Cooking, building model rockets and art are a small sampling of the summer courses being offered this year to address students’ social-emotional needs that have gone unmet during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterville prepares for students to attend summer ‘camps’
The Waterville Board of Education heard from school principals last week about plans for summer activities to help make up for academic and social-emotional loss students experienced during a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterville schools administrative shuffle prompts outcry
Waterville Schools Superintendent Eric Haley made four administrative transfers after George J. Mitchell Principal Allan Martin announced he was leaving, but members of the Waterville Board of Education said they believe the positions should have been advertised.
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Waterville schools report COVID-19 case
The district announced a positive test Wednesday morning.
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Newport-based schools increasing in-person learning, Waterville schools report COVID-19 case
Middle and high school students in Regional School Unit 19 will begin in-person learning four days per week beginning in the next two weeks.
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Skowhegan, Waterville and Winslow-area schools report cases of COVID-19
Waterville Schools reported cases in three different schools.
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Waterville, Newport, Oakland, Skowhegan, Unity schools report COVID-19 cases
The five school districts enroll students from 31 towns in central Maine and reported a total of seven cases.
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Adult community education classes in Waterville go remote because of COVID-19 case
The entire wing of Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education at Waterville Senior High School closed Wednesday until Jan. 4, while Clinton Elementary School reported a positive case of COVID-19, the seventh in Maine School Administrative District 49.
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With increased COVID-19 occurrence rates, central Maine schools modify learning plans
Messalonskee High School, Waterville Alternative School, Upper Kennebec Valley Jr./Sr. High School and Skowhegan- and Newport-based schools shift learning methods as COVID-19 infections worsen.
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Waterville Public Schools posts proposed back-to-school plan
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday is expected to vote on the plan, which spells out how students and staff who decide to return to school buildings this year will be required to follow health and safety guidelines.