Updated Oct. 2, 2013
AUGUSTA – Secretary of State Matt Dunlap applauded students from 24 Maine schools and two homeschools for their efforts in preparing entries for the Maine History Day competition, held April 4 at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and the University of Maine at Augusta.
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The Legislature recently passed a resolution expressing support and appreciation for the Dirigo Boys and Girls State programs. This year’s Boys and Girls State programs will take place June 16-20.
Continue reading “Submit student nominations for Dirigo Boys and Girls State”
Thanks to Mary Dyer of the Maine Jump$tart Coalition for sharing this press release with the Maine DOE for publication.
Portland – Four Maine high schools came together to compete in LifeSmarts, the ultimate consumer challenge, at the Unum Corporate Campus in Portland on Friday, March 1. Hosted by the Maine Jump$tart Coalition, this competition-based educational program develops the consumer and marketplace skills of teens. Sanford High School in Sanford, Waynflete School in Portland, Woodland High School in Woodland, and United Technologies Center in Bangor all competed in the state competition.
Continue reading “Waynflete School wins first Maine LifeSmarts state championship”
The Annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards recently selected Katherine Elliott, 18, of Scarborough and Marissa Bates, 10, of Westbrook as Maine’s top youth volunteers for 2013. As state honorees, each student will receive a $1,000 award, an engraved silver medallion, and a trip to Washington, D.C., May 4 to 7 for the program’s national recognition events. Continue reading “Two Maine students selected for community spirit award”
Doug Hodum, science teacher and science department head at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington, was recently selected as one of 12 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellows.
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The Maine Environmental Education Association is seeking nomination applications for recognition of outstanding environmental achievement in Maine in the following four categories:
Continue reading “Call for Maine Environmental Education Association award nominations”
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.
Continue reading “Maine students selected for United States Senate Youth Program”
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.
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”
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