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…
Education
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…
Wiscasset School Department announced plans Monday to provide meals for all students during the shutdown. See Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood’s letter here on how it will work.
RSU 2 schools will be closed for two weeks, from Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27. It is in the best interest of our school communities, Kennebec County, and the state of Maine to …
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 schools are closed through March 27, Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle confirmed Sunday afternoon in a text reply to Wiscasset Newspaper.
The…
Wiscasset Middle High School’s Facebook page announced Sunday afternoon: “Students in Wiscasset schools will not have school starting on Monday, March 16 and schools will stay closed until March…
As you are probably well aware, at this time, the decision whether to open or close schools is being left to superintendents. After consultation with the Maine, Department of Education and other…
In a decision Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent of Schools Patrick Manuel announced Saturday night, the unit, which serves Woolwich, Bath, Arrowsic and Phippsburg, is closing its schools…
Wiscasset School Committee
UPDATE: The resignation accepted March 10 was from PreK teacher Amy Mitchell; on Friday, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood provided Mitchell’s resignation letter to Wiscasset Newspaper.
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Press release
In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, Midcoast Senior College has decided to cancel its spring term effective immediately. We are also suspending, until further notice, our Current Events forum in…
Alternative Organizational Structure 98 schools are formulating plans for handling the coronavirus. Superintendent Dr. Keith Laser reported during the March 9 Edgecomb School Committee meeting the…
Wiscasset Elementary School first graders visited Goranson's Farm in Dresden on Tuesday, March 10. Students learned how sap is collected, as well as practicing how to tap a maple tree.
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Maine Drama Festival 2020
Boothbay Region High School placed third overall at the 2020 Maine Drama Festival for “War Letters,” directed by Mary Miller and performed by Grace Campbell, Nataleigh Blackman and Journey Bennett…
Kids at the first-ever Circus Stories February Vacation Adventure immersed themselves in a three-day circus celebration. The Merry Barn in Edgecomb was alive with juggling, plate spinning, and…
Coastal Senior College is delighted to announce that Belfast collage artist Deborah Stevenson returns to teach a course at UMA Rockland Center for six Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., beginning…
Want to improve your sailing skills? Then “Sailing Skills and Seamanship” is a course for you. It is designed for both experienced and novice sailboat operators. Topics include types of sailboats…
The Boothbay Region YMCA is teaming up with Sailing Ships Maine to send 24 high school aged students sailing for a week of sail training. Sailing for a week on a traditional wooden Maine schooner…
Female characters take center stage with the students at Boothbay Region High School and Wiscasset Middle High School, both competing in the annual Drama Theater Festival/One Act Competition.…
Morris Farm in Wiscasset is hosting a workshop with the Bionutrient Food Association (BFA) on Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost for the two-day workshop is $…
Mangia, mangia! There will be a dinner and auction at 5:30 p.m. March 27. Come out and enjoy a delicious pasta dinner and a fun
auction. Lots of winners!
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Come visit Juniper Hill, a local school founded in 2011 that is one of the first established programs in the rapidly growing field of nature and place-based education and schooling. Our open house…
More than 100 gathered at Wiscasset Middle High School Sunday evening to hear a concert by the Opus One Big Band accompanied by WMHS band and vocal students. The evening included hits from Frank…
