How early classes will start at Mount Desert Island High School next fall and when they will end – and how the hours in between will be structured – appear to be of great interest to a lot of people. About 120 people registered for an hour-long virtual Q&A session on the subject last Thursday evening, and many of them submitted questions and comments.
Marc Gousse, superintendent of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System since July 2016, has told the school system board he plans to retire effective Jan. 1, 2022. But he said he would stay on through June 2022 if the board wants him to.
The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by David Reidmiller, director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), about how global climate action can be applied here in Maine on Monday, March 22, from 3-4 p.m.
Last Friday, four days after announcing that all Mount Desert Island High School students who had been attending classes in person only two days a week could be in the building four days a week starting this past Monday, March 15, Principal Matt Haney said the change was being delayed until March 22.
Sparky the Fire Dog®, the official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), celebrates his 70th birthday this month, reflecting on a legacy and impact that spans the generations: Kids know and love him, parents grew up with him and grandparents remember his messages of fire safety.
There are several grant and scholarship opportunities available to Maine students.
Since 2003, Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary (SMWS) wildlife ecologist Billy Helprin, aquatic limnologist Tom Lawrence and Conners Emerson science teacher Brian Cote have been taking students to various waters around the island for Frozen Classroom field days.
“I believe animals have the right to live an amazing life, because just like us, we only have one life,” said Madelyn Marks, in the speech that won her first place in the district’s middle school contest on March 4.
“It is our full intent to have all of our students and all of our staff back in our buildings five days per week in all of our schools for the 2021-22 school year,” Marc Gousse, superintendent of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System, told the school system board Monday night.
The ongoing debate about whether the Trenton Elementary School should remain part of its current school district, the Mount Desert Islander Regional School System (AOS 91), will continue at the town’s annual meeting. Susan Sargent brought forth a citizens’ petition at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting Tuesday to get the issue on the warrant.
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