This week, Blake shares with us a video he produced for his senior English class that’s supposed to depict what he learned and what impacted him most during his time in high school. The result is a production that gets us thinking about how our schools need to change to prepare students for 21st-century careers.
Blake, who’s headed to the University of Maine’s college of engineering in the fall, wants to live and work in Maine when he’s older. Our education system is a crucial link in creating the economy that will allow that to happen. Let’s work toward an education system that trains a workforce that’s second to none.
— Stephen Bowen
ACTION ITEMS
- NOTICE: ARRA data reporting closed July 11
- REPORTING: EF-M-39A Report of Adult Education for Subsidy Purposes, July 15
- REPORTING: EF-T-21 Bus Safety & Training Report, July 31
- REPORTING: EF-T-24 Vehicle Inventory Form (Pupil Transportation), July 31
- REPORTING: EF-U-433 No Child Left Behind Performance Report, Aug. 1
- REPORTING: NCLB Consolidated Application, Aug. 1
- REPORTING: Food Service Requirements, Aug. 15
- REPORTING: End-of-Year Financial Reports, Aug. 25
- REPORTING: Local Entitlement Year End Report (formerly EF-S-09E), Sept. 1
- REPORTING: Transportation Data for Out-of-District Special Education, Homeless and CTE Students, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Title VI Rural Low-Income Performance Report, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Application for Leased and Lease Purchased Instructional Space, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Application for Conversion of Approved Leased Space to Permanent Space, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Local Entitlement Application (formerly EF-S-08), Sept. 15
- REPORTING: EF-M-240 Year End Report of Private Schools, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Special Education Tuition Report EF-S-07, Sept. 16
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NEWS & VIEWS
Video: A high school more like a robotics team
I’ve benefited from the chance to develop essential skills — like teamwork and clear communication — in a hands-on environment. We need more opportunities like that in our high schools. By Blake Bourque | More
Building project turns focus to instruction
The teachers and administrators at Mount Blue High School and Foster Technology Center in Farmington are using new construction as a way to improve instruction. | More
Writing skills apply for Warden aspirants
The Maine Warden Service has partnered with the Maine Department of Education to make sure new recruits to the law enforcement agency have an essential skill for the job: the ability to write. | More
Travis Roy: ‘Challenges define who we are’
Travis Roy, the Yarmouth native who skated onto the ice for the Boston University hockey team in 1995 and became paralyzed 11 seconds later, spoke at the 2011 Maine Schoolsite Health Promotion Conference. | More
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- Bowen pays visit to science, math academy
- Schools to share $5m plus in federal improvement funds