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Post-secondary scholarships awarded
The winner of the $5,000 2006 Maine Island Partners Scholarship is Benjamin Lovell of North Haven. He is a senior at North Haven Community School. The scholarship is awarded to an individual who combines civic leadership, community involvement and academic achievement. Lovell is an outstanding scholar who has taken a lead role in North Haven’s
Commissioner braves rough seas to visit island schools
Summit trains students, teachers in GIS technology
As the gorgeous weather peaked in mid-August this summer, students and teachers from six coastal and island high schools busily hiked through woods, set off on research boats and researched local history – all in an effort to learn the nuts and bolts of GIS (Geographic Informational Systems). The Teams of two teachers and two
State Funding and Small Community Schools – A school is a community’s heart
The story of Criehaven is the same as that of many Maine islands. In the 1940s, as funding dwindled, it became necessary to close the school. The children and mothers moved to the mainland to attend school while the fathers worked on the island. Eventually entire families made the move off-island to live near where
Chebeague keeps fourth and fifth graders – for now
Chebeague Island residents now have a new appreciation for the tenuous situation of small island schools. The community learned in February that MSAD 51, of which the island school is part, had proposed to move the Chebeague Island fourth and fifth graders to the mainland North Yarmouth Memorial School. Particularly frustrating for islanders was that
Lobster Literacy Conference: No, we didn’t teach lobsters how to read!
All students need to feel a sense of ownership and identify with what they are learning. More and more teachers are realizing that creating curriculum associated with where students live and what’s familiar to them is a wonderful way to empower them. The Lobster Literacy Conference, which took place on Dec. 3-4 at the Island
Fox Islands, Bowdoin students team up
As winter winds roared, middle and high school students from both North Haven and Vinalhaven communities were anything but cold as they worked up a sweat showing their skills on the basketball court. The Bowdoin men’s and women’s basketball teams have visited the Fox Islands on two occasions during the past couple of months. The