Education

CAMDEN — The agenda has been set for the next SAD 28 school board meeting to be held Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. 

The virtual school board meeting, for Camden-Rockport Elementary and…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’…

BELFAST — Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles by the fourth graders in Nancy Nickerson's class at Capt. Albert W. Stevens School to inform…

highlighting important moments in the island’s rich history

SEARS ISLAND — Friends of Sears Island (FOSI) has installed three new interpretive signs at the entrance to Sears Island, thanks to support from the Maine Community Foundation, GBL Charitable…

APPLETON — The agenda for the next school committee meeting of the Appleton Village School has been established. 

The meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 16 over Zoom at 5 p.m.

For…

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maine Department of Education has received federal emergency funding that can be used to provide high-speed broadband connections to K-12 student and teacher…

NORTH HAVEN — The COVID-19 outbreak on the island of North Haven has increased Monday, according to a letter shared in the afternoon by North Haven Community School Superintendent Peter Gallace…

With COVID-19 cramping the traditions of normal times, including the annual ceremonies that honor U.S. veterans, the Camden Hills Regional High School Honor Society has…

NORTH HAVEN — A COVID-19 outbreak is occurring on the island of North Haven, according to a Nov. 7 letter shared to the community by North Haven Community School Superintendent Peter Gallace and…

SEARSPORT — With no confirmed cases of COVID-19 with the towns making up RSU 20 (Searsport and Stockton Springs), the district has opted to enter its in-person continued learning plan starting…

VINALHAVEN — The Vinalhaven School has amended its educational plans for the upcoming week amid the county’s yellow designation under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory…

ST. GEORGE — With Knox County moving to a yellow designation in the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, St. George School officials released a letter to families Nov.…

ROCKLAND — With Knox County now being designated as a yellow county under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, Regional Unit 13 is shifting to a hybrid learning…

knowing and understanding the right thing to do

On Wednesday, November 3, several students at Thomaston Grammar School were recognized for the attribute of gratitude. Students were presented with a certificate at a school-wide Zoom assembly.…

ROCKPORT — With Knox County shifting to a Yellow designation under the the pandemic public health classification system, the Camden Hills Regional High School is going remote Nov. 9 and 10. Nov.…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to…

SEARSPORT — The agenda for the next Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting has been established. 

The meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium,…

SEARSPORT — Friends of Sears Island will be offering another free grab-and-go activity kit for children this month. November is a time of shortening days, taking stock, preparing for winter, and…

BELFAST — The Regional School Unit 71 board of directors will be holding its next meeting Monday, Nov. 9 and has set the agenda for the meeting. 

The meeting will be held virtually at 5:30…

ROCKLAND — The agenda has been set for the upcoming Regional School Unit 13 virtual school board meeting Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m.

Livestreams of the meeting will be carried on…

UNITY — The school board meeting agenda for Regional School Unit 3 has been established. 

The next meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in a virtual setting. 

This meeting…

HOPE — The agenda has been set for the next school committee meeting for Hope Elementary School to be held Monday, Nov. 9. 

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. via Zoom. 

For the…

UNION — The agenda has been set for the next Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. 

The meeting will be conducted at the Central Office or Google Meet. …

nov. 4 school board meeting

ROCKPORT — The agenda has been set for the Wednesday, Nov. 4 school board meeting for Five Town CSD, which serves Camden Hills Regional High School. 

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.…

Somerset, washington counties flip to yellow

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to…

Learning new skills, bringing ideas to life

SEARSPORT — The Searsport District Middle and High School makerspace, the STEAM Lab, has been awarded a $20,000 Innovation Grant from technology and energy infrastructure company Siemens.

WALDOBORO, UNION — Two confirmed COVID-19 cases associated with Medomak Valley High School and Union Elementary School have caused RSU 40 to send…

ROCKPORT — An individual associated with Camden Hills Regional High School recently tested positive for COVID-19.. The school is simultaneously emailing families of students who are close contacts…

ROCKPORT — An intervention from the town of Rockport’s legal counsel, Monday night, Oct. 26, put an abrupt end to an impromptu workshop between members of the Rockport Select Board and…

LINCOLNVILLE — The agenda for the next Lincolnville Central School school committee meeting has been established. 

The meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. at the school’s library…

The Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) seeks applications to its Adult Learner Scholarship Fund, which supports non-traditional students who want to change their lives for the better through…

Meeting this evening: Bonuses, setting goals, Next year’s budget

ROCKPORT — The Select Board in Rockport has a fairly short agenda this evening, Oct. 26, but a long list of targeted questions for the Rockport representatives to the three School Administrative…

The following message was distributed by RSU 20 Superintendent Chris Downing

Re: State Designation of Waldo County, “Yellow Status”

On…

reaping what they sow

Students in the Employability Skills Program (ESP) at Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) have gotten a taste for fresh produce and the opportunity to grow it themselves, under the guidance of…

“yellow” suggests county has elevated risk of COVID-19 spread; schools may consider additional precautions and/or hybrid instructional models to reduce number of people in schools

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and that is…

Discussion begins on renaming Mary E. Taylor building

CAMDEN — Voting unanimously Oct. 21, the Camden-Rockport School Board approved signing a $4,130,815 contract with Ledgewood Construction, of South Portland, to renovate the Mary E. Taylor building…

BELFAST — The RSU 71 school board meeting agenda has been established for its Monday, Oct. 26 virtual meeting to be held at 5:30 p.m.

The public is invited to join via Zoom: zoom.us/…

SEARSPORT — The agenda for the Monday, Oct. 26 special school board meeting for RSU 20 has been established. 

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium in-person and…

practical, entertaining, thought provoking

Are you looking for something fun and interesting to do as the days turn cooler and darkness comes earlier? This fall and winter Five Town Adult Ed is offering an array of classes with both remote…

A second test of the presumed positive COVID-19 case at Captain Albert Stevens School has come back negative, RSU 71 Superintendent Mary Alice McLean shared in an Oct. 20 update. 

“I am…

APPLETON — The agenda has been set for the Monday, Oct. 26 school committee meeting for Appleton Village School. 

The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at the school and virtually. 

expanding the Wabanaki Youth Science (WaYS) Program

MACHIAS — Darren Ranco plans to bolster one of the Wabanaki Center’s signature programs to increase Native American student retention and success in college and bring it to the University of Maine…

THORNDIKE — An individual associated with Mount View Elementary School in Thorndike has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an Oct. 19 letter from RSU 3 Superintendent Charles Brown. 

The following letter was shared Friday, Oct. 16 by RSU 13 Superintendent John McDonald. 

RSU 13 serves the communities of South Thomaston, Owls Head, Cushing, Rockland, and…

The following letter was shared Sunday, Oct. 18 by RSU 3 Superintendent Charles Brown. 

RSU 3 serves the communities of Brooks, Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Monroe,…

Captain Albert Stevens, Troy Howard Middle, Ames Elementary schools

BELFAST — Just one day after a positive case of Covid-19 was discovered at Captain Albert Stevens School, two additional Waldo County schools have reported they have a positive case. 

In a…

oct. 21 board meeting

CAMDEN — The agenda has been set for the Wednesday, Oct. 21 SAD 28 school board meeting for Camden-Rockport Elementary and Middle Schools. 

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. inside the…

BELFAST — Fresh on the heels of an additional…

St. Lawrence University welcomed Kassandra G. Wood as a member of the Class of 2024. Wood attended Camden Hills Regional High School.

St. Lawrence University welcomed nearly 625 new…

Kienan Brown was one of the nearly 465 students who were awarded bachelor degrees from St. Lawrence University conferred in May 2020.

Brown is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring…