Category Archives: Oxford County

Four districts prepare for construction projects

Posted on May 16, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The Maine Department of Education School Facilities Services team is working with four districts on a total of six proposed construction projects.

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Posted in Administrators, Dispatches, Facilities, Oxford County, Penobscot County, York County

Hands-on learning a success in Oxford County

Posted on May 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment
Eighth grader Ken Stump shows Commissioner Bowen a solar panel they created to heat the indoor greenhouse at Roberts Farm in Norway.

Eighth grader Ken Stump shows Commissioner Bowen a solar panel Oxford Hills Middle School students created to heat the indoor greenhouse at Roberts Farm in Norway.

I had the chance visit three Oxford County schools yesterday as part of my Promising Practices Tour, just a day after releasing the new A-F school grading system designed to improve transparency. As a state, we need to move beyond the one-size-fits-all models of teaching and embrace student-centered models like the ones many Maine schools, like the ones I visited in Oxford County, are doing. Governor LePage and I made reference to that Wednesday when we unveiled the new school report cards, which showed a majority of Maine’s elementary and high schools earned an A, B or C.

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Posted in Career & Technical, From the Commissioner, Governor LePage, High School, Listening Tour, Middle School, Oxford County, Science & Technology, Students

Education Commissioner’s visit promotes promising practices at Oxford County schools

Posted on May 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment
Mountain Valley Middle School student Abby LaBrash explains her genetics project to Commissioner Bowen.

Mountain Valley Middle School student Abby LaBrash explains her genetics project to Commissioner Bowen.

SOUTH PARIS – A day after releasing a new school grading system designed to focus on transparency and continuous improvement in schools, Maine’s Education Commissioner toured three Oxford County schools that are embracing new models for educational excellence.

The visit by Maine Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen to Oxford Hills Middle School and Oxford Hills Technical School in RSU 17 and Mountain Valley Middle School in RSU 10 was the latest in his Promising Practices Tour.

Bowen began the tour on Thursday at the Roberts Farm Preserve in Norway, where he talked with Oxford Hills Middle School seventh and eighth graders about the life science and leadership skills they’re developing by participating in the farm’s experiential learning program.

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Posted in Career & Technical, Governor LePage, High School, Listening Tour, Middle School, Oxford County, Press Releases

Oxford Hills Technical students compete in skills-specific demonstrations

Posted on January 23, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Oxford Hills Technical School Pre-Engineering students Nicholas McNelly and Ian Lejonhud complete a computer simulation using programmable logic controllers.Oxford Hills Technical School pre-engineering students Nicholas McNelly (left) and Ian Lejonhud complete a computer simulation using programmable logic controllers in the school’s Skills Challenge on Jan. 10.

Skills Challenge is an annual afternoon and evening event in which students from the school’s 19 programs participate in skill-specific competitions and demonstrations for parents, community members and others. Continue reading →

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Maine names career-technical teacher of the year

Posted on October 5, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Peter Barlow accepts Maine’s 2012 Career and Technical Educator of the Year award for his excellence as a metal trades instructor in Mexico.
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LEWISTON – Peter Barlow, a metal trades instructor at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology in Mexico, was named Maine’s newest Career and Technical Educator of the Year Friday in front of more than 400 of his colleagues. Barlow has taught precision machining and welding programs at Region 9 since 1991.

Educators gathered Friday to share best practices from around Maine at the third annual CTE conference at the Lewiston Regional Technical Center.

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Posted in Career & Technical, Governor LePage, High School, Images, Oxford County, Press Releases, Professional Development, Teachers

Putting test data to good use

Posted on September 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Check out this excellent article in the Lewiston Sun Journal about how SAD 44 teachers use MEA test results to improve teaching concepts that are part of Maine’s Learning Results standards:

SAD 44 teachers dig into test results

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Posted in Assessment, Data Management, Oxford County

Conference addresses math for students with disabilities

Posted on February 15, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Special education staff and other educators who work with students with disabilities are invited to a conference focused on the neuropsychology of math and applying such concepts to math instruction for students with disabilities.

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Posted in Aroostook County, Featured, Kennebec County, Mathematics, Oxford County, Penobscot County, Professional Development, Somerset County, Special Populations, Teachers, Waldo County, Washington County

Schools list gets green light

Posted on January 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Six schools can now plan for construction or renovation

AUGUSTA – Six schools in critical need of renovation or replacement got the go-ahead to build new facilities or renovate existing ones today from the State Board of Education, which approved a proposal from Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen.

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Posted in Elementary School, Facilities, High School, Oxford County, Penobscot County, Press Releases, York County

ATOMIM offers Algebra readiness discussion series

Posted on December 20, 2011 by | 2 Comments

ATOMIM, the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine, will be holding a series of “Dine and Discuss” events on the topic of Algebra readiness.

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Posted in Aroostook County, Cumberland County, Dispatches, Knox County, Mathematics, News & Views, Oxford County, Washington County

Winter camp emphasizes survival skills

Posted on December 14, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Children of military families ages 14 to 18 are invited to attend Winter Survival Camp during the week of February vacation at the University of Maine’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond in Oxford County.

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Posted in Featured, High School, Oxford County, Students