The festival included selected students in chorus, band and string orchestra, and was attended by 17 students from Meroby and Rumford elementary schools
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Pre-K students learn about fire prevention
Student Greyson Hall, covering his eyes, demonstrates to his class how to stop, drop and roll during a fire-prevention presentation Thursday at Meroby Elementary School in Mexico. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) Mexico firefighter Tim Haas helps Rylee Cyr try on his airpack during a fire-prevention presentation Thursday at Meroby Elementary School. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) […]
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Students and credit union combine forces to end hunger
MEXICO — Students at Meroby Elementary School on Monday donated $500 to the Greater Rumford Mexico Area Ministers and Priests Association Food Pantry. The money came from tokens given to students who demonstrate good behavior, and are typically used to buy items at the school store. Oxford Federal Credit Union, which presented the school’s check to […]
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Children's book author wants children to enjoy reading
MEXICO — Children’s book author and illustrator Marty Kelley was at Meroby Elementary School on Monday and Tuesday to teach students about his writing and illustrating, and give them ideas about how to write their stories. Kelley, a New Hampshire native, attended art school in Boston and said he’s always liked to write and draw, […]
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Meroby Elementary School delays first day due to vandalism
MEXICO — Meroby Elementary School closed on its first day of school Wednesday due to vandalism that took place between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 5 a.m. Wednesday, Mexico Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Principal Kim Fuller said she and staff were thankful that the community and the Mexico Fire Department came together Wednesday morning to […]
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Nearly 300 students, parents visit Meroby Elementary School open house
MEXICO — Nearly 300 students and their parents attended an open house and community fair at Meroby Elementary School on Wednesday evening. It was Kim Fuller’s first open house since being unanimously appointed interim principal on Sept. 15. The community fair was a first for Meroby, Fuller said. “For the first time, our school is […]
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Students get surprise tour of LifeFlight helicopter at Rumford Hospital
RUMFORD – Dozens of third-graders from Meroby Elementary School visited Rumford Hospital on Thursday afternoon for a tour and a special surprise: A look inside a LifeFlight helicopter. Hospital employee Sue Hedrick said students visited the laboratory, an ambulance, the emergency room, the operating room and the X-ray department. She said students didn’t know the […]
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Meroby Elementary School 2nd-graders visit sugar shack
MEXICO — Between rain showers Friday afternoon, 45 children from Meroby Elementary School took a field trip to Ray and Ann Carver’s Swift River Maple syrup farm at 275 Swift River Road. They came to learn how the Carvers tap 350 maple trees and boil down the sap into different grades of maple syrup. The children, teachers […]
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Maine author, illustrator teaches craft to Mexico students
MEXICO — A well-known Maine author and illustrator taught nearly 300 students the basics of his drawing craft during an assembly Thursday morning at Meroby Elementary School. Kevin Hawkes stunned and wowed the prekindergarten through fifth-grade students when he drew four lines and a dot while using pastels and a document camera that simultaneously projected […]