With a lot of help from SAD 51 students, teacher John Marlowe raises money with the goal of fostering a love of literacy in a West African village.
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Seven newcomers on ballot for SAD 51 board
The candidates for two seats in Cumberland and one in North Yarmouth weigh in on addressing the growing student enrollment and the district’s equity and inclusion efforts.
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Schools end pooled testing for COVID this week
The Cumberland-North Yarmouth, Falmouth and Yarmouth school districts will discontinue pooled testing for COVID-19 Friday, May 13. The state has ended the program in response to the changing nature of the coronavirus, with most people now showing symptoms within one to two days of contracting the virus. This makes pooled testing less effective, since schools […]
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Pair of curious Cumberland school third graders succeed as art detectives
The 8-year-olds track down the Portland artist and discover the history of a lobby sculpture at Mabel I. Wilson Elementary School.
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Greely High School named best in Maine by U.S. News and World Report
The U.S. News list ranks more than 17,800 public high schools across the nation, including 113 in Maine.
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Greely, Yarmouth students raise thousands for victims of war
A fourth grader at Greely Middle School in Cumberland was the driving force behind a read-a-thon that raised $45,000 for relief efforts, and a Yarmouth High School club raises thousands more than their original goal.
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Inclusion workshop May 4 at Greely Center for the Arts
Greely PTO will host a workshop, “Understanding Our ‘Why’: Advancing Inclusion & Belonging in Our Community,” from 6-8 p.m. May 4 in Cumberland. The workshop leader will be Lawrence Alexander, a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant from Carney, Sandoe & Associates who has been working with the Cumberland-North Yarmouth school district on equity issues. The […]
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Two new principals named in SAD 51
Students in the Cumberland-North Yarmouth school district will start the 2022-2023 school year with two new principals Karl Francis will take over as the principal of Greely High School in Cumberland July 1, replacing interim Don Gray, who will return to his role as assistant principal. Francis was principal of York High School for six […]
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Cumberland-North Yarmouth school district to consider solar options
The Cumberland Town Council strongly encourages SAD 51 to build a solar field to supply all of its campuses.
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SAD 51, police respond to vandalism at middle school
School administrators said they have made sure vandalism “does not go unchecked” after students from another district drew large swastikas on two cafeteria tables at Greely Middle School in Cumberland. Students from a school that officials would not identify drew on the tables during the weekend of Feb. 12 when the school hosted a junior […]