By Blake Bourque
A robotics team offers students a chance to develop some of the essential skills that will make them successful in the professional world.
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Writing skills apply for Warden aspirants
The writing required of Maine Wardens is high stakes.
The agents charged with enforcing the laws of Maine’s woods and waterways need to write quickly, descriptively, clearly and succinctly.
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Travis Roy: ‘Challenges define who we are’
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Travis Roy knew his life had fundamentally changed the moment he crashed into the boards 11 seconds into his first game wearing a Boston University hockey uniform.
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Bowen pays visit to science, math academy
The Maine Governor’s Academy for Science and Mathematics graduated its third cohort of teachers on June 30. Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen attended the group’s culminating session at Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg.
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Bangor High grad a finalist for global science prize
A recent Bangor High School graduate has $1,000 more to apply to her college education after rising to the finalist ranks in a prestigious international competition focused on student endeavors into water-related research.
Leila Musavi, an Orono resident who graduated from Bangor High School in June, was one of the top five finalists for the 2011 Stockholm Junior Water Prize. The competition is sponsored by the Stockholm International Water Institute.
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Building project turns focus to instruction
Mount Blue High School and Foster Technology Center have long shared a campus. But the 750-student high school and 300-student technology center have been distinct buildings with distinct identities, divided by a glass walkway.
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ARRA data reporting to close July 11
The Maine Department of Education will close its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Data Reporting module for the 2010-11 school year on July 11.
At Yarmouth High, the environment is technology
In biology class, Yarmouth High School students plug digital microscopes into their laptops to record video of the organisms they’re observing. They can refer to that video later in the day, outside the classroom.
During the uprising that led to the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, students in a Yarmouth High School social studies class used their laptops to learn from the Twitter postings that were pivotal in ending Mubarak’s reign.
And when Yarmouth students need to study for a quiz, many of them make flash cards using an online tool known as Quizlet and share them with classmates.
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In ‘ordinary’ district, standards-based transformation takes hold
When it comes to educational transformation, Victoria Burns prefers to think of her school district as ordinary.
“If we can do it, it’s something that can be translated to almost anyone,” said Burns, superintendent of School Administrative District 15, which serves Gray and New Gloucester.
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Staff, student data collection to close July 8
The Maine Department of Education will close staff and student data collection for the 2010-11 school year on July 8.
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