Nurses have been called to create healing environments that support patients toward their greatest health potential, Carey Clark writes.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Unity College hosts ‘green’ jobs fair with 100-plus employers
The event was hosted for students majoring in conservation and seeking sustainability careers and internships.
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LePage withdraws his nominee for education commissioner
The governor says the Legislature’s Education Committee planned to oppose Bill Beardsley over ‘partisan political games.’
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Bridge Program could help Augusta students earn college credits
The Board of Education is also scheduled to adopt a policy on medical marijuana in schools based on recommendations from the Maine School Management Association.
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Waterville student wins Doodle 4 Google contest with art collection
At a Albert S. Hall School assembly Monday, Karin Zimba spoke about her winning art project “Serendipity.”
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Bates College announces largest-ever single gift – $19 million
The joint contribution from seven different families will support a new academic program, digital and computational studies.
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Albert Hall fifth-grader continues school, family Doodle 4 Google streak
Karin Zimba is the Maine winner of the Internet search engine’s annual doodle contest; her sister, at the same school, won in 2014.
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Maine property owners on the hook for $20 million gap in school funding
Projections show 131 districts could lose money next year, with Portland hit the hardest, leading to calls for the state to increase its education spending.
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Winslow contemplates closing outdated junior high school
A committee is floating a proposal to move students out of the building with seventh and eighth grades going to the high school and sixth grade going to the elementary school within the next two years.