Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Teacher turn-over posed a problem of continuity in education. (Superintendent's Reports in Town Reports) During this time, health was also an issue."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"Her name came from a schoolteacher. The teacher was a good friend of her mother, my great grandmother."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"Historians, researchers, librarians, teachers and students have all combined their skills to produce a single historical artifact which can tell the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"… blend of experiences to the Scarborough team: teacher, school administrator, psychologist, lobsterman, O.R."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… remembers books in school."That first day, the teacher laid a big geography book on my desk and another one on Joe's to keep us occupied while she…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"Clevie remarried after Mary, a Sunday school teacher, passed away in 1950. He married his second wife Erdine Kent Watling in 1954, and the couple…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… By: Rex Webb, 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher and 8th Grade Students Piscataquis Community Middle School Guilford Public School, June…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… to Lincoln? Jeremy Nelson was the very first teacher in Lincoln. In fact, he arrived in Lincoln five years before we officially became a town."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Future school teachers could begin training as school juniors. The pay, by today's standards, was low."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Legere, Robert Soucy, and Christine Wing, an art teacher at the Rumford/Mountain Valley High School for 37 years."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"The training school trained teachers through tough and thorough studies. The graduates of Snow’s school found it easy to get teacher positions in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The town looked for the best teachers, and the best teachers looked for the town; this created a perfect instance of complementarity."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"We don’t have the teachers we had then that we do now. We had strict teachers; they could get away with it back then."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"With more teachers, the school can offer a much wider variety of classes. As more and more teachers were hired, the curriculum expanded, with 4 core…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"For more information, contact teacher Ernest Easter, 207-896-5541. Visit New Sweden School's website."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"Churches, labor groups, teachers, and many other people were very upset about what was happening to their children."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… House consists of approximately 60 students and 6 teachers who have all worked closely together to complete this project."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… Sally and Ray was wonderful." -Denise Doherty, Teacher Biddeford Historical Society Mr. Gaudette teaches about the Meetinghouse X "I…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… in school." BHS Project Aspire students with teacher Denise Doherty and Historical Society President Raymond Gaudette at the First Parish…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"Ben assisted teacher Crystal Knapp Polk with class mapping activities in the Strong Elementary School and wrote an exhibit on Cornelia "Fly Rod"…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"Many volunteers and an active parent-teacher group support the school. Surry Elementary School Today X A strong sense of stewardship…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"She has been a teacher for 32 years here. She invented the Swan's Island Studies course over 25 years ago as a way to teach island students about…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"We had good teachers that did the best they could. Like I’ll tell you I had to take my lunch with me."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… the RSU 10 team is liberally salted with district teachers who, under Dr. Overall’s tutelage, have acquired both their master’s degrees and a close…"