Midcoast Senior College has an exciting free lecture series in store for January and February 2024! The first Winter Wisdom will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick. After…
Education
Students and faculty at Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb enjoyed a special author visit with Peter Brown, a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, on Monday, December 4.…
Merry Barn
“I’m wishing you sparkle and spirit and cheer and good things to come that will last you all year.” This line from “Winter Wishes” by M.H. Clark, illuminates the true meaning of the winter holiday…
Wiscasset Elementary School students arrived one recent morning with all manner of different heads of hair than their usual look. There were pipe cleaners, hair gel, spotted tops and spikey rows.…
Atlantic Captains Academy will be conducting their Coast Guard Approved OUPV Captain’s Licensing Course at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. The course will be begin on Jan. 8, 2024 and will meet…
Feeling the need for something sweet or a plate of goodies to take to a holiday party, but don’t want to make it yourself? Feed Our Scholars (FOS…
The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce that Corbin Lichtinger joined faculty as CTL's first and second grade teacher this fall. During the first months of the school year,…
Last year, Edgecomb Eddy’s after-school program was a success. It started as a two-week pilot program providing a community service for students and parents. Three days per week, students had a…
Fourth and fifth graders at Wiscasset Elementary School had the exciting opportunity to host Dwayne Tomah of the Passamaquoddy Tribe Nov. 15th. He talked to the students about the history and…
Midcoast Senior College, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing educational opportunities to lifelong senior learners in Midcoast Maine, has announced a January and February line-up of…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson confirmed via email Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, the dismissal hearing on Gina Stevens is Dec. 12, time and place still to be set.
Asked the…
With two-thirds of the school year still remaining, the Edgecomb School Committee will likely encounter over-expenditures in a couple cost centers. Superintendent Bob Kahler told committee…
LincolnHealth is now accepting applications for its winter Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through Monday, Dec. 18.
This session begins Jan. 16 and runs through March 8. Classes…
The Turkey Trot has been a time-honored tradition for more than 28 years, in which students from Wiscasset Elementary School collect food items for the Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) Food Pantry.…
Analysis
“Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.” – Barack Obama
During those growing up years, when a kid…
Wiscasset Selectmen’s Chair Sarah Whitfield wants board representation at Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98’s long range planning committee meetings. In a selectmen’s meeting Nov. 21,…
On Saturday, Dec. 2, Wiscasset choral students will provide the music for the Annual Wiscasset Town Christmas Tree Lighting. This event takes place at First Congregational Church at 4:30 p.m.…
On Sunday, Dec. 3, kids ages 8-14 are invited to a special Creative Flow Circle at Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat. Participants will join Morgan Mitchell, creatress and flowcilitator, and Stephanie…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is pleased to welcome Land Conservation Manager Katie Beaver to its staff. Along with Land Conservation Director Joan Ray and Executive Director Steven Hufnagel,…
Silas Lehouillier of Edgecomb is a high school junior who knows his way around a kitchen. He has cooked with his family members since he was a child. His favorite dish to prepare is curry. He…
Amid the controversy over Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Gina Stevens’ being put on paid leave, with a dismissal hearing pending, WMHS Athletic Director-Assistant Principal Sarah Hubert…
Wiscasset Middle High School National Honor Society is proud to raffle off a collectible handmade quilt featuring the original 48 states.
Each panel in the quilt features the state flower…
School committee
December sometime, Wiscasset School Committee Chair Jason Putnam told a heavy turnout at Wiscasset Middle High School and online Nov. 14: The date for the committee’s dismissal hearing on WMHS…
Spending a little extra time outdoors during the last week in October earned Wiscasset Middle High School sixth, seventh and eighth graders a $1,000 prize in the “Life Happens Outside Challenge”…
Wiscasset Middle High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2023-24 school year:
Grade six: Highest honors, Abigail Rogers and Tayia Wright; high honors, Baxter…
Hearty Roots is all about seeing in the dark, under the stars, away from screens. This fall, the local outdoor youth organization piloted two “Teen Retreat Weekends,” which consisted of outings…
Several Wiscasset Elementary School fourth and fifth grade students are taking part in year two of an ecology club. These students gather each Monday afternoon to accomplish three goals: Play in…
Throughout the month of October, groups from local schools have been taking part in the full-day Wabanaki Living Skills and Culture program hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust at Salt Bay…
Hearty Roots offers year-round, outdoor programming. Maine offers its share of foul weather. Last week, Great Salt Bay teens took shelter from the pouring rain to learn flute making with Josh…
A camera’s installation led to an investigation before Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Gina Stevens was…
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, hosted a group of teaching interns from SUNY Buffalo State University last week. For 30 years, educators have…
Responding to questions, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told local newspapers via email late Tuesday morning, Oct. 31: “I can confirm that Gina Stevens, Principal of Wiscasset…
Wiscasset Elementary School Partners In Education (PIE) has been picked to be the beneficiary of the Shaw’s Give Back Where it Counts Reusable Bag Program for November! PIE was selected by store…
Students from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) enjoyed a visit to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts on Friday, Oct. 13. CTL's middle schoolers, who are studying Ancient…
What does exploration mean to you? Sometimes it’s discovering a new hiking trail. Or a book recommended by a friend. Sometimes exploration means slowing down. Listening. Seeing your world in a new…
Wiscasset School Department’s website wiscassetschools.org announced Thursday night: “Due to the ongoing investigation, Wiscasset Schools will be closed on Friday, October 27, 2023.”
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Update: RSU 1’s website has announced there will be no school Friday, Oct. 27.
Original post: Regional School Unit 1, which has schools in Woolwich, Bath and Phippsburg, announced on its…
Hearty Roots joined with Island Institute to provide youth programming as part of the Island Institute’s annual retreat to the mainland. The retreat was held at Hidden Valley Nature Center, where…
All prospective students are invited to Lincoln Academy’s 2023 Prospective Student Open House, which will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. The event will begin in the Alumni…
Wiscasset Middle High School high school history students experienced the Nathaniel Chapman-built, 1754 Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta when hosted recently by Lincoln County…
Thirteen students from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb had their writing published in the most recent issue of Epoch, a creative magazine developed by Skidompha Library and edited…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset will take a fresh look at two ties to the school district to which it once belonged, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit. As Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson explained…
Boston’s Berklee College of Music was on Sophia Scott’s short list of post-secondary possibilities before she attended its five-week intensive summer program, Music Aspire, July 8-Aug. 12. And on…
Portland-based singer-songwriter Jenny Van West will take the stage on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. as part of “Music at the Merry Barn: Celebrating the Intersection of Story and Song.”…
Center For Teaching and Learning
Two years ago, students at Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb generated a few ideas about how to develop new spaces for creativity, collaboration, physical activity, and fun during…
Press release
Wiscasset high schoolers studied early American foreign policy and Wiscasset harbor’s maritime legacy while touring Fort Edgecomb recently.
Mason Clark, a student at Wiscasset Middle…
Katherine Race, a teacher at Edgecomb Eddy School, said one of her students recently experienced a terrible event. While she omitted the details, she said it was a traumatic experience no child…
Leah Bauer found herself in nature, particularly in her post-college years spent in the wilderness serving in Americorps program and on an extended self-supported bike tour of New Zealand.…
Midcoast Senior College, bringing classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning, announces exciting new courses for its Fall Term II. Courses begin the week of Nov. 6 and are five- to eight-…
