Wed, May 22, 2013

Schools

  • A Word A Day

    Monday

    Mysterious: difficult or impossible to understand, explain or identify (The dark castle certainly seemed mysterious.)

    Tuesday

    Ooze: slowly trickle or seep out of something; the sluggish flow of a liquid (The cart overturned, and the cracked barrels oozed molasses onto the street.)

    Wednesday

  • Guy E. Rowe Elementary

    Do Not Have Children Dismissed Early

  • Elementary math meet winners

    MATH MEET WINNERS — Sixth grade individual winners in the 2013 Oxford Hills School District Elementary Math Competition, from left, 1st place, William Dieterich, from Paris Elementary School, 2nd place,  Matthew Fleming, from Rowe Elementary School in Norway and 3rd place, Annie Choi, from Paris Elementary School. 

  • Kindergarten screening at OHCA

    PARIS — Oxford Hills Christian Academy, a k-12 school located on East Main St. in South Paris, will hold its kindergarten screening on Friday, May 10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Incoming kindergarten students must turn five no later than October 15. If you have a child that you would like to enroll in kindergarten for the 2013-2014 school year, please call the office at 743-5970 to set up an appointment for a half hour time slot. Kindergarten screening will once again be conducted by Mrs.

  • Whittier students to travel to Washington for National History Day Competiton

    POLAND — Five Middle School students from RSU 16 will be traveling to Washington, DC in June to represent Maine in The History Channel's National History Day Competition.

  • OHCHS at the State House

  • Adult ed introduces new course: Optimal Healing Environments

    PARIS — Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education (OHAE) has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online courses. OHAE has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-led courses and is pleased to announce the launch of "Optimal Healing Environments."

  • Scholarships cover cost of first-time University course

    PARIS — University College at South Paris announced the availability of Osher Scholarships for the University of Maine System (UMS) Fall 2013 semester, which begins in September. The UMS offers Osher Scholarships to encourage more Maine people of all ages to participate in higher education. Preference is given to first-time students, and scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

  • Agnes Gray School

    Visitors to Fourth Grade Classroom

    On Wednesday, Principal Jane Fahey and Assistant Principal Mary Lou Peterson from Paris Elementary School visited our fourth grade classroom. Students were able to listen and to ask questions about their coming year's experience.

    Ms. Fahey wonders if anyone knows why the cardinal is the Paris School's mascot. Please check with your fourth grader for the answer.

    Agnes Gray Students to Attend Professional Theater

  • Agnes Gray School

    Rescue Dog

    Excitement was high on recently as parents and students first read together in the classroom and then made the trip to the gym where they found their "mystery guest." Since the main character in the whole-school book "The Trouble with Chickens" by Doreen Cronin is a rescue dog, the perfect guest was also a rescue dog named Clyde. Clyde was brought by Norm Lewis, a game warden from the Woodstock area, along with a colleague game warden.

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