The Waterville Board of Education heard from school principals last week about plans for summer activities to help make up for academic and social-emotional loss students experienced during a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Well said: Skowhegan High speech team wins state title, while three Waterville High students to compete in nationals
Skowhegan team goes undefeated, while Waterville team, revived in 2017 through a donation honoring donor s brother, will send three underclassmen virtually to the national competition in June.
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Members of the Skowhegan Area High School speech team gather Thursday with their state championship trophy at the school auditorium. In front, from left: Carly McCabe, Carolyn Snowman and Ella Conway. In second row, from left: Lizzie Steeves, Zuzu Johnson, Annah Perkins and Emma Smith. Behind the trophy, from left: Emily Lyman, Michael Reynolds and Sophie Wheeler.
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Waterville, Newport, Oakland, Skowhegan, Unity schools report COVID-19 cases
The five school districts enroll students from 31 towns in central Maine and reported a total of seven cases.
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A handful of central Maine school districts reported positive cases of the coronavirus over the weekend, including districts based in Newport, Oakland, Skowhegan, Waterville and Unity.
MAINE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT 54
MSAD 54 Superintendent Jon Moody wrote in a letter to the community Sunday that a Canaan Elementary School student tested positive. Five staff members and 10 students were required to quarantine due to exposure.
Skowhegan-based MSAD 54 also reported a case at Skowhegan Area High School on Friday in which a student tested positive. One staff member and a “small group of students” were required to quarantine.