Archive for ‘School’

  • SBES, LRHS emerge as facility improvement top priorities

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer As students await to see their first quarter grades as the semester closes, SAD 61 recently received a report card regarding its facilities. During the summer months, Stephen Blatt Architects team members conducted site visits to assess the physical condition of SAD 61 facilities. Interviews were also held with […]

  • Lions’ Club Student of the Month Chloe Ward

    Chloe Ward of Bridgton has been selected as the area Lions Clubs’ “Student of the Month” for October. Each month, area Lions Clubs recognize a Lake Region High School senior based on academics and volunteerism in school and community services. The recipient is honored at a Lions’ dinner meeting and is presented a monetary award. […]

  • Masons’ LRVC Student of the Month Sage Cormier

    Masons’ Lake Region Vocational Center Student of the Month is senior Sage Cormier of Bridgton. Parents: Jason and Karyn Cormier Siblings: Tristan, Sebastion, and Aidan Hobbies: I enjoy gymnastics, reading and art. What program are you in at the Vocational Center? I am in Early Childhood Occupations II. What do you like most about your […]

  • Fryeburg Academy to induct new members to Hall of Excellence Saturday

    FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy welcomes alumni, family, and friends to celebrate Homecoming and induct nine new individuals and two teams into FA’s Hall of Excellence this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19. On Friday, at 7 p.m., the Raider football team will take on the Warriors from Wells at Atwood Stadium under the lights. During halftime, […]

  • Laker senior earns National Merit Academic Commended Student Award

    In a remarkable achievement, Chloe Ward, a senior at Lake Region High School, has been recognized as a National Merit Scholar “Commended Student,” joining an elite group of academically exceptional students across the country. This prestigious award highlights her dedication to academic excellence and commitment to her future endeavors. Chloe is the daughter of Katelyn […]

  • SAD 61 finds administrative gems from within

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer While other school systems across Maine struggle to fill teaching vacancies and recruit bus drivers, SAD 61 opened the new year in “great shape” on all employment fronts. “We’re ready to go,” Superintendent Al Smith said following Monday’s School Board meeting where a full list of new staff, including […]

  • SAD 61 School Board approves staff moves

    With SAD 61 set to start school yesterday, School Board chair Janice Barter read a long laundry list of personnel moves — hires, resignations, transfers and retirements — at Monday’s meeting held in The Great Room at Lake Region Vocational Center. Nomination of Teachers Katelyn Chalmers, part-time Art Teacher at Stevens Brook Elementary School, replacing […]

  • Teaching Tool: Giant USA maps painted at SAD 61 elementary schools

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Some people retire and play golf. Not Vonnie Colvin. She helps paint giant maps of the United States across outdoor surfaces at schools from Virginia and now Maine. Under a hot, early Friday morning sun, Colvin walked the perimeter of a stenciled USA map located adjacent to the Stevens […]

  • Isabel Macht named KLWA’s Joan Irish Award recipient

    LOVELL — Isabel Macht of Lovell is the 2024 recipient of the Joan Irish Award from Kezar Lake Watershed Association! The award recognizes a deserving graduating senior from Fryeburg Academy who resides in the watershed, shows serious interest in the environment, and intends to pursue that interest in college and beyond. Given annually since 2008, […]

  • Lake Region High School honor roll

    Lake Region High School Principal Maggie Thornton has announced the fourth quarter honor roll: Seniors High Honors: Hailey Brewer, Susie Butler, Kaden Felts, Abigail Forni, Fatoon Hile, Samantha Kilgore, John Kimball, John Paul McHugh, Ines Mosquera, Alice O’Connor, Jac Ordway, Emily Reardon, Rianna Reynolds, Abigail Roberts, Sera Travis and Owen Young. Honors: Izabell Apovian, Stephanie […]