Keywords: School District 5
Item 22773
Hermon School Number 5, Hermon, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Hermon Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Hermon Media: Photograph, print from slide
Item 22783
Jennie M. Ferguson, Mapleton, 1905
Contributed by: Haystack Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Mapleton Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools
When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools
"The school experienced some expansion projects that included outdoor tennis courts, a gymnasium, and an assembly hall that included a stage."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"Schools could be in private homes, in converted sheds or other structures, or built "from scratch." Children walked to school unless the snow was too…"
Story
Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars