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State employees, including the Maine Department of Education (DOE), recently participated in the annual Take ME to Work Day by hosting their children and/or children they know for the day at the Maine Capitol Complex and at state-operated locations across Maine. The day offered a chance for state employees to give their kids the opportunity … Continue reading Maine Students Enjoy ‘Take ME to Work Day’ at the State House During School Vacation
Video: Whitefield Elementary School wins Maine DOE cooking competition
Regional School Unit 12 students beat South Portland in the final competition of the Maine Department of Education s 2021 Farm to School Cook-off.
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Whitefield Elementary student Kiara Luce adds ingredients to a food processor during a cooking contest Wednesday in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
AUGUSTA Kiara Luce’s concentration couldn’t be broken as she bounced around from table, to fridge, to her cooking partner, Vicki Dill, as she prepared a blueberry smoothie.
As part of the Maine Department of Education’s 2021 Farm to School Cook-off finale, the eighth-grader from Whitefield Elementary School worked seamlessly as she added ingredients to make the smoothie and later, baked fish.