LEWISTON — After months of planning, the numbers are in on what it would cost to build an arts center at Lewiston High School. The costs are more than expected, so planners are abandoning — for now — dreams of having a large stage and auditorium, and will spend the next year focusing on a proposed, two-story […]
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Lewiston schools launch effort to add nonwhite teachers
Lewiston Middle School teacher Barbara Benjamin-McManus works with Tatiana Masikini in her English language learners class. Benjamin-McManus is one of two black teachers at LMS. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — A walk through the halls of Lewiston Middle School would quickly show you that the student population has become much more diverse. About 40 percent […]
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Rusty gun found near Lewiston High School on Monday
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School Principal Jake Langlais issued a statement to parents Monday afternoon that police took possession of a firearm that appears to have been discarded and found near school property. The gun was “rusted, unusable and without any ammunition when found,” Langlais said. Police searched the area and found nothing else connected […]
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Proficiency-based learning: State mandate stirs up parents, teachers, students
AUBURN — A state law now under scrutiny in the Legislature that requires a new way of granting high school diplomas worries Auburn mother Barbara Howaniec, who has seen her two high-achieving children struggle under the new system. “I have two very bright kids who are very unmotivated right now,” said Howaniec, who has children […]
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Lewiston High School students say #Enough with linked arms and moment of silence
LEWISTON — Hundreds of students linked arms along four long hallways Wednesday morning for a moment of silence at Lewiston High School. They want to be safe and they want something done. Ninth-grader Kaylee Bouchard held a sign that read, “One child is worth more than all the guns in the world.” “If we all […]
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Lewiston modifying aspects of student learning, grading system
LEWISTON — The Lewiston School Department will return to the 0-100 grading system for high school students and replace the online grading software, Superintendent Bill Webster told the School Committee on Monday night. The changes are meant to modify aspects of the proficiency-based learning system, which has been criticized by some students, parents and staff. […]
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Lewiston’s plan in case of more snow days
LEWISTON — If more snow days are needed in the Lewiston Public Schools, the School Committee agreed Monday night that a teacher’s workshop will become half a student day. Right now, the last day of school is the first day of summer, June 21, because Lewiston has used nine snow days this winter. https://twitter.com/LewistonSuper/status/976063440329506816 If […]
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Snow postpones local student walkouts
Local student walkouts calling on tougher gun laws scheduled for March 14 — one month after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting — were postponed because a storm prompted another snow day. As students in some other Maine districts were forging ahead with protests in the snow, other districts were planning walkouts for Thursday or Friday. […]
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March 14: Local students demand end to school shootings
AUBURN — Edward Little High School students Leah Burtchell and Miranda Chadbourne, both 15, have had it with students dying in school shootings. They and other students across Maine are joining forces with Parkland, Florida, high school students David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez, who are demanding stricter gun laws while also taking on the National […]
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Teachers, parents defend proficiency-based learning
LEWISTON — Supporters of the new student grading system urged the School Committee on Monday night to stay the course, despite opposition from some students, parents and teachers. Freshman Elena Clothier, 14, said this is her first year using proficiency-based learning and it benefits students. Students can redo assignments they failed until they have learned what […]