#EducationEnrichment

‘vital to prepare students for conversations that challenge and expand their thinking’

ROCKPORT — With classes for the 2020-21 school year underway at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, some students at the school are participating in a new English course, “Let’s Talk:…

WALDOBORO — Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in March, kindergarteners in Kara Paul’s class at Miller School in Waldoboro would sit together, usually in groups of three to five, at tables.…

Teachers pursue grants for cutting edge technology

BELFAST — Students attending Belfast Area High School will be able to receive a more hands-on marine science education thanks, in part, to a generous grant and the ingenious thinking of two…

‘I want to make a difference in this world and art has the power to bring people together’

WALDOBORO — More than 250 students and staff members at Medomak Valley High School are learning to identify why they matter this semester as part of an advanced photography class project aimed at…

enriching the lives of those living here

BELFAST — A new nonprofit store filled with antiques and vintage collectibles opened over the summer to provide financial support to the students and teachers of Regional School Unit 71, the…

‘inspiring to see the outpouring of generosity’

BELFAST — For a second consecutive year, Maine Country and Coast Real Estate, based in Belfast, is organizing a drive to provide donations of hygiene products to East Belfast Elementary School…

‘give students a platform to provide their own perspectives on today’s most pressing issues’

ROCKPORT and CAMDEN — The work involved with being in the news business never ends, especially when journalists are still earning their high school diploma, and at the same time, producing a…

ROCKPORT — The Five Town CSD board will vote Jan. 8 on a proposal to name the Camden Hills Regional High School library after Pulitzer Prize recipient and renowned poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, an…

‘Having medical and behavioral health care at school saves your child from missing time away from school’

WALDOBORO — The administration at Medomak Valley High School announced Wednesday, Dec. 18 the school has established a partnership with LincolnHealth to open a School Health Center.  

The…

‘highly deserving of every tool we can give them to continue their success’

ROCKLAND — A trio of occupational therapists in one local school district are raising funds to purchase a device to assist students overcome challenges and gain an education. 

RSU 13…

‘important for our schools and communities to have access to this type of vision screening’

UNION — Since last June, nurses in Regional School Unit 40 (Friendship, Union, Waldoboro, Warren and Washington) have been hard at work raising funds to purchase a Spot Vision Screener through the…

notify school personnel by nov. 19

ROCKPORT — With Thanksgiving approaching, the faculty and staff of Camden Hills Regional High School wants to make sure each member of its student body has access to a holiday meal.

The…

ROCKPORT — Fifty years ago, the state’s first adult education program was introduced at what was then known as Camden-Rockport High School by Bob Curran, the school’s interim principal and former…

‘strongly illustrated the tremendous need in Midcoast Maine’

OWLS HEAD — A young child wearing winter UGG boots is not a sight one would imagine seeing on a summer night in downtown Rockland. 

That is, however, what John, Gayle and Carson Murphy, of…

‘The experience of travel with a group of peers and with the support of an enthusiastic, supportive teacher, helps a person develop a sense of agency and competence’

ROCKPORT — The intercultural program at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport is thriving as the district continues to provide more opportunities to students wishing to immerse themselves…

ROCKPORT — A series of changes are underway at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport this school year to support students and families within the school who find themselves in need. …

‘Perhaps students will wonder who she is, and research to find out about the person she was’

BELFAST — At the Troy Howard Middle School library in Belfast, the exemplary legacy of one Waldo County woman will be made known to students thanks to the generosity of community members. 

‘Nothing should stand in the way of a student being provided a nutritious meal’

MIDCOAST — An issue that continuously sparks debate, outrage over children allegedly being shamed for carrying negative school meal balances, and comparisons to how…

Valentine’s Day breakfast to help educate students

ROCKPORT — The mantra of our country for the last few years has been that any change to be seen in the country starts with the millions of students, who have the ability to influence the future of…