Blueberry Harvest School Receives Excellence in Environmental Education Award
Maine Environmental Education Association Announces the 2015 Environmental Education Awards The Maine Environmental Education Association (MEEA) has announced the winners of its annual awards recognizing this year’s most outstanding environmental educator, school, business, student and environmental program in the state of Maine. MEEA presented these awards at its annual conference on March 20th. This year’s conference, “Better Together Maine: Partnerships, Collaboration, Collective Impact”, was
Notes from a Community Partner
The Next Step domestic violence project is excited to be collaborating with Mano en Mano and to be establishing goals as well as activities in our work to build a stronger and safer community in Downeast Maine. Next Step supports and empowers those affected by domestic violence, while striving to prevent and end the cycle of domestic violence through education and social change. Next Step
Local Businesses Take Advantage of Spanish Class Offerings
In November, there have been two Spanish classes at Maine Fair Trade Lobster, located in Prospect Harbor, Maine. The human resources department expressed a desire to be able to better communicate with their Spanish speaking employees, so we explored options to help. What had started out as a vocabulary list turned into a Spanish class with eight to ten regular attendees. The students in
Migrant Education Students Explore UMM Campus
A special highlight of the Maine Migrant Education Program’s educational services provided to older youth during the 2013 wild blueberry harvest was the overnight college exploratory visit to the University of Maine at Machias. Building on the success of last year’s day trip to UMM, this year’s program was facilitated Jenny Robish, the University’s Youth Outreach Coordinator, and offered the students more opportunity to
Adult Education Offerings
Additional Education Offerings The Adult Education Program is looking to provide support classes in other areas of learning, too. Right now we are helping one local young man prepare to complete tests to obtain his GED. This is a big accomplishment for those who have not yet attained a high-school level diploma. We are especially eager to help anyone work on their GED this
Milestones at Drop-In English Class
In January, we were able to honor four of our most regular students in the Drop-in English Class for their outstanding attendance and progress. Maria Gloria and Avigay Garcia, Patricia Garcia and Humberto Garcia all received certificates and had their pictures taken with Robin Lovrien, the ESL teacher and Director of Adult Education. Despite cold weather, unpredictable work schedules, and needs of children and
Student Completes High School Requirements
Throughout the Fall our new Americorps member, Kristen Hagemeister, tutored Narraguagus High School student Wendy Citlaly Lopez. Wendy was very proactive about asking for a tutor so that she complete a correspondance math course, something she needed to do in order to be able to graduate early –before moving out of state with her family. Kristen and Wendy met regularly after school, and earlier
Congratulations to Scholarship Recipient Maria Paniagua!
We are so pleased to announce Maria Paniagua of Milbridge as the recipient of our 2012 Latino Scholarship! This Scholarship grants $1,000 for the 2012-2013 academic year, and is renewable for the three more years that Maria will be an undergraduate. Maria just graduated on June 8th from Narraguagus High School, and will begin her freshman year at the University of Southern Maine in
Mano en Mano Celebrates Pilot iPad Project
A celebration with parents and children this past Saturday marked the conclusion of a 5-month pilot program at Mano en Mano called Comienza en Casa (“It Starts at Home”), a family literacy project supporting preschool and Kindergarten children’s early learning and integrating the use of an iPad in the home. Developed by our Migrant Education Coordinator Ana Blagojevic in partnership with early childhood education
Washington County Migrant Education Students Receive Diplomas
As the Orange River Jazz Band played and the graduates marched down the hill to begin the Cobscook Community Learning Center’s (CCLC) Graduation Ceremony, a pair of eagles circled slowly overhead, special witnesses to a special occasion: a celebration for the graduates of four alternative diploma programs in Washington County. Despite the disruptions to education that Migrant Education students face, 100% of the migrant