Category Archives: Hancock County

Project Citizen students participate in public policy

Posted on May 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Dozens of students from across the state took public policy proposals to Maine’s capitol on Friday, where they presented them in legislative committee rooms and discussed them in the halls of the State House.

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Posted in Androscoggin County, Cumberland County, Dispatches, Featured, Hancock County, Middle School, News & Views, Social Studies, Students, Washington County

German teachers invited to Deutsche Woche in Bar Harbor

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Maine Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German is inviting German teachers to spend a week in Bar Harbor this summer developing their skills.

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Posted in Featured, Hancock County, High School, Higher Ed, Middle School, Teachers, World Languages

Photo: Deer Isle-Stonington High School Writing Center

Posted on April 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment
Three students give the thumbs up sign in the Deer Isle-Stonington High School Writing Center.

Deer Isle-Stonington High School students Emily Cormier, Ann Dunham, and Esther Adams help their peers strengthen their writing skills as founding tutors of the school's new Writing Center. Writing Center tutors are enrolled in a course with teacher Lee Lehto that helps them improve their own writing and offer helpful feedback to others.

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Posted in English Language Arts, Featured, Hancock County, High School, Instruction, Multimedia, Students

College of the Atlantic offers scholarships for Maine educators

Posted on April 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor is offering a number of partial scholarships this summer to Maine educators who participate in the college’s graduate-level courses for K-12 teachers.

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Posted in Academics, Featured, Funding, Hancock County, Teachers, Teaching & Learning

College of the Atlantic offers summer ed courses

Posted on March 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor is offering a number of one- and two-week graduate and continuing education courses in the sciences, arts and education this summer for K-12 teachers.

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Posted in Academics, Dispatches, Hancock County, Teachers, Teaching & Learning

Three schools to represent Maine at innovation conference

Posted on March 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Schools will share successful strategies with colleagues from across New England

AUGUSTA – Three Maine secondary schools—Deer Isle-Stonington High School, Hall-Dale Middle/High School (Farmingdale), and Westbrook High School—have been invited to represent their state at a regional conference on effective strategies for improving teaching and learning in the 21st century.

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Posted in Conferences, Cumberland County, Hancock County, High School, Instruction, Kennebec County, Press Releases

Student artists to be celebrated on 2012-13 laptop screensaver

Posted on February 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

AUGUSTA – Twenty student artists will have an audience of more than 72,000 students and teachers for their artwork starting this fall. The 20 students from across Maine have won the honor to have their artwork included in the Maine Learning Technology Initiative laptop screensaver for the 2012-13 school year.

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Posted in Aroostook County, Cumberland County, Franklin County, Hancock County, High School, Kennebec County, Middle School, Penobscot County, Press Releases, Students, Technology, Visual & Performing Arts, York County

Maine schools to share successes at regional conference

Posted on January 31, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Teams from three Maine schools will share their stories about boosting student success through teacher leadership, building student-centered systems and focusing on the transition from middle to high school at a regional conference in March focused on school-wide improvement strategies.

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Posted in Conferences, Cumberland County, Featured, Hancock County, High School, Kennebec County, Teachers, Teaching & Learning

Short-term objectives to meet long-term goals

Posted on January 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

By Kaytie Scully

The following were remarks made at the release of “Education Evolving: Maine’s Plan for Putting Learners First” on Jan. 17, 2012, at the Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta.

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Posted in Adult Ed, Featured, Hancock County, High School, Science & Technology, Students, Teaching & Learning, Video

Personal learning plans, maximized learning

Posted on January 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

By Morgan Horn

The following were remarks made at the release of “Education Evolving: Maine’s Plan for Putting Learners First” on Jan. 17, 2012, at the Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta.

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Posted in Featured, Hancock County, High School, Higher Ed, Instruction, Science & Technology, Students, Video