Their project, “Greening Our Schools,” will represent Maine in national competition in Kentucky in July.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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King students to show projects at Expo
Students will display and explain educational projects developed through the school’s Expeditionary Learning curriculum.
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USM profs honored for science bowl efforts
Robert Sanford and Robert Kuech started the regional science bowl competition 10 years ago.
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Education coalition launches excellence initiative
The goal is to improve and promote education as the foundation for a stronger state economy.
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Poster theft prompts call for school policy review
A School Committee member wants to prevent incidents like the one that happened last weekend at King Middle School during the Republican State Convention.
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Portland approves school budget
The issue draws a low turnout, but a 71 percent majority of voters pass the $89.9 million spending measure for 2010-11.
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Portlanders OK school budget for coming year
About 5 percent of the city’s 47,000 active voters decided the issue and said they want to keep holding annual budget votes.
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Reiche principal to head East End elementary school
Marcia Gendron has been assistant principal and principal of Reiche elementary school, in the city’s West End, since 2000.
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‘We’re experiencing how fragile life is’
Southern Maine students mourn the Scarborough High School senior killed in a crash on prom night.
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Wet road possible factor in Scarborough crash
Steven Delano and his best friend, Kevin Grondin, and two girls who attend Gorham High School were on their way to Gorham’s senior prom