Fred Pierce wasn’t getting much out of Greely High School before his junior year. Halfway through 10th grade, the Cumberland student was failing a few classes and wondering whether he’d graduate on time, let alone get his name on the honor roll. Then he visited the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, which also serves students from […]

While some high school graduates struggle to choose a career, Molly Merrifield already has a few, and she’s been working at them for a while. The Gorham High School graduate grew up on Merrifield Farm, a 25-acre spread in North Gorham, where she helped her parents, Lyle and Jo-Ann, produce maple syrup and make many […]

Henry Jones relishes his weirdness. His upbringing in a large, loving, diverse family is a major reason he enjoys solving problems for others, especially when it involves computers. And it explains why he was considered one of the friendliest and most helpful students at Casco Bay High School in Portland. “I’m a weird dude,” Jones […]

When Michael Lombardi graduates from Traip Academy in Kittery on Friday, it won’t be the end of his high school education. Lombardi has been accepted to Bates College, but he’s delaying the start of his college career for one year so he can attend another year of high school in Aomori, Japan, a prefecture that […]

Don Tuski, ‘an inspiring leader,’ is leaving for another job after six successful years at MECA.

The private school will become The Maine Girls’ Academy.