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May 20 School Committee Highlights

By Kendra Williams School Committee members on May 20 learned more about a new program that will expand access to high-quality pre-kindergarten education for 4-year-olds in town. Assistant Superintendent Steve Bussiere explained that the P-K Partnership grant from the Maine Department of Education will fund programming for 16 students at the YMCA, where many youngsters already go for daycare. The pre-K component will be offered at no cost to parents or the School Department, Bussiere said. The YMCA will oversee…
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Sanford High School’s Class of 2024 top 10 students (left to right): Zachary Parison (valedictorian), Aidan Gendron (salutatorian), Lamar Amoakohene, Jack Cullen, Ava Gendron, Hailey Tarbox, Korrinne Greer, Emma Adawadkar, Ailey Mann and Kamryn Sanborn Photo: The Spartan Times Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan Get to know SHS’s Class of 2024 top 10 students: As reported in the Sanford Springvale News (May 24), the annual Youth Banquet was held at the Sanford Elks Lodge on May 8. Part of the ceremony…
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High School Students Preparing for Solar Job Opportunities

SRTC Students install solar panels at Alumni Stadium. Credit: WSSR TV By Kendra Williams Students in the Electrical Wiring Program at Sanford Regional Technical Center are gaining real-life experience at its Clean Energy Learning Lab. Through a collaboration with Northeast Electric and Gowen Power Systems, students have installed solar panels on the field house building at Alumni Stadium. This learning opportunity – described to School Committee members at the May 20 meeting – was developed by Jay Desmond from Northeast…
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Sanford High School Music Director Honored as Outstanding New Educator

From left to right: Kyle Smith, who nominated Hailey, Hailey Franceour, and Ryan Geary, the Choral Director at Sanford High School. Courtesy Photo By Sam Bonsey, Sanford Schools Communications Coordinator Sanford High School's music program is hitting all the right notes these days. SHS Music Director Hailey Francoeur was recently named the 2023-2024 Maine Music Educators Association Outstanding New Music Educator of the Year at the state conference at the University of Maine in Orono. The award recognizes Francoeur’s work…
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Boomer’s Bookworms student reading challenge isn’t over yet. Compiled by Carolyn Cadigan There’s still time to read your way to the ballpark: Less than three weeks remain for Boomer’s Bookworms preseason reading challenge. Students are urged to keep logging in their reading hours to get free tickets to a Sanford Mainers home game this summer. For those kindergarten through grade 8 students who haven’t joined yet, there is still time to sign up at Springvale Library, Zippy Copy Center or…
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