Previous graduation pianist Austin Toole is headed to the Army National Guard.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Schools across U.S. brace for massive surge of kindergartners in fall
The supersized class will include more children who missed out on preschool and older classmates whose parents decided to wait an extra year because of the pandemic.
Gardiner Area High School graduates told their resiliency will serve them well
Graduates overcame challenges, student speakers said.
Madison Area Memorial High School honors graduates with intimate, outdoor ceremony
The class of 44 students called each other family and recognized their many achievements before they received diplomas.
Erskine Academy graduates 128 Friday night at the Augusta Civic Center
Despite a year shaken by COVID-19, the high school students learned how to persevere in their own ways.
Cony High School graduates come together as a whole for the first time this year
The pandemic kept the Class of 2021 from having a traditional senior year.
Dartmouth medical school drops cheating charges against students
The students were accused of cheating by accessing online course materials while taking closed-book exams remotely.
‘Find a worthy profession that you love’ Waterville Senior High School speaker urges seniors
Guest speaker, high school English teacher Margaret Downs-Gamble, imparted five ‘essential life lessons’ to 95 seniors Thursday night during a drive-in ceremony held at the Central Maine Motors Auto Group parking lot.
High school seniors in Fairfield focus on the beauty in the ‘mediocre’ at graduation
Student speakers focused on what success means, the people who impacted them and valuing those they love in their addresses.
Winslow High School graduates 74, including Bilodeau twins bound for different colleges
The school graduates its 2021 class at the school’s football field.