Students awarded $10,000 Mitchell Scholarships The Mitchell Institute has awarded 166 students across Maine scholarships of $10,000 each. Among the recipients are: Fatumo Abdirahman, Narciso Massala and Mayinga Mukinayi, Deering High School; Abdullah Alzamili and Miriam Tiani, Portland High School; Ahmednoor Hassan and Baqer Jalil, Casco Bay High School; Gwyneth Adrian and Lydia Branson, Cape […]
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School Notebook: May 31
Air Force honors Deering science teacher Cyle Davenport, a Deering High School science teacher, received an inaugural Air and Space Forces Sentry Educator Award from the Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. The new award recognizes educators in New England who demonstrate Air Force values of integrity, service and excellence. “Mr. Davenport is known throughout […]
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School Notebook: May 10
New Rowe Elementary School principal William Anton, a superintendent at Windham Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, will be the new principal of Amanda C. Rowe Elementary School in Portland, starting July 1. He served as an elementary school principal at The Dover School in Dover, Vermont, for seven years. Portland Public Schools student art show […]
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School Notebook: May 3
Maine App Challenge winners Two Scarborough High School students and one Yarmouth High School student were selected as the top winners of Yarmouth-based Tyler Technologies’ 2023 Maine App Challenge. Matthew Fagerlund of Scarborough High School was the first-place winner with GiRAPHER, an app that helps middle and high school students learn how to graph mathematical […]
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School Notebook: April 19
Art contest winners Amaya and Emma of the South Portland clubhouse are the first and third place winners of UScellular’s Black History Month art contest at Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine. Amaya, age 10, received a $250 gift card and first place with her artwork of astronaut Mae Jemison. Emma, age 13, received […]
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School Notebook: April 12
Retired Falmouth teacher honored Catherine Gram, a long time Falmouth High School teacher, received the Sister Solange Bernier Lifetime Achievement Award from Educators for Multilingual Main last month. Gram, who retired last June, taught French at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Gram’s colleagues noted her energy, love of the French language and culture, […]
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School Notebook: April 5
Library association honors Portland principal Portland High School Principal Sheila Jepson has been named the Maine Association of School Libraries’ 2023 School Administrator of the Year. Jepson received the award at a surprise ceremony March 22 and received a donation for the school’s library media program. “We celebrate Principal Jepson’s commitment to having a robust […]
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School Notebook: March 29
Yarmouth High School senior wins Principal’s Award Joshua Leinwand, a senior at Yarmouth High School, is the recipient of a 2023 Principal’s Award from the Maine Principals’ Association, given in recognition of high school seniors’ academic achievement and citizenship. He will also receive a $1,000 scholarship and attend an honors luncheon with other recipients Saturday, […]
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School Notebook: Feb. 22
Scholarship available for journalism studies Graduates of Maine high schools who plan to pursue a career in journalism or a related field are eligible for the Guy P. Gannett Scholarship Fund through the Maine Community Foundation. Applications are open until April 1. Named for the businessman who formed the Portland Press Herald in 1921, the […]
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School Notebook: Jan. 11
Science scholarship a tribute to Lisa Eid The Lisa Eid Scholarship Endowment has been established at the Catholic Foundation of Maine. Lisa Eid, a Lewiston native, died from cancer in 2021 at the age of 53. The scholarship will go to a Maine high school senior who plans to enter a science-related field, especially one […]