Call for Maine Environmental Education Association award nominations

The Maine Environmental Education Association is seeking nomination applications for recognition of outstanding environmental achievement in Maine in the following four categories:

The Eberhard Thiele Environmental Educator Award
Excellence in Environmental Education Program Award
Maine Environmental Education Association School of the Year Award
Maine Environmental Education Association Business of the Year Award

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Maine students selected for United States Senate Youth Program

Thanks to the United States Senate Youth Program for sharing the following press release with the Maine Department of Education for publication.

AUGUSTA—Senators Susan M. Collins and Angus King today announced the names of the two students who have been selected as delegates to the 51st Annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) that will be held March 9 to 16, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

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Wisdom students win engineering contest, funds for field trip

Mrs. Leslie Marquis and her Biology II class at Wisdom Middle/High School in St. Agatha, ME, after winning the S.W. Cole Engineering contest, “Dig Into Science.” The class won $1,000 to spend on a field trip to the location of their choice.

Nominate math, science, computer teachers for presidential award

The 2012-13 nomination period for 7-12 grade mathematics and science, including computer science, teachers for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program is currently open.

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Call for nominations for two science competitions

The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is now accepting nominations for four Agriscience Awards and four Life Science Awards to be awarded in July 2013 in Washington, D.C. Continue reading “Call for nominations for two science competitions” →

Community spirit award open to grades 5 through 8

Maine students in grades 5 through 8 who have volunteered over the past year may apply for a Prudential Spirit of Community Award and inspire other young people to follow their example.

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Science & math award finalists honored

Finalist Elizabeth Vickery (center) with former science finalist Margo Murphy (left) and Maine DOE Science and Technology Specialist Anita Bernhardt. — Finalist Elizabeth Vickery (center) with 1994 PAEMST awardee Margo Murphy (left) and Maine DOE Science and Technology Specialist Anita Bernhardt.

Four state finalists for the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching were recognized at a dinner held in their honor on Nov. 9.

The four Maine finalists are Lauree Gott, a science teacher at Veazie Community School; Sally Plourde, a second grade teacher at Prides Corner School in Westbrook; Elizabeth Vickery, a kindergarten teacher at Cushing Community School; and Karen Jagolinzer, a fifth grade teacher at Frank H. Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth.

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Bowen to honor student Veterans Day essay winners

As with many of Gov. Paul LePage’s cabinet members, Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen will be participating Monday in an event to mark Veterans Day. He will speak briefly to recognize students who have written winning essays on the theme of “What Freedom Means to Me” at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor.

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Finalists for U.S. Senate program present on government issues

This year's 10 finalists for the United States Senate Youth Program. — Students from across Maine applied to attend the 2013 United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C. Two candidates from this pool of 10 finalists will be announced the winners in early December.

What do you think is the most important issue facing the U.S. today?

This is the question a panel of five judges posed to 10 Maine high school students vying for a prestigious honor on Thursday. Each student’s four-minute response homed in on one current governmental issue, such as foreign policy, renewable energy, the erosion of civil liberties or the general state of the economy. The most popular response, however, was the lack of bipartisan effort in U.S. Congress.

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First Lady LePage honors Maine Agriculture Teacher of the Year

Presentation of award to 2013 Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Sharon Hathaway, of Leavitt Area High School, with Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Walter Whitcomb, and Maine First Lady Ann LePage. — Presentation of award to 2013 Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Sharon Hathaway, of Leavitt Area High School (center), with Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Walter Whitcomb, and Maine First Lady Ann LePage.

Maine Agriculture in the Classroom celebrated its annual meeting and dinner on Oct. 17 at the State Grange in Augusta with presentations by Maine First Lady Ann LePage and Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Walter Whitcomb.

A number of grant recipients presented their projects at the meeting, including this year’s Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Sharon Hathaway, of Leavitt Area High School in Turner, who initiated a course to promote student understanding of agriculture and natural resources, incorporating current and historical connections to their community.

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