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AUGUSTA Five Cony High School seniors have each earned a $1,000 Kennebec New Mainer Scholarship. Sponsored by the Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Hoang Realty, the scholarship helps immigrant students who graduate from a Kennebec County public high school pay for expenses associated with pursuing higher education. The five winners are Feed […] ....
Language Barriers, Cramped Apartments: Immigrant Families Struggle With Schooling During A Pandemic Many students have struggled to keep up during the coronavirus pandemic, after schools first closed a little more than a year ago and then most of them re-opened for at least some in-person learning. It’s been particularly challenging for immigrant and refugee students and their families. Wednesdays are the most hectic day of the week for the Al Hoshan family, who are originally from Syria and are now trying to build a new life in Maine after moving from Arizona about a year-and-a-half ago. It’s when all the kids are learning at home. Most are connecting to remote classes on an electronic device, each tucked into various corners of their two-bedroom house in Augusta. ....