Members of the third through seventh grades Winslow Youth Cheerleading squad are, front, from left to right, Neveah, Sophia, Delana, Makayla, Audrey and Clara. Back Morgan, Hailee, Aaliyah, Rachel, Hayden and Norah. (photo by Missy Brown, Central Maine Photography staff)
Front row, from left to right, Abby Wright, Willa Dolley, Savanah Joler, Leah Pelotte, Mariah Morrison, Taylor Rodriguez, Silver Clukey and Abby Washburn. Second row, Kayla Hanson, Devyn Lively, Kaelyn Mulligan, Laney Bell, Lilly Harvey, Maddie Lower, Leah Knight, Sage Clukey, Bodhi Littlefield, Karlie Ramsdell, Alaina Lambert, Joscelyn Denis and Coach Beth Bourgoin. Back row, Assistant Coach Lisa Larrabee, JV Coach Lori Fredette, Hunter Lee, Kassidy Bibeau, Marissa Elwell, Michaela Demers, Nevaeh Duplessie, Alayna Morneault and Sabrina York. (Photo by Tawni Lively, Central Maine Photography staff)
The Winslow High School girls varsity field hockey team captured the state class B title on November 2 with a 7-2 victory over York.
Pictured is a group of Jobs for Maine Graduates (JMG) core and hybrid students at Vassalboro Community School, who spent some time at the Masse Dam, in Vassalboro, on October 25, to plant the wild plants they had germinated last winter. With the students are Matt Streeter, who is in charge of the dam projects, in Vassalboro, and Elaine Philbrick, back to, a retired teacher from China. Students were hand planting throughout the dam area. (photo courtesy of Victor Esposito)
From left to right, Hailey Estes, Sydney Laird, kalli Duvall and Chloe French.
JMG student leaders attended JMG’s overnight Leadership Education Conference at Pine Tree Camp, in Rome. Students participated in a variety of leadership workshops and team building activities. Leaders had to complete a STEAM challenge, building a catapult, where each group had specific roles for each member. They had to launch marshmallows from the catapult competing against other schools for distance and accuracy. Groups also had to pitch their catapult to a panel of judges. Chloe stated that building the catapult was, “a challenge, while also fun because the team enjoys working together. (contributed photo)
Pictured above are China Village Fire Chief Tim Theriault and Weeks Mills Fire Chief Bill Van Winkler entering the school cheered on by the CMS student body. (contributed photos)
Jobs for Maine Graduates (JMG) organized a First Responder Celebration Day at CMS on Monday, October 28. They had the opportunity to celebrate the service of our local responders as students lined the hallways cheering on the responders as they entered the building. They then gathered in the library where each responder spoke about their career path and the critical need for our young people to explore careers within public service. Eighth graders Kaylee Fyfe and Alexia McDonald highlighted the important role of a dispatcher, “first responders wouldn’t know where to go without their communication.” Professionals representing the following agencies joined us for the event:
Game Warden Service – David Ross.
Mikael Nunez – Maine State Police.
Shawn Porter – Maine State Police with K-9 Myka.
Dan Brockway – Delta Ambulance.
Michelle Grass – Delta Ambulance.
Tim Theriault – Chief China Village Fire Dept.
Ivano Stefanizzi – Kennebec County Sheriff Dept.
DeeDee Roberge – Dispatcher Maine Dept. of Public Safety.
Peggy Barrett – Dispatcher Maine Dept. of Public Safety.
Bill Van Wickler – Chief Weeks Mills Fire Dept.
Shawn O’Leary – Chief Winslow Police Dept.
Tracey Frost – Oakland Police Dept. and School Resource Office, RSU#18.
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JMG student leaders
JMG Students do planting at dam area
Pictured is the First Responder Panel of Professionals who attended the JMG event at the China Middle School. (contributed photo)
Winslow High School senior Cody Ivy carries the ball as he attempts to get away from the grasp of Waterville High School’s Nate Weir, during the annual, regular season ending game between the two arch rivals, at Drummond Field, in Waterville, on October 26. The Black Raiders dominated the Purple Panthers, 57-16, winning for the 10th consecutive time between the two teams, including playoffs. (Photo by Tawni Lively, Central Maine Photography)
Dominic Smith
Erskine Academy, in South China, has announced that Dominic Smith, son of Katrina and Dan Jackson, of Whitefield, has been named a Commended Student in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Smith is among approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation who are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although Smith will not continue in the 2020 competition for National Merit Scholarships, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2020 competition. Commended students receive a Letter of Commendation from their school and the National Merit Scholarship Program in recognition of this honor.
Paige McGlauflin from Sidney recently graduated from Emerson College, in Boston, Massachusetts, receiving a BS degree in journalism.
Christopher Kuntz, of Skowhegan, has been named to the dean’s list at Ohio Christian University Adult & Graduate Studies Program, in Circleville, Ohio, for the fall semester.
TERRAIN uses Expeditionary Learning as its educational model. (contributed photo)
Unity College is nationally known for its experiential education, but this fall the college is taking that to the next level, by reimagining its curriculum for students in their first two years. The fall of 2019 saw the launch of a testbed for TERRAIN at Unity College, which is designed for students to develop career-focused skills beginning on day one.
TERRAIN at Unity College is a direct response to the changing demographics and needs of residential learners in the first two years of college. Nationally, roughly 30 percent of freshmen drop out after their first
year. Anxiety and depression on college campuses are on the rise, and there is an increasing demand for return on investment for students once they graduate with a four-year degree and enter the job market or pursue graduate school.
Faculty and staff spent two years developing the co-curricular activities that have become TERRAIN at Unity College, gaining insight from students on how they want to learn, as well as employers on the skills they seek in ideal employees.
TERRAIN uses Expeditionary Learning as its educational model, with innovative and integrated courses where students receive comprehensive, relevant, and outcome-based opportunities to help build or retool their knowledge and professional skills in sustainability fields.
TERRAIN brings an integrative approach to learning, allowing students to learn where they live in Living Learning Communities. Cohorts of students share academic experiences and projects in addition to social and recreational opportunities centered around a theme or real-world challenge.
Of Unity College’s incoming Flagship class of 223, 61 students are participating in this fall’s testbed, and in the fall of 2020, all incoming Unity College students will take part in TERRAIN.
“We listened to the challenges that students face in the first two years of college, to industry leaders in the green economy who hire our students, and did extensive research, which found that TERRAIN would revolutionize our curriculum and appeal to residential students who want to learn career-focused skills beginning the first day they enter Unity College,” said Unity College President Dr. Melik Peter Khoury. “TERRAIN allows students to explore a range of professional opportunities, which will help them build the foundational skills for their careers and graduate school.”
In TERRAIN, students will:
In addition to TERRAIN’s customizable curriculum, internships, practicums, and short courses offered year-round, its four-quarter academic calendar allows students to engage in a robust residential college experience while having the flexibility for work, family commitments, and career opportunities. If a student wants to accelerate their education and earn a bachelor’s degree in fewer than four years, TERRAIN gives them that option, or if they want to participate in a more traditional college schedule they can. It also allows them to take time off for any reason, if they need to without falling behind.
“Learning those practical skills that I can apply to my major first before I settle down into a desk with a textbook was my main goal,” said Savannah Sedivy, a first-year Marine Biology major taking part in the TERRAIN testbed. “Being stuck in a general classroom, even if you’re using real-world examples, doesn’t compare to actual real-world experience. With these intertwined classes, TERRAIN has pointed me toward skills that I’ll use later in life, or even the very next day.”
For more on TERRAIN at Unity College, visit unity.edu/terrain-at-unity-college/.