WOODSTOCK — Jessica Wilkey, principal, is up before 6 a.m. and at the Woodstock School by 7:15 to sign kids in for breakfast. When “before school” is over, all the students line up by grade, and she dismisses them and their teaches to their classrooms. Next, she leads her own line of nine first graders […]
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Lavonne Marie Thomas
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Lavonne “Vonnie” M. Thomas, 82, passed peacefully surrounded by close friends after a short illness on Saturday, Aug. 11. Vonnie was born in Gilbert, Idaho, on March 24, 1936, to Elmer and Myrtle (Phar) Bell. Vonnie was raised on a farm and following graduation from Nezperce High School, she attended the University of […]
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Rita L. Fuller
VOORHEES, N.J. — Rita L. (Gagnon) Lee Fuller, 93, a former resident of Jay, passed away early Sunday morning, Jan. 14, at the Senior Living Center in Voorhees, N.J., surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 30, 1924, in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Onemise Gagnon and Rose (Michaud) Gagnon. She was a graduate […]
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Retired teacher uses autographed ties to excite students about reading
LEWISTON — Mike Parker, father of one, doesn’t need a new tie for Father’s Day. Parker, 65, who retired last year after 42 years as an elementary school teacher, has a unique collection of ties, featuring hand-drawn characters of well-known, award-winning children’s books — along with each author’s autograph. One of his ties features “Clifford […]
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Emily Talmage: Assessment tests won’t improve quality of education
As a teacher of 20 vibrant, curious and, yes, often challenging fourth graders at Montello Elementary School in Lewiston, I constantly search for ways to improve my students’ learning experiences and to understand what will best help them succeed. So, like many teachers around the state, as I began hearing about the new Smarter Balanced […]
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In rebuttal, R. Sabine: Use testing to evaluate teachers
In his guest column of March 8, Lewiston School Superintendent Bill Webster praised the Smarter Balanced Assessment test and recommended that parents not opt-out. On those two points, the superintendent and I are in agreement and no one is more surprised, than I. For decades, annual state-mandated standardized testing revealed the unpleasant failure of public […]