Category Archives: York County

Video: Google features Wells-Ogunquit in ‘Search Story’

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Google recently featured Wells High School junior Morgan Brewster and special education teacher Cheryl Oakes as part of its “Google Search Stories” series.

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Posted in Featured, High School, Special Programs, Students, Teachers, Technology, Video, York County

Summer archaeological field school offered in South Berwick

Posted on April 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Students, teachers, and history buffs interested in archaeology have an opportunity this summer to join a field school led by Southern Maine Community College adjunct professor Dr. Neill De Paoli and sponsored by the Old Berwick Historical Society.

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2013 Teacher of the Year semi-finalists announced

Posted on April 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

AUGUSTA – Five teachers have been named semi-finalists in the 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year selection process. A distinguished panel of teachers, principals and business community members made the selections last week.

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Posted in Androscoggin County, Press Releases, Teachers, York County

Great view, plush pillows and a lean toward green

Posted on March 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Visit The Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport and there’s a chance you’ll stay in an eco-designed, environment-friendly “green” guest room.

It will be a comfy and colorful room bursting with natural woods, materials, fabrics and artwork.

And it will be a room designed on a shoestring budget by a team of eighth-grade students from the Middle School of the Kennebunks.

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Posted in Featured, Middle School, Students, Teachers, Technology, Visual & Performing Arts, York County

Photos from Maine History Day

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Maine History Day brought 286 students from 24 middle and high schools to the University of Maine at Augusta on March 28. Students showed off exhibits, performances, websites, documentaries and other projects exploring a broad variety of historical themes.

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2013 Teacher of the Year nominees announced

Posted on March 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Eight Maine teachers have been nominated for the honor of 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year.

They are: Matthew Amoroso, Thornton Academy, Saco; Katherine Bousquet, South Berwick Central School; Richard Lent,  Leavitt Area High School, Turner; Elizabeth Marass, Sanford High School; Tracy Scully, Acton Elementary School; Shannon Shanning, Whittier Middle School, Poland; Beth Skotarczak, Oxford-Cumberland Canal School, Westbrook; and Beth Switzer, Coastal Ridge Elementary School, York.

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Posted in Androscoggin County, Cumberland County, Teachers, York County

Massabesic’s wellness revolution lets students direct learning

Posted on March 5, 2012 by | Leave a comment

EAST WATERBORO — How do we teach others to make decisions that allow them to live healthier lives?

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Posted in English Language Arts, Featured, Health & Physical Ed, Image Galleries, Instruction, Mathematics, Middle School, Science & Technology, Social Studies, Standards, Students, York County

Conference to feature student-centered learning examples

Posted on February 29, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Educators from across Maine are invited to a conference on April 13 that highlights classroom units and projects that engage all learners in work that challenges them to think critically and creatively.

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Posted in Academics, Administrators, Conferences, Continuous Learning, Families, Featured, Students, Teachers, Teaching & Learning, York County

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

Portland and Sanford Communities Receive $9m in Grants

Posted on February 14, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The following was released today by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation supports student-centered learning initiatives

QUINCY, MA – Two Maine communities received three-year grants from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF), the largest charitable organization in New England focused exclusively on education, totaling more than $9 million to support “student-centered” approaches to learning. Continue reading →

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Posted in Cumberland County, News & Views, Press Releases, York County