Last year, St. Dominic’s took over the operation of the Holy Savior School in Rumford. Parishioners and parents of children who attend the school were told that would benefit curriculum offerings. Imagine the surprise, shortly after notices were sent home to register for the 2018-2019 school year, we find out the school will be closing. […]
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School closing came as a shock
There is no greater responsibility that falls upon any community than the education of its children. The future health and well-being of any community depends on it. Churches and schools are established within communities at the will and desire of the people to come together for common causes and beliefs. The result is a stronger […]
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Bishop Deeley skis with students at Rumford's Black Mountain
Bishop Robert Deeley, right, chats with John McElrath and his son, Connor, 8, just before getting off the lift at Black Mountain in Rumford on Friday. Deeley celebrated the last day of Catholic Schools Week by skiing with 50 students from Holy Savior, a Catholic school in Rumford. McElrath, of Poland, is the National Ski […]
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Holy Savior School welcomes three staff members
RUMFORD — After the successful implementation of a new blended learning program last year, Holy Savior School (prekindergarten through eighth grade) welcomes new staff members as the school continues to enhance its project-based, educational approach. Michelle Ladd has been named as the school’s new head teacher and will focus on the fifth, sixth and seventh grades. […]
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Holy Savior students collect warm clothing for refugee families
RUMFORD — After learning about the plight of refugees in Maine, students at Holy Savior School in Rumford wanted to help in any way they could. “Bill Wood from Catholic Charities Maine gave a presentation on refugees at our school,” said Barbara Pelletier, principal of Holy Savior. “We asked if we could help with a […]
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Fall Festival raises more than $1,750 for Rumford’s Holy Savior School
RUMFORD — Holy Savior School raised more than $1,750 at its third annual Fall Festival on Saturday, and the event was a huge success, an organizer said on Wednesday. The festival was for elementary school children, such as from Holy Savior School, which offers kindergarten through eighth-grade classes. It featured pumpkin decorating, apple cider sales […]
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Holy Savior School in Rumford to hold Fall Festival Sept. 6
RUMFORD — Holy Savior School will hold its third annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the school. A section of Maine Avenue will be blocked off, Jaime Arsenault of Rumford and the Parents & Teachers Helping Students Committee said Wednesday. The event is for elementary school children, such […]
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Rumford students chosen for naturalists program
RUMFORD — Middle school students at Holy Savior School in Rumford will have the opportunity this fall to participate in the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Lunder New Naturalist pilot program, teacher Michelle Ladd said Tuesday afternoon. Ladd said students went on a field trip last year and learned about marine biologist and conservationist Rachel Carson. […]
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95 River Valley fifth-graders graduate from Rumford DARE program
MEXICO — Fifth-grade students from Meroby and Rumford elementary schools and Holy Savior School graduated Tuesday night from the Rumford Police Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. For the first time in many years, the ceremony was held at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico because of the leaky roof at Mountain Valley High School […]