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Education

2016

School board wrestles with Columbus and Santa

The Eastport School Committee quickly dispatched with Christopher Columbus, tossing him overboard in short order, but wrestled for nearly an hour with Santa Claus, who was stoutly defended by three ladies of the Christian faith, before the right jolly old elf finally won.

2016

Grassroots grows community Super school project eyed

It's not every day that a small island city of 1,300 with a less than robust economy beats out thousands of other communities, many of them with far more financial and human resources.

2016

UT education policy change riles families

Parents with children attending schools in the county's unorganized territories (UT) of Trescott, Cathance and Marion recently received letters of sudden and unexpected changes that could have an impact on which schools their students attend.

2015

New school seeks to keep language alive

“Our number one goal is to create new speakers," says Donald Soctomah, the project administrator for a new language immersion school to teach the Passamaquoddy language to children ages 3 to 5.

2015

Island schools facing shakeup

A possible restructuring of the White Head Elementary School (WHES) may have negligible impact on the students and families involved, according to Principal Sally Cogswell.

2015

Island schools facing shakeup

Approximately 275 people gathered in the Deer Island Community School gym on the evening of October 14 to learn about a proposal to reconfigure the school system. A study is being done to consider taking grades 6, 7 and 8 off the island to Fundy High School in St. George

2015

School closes in Robbinston; choice allowed

An end of an era is at hand for the Robbinston Grade School, but parents of school-age children won't have time to mourn the loss as they place their children elsewhere by the start of school next week.