No one was hurt in the incident, in which administrators sought help from police to calm a student who later was removed from the school.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Grant tours Augusta Head Start as part of effort to end childhood hunger
Some of the children in the Sand Hill program have been homeless and all are given two healthy meals a day.
UMF students to present findings on trauma research
A group of 65 University of Maine at Farmington students have conducted a semester-long research project on how communities can prevent and become resilient in the face of trauma.
UMaine Machias names new acting president
Longtime administrator Stuart Swain will take over for Joyce Hedlund, who had heart surgery and will resign.
Executive director of Cornville charter school, the state’s first, resigns
Justin Belanger, who helped found the Cornville Regional Charter School in 2012, will resign as soon as the school’s board of directors can find a replacement, according to a press release issued Monday.
Oakland middle schoolers raise money for African students
Inspired by one boy in Malawi, Messalonskee Middle School students want to help kids in Malawi get a secondary school education.
Winslow teen’s letter about Steve Jobs biography wins national contest
Gabe Ferris, a freshman at Waterville Senior High School, was honored recently at the National Book Festival, where he read his award-winning letter to author Walter Isaacson.
Winslow High School team wins first Thomas Cup competition
The event drew 60 high school students to technical contests at Thomas College.
Maine signs $4.14 million contract for standardized student testing
A New Hampshire-based company will develop and administer new English and math tests for students in third through eighth grades.
Messalonskee’s Paula Callan wins Maine assistant principal of the year
The award was announced Thursday morning at a surprise ceremony at the Oakland high school.