HARRISON — The Baker family – parents Robert and Emily, sixth-grader Aiden and fourth-grader Mariah – generally lead an active outdoor life, hiking, skiing, running and biking. But remote learning and sheltering in place inspired them to kick up their adventures several notches. Not only have they gone new places but they spent quarantine days […]
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Student uses distance learning for climate activism
Chloe Grover of Otisfield hasn’t let a little thing like a public health crisis stop her from helping her school learn about climate change.
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Maine receives $17 million in CARES funding to pilot remote learning models
The federal grant funding announced this week as part of the CARES Act will go to developing and implementing new remote learning models.
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Distance education taught everyone, even educators
SAD 17 weathered the challenges of remote learning this year and works towards solutions for its future.
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Agnes Gray student donates more than $600 to school’s food pantry
Sawyer Poland raised money for Agnes Gray food pantry by selling bread he baked during distance learning.
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SAD 17 navigates a crash course in distance learning
PARIS — SAD 17 closed schools in its eight-member towns effective Mar. 16, responding to the coronavirus public health emergency in accordance with other districts throughout Maine. The unprecedented closures launched a new phase of education for all – families, faculty and administrators – of the concept of distance learning. Connectivity elusive The biggest challenge […]