Category Archives: Lincoln County

Maine aquarium to host career day

Posted on September 14, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Maine State Aquarium and the Maine Department of Marine Resources are inviting high school science teachers and career counselors to bring their students to the 2011 Marine Science Career Day on Nov. 16.

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Posted in Featured, High School, Lincoln County, Science & Technology, Teachers

LePage devotes radio address to effective teaching

Posted on September 3, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Click here to access audio.

Educating our students to be the best they can be is a top priority for my administration.

Hello. This is your Governor, Paul LePage.

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Posted in Androscoggin County, Aroostook County, Assessment, Cumberland County, Featured, Instruction, Lincoln County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Teachers, York County

Teachers take active role in focus on training

Posted on August 31, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Schools for Excellence initiative piloted at 18 Maine schools with focus on training and incentives

AUGUSTA — Teachers at 18 schools in five Maine school districts are participating in focused and integrated professional development, and developing new evaluation and performance-based pay systems this fall. The goal: improved achievement for their 5,500 students.

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Posted in Accountability, Androscoggin County, Aroostook County, Assessment, Cumberland County, Instruction, Lincoln County, Oxford County, Press Releases, Somerset County, Teachers, York County

National group honors Maine nutrition directors

Posted on July 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Two child nutrition professionals from Maine schools received national recognition for their work at the recent Annual National Conference of the School Nutrition Association.

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Posted in Administrators, Dispatches, Featured, Lincoln County, Nutrition, York County

Wiscasset student artists honored

Posted on June 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Maine Department of Education has displayed student artwork in its Cross State Office Building lobby for eight years.

On June 7, the Department invited student artists from Wiscasset — whose work is currently on display — to celebrate their work at a Blaine House reception attended by Maine’s First Lady Ann LePage and Maine State Board of Education chairman James Banks.

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Posted in Elementary School, High School, Lincoln County, Middle School, Students, Video, Visual & Performing Arts

Wiscasset student art show

Posted on April 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

This artwork by students from Wiscasset Primary, Middle and High School was displayed in the Maine Department of Education lobby in April 2011.

At right: Art by Latisha, Grade 1

To view with captions, watch full screen, scroll to the top right, select Options, “Always show”

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Posted in Image Galleries, Kennebec County, Lincoln County, People, Visual & Performing Arts

Students Receive Maine HS Diplomas in Blaine House Ceremony

Posted on June 17, 2010 by | Comments Off

Despite “disrupted” education, students graduate from high school

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education awarded seven high school diplomas in a Blaine House ceremony on Thursday to students whose education was interrupted for various reasons. It was the largest group of students to receive state diplomas since the Legislature established it in 2007.

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Posted in Academics, Continuous Learning, Cumberland County, Hancock County, High School, Kennebec County, Lincoln County, News & Views, Press Releases, Students, Teaching & Learning, Waldo County

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