Spruce Mountain High School students and staff will spend one day preparing and learning needed skills, then spend three days on the river.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Jay-area school budget approved
The budget was not validated in Livermore Falls, but was in Jay and Livermore.
UMaine-Farmington appoints new interim president
The appointment comes amid the departure of nine faculty members at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Colby College names new VP and chief financial officer
Nicole Trufant comes to Colby College from the University of New England in Biddeford where she serves as senior vice president of finance and administration.
Lewiston seventh-grader youngest ever to win statewide creative writing contest
Lily Douglass was selected as the winner of The Telling Room’s annual contest for her short story titled “The Monster under the Bed.”
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
Auburn-area high school teacher to spend 3 weeks studying Arctic Circle
Erin Towns joins research team to study glacier dynamics in Greenland.
Farmington-area school board sends 2022-23 budget to warrant
The annual budget meeting, to be held May 24, will offer voters the opportunity to approve spending items for a final referendum vote June 14.
Farmington-based district board sends $39.99 million budget to warrant
The Regional School Unit 9 budget approved by directors is a $100,703 decrease from the original proposal.
Some Maine high students excited to attend community college for free under new state program
High school graduates or those earning a GED diploma in 2020, 2021, 2022 or 2023 are eligible for the program.