schools as a community service project. It is part of the nationwide Words for Thirds program.
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March STAR Student of the Month named
AUBURN — Maine Connections Academy, the state’s first virtual public charter school, has selected Meaghan Dyer, a seventh-grader from Auburn, as its March STAR Student. Dyer started with the academy this school year. She loves to problem solve, so math is her favorite subject. Using these skills, she hopes to become an architect so she […]
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Portland teachers turn to crowdfunding for classroom materials
Tracy McGhie, a teacher at Ocean Avenue Elementary School in Portland, is seeking $558 from Donors Choose for new classroom furniture, such as these yoga balls, that are becoming popular in schools across the country. PORTLAND — Tight budgets often mean teachers turn to alternative sources to get the educational materials their students need. With crowdfunding […]
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Auburn schools working to keep up with rising expectations
AUBURN — As the state continues to make student tests more difficult, scores for Auburn students show that about half of the city’s schools scored at or above state averages, and half below. The state averages show that nearly half of Maine students aren’t performing at the levels expected by the state. Test results were […]