The Reader of the Year Award was presented to Bella Pelletier at Poland Community School during the school awards ceremony.
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Second-grader conducts band
The University of Maine Symphonic Band visited Poland Community School for an afternoon performance on April 6. The ensemble performed 11 concerts in four days during their annual spring tour. Second-grader Wyatt Scribner received a surprise when he was invited to conduct Karl King’s “Host of Freedom March” with the band. Wyatt stepped up to the […]
Dorothy Chabot-Andrews
SOUTH PARIS — Dorothy “Dot” Chabot-Andrews, 78, of South Paris, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 3, at Market Square Health Care Center, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Born in Lewiston on July 15, 1939, Dorothy was the daughter of Fabiola and Carl Damon and one of 10 children. Dorothy married her […]
Brakey visits Poland fourth-graders
Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Androscoggin, visited Poland Community School’s fourth-graders on Jan. 22 to speak about state government and hold a mock legislature for the students, in which they proposed legislation and went through the process of how a bill becomes a law. At the end of the session, each student received a pocket Constitution.
RSU 16 Gifted and Talented students host Carnival for a Cause
POLAND — Sixth-graders in Regional School Unit 16’s Gifted and Talented Math program recently hosted a Carnival for a Cause to raise funds for the Dempsey Center. The students organized games, arts and crafts, a pie sale and contest. “The students decided to create a carnival fundraiser as part of the Poland Community School’s annual […]