RUMFORD — Western Foothills Kids Association will celebrate outside of school learning at its annual Lights On event. WFKA has two sites for afterschool programming serving more than 240 students a year. It also runs the successful Full STEAM Ahead summer program for another 190 students. Lights On is nationwide endeavor to show the powerful […]
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Speaker encourages students to take school seriously
MEXICO — Students at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology got some sage advice from motivational speaker Richard Haynes Jr. at a recent talk at Sunday River Ski Area in Newry. “You could have heard a pin drop,” Region 9 employability skills instructor Jennifer Barlow said. “Don’t go to school; go to work every day,” said Haynes, an […]
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Mountain Valley senior receives DAR award
RUMFORD — Liza White, a senior at Mountain Valley High School, was presented the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) 2017 Good Citizen Award. Deborah Judkins, member of Colonial Daughters Chapter, Farmington, presented the award. White received a Good Citizen pin, a monetary scholarship and a certificate authorized and signed by National Society President General […]
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Voters approve bond for new roof at Mountain Valley High School
RUMFORD — A $900,250 bond to pay for a new roof on Mountain Valley High School in Rumford passed by a vote of 279-39 on Tuesday. Regional School Unit 10, which includes Rumford, Mexico, Roxbury, Hanover, Buckfield, Hartford and Sumner, will only need to pay back $343,085 over 10 years at no interest. Superintendent Deborah […]
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MVHS blood drive Wednesday RUMFORD — The Mountain Valley High School student council will hold a blood drive from 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, at the Mountain Valley High School gym. Maine Women’s Hall of Fame celebration AUGUSTA — The 28th annual Maine Women’s Hall of Fame celebration will be held Saturday, March 18, at Jewett […]
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RSU 10 to move offices to MVHS
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 school board voted Monday to relocate the district’s central offices to Mountain Valley High School in Rumford. Superintendent Deborah Alden, who began her duties in November, said that she and the Buildings and Grounds Committee reviewed different proposals to address the issue that the current RSU 10 Central […]
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State Honor Society elects local student president
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School junior Josh Maillet was recently elected president of the Maine National Honor Society, which includes all high school chapters throughout Maine. The state officers planned the annual convention and statewide service project. Maillet began his candidacy at the NHS banquet by handing out packages of Smarties candy with the […]
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River Valley Rising presentation on adolescent development scheduled for April
RUMFORD — The River Valley Rising group is hosting a free presentation from 6 to 7 p.m. April 14 at Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School to teach people how the adolescent brain works, and how to keep adolescents confident and happy. Program manager Allie Burke said in a news release that the presentation, […]
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MVHS wins over SMHS in WGME School Spirit Challenge
RUMFORD — A hard-fought battle between Mountain Valley High School and Spruce Mountain High School resulted in the Rumford school gathering the most amount of food for the WGME School Spirit Challenge. Eight high schools participated in the challenge. MVHS Principal Matt Gilbert, a 1991 graduate of the former JHS, and T.J. Plourde, a 1994 […]
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MVHS Alums Serve
“I am a Marine, not was of former. I wear that title proudly because not everyone can be one. Marines are a special breed and we are proud. We were taught to honor yourself and the Corps every day,” explained Sgt. Dorothy “Dottie” McPherson during our first encounter. Prior to becoming a Marine, McPherson graduated […]