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Mallett School students learn to herd sheep

FARMINGTON — Children at the Mallett School learned how to herd sheep Friday, first by watching border collies do it and then some of them doing it themselves. Two Coves Farm owner Joe Grady brought three Katahdin sheep to the school. He put up a fence on the lawn to confine them and border collies […]

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Additional kindergarten teacher to be hired

FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school directors voted Tuesday to add another kindergarten teacher at the Mallett School in Farmington due to an unexpected increase in students. There are 105 students registered to attend the Mallett School as of Tuesday, Principal Tracy Williams said. When the board agenda was printed there were two classrooms pushing 22 […]

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Wilton man named assistant principal at Mallett School

FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school directors voted Tuesday to approve Superintendent Tom Ward’s nomination of Keith Martin as part-time assistant principal at the Mallett School in Farmington. Martin of Wilton is a third-grade teacher at the school. He has been in that position since August 2001. He has a bachelor of science degree in elementary […]

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Learning club boosts literacy skills

FARMINGTON — Several children sat at round tables Monday morning, writing in their hard-covered nature journals. Some campers had a snack or sipped a drink as they wrote what they have seen and done lately during the Mallett Summer Learning Club. Three tents were set up around the outskirts of the cafeteria at the W.G. […]