AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an updated color coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color for schools as they…
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previous work with Microsoft, NASA research scientists
ISLESBORO — Peggy Shea has joined Islesboro Central School as its new Technology Integrator and Teacher.
Shea holds a Masters in English from the University of New Hampshire. Prior to…
updated with zoom link
BELFAST — The RSU 71 school board will be holding a special board meeting Monday, Aug. 17 at 5:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the Captain Albert Stevens School with the public able to…
‘Not a big swing, but noticeable’
MIDCOAST — In geographical pockets across the U.S., families are relocating amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, either to second homes, or even new homes.
In New York, for example,…
BELFAST — Belfast Area High School students Tommy Littlefield and Jonah Lovejoy joined veteran ROV pilot student Sawyer Carson and Marine Studies instructors Dave Thomas and Chip Lagerbom aboard…
The University of Maine System is extending planned asymptomatic COVID-19 testing to include a second round of screening for all students or staff arriving from out-of-state, residence…
The University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Education Program has received State Board of Education approval for minors and certificates of study that will streamline the license certification…
Parents feel students did not make academic progress during remote instruction
MIDCOAST — Families of students attending schools in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties are likely to send their students back to campus this fall if their child’s school district allows for in-…
summer food and activities
Thomaston Public Library has submitted the following:
Thomaston Public Library is delighted to announce that, thanks to Healthy…
APPLETON — The school committee for the Appleton Village School has set the agenda for its regularly scheduled meeting for Monday, Aug. 17 at 5 p.m. in the school gymnasium and via Zoom.
…
HOPE — The school committee for Hope Elementary School has called for an emergency school committee meeting for Friday, Aug. 14 remotely at 6 p.m. over Zoom.
The highlight of the meeting…
The following letter was distributed Wednesday, Aug. 12 by Islesboro Central School Head of School Chuck Hamm:
Dear ICS Community,
I hope this letter finds you and your…
‘Education is in his DNA’
ISLESBORO — TJ Reap has joined Islesboro Central School as the K-12 Health/Physical Education teacher.
Born and raised in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, Reap is the son of a math…
ROCKLAND — The school board for Regional School Unit 13 has called for a special school board meeting to take place Thursday, Aug. 13 remotely at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting’s purpose is to vote…
updated with livestream information
SEARSPORT — The agenda has been established for the Tuesday, Aug. 11 regularly scheduled Regional School Unit 20 school board meeting taking place at 6:30 p.m. remotely.
The meeting will…
UMA students studying through Ellsworth, Rockland
The Camden Conference has awarded the university/college level Bill Taylor Awards to two students for their essays related to the 2020 Camden Conference, The Media…
world traveler with family roots in Midcoast
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School (ICS) has announced a new member to the ICS family. Ouda Baxter has been hired as the K-12 art teacher.
Baxter is a multimedia sculptor and installation…
ROCKPORT — The Five Town CSD school board agenda for the regularly scheduled Wednesday, Aug. 12 meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the Camden Hills Regional High…
ROCKPORT — The agenda for the regularly scheduled SAD 28 school board meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12 has been established.
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the Camden Hills Regional…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirteen Maine colleges and universities have been awarded a total of $5,082,580 through the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Support Services Program, according to a news…
Complicated cost sharing formulas to get scrutinized by third party
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT — When School Administrative District 28 Superintendent Maria Libby informed the town managers of Camden and Rockport about the overpayment of Rockport’s school funding share, the…
The following was shared by RSU 13 officials:
RSU 13 2020-2021 Reopening Plan
A successful opening will be a safe opening. RSU 13 has been immersed in the…
ROCKLAND — The Regional School Unit 13 school board has established its agenda for its regularly scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 11 meeting.
The meeting is slated to begin at 6 p.m. with an…
aug. 10 meeting also includes vote on slight school calendar revision
BELFAST — The Regional School Unit 71 school board has set the agenda for its regularly scheduled Monday, Aug. 10 meeting at 5 p.m.
Highlights of the agenda include a vote on a revision to…
The following letter was distributed Aug. 5 by St. George MSU Superintendent Mike Felton:
Dear St. George Families and Community Members,
The Return to School Committee…
accepting new students for the Fall 2020 semester
ROCKLAND — UMA’s Rockland Center, after closing in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reopened on August 3 with new safety protocols in place. The “Safe Return Plan” was developed in coordination…
NORTHPORT — The Edna Drinkwater School’s school committee will be holding a regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The meeting agenda is highlighted by a vote on the school’s COVID-…
HOPE — The Hope Elementary School’s school committee will be holding a regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Aug. 10 via Zoom at 6 p.m.
The highlights of the meeting will be the school’s…
WALDOBORO — The RSU 40 school board will be holding a board of directors meeting remotely Aug. 6 via Google Meet at 7 p.m.
The highlight of the meeting will be the board’s vote on plans for…
UNITY — The RSU 3 school board will be holding a special board meeting Wednesday, Aug. 5 at the Mount View Complex at 6 p.m.
The highlight of the meeting will be a school board vote on the…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Central School school committee will be convening an emergency meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. at the LCS Library with a livestream available via Zoom.
…
APPLETON — The Appleton Village School school committee will be holding an emergency meeting Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. via Zoom.
For Zoom link, call or email Wendy Tricomi 207-763-3818…
College Next-Fall 2020 begins Sept. 9
Have you been thinking about beginning college for the first time, or returning to finish up your degree? Do you need to brush up on your math, computer or writing skills?
RSU 13 Community…
District determined that Rockport has paid more than its share
Rockport over-billed by Camden-Rockport school district for at least nine years, Superintendent says
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT – Today, Aug. 3, School Administrative District 28 Superintendent Maria Libby said the cost-sharing formula used for levying taxes on Camden and Rockport property owners to keep…
UNITY — Unity College announced Monday the Board of Trustees’ decision to permanently transition the school to a hybrid learning model amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unity College: Hybrid…
‘Hiring has been tricky because we have not been able to do interviews in person’
MIDCOAST — The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only interrupted the traditional education in Midcoast schools, but has also affected the hiring process of some area school districts needing to…
changes in education as a single parent while altering a business model to survive the times
The UMA Rockland Center submitted the following:
ROCKLAND — When Covid 19 shut down in-person instruction across the University of Maine System this spring, instructors and…
supporting children’s ability to self-regulate and improve emotional intelligence
Registration is open for an online nonviolent communication program, Teaching from the Heart, at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The three-day professional development…
must follow six guidelines to reopen
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has provided the Maine Department of Education with a breakdown of community health risk levels per county through a color-coded list to inform education officials on…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Education in collaboration with the Maine Department of Health and Human Devices and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is hosting press…
built over the course of the winter in his garage
SEARS ISLAND — After years of planning, Sears Island finally has a stairway leading to the western beach, according to Friends of Sears Island, in a news release. The traditionally used path to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine will receive a total of $16,958,613 through the CARES Act to create new, innovative ways to better serve K-12 students during the COVID-19 pandemic, a press release…
new course: History of Pandemics in America; scholarships available
Registration is open through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center for more than 300 undergraduate and graduate courses offered in fall 2020. All will be offered remotely.
The offerings…
The following letter from Kate Clark, Union 69 Superintendent was distributed Friday, July 24. Union 69 includes Appleton Village School, Hope Elementary School and Lincolnville Central School…
The following letter was distributed Friday, July 24 by St. George MSU superintendent Mike Felton:
Dear St. George Families and Community Members,
After almost two months…
returning to campus while protecting health and safety
ROCKLAND — Staff at UMA Rockland are busy getting ready for the safe return to URock starting on August 3, according to URock, in a news release. The reopening plan includes a blend of online and…
Each semester the Academic Dean of Eastern Maine Community College prepares a list of those full-time students who have earned a semester grade point average of 3.25 or higher at EMCC.
…
From sheep and goat farm to Bowdoin College to clinical research coordinator; from AP reporter to paralegal to Medical Reserve Corps
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center welcomes Hallie Bates and Beth Garbitelli, third-year medical students enrolled in the Maine Track program of Tufts University School of Medicine. They will spend…
now includes fee agreement districts would sign with law firms if participating
MIDCOAST — Public school districts across the U.S. have, or will be, filing claims in the National Prescription Opiate Multi-District Litigation against key players named in the nation’s opioid…
University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Provost Joseph Szakas has announced the 2020 Spring Semester Dean’s List for full-time students and 2019-2020 Dean’s List for part-time students.
To…
