Category Archives: Middle School

Project Citizen students participate in public policy

Posted on May 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Dozens of students from across the state took public policy proposals to Maine’s capitol on Friday, where they presented them in legislative committee rooms and discussed them in the halls of the State House.

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Posted in Androscoggin County, Cumberland County, Dispatches, Featured, Hancock County, Middle School, News & Views, Social Studies, Students, Washington County

German teachers invited to Deutsche Woche in Bar Harbor

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Maine Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German is inviting German teachers to spend a week in Bar Harbor this summer developing their skills.

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Posted in Featured, Hancock County, High School, Higher Ed, Middle School, Teachers, World Languages

3 regional social studies workshops scheduled

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Three workshop sessions designed for middle- and high-school social studies teachers will help participants connect with other social studies teachers in their region and explore ways that the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies can support thinking and learning in their content area.

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Posted in Aroostook County, Featured, Franklin County, High School, Knox County, Middle School, Social Studies, Standards, Teachers

Maranacook teachers create digital learning materials

Posted on April 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Teachers across Maine will soon have access to digital resources full of interactive content that will help them bring middle school social studies and visual and performing arts lessons alive for students, regardless of their preferred learning styles.

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Posted in Featured, Instruction, Kennebec County, Middle School, Social Studies, Teachers, Technology, Visual & Performing Arts

Schools asked to choose 8th graders for citizenship award

Posted on April 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Maine Secretary of State’s Office is asking Maine schools to nominate a deserving eighth grader for recognition under the Secretary of State’s Eighth Grade Citizenship Award Program, an annual effort designed to honor Maine students for their civic awareness, scholastic achievements and community service.

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Posted in Featured, Middle School, Social Studies, Students

Summer institute focuses on customized, engaged learning

Posted on April 10, 2012 by | Leave a comment

This summer’s Maine Middle Level Institute will bring together middle-school educators and others from across the state to focus on customizing learning for each student and implementing the rigorous Common Core State Standards in their classrooms.

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Posted in Academics, Conferences, Cumberland County, Featured, Instruction, Middle School, Teachers

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

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

Event lets girls focus on future

Posted on March 28, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Future Focus event puts eighth-grade girls from central Maine in contact with Iraqi counterpart, women working their dream jobs

By Charlie Hartman

“Do you like Justin Bieber?”

With a roll of her eyes, Maryann replied, “Oh, noooo!”

Shrieks rang out in response through Given Auditorium at Colby College as 250 eighth-grade girls talked to Maryann Naman in Kurdistan, Iraq, live via Skype.  The girls, from four schools in central Maine, were at the morning keynote of Future Focus, an annual conference sponsored by the Waterville branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI).

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Posted in Conferences, Cumberland County, Featured, Image Galleries, Kennebec County, Middle School, Somerset County, Students, Video

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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