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UMFK professor awarded Trustee Professorship

The University of Maine System Chancellor, Dannel Malloy, has appointed UMFK Professor of Counseling Shawn Graham, LCPC/CADC, to Trustee Professorship for the 2021-22 academic year.

UMFK to host Homecoming during Scarecrow Festival

The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its annual Homecoming celebration Sept. 17-19, 2021 in Fort Kent.

UMFK Nursing Honor Society inducts new members, recognizes December graduates

Twenty-four current University of Maine at Fort Kent nursing students were inducted into the UMFK Nursing Honor Society and 40 December 2021 nurse graduates were recognized at a special ceremony held on Tuesday, Aug. 17 in the Fox Auditorium.

Community High School issues honor roll for second semester of 2020-21

Fort Kent Community High School recently released the honor roll for the second semester of the 2020-21 school year.

Valley Rivers issues honor roll for second semester of 2020-21

Valley Rivers Middle School recently released the honor roll for the second semester of the 2020-21 school year.

Wisdom lists honor roll for spring semester of 2020-21

Wisdom Middle High School recently released the honor roll for the spring semester of the 2020-21 school year. The following were included. Those with an asterisk by their name achieved high honors.

MSSM opens with new director, strict COVID rules

Last week, the Maine School of Science and Mathematics began classes in its 27th school year with both a new director and a detailed COVID-19 safety plan.

SAD 27 slates planning session on Wednesday

SAD 27 slates planning session on Wednesday

Van Buren mandates masks, but worries more parents will pull kids from schools

The SAD 24 school board voted unanimously to mandate masks at an emergency meeting Thursday night.

Valley schools dismiss students early due to heat

Valley Unified school students are being dismissed at noon today due to heat conditions.

SAD 27 directors to meet Wednesday in Fort Kent

The 900th meeting of the directors of MSAD No. 27 will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25, in the Fort Kent Community High School Library or via Zoom video conferencing.

Some Aroostook schools letting out early for heat

Caribou high school and Mars Hill and Van Buren schools will let out early Friday due to intense heat inside the schools.

Madawaska, SAD 33 mandate masks in schools as County cases rise

Madawaska and SAD 33 (Frenchville and St. Agatha) are both mandating masks in schools as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Aroostook County.

Valley Unified schools to host COVID-19 vaccine clinics ahead of school year

As COVID-19 cases, including the delta variant of the virus increase throughout Maine, Valley Unified schools will offer vaccine clinics for staff and students ahead of the new school year.

AREA resumes summer luncheon meetings

The Aroostook Retired Educators Association held the traditional first summer meeting on July 27 at the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum in Littleton.

SAD 33 directors to meet Monday

The 1053rd Meeting of the Maine School Administrative District No. 33 will be held at 6 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2021, at Wisdom Middle/High School in St. Agatha.

Community invited to ‘Stuff the Bus’ for kids

The United Way of Aroostook will collaborate with the Aroostook County Action Program, Adopt-A-Block Aroostook and local businesses to help Aroostook County children be prepared on their first day of school.

St. Agatha educator named chair of State Board of Education

Fern Desjardins knew from the time she was a first-grader at Memorial School in the tiny town of St. Agatha that she wanted to become a teacher.

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