DAC to offer kids’ ukulele camp DENMARK — The Denmark Arts Center will offer kids camps during school vacation, and in February, kids of all ages are invited to take a tropical escape with Maine music teacher, Alice Haefeli. DAC will provide a ukulele for each student to explore. Haefeli will teach songs according to each […]
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Lego League at Spruce Mountain High
JAY — Twenty-one teams from around the state — and three from Jay — will compete at the Maine FIRST Lego League Championship at the Augusta Civic Center on Dec. 10. Thirty teams from central Maine competed at the Western Maine FIRST Lego League qualifier at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay on Saturday. FIRST […]
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Students learn about world of worms
WILTON — Spruce Mountain Middle School students toured Earth Keeper Castings on Wednesday morning to learn about worm composting. The students are involved with the school’s For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Lego League program. The after-school activity uses robots, research and creative thinking to address a problem and develop innovative ways of […]
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Freshman Bryan Riley tests JACO robotic arm prototype
JAY — Spruce Mountain High School freshman Bryan Riley of Jay, who was born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, hasn’t been able to walk for several years. On Thursday, Bryan had a chance to test the prototype for the JACO2 assistive robotic arm. The JACO2, made by Kinova, a company based in Montreal, has been marketed since 2010 […]
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Lego-leaguers seek to tackle toy-sized disasters
The toy robots Maine middle schoolers will be showing off Saturday may not save a life, but the thinking that goes into them could, according to Maine Robotics organizers. “The robots are part of it, but the other part is doing a lot of research,” said Desiree Spaulding, teacher for the Lewiston School Department’s gifted […]