Category Archives: Penobscot County

Institute focuses on Positive Youth Development

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The 2012 Positive Youth Development Institute will bring together professionals from the K-12 system, after-school and summer programs, and the juvenile justice system; students; parents and others to discuss and share practices that offer all children opportunities to succeed.

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Posted in Academics, Conferences, Continuous Learning, Featured, Penobscot County

ESL Summer Academy offers chance to collaborate

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine’s ESL Summer Academy 2012 will offer both experienced and new educators of English Learners (ELs) the chance to engage collaboratively in research-based practices and share their ideas for more effective academic language support of English Learners.

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Posted in Conferences, Featured, Penobscot County

Districts collaborate, adult ed students benefit

Posted on April 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Submitted by the Picataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative

More than 300 adults in the Piscataquis Valley have earned high school diplomas, others have earned GEDs and many more have gained valuable workforce skills over the past six years thanks to the joint efforts of four school districts in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties.

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Posted in Adult Ed, Featured, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County

Conference focuses on bullying prevention plans

Posted on April 4, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A May conference in Bangor will bring together middle-school students, their teachers and administrators to plan how they can prevent bullying against students with disabilities in their schools.

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Posted in Administrators, Conferences, Featured, Health, Middle School, Penobscot County, Teachers

UMaine invites teachers to campus for a day

Posted on April 4, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Teachers of students in grades K-12 are invited to the University of Maine on April 18 to learn about Maine workforce development needs and how to bring STEM-related (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) innovation back to their classrooms.

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Posted in Featured, Penobscot County, Science & Technology, Teachers

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

Charter school commission to hold public input sessions

Posted on February 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The following is a news release from the Maine State Charter School Commission.

Newly formed panel to hear from public in Portland, Bangor, Augusta about regional educational needs

Note, 2/29/2012: The press release has been updated to reflect the postponement of the Portland session to March 5. That session was initially scheduled for March 1, but was rescheduled due to an expected snowstorm.

AUGUSTA – The newly formed Maine State Charter School Commission will hit the road in early March to hear from the public about educational needs in each Maine region that could be addressed by a charter school.

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Posted in Cumberland County, Kennebec County, Penobscot County, People, Press Releases, Public meetings

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

Maine students invited to ‘Doodle 4 Google’

Posted on February 6, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Google is inviting Maine student artists in grades K-12 to enter Doodle 4 Google 2012, a competition to redesign the Google logo and have it featured on Google’s homepage for a day.

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Posted in Continuous Learning, Featured, Multimedia, Penobscot County, Students, Teaching & Learning, Visual & Performing Arts

Sessions help educators support military children

Posted on February 6, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Military Child Education Coalition is offering workshops in Portland and Bangor in April that could be helpful to educators in better serving students from military families.

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Posted in Administrators, Conferences, Continuous Learning, Cumberland County, Featured, Operations, Penobscot County, Teachers, Teaching & Learning