Conservation groups worked with the students to help them understand the salmon life cycle and the long odds of survival.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
UMA professor earns Fulbright fellowship
Robert Kellerman will teach at Daugavpils University in Latvia next spring.
Protesters urge Dartmouth College to dump fossil fuel investments
Dartmouth divested from South Africa in the 1980s to protest apartheid, and protesters say the school has a moral obligation to do the same with fossil fuels.
Use of a ‘Double’ helps homebound Vassalboro seventh-grader reconnect with classmates
The robot nicknamed ‘Double’ lets 13-year-old Abby Fisher go back to school from her kitchen table.
More graduates push pause, see benefits of pre-college ‘gap year’
Some sign up for programs and others design their own to travel, focus their studies and grow personally, and schools encourage the time off.
Foods, stories from different cultures abound at MCI food festival
The International Food Festival at Maine Central Institute Sunday showcased foods prepared by students from eleven different countries.
Skowhegan students complete greenhouse, add to project-based curriculum
The new grant-funded greenhouse at the Marti Stevens Learning Center is already in use as the newest part of the school’s project-based learning program.
Monmouth Academy students shine at national Academic Decathlon
Mustangs finish seventh in small-school division with five individual students earning national medals.
From brutal war and poverty in Central Africa to honor student in Skowhegan
Aziza Perkins, a Skowhegan Area High School junior and recipient of the Julia Clukey Courage Award, is thriving after a long journey.
SAD 74 voters give first approval to 2016-2017 budget
The proposed $9.9 million budget includes administrative changes at Carrabec High School and unanticipated health insurance costs related to the closure of Madison Paper Industries, according to the district superintendent.