ACADIA Academy, a public charter school serving children in pre-K through grade 6 in Lewiston, recognized one of Maine’s leading education experts and two of its own teachers at its annual awards event this summer. Dr. Joseph Mattos, retired school administrator and consultant to the Maine Charter Commission, received the Eagle Award in recognition for […]
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Photos: ‘Shrek’ takes the stage in Lewiston
Students from Acadia Academy will perform Friday at the Franco Center.
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Food for those in need
Fourth-grade students Addison-Rae Millett, left, Camden Plourde, Sophea Charpentier, Olivia Manson and Avelynn Bowie fill meal baskets Friday at Acadia Academy in Lewiston. The charter school students collected food for 50 “whole meals in a box” for Kaydenz Kitchen, a food pantry displaced by a fire Dec. 5. The pantry is named after Farwell Elementary […]
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Ann LePage donates books to Lewiston charter school
Ann LePage, wife of Gov. Paul LePage, has donated 100 books to Acadia Academy at 12 Westminster St. in Lewiston. Above, from left: First-grader Hannah Burnham, kindergartner Gwen Pare, third-grader Caleb Robichaud and second-grader Rowen Pulkkinen get a look Monday at some of the new books. Ann LePage, who was not at the school Monday, […]
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‘Words do mattter:’ Acadia Academy music students learn to keep it positive
Lydia Ellingwood, 9, sings “Cool to be Kind” as her third-grade classmates perform behind a screen Monday during a Sticks and Stones rehearsal at Acadia Academy in Lewiston. Musicians Skip Brunette and Jeff Erwin of Sticks and Stones are spending five days teaching students to use words in a positive manner through music. Students will […]
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Giving thanks to community helpers
Veterinary assistant Denise Morin, left, gathers Christmas cards dropped off Tuesday at the Lewiston Veterinary Hospital by Acadia Academy kindergarten students and their principal Julie Colello. Over the course of two days, students in kindergarten through third grade dropped off 172 homemade cards at 22 locations throughout Lewiston and Auburn. A school bus full of […]
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Mascot carved at Lewiston school
Acadia Academy students watch Greg Waters carve their school mascot out of a pine log during their recess at the Lewiston charter school Tuesday. Waters, of Riverside Wood Carving in Lisbon Falls, started the project in front of a student audience and finished the carving when the kids went back to class and during their […]
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State panel gives Lewiston charter school high marks
LEWISTON — After its first year, Lewiston-Auburn’s only public charter school, Acadia Academy, received high praise from the state agency that oversees public charter schools. Acadia Academy opened in the fall of 2016 at 12 Westminster St. with 130 students in grades prekindergarten to second. In its report, the Maine Charter School Commission said it […]