The town’s TIF committee was unanimous in its decision to buy banners depicting each individual Norridgewock student and post them along Main Street as a show of support.
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MSAD 54 looking at different scenarios in making plans for the coming school year
The last day for students at Skowhegan schools will be June 5, Assistant Superintendent Jon Moody told community members on Thursday.
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Skowhegan Area High School graduation set for June 20
The senior class, with 160 students from Canaan, Cornville, Mercer, Norridgewock, Smithfield and Skowhegan, will be brought into the gymnasium in groups of six.
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Yarmouth High School custodian diagnosed with COVID-19
The school department says the worker is quarantining at home and is not believed to have had contact with the public.
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DeVos defends policy boosting virus aid for private schools
The policy will steer tens of millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief to private primary schools and secondary schools across the nation.
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Maine high schools get creative to salvage graduations
Unable to host traditional ceremonies because of the pandemic, schools opt for drive-in ceremonies, video productions and small gatherings to honor the Class of 2020.
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High schools in Winslow, Newport, Pittsfield and China get creative with graduations
Schools are tailoring graduation ceremonies to stay within safety guidelines regarding group gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, but are also including in-person opportunities.
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Fifty years later, Colby College’s Class of 1970 recounts disruption to semester’s end
As the coronavirus pandemic has forced changes to Colby’s final weeks of classes and traditional commencement ceremonies, members of the class of 1970 recall how protests and tension that year also disrupted the end of the semester even as their own 50th reunion is now canceled.
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For high school seniors in Maine, it’s the year without a prom
Here are portraits are of 11 students dealing with a new reality brought on by the coronavirus.
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Maine schools cautiously plan for what a return to classes will look like in the fall
Masks? Plexiglas? Six feet of space? Districts are bracing for what a different start to the school year could look like.