With 70% of the town’s annual budget dedicated to education, Edgecomb selectmen are concerned how the new contract the teachers union and school committee have will impact taxpayers in the years…
Education
Boothbay Region High School
Thanks to Boothbay Region High School alumna and Seahawk track legend Angel Ames, …
Boothbay Region High School
After they responded to a survey, Boothbay Region High School seniors will come together at 2 p.m. June 5 for a full graduation ceremony. Principal Tricia Campbell and Dean of Students Allan…
Wiscasset School Department announced Friday, Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2020 will graduate at Wiscasset Speedway instead of in the school lot as first announced. The fireworks at the…
In the Wiscasset Elementary School courtyard May 14, photographs of staff were holding strong in the wind. The photographs, posted on trees, had kind, encouraging messages.
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee members learned May 13, the Boothbay Region High School 2020 valedictorian and salutatorian are Hali Goodwin and Will Perkins,…
In June, the Edgecomb School Committee will decide how to proceed with an unexpectedly large unassigned budget fund, also known as a surplus. The school year began with $112,567 in surplus. The…
When Wiscasset Middle High School junior Kyle Ricker and fellow student council members made their new YouTube video thanking teachers, it wasn’t in…
The following are excerpts from Wiscasset Elementary School’s May newsletter.
“Second grade has been busy working on lots of math, reading, writing and spelling from their “At Home…
Schools may be closed, but Educate Maine and the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein are teaming up to get books into the hands of students studying remotely.
The 2020 Maine Books Challenge is…
Red Cloak Tours is offering a new product that will allow small groups or families in Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset, and other Maine locations to enjoy a personalized, guided outdoor adventure while…
As many accidental home-schooling teachers (aka parents) are running low on new ideas for sparking educational excitement in their equally accidental students, Midcoast Conservancy has some ways…
A week after announcing an outdoor graduation June 11, Wiscasset Middle High School on Tuesday announced the following details:
Where: WMHS Upper Parking Lot
When: …
Healthy Kids has partnered with Maine Children’s Trust to launch a new digital campaign to help Maine parents navigate the challenges of parenting, especially amid the current uncertainties…
Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education
At Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education in Alna, children spend 60-90% of each day outdoors. If you had visited the school in early March, you would have seen upper elementary students…
Boothbay Region High School seniors will not be moving on to the next chapters of their lives without a graduation celebration. Principal Tricia Campbell said despite not being able to carry out…
Wiscasset school staff have another hit on their hands. And this one’s got Cindy Collamore on horseback telling jokes.
The first video sending students positive messages and music during…
On April 20, the Board of Directors of Coastal Senior College, one of 17 senior colleges in the Maine Senior College Network, voted unanimously to transition to independent status from the…
Viewers at wiscassetnewspaper.com checked out Principal…
Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) is offering short-term workforce training programs aimed at providing in-demand skills training for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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When Darlene French began as school lunch cook in 1977, meals were a quarter and the program served 500 meals a day. Over the next five decades, the program expanded from lunch to include…
Tuesday afternoon, April 28, the following letter from Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte to seniors and their families was posted at wiscassetschools.org:
I hope this…
Students from pre-school through 8th grade at Damariscotta Montessori School decorated grocery bags to brighten up deliveries from Main Street Grocery in Damariscotta. The students used art…
Early intervention at Wiscasset Elementary School has been extremely important, Special Education Director Kenneth Spinney told the school committee Monday.
“We’re doing a great job at…
Around a dozen Boothbay region contractors and several community members have risen to the challenge of building birdhouses as a way to keep the region’s students busy and creative during social…
Wiscasset school officials were optimistic Monday they will need no more from the town’s taxpayers than last year. The school committee’s two-hour review of a first draft found errors officials…
In a virtual meeting April 17, the Edgecomb School Committee approved June 5 as the last distance learning day for 2019-20. The committee and Edgecomb Eddy School teachers’ union also entered into…
Westport Island’s Kelly Delano hadn’t been to Fort Edgecomb since childhood. Thanks to a unit Wiscasset Elementary School fifth grade teacher Justin Stygles has been giving students on local…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle said April 16, unless conditions change, the district that serves Alna and Westport Island will keep distance…
Wiscasset School Committee
Communication on everyone’s part is the most important piece to remote learning, administrators and Wiscasset school committee members said April 14 in the committee’s Zoom debut. The panel …
Edgecomb Eddy School had a couple days’ head start on distance learning prior to Gov. Janet Mills’ emergency declaration. On March 13, Principal Ira Michaud believed it was only a matter of time…
Although schools and libraries are closed, the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat wants to encourage kids to continue reading, writing and creating. We are lending books to children in the Midcoast area…
The Wiscasset School Committee will discuss the next budget and take up the emergency remote learning plan and 2020-21 school calendar in a meeting via Zoom ar 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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This letter from Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Terry Wood to families was posted at wiscassetschools.org Saturday:
Due to the recent press release from Maine’s Commissioner of…
As part of their distance learning during the week of March 31 through April 4, Damariscotta Montessori students sent letters, cards and drawings to Lincoln County nursing home…
During a pandemic, what is a workshop-based, interaction-focused school to do?
The Center for Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb has long prided itself on being a school that relies on authentic…
Maine Department of Education
As you may know, US CDC guidance recommends an eight to 20-week timeframe for avoiding large group/in-person instruction once there is evidence of community transmission of COVID-19. Therefore, I…
The Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) Education Outreach Program offers nine Lesson Resources for students and educators. These lessons are geared to American Colonial and early 19th…
Released via Alna’s town email March 24:
Schools in Lincoln County and beyond are closed for an unknown amount of time due to COVID 19. We thought you’d like to know…
Social distancing could not keep Wiscasset school staff from telling students they miss them and that “Every little thing’s going to be alright.” The staff’s…
Due to continuing coronavirus coverage, some pre-closure Wiscasset Elementary School happenings have awaited publication. We wanted to share these still noteworthy items as the closure continues…
AUGUSTA — With the approval of an additional waiver submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and additional bulk packaging options, the Maine Department of Education has been able to…
UPDATE: Deb Boucher said via email Monday, her daughter arrived back in Maine Saturday night. “She is at the (friend’s) house where she is isolating. She is fine, healthy and in good spirits…
The coronavirus is affecting everyone's life right now. With stores, schools, and more closing, everyone is coming to terms with our new reality.
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The closure of in-person education for K-12 education as a COVID-19 precaution has posed unique challenges for local parents suddenly finding themselves with lesson plans and kids at home all day…
Regional School Unit 2 that includes Dresden, and Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 that includes Alna and Westport Island, have followed Woolwich’s district, Regional School Unit 1, and…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine’s Midcoast Bowl for Kids’ Sake events, previously scheduled for April in Belfast, Waldoboro and Rockport, are being postponed. As recommended by the CDC, the…
UPDATE: Woolwich’s district, Regional School Unit 1, also announced Friday its schools will stay closed through April 26.
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Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's Dog Obedience classes. Held on Tuesdays, the next session will run from April 7 through April 28.
Beginner…
Days into Maine’s state of emergency, social distancing and other novel terms have emerged. Seeing as they’re here for the foreseeable future, Boothbay Register is…
