Midcoast Literacy, a nonprofit that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, is holding two training sessions for new volunteer tutors this spring: one for volunteers who want to work with kids and one for volunteer English language tutors for adults.

On the morning of April 15, Medomak Valley High School held its annual Philbrook Speech Competition, an event that highlights and rewards students who have taken a position on a topic, supported it with research, and urged their audience to a call to action.

The Lincoln Academy math team finished its season at the state meet on Friday, April 4.

There was an unusual item on the menu at Nobleboro Central School last week as kindergartners sampled stone soup.

The Wiscasset Elementary School fourth and fifth grade chorus recently performed two special outreach concerts for local seniors.

Lincoln Academy’s robotics team 8030A will represent Lincoln Academy and defend their state championship title on Saturday, March 1 at the VEX Robotics Maine State Championships in Portland. LA senior Joseph Levesque, juniors Keiran Roopchand and Kieron Karani, and sophomore Noah Garnett are the team members who engineer and operate robot 8030A.

Students and staff marked the 100th day of school in style Nobleboro Central School with a morning of fun and educational activities Monday, Feb. 10.

On Jan. 31, third and fourth grade students from the Brightfield School for Place-Based Education in Bath traveled to the Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta where they met with educator Lorna Fake at the FARMS at the Y kitchen for a cooking and poetry adventure.

Coastal Kids Preschool celebrated Groundhog Day with its very own local celebrity, Tippy, an animal ambassador for the Chewonki Traveling Natural History Program. Although Tippy may not be a weather expert, she brought a living embodiment of animal adaptations to Coastal Kids Preschool.

Jevar Garricks, a senior at Wiscasset Middle High School, became a U.S. citizen in a recent naturalization ceremony in Portland.

Montessori is known around the world for the use of hands-on learning materials and a child-centered curriculum that promotes both independence and collaboration.