Category Archives: 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, Conferences, Featured, Kennebec County, Mathematics, Oxford County, Penobscot County, Somerset County, Special Programs, 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

Oxford Hills culinary students prepare feast for annual dinner

Posted on November 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

NORWAY — Culinary Arts students at Oxford Hills Technical School prepared a multi-course meal for the annual Joint Board Dinner and Meeting of Maine Vocational Region 11, School Administrative District 17, and Regional School Unit 10 on Oct. 13.

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Posted in Career & Technical, Featured, High School, Multimedia, Oxford County, Students

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

Schools focus on formative assessment

Posted on August 16, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Formative assessment was the focus for nearly 200 teachers and administrators from schools across Maine earlier this month who attended a three-day training institute at Sunday River in Bethel.

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Posted in Administrators, Assessment, Conferences, Featured, Oxford County, Teachers

Buckfield teachers receive agriculture honor

Posted on June 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The following is excerpted from a Maine Department of Agriculture press release.

AUGUSTA — Annette Caldwell and Gretchen Kimball, teachers at the Buckfield Junior/Senior High School in Buckfield, Maine, have received one of five top awards in the nation for “Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture.” This award is offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Agriculture in the Classroom (NAITC) Consortium. Teachers from all 50 states are eligible.

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Posted in Dispatches, English Language Arts, High School, Instruction, Mathematics, Oxford County, Teachers

Using MLTI to learn through video

Posted on June 1, 2011 by | Leave a comment

MLTI Student Conference

Mike Rodway discovered as a sixth grader that he learns best through filmmaking. Since then, Rodway’s filmmaking passion and production prowess have taken off.

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Posted in Conferences, Dispatches, Featured, Middle School, Oxford County, Science & Technology, Students, Technology