Every year, the Gardiner Area High School graduation brings hundreds of people to watch the annual rite of passage. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, technology will bring the ceremony to the audience both near and far.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Petition asks Portland school board to end use of police in high schools
More than 800 parents, teachers and students have signed the request asking Portland schools to terminate an agreement with the Portland Police Department for the use of two school resource officers.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education, Times Record
Richmond High School holds drive-in graduation
Valediction Abigail Johnson said to 36 seniors she dreamed for years of her “senior spring,” which included prom and other activities, but missing those traditions presented more learning opportunities.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville Board of Education seeks candidates for Ward 5 seat
Those interested in filling the unexpired term of Julian Payne of Ward 5 are asked to send a letter of interest and résumé by June 18 to Superintendent Eric Haley.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Concerns raised about Skowhegan-area school district’s meal delivery program
Maine School Administrative District 54, which has handed out more than 340,000 meals in recent months, has received mixed reviews from parents, some saying they have received district-provided meals that contained past-dated food, were missing items or had little nutritional value.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Canaan family feels children with special needs deemed ‘nonessential’ during pandemic
The Capraro family has struggled as schools closed, leaving two of their sons with autism struggling without necessary services and have been set back in their progress as a result.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Erskine Academy in South China holding 12 graduation ceremonies over two days
The 151 seniors at Erskine Academy got to walk across the stage and receive diploma from family members in 12 small ceremonies this weekend.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Monmouth Academy’s seniors will march together at graduation Sunday
While they will be socially distanced, all 45 graduating students will be honored at one ceremony on their school campus while their families watch from cars.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Hall-Dale High School graduates 73 at six small ceremonies
Class President Brooke McKechnie, the speaker at the second of six ceremonies, urged her classmates to work hard in her address Saturday.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Seventh-grader from Portland wins virtual state spelling bee
Rose Bolduc of Lincoln Middle School overcomes near-elimination to win in the 32nd round with O-P-I-N-E