FARMINGTON - Farmington teachers and alumni from the University of Maine at Farmington have earned high praises in education this week, with a teacher at W.G. Mallet School recognized as the Franklin County Teacher of the Year and four UMF alumni named as teachers of the year in other Maine counties. More than 600 teachers
FARMINGTON Mt. Blue Regional School District (Regional School Unit 9) district-wide registration for pre-K and kindergarten for the 2024/25 school year opens this spring. To be eligible for kindergarten, children must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15; for pre-K, children must be 4 years old on or before Oct. 15. Students […]
FARMINGTON - Hometown author Ryan Brod read a selection from his new book “Tributaries: Essays from Woods and Waters” at the Farmington library on Wednesday, February 14. “The last time I was here I was in 2nd grade, I was in Mallett School,” Brod joked as he began his reading. He added that the time
By Amber Stone, The Maine Monitor February 17, 2024 Like many districts across the country, Mt. Blue Regional School District in western Maine saw student attendance take a sharp hit since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, more than half of Mt. Blue High’s students were chronically absent,