ELIOT (AP) — Some children in a New Hampshire town will soon start attending school across the state line in Maine. Officials in Rollinsford, N.H., have reached an agreement to send students to Marshwood middle and high schools across the border. Marshwood serves the Maine towns of Eliot and South Berwick. Under the deal expected […]
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G. DeMoras: Try using games
Why are teachers blamed when students fail to learn in school? I came from a poor family; it is no excuse to be a failure. I did not know any English when I went to school and had difficulty in memorizing lessons. Nuns make learning a game. In primary grade, one wore a green crown […]
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L. Godin: Students’ letters were interesting
I commend Oak Hill Middle School teacher Lucy Rioux for assigning her class to find newspaper articles that interested them enough to respond (Sun Journal, Oct. 6). For eighth-graders, the responses were interesting and well thought. Of the nine letters printed, two of them really got my attention — Wyatt Giroux’s letter about “U.S. shouldn’t […]
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Cemetery provides lessons, way for Auburn students to help
AUBURN — Edward Little is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. So is Rachel Goff, who gave Auburn its name, and Jacob Roak, who provided shoe manufacturing jobs for returning Civil War veterans. Auburn Middle School seventh-graders learned some history Wednesday when they photographed and documented graves at the cemetery at 7th Street and Riverside Drive. […]
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Nashua, N.H., school bans students from playing tag during recess
Local reaction: ‘Tag’ isn’t an issue in Lewiston-Auburn schools NASHUA, N.H. — An elementary school in Nashua, N.H., is reminding parents and students that playing “tag” violates the school’s longtime “no contact” rule for recess games. Charlotte Avenue Elementary School Principal Patricia Beaulieu posted a letter on the school’s website last week informing parents of the […]
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Woman finds a teacher’s final gift
BELFAST — Dr. Mary Black lives close to the Route 1 Jug Handle in Belfast, which has been the site of many car accidents over the years. On Aug. 31, she and her husband, David, heard a very loud crash on the highway and went to see if they could help. Ultimately, and despite the […]