Archive for ‘School’

  • 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 […]

  • Sumner Hancock Scholarship recipients

    Nominating Chair, Beth Chagrasulis, announced 24 scholarship awards, so voted at the May meeting of the Betty and Sumner Hancock Scholarship Fund, totaling $49,500 — the group’s largest award distribution in its history. The organization, established in 1964, via gift by Burt Cook, Sumner Hancock’s bedside, hospital room roommate, in Sumner’s final days, awards scholarships […]

  • SAD 61 seeks volunteers for summer meals program

    SAD 61 needs you! Volunteers are needed to support the free Lake Region summer meals program sites for kids and teens from June 24 to Aug. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sites are located at Highland Beach and Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton; the Naples Beach and Lake Region High School in […]

  • One on One with…LR Class of 2024 Honor Essayist, Bhavnish Tucker

    This week, The News profiles Lake Region Class of 2024 Honor Essayist Bhavnish Tucker of Casco. Parents: Maloti Tucker and Brian Tucker School organizations/sports: National Honors Society (president), Student Council, Class Officer (vice president), varsity Cross Country, Track & Field BN Question/Answer BN: People often wonder how a student becomes the top student in their […]

  • One on One with LR Class of 2024 valedictorian, salutatorian

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer For Susie Butler, sixth grade still feels like yesterday. “I remember when Mr. Peterson sat us down in gym class to explain just how fast the rest of our time in high school would go. By most didn’t believe him, but here we are, almost seven years later, and […]

  • Lake Region Class of 2024 honors, scholarships

    Lake Region High School Senior Class Awards 2024 Maine Principals’ Association Award — Susie Butler Western Maine Conference Citizenship Award — Abigail Roberts and Bhavnish Tucker High Honor Awards (97 grade point average) — Izabell Apovian, Susie Butler, Fatoon Hile, Kasey Johnson, John Kimball, Ushana Kumari, Abigail Lavoie, John Paul McHugh, Ines Mosquera, Ashley Pelletier, […]

  • Fryeburg Academy Class of 2024 honors, scholarships

    National Honor Society Margaret Albert, Arthur Baptista, Margaret Albert, Lauren Berge, Tamara Brain, Emily Chaine, Yunji Chang, Jiwon Choi, Lily Day, Jihwan Do, Austin Dorner, Zackary Emery, Soleil Huang-Dale, Gabriella Jacobs, Emma Keaten, Chloe Longpre, Brian Lucy, Kevin Lucy, Isabel Mächt, Maya Mahan, Ana Maillett, Kyurim Noh Openhym, Sierra Rullman, Kaitlyn Sakash, Jordan Smith, Ethan […]

  • Masons’ LRVC Student of the Month, Lyla Levesque

    Lyla Levesque of Bridgton has been selected as the Mason’s Lake Region Vocational Student of the Month for May. Class of: 2024 Parents: Brian and Leah Levesque Siblings: Elijah and Wyatt Hobbies: I enjoy sports and being outside. What program are you in at the Vocational Center? Health Occupations. What do you like most about […]