Tina Bruns dropped out of Portland High School in 1994; on Wednesday she and her three children, also dropouts, graduated from Biddeford Adult Education.
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Family, community to stick with Winslow High School graduates
108 students graduated from Winslow High School Wednesday evening at a ceremony on the Colby College campus.
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Lawmakers urged to save advanced placement program for students in rural Maine
The AP4ALL program is targeted for elimination by the state Department of Education, but supporters say it provides important access to courses for students in smaller schools.
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Bowdoin Museum curator departs for job at Harvard
Joachim Homann has been at Bowdoin since 2010.
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Oak Hill High School graduates 99 students
Valedictorian James Greenwood encouraged his classmates to stay positive and learn from the good and “bad from high school.”
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Meetings in Embden, Solon, New Portland to address revised school budget
Residents can talk with the superintendent of RSU 74 at public meetings this week before the $10.5 million budget heads to referendum.
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Veteran Augusta teachers retiring the way they taught — together
Farrington Elementary School teachers, who each have had some of their former students’ children as students, are stepping down after each educating hundreds of children.
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MCI graduates take flight at 150th commencement
“Do for others better than you expect from them,” teacher Tanya Kingsbury told the students, who hail from 12 states and several other countries.
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New Jersey man pledges donation to Oakland’s Atwood Primary after being wowed by students’ manners
Keith Hartzell has committed himself to donating $1,000 annually for 14 years — when Atwood’s current pre-kindergarteners graduate from high school.
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RSU 12 towns to hold June 11 referendum on $23 million budget
Votes will take place in Alna, Chelsea, Palermo, Somerville, Westport Island, Whitefield and Windsor to confirm or deny a budget increase of 3.6%.