Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Both the grade school and high school were decked out with buntings and other festive decorations for the town of Guilford’s Centennial celebration."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Mr. Woodman was the first teacher at the academy. By the end of the first year, there were about forty students attending the academy."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"At that time there were eight school districts in existence. While Sprague was supervisor, smaller districts were combined and scholars were conveyed."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The May School A unique early school was known as the May School. The May sisters, Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Herbert Tilden of Lewiston was the first teacher. Considered modern for its day, it was built by Jesse M."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"Another era in education in northern Franklin County began. Next Page (Blue Ribbon School) Return to previous page Return to Online Exhibits"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"Two teachers were responsible for their education. Most of the teachers were women but one male is listed for the year 1909 and beginning in the mid…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"On June 24, 2006 the Parsons School burned and apparently the fire was of suspicious origin. Gene Dyer, the owner of the building and his brother…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"The balloons represented the number of years since the Strong Elementary School was built. A ceremonial ground-breaking was being conducted, kicking…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"It was cleaned up and a new teacher installed. Martin wrote under the illustration, "South End and eastern side of Division Street school House…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"The green school remained a grammar school until it ceased February, 1966. Sometime in the 1970s it became the Fernwood Grange Hall."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… establishment of Normal Schools by the State's teachers. The teachers of Franklin County passed a resolution at their convention in 1857, that…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Primary School, ca. 1910

"The school was located on School Street, now the site of an apartment building. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"… Gifted and Talented Educational Services (GATES) teacher and 20 middle school students embody the School entity of the Maine Community Heritage…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"The following is a list of the first teachers: Mrs. Burr, 4th grade; Mrs. Whittier, 5th grade; Miss Fairly, 6th grade; Miss Graves, 7th grade; Miss…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… Sister Mary Denis Schwartz, his first-grade teacher in 1953, as well as Sister Mary Gemma Connelly who helped him buckle his winter boots that year…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Georges Valley High School

"Teachers at the school look for ways to incorporate the community in the education its children, and the Maine Heritage Community Project has been…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Bilancia, Maine Studies teacher with Secretary Cohen on May 6, 2013. X Maine Studies student working on Cohen Exhibit X"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… citizenship before, this effort, led by veteran teacher Clara L. Soule, was the most visible and vigorous."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Student Projects

"… museums in New Sweden, Stockholm, and the Nylander Museum in Caribou. Mr. Easter 7th & 8th Grade Teacher New Sweden School New Sweden, Maine"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… Maine Newspapers Explorer, scientist, author and teacher Donald B. MacMillan liked Wiscasset, a community of about 1,200 on the Sheepscot River…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Teacher's Pay School Teacher, Farmington, ca. 1915Farmington Historical Society Teacher's Salaries 1915 From a page of the Town Report X…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - About Us

"… Wendy Simpson, Mount Blue Middle School, Teacher Cindy Stevens, Mallett School, Teacher Students in EDU 221 "Technology Integration for…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"