Edward Little High School
EL students hike Pownal hill to remember Maine’s fallen service members
POWNAL — Steven Sinclair and Shivam Kumar began to feel the weight of their task just minutes after they began their snowy, half-hour trek Friday morning to the top of Bradbury Mountain. Slush fell in clumps from tree limbs onto the forest floor, which was covered in leaves and mud. In minutes, the Edward Little […]
Students carry stones to remember fallen Mainers
AUBURN — When Devon Daskey carries a stone Friday up the sometimes steep climb to the summit of Bradbury Mountain, the Edward Little High School junior will want to know the stone’s story. It will be engraved with the name of a Maine service member who has died since 9/11. And Daskey, like the other […]
Edward Little planning big student volunteer day in May
AUBURN — Edward Little High School students can provide a lot of volunteer manpower on one day in May. On Wednesday night, the Auburn School Committee gave the green light for teachers and administrators to plan one day where all students — some 946 of them — would not go to school. Instead, they’ll go […]
Edward Little’s agriculture students to protect Lake Auburn water
Edward Little High School science teacher Kim Finnerty, who is in her second year of teaching chemistry through hands-on agriculture, is branching out. Her students are still growing plants in the high school greenhouse. They’re still “garden buddies” teaching gardening to elementary students. But on Monday, agriculture students embarked on a new project: shore up […]
It’s twin city at Edward Little High School in Auburn
AUBURN — People are doing a lot of double takes at Edward Little High School. “Every time I walk down the hallway, I say, ‘I just saw you,’ and, ‘I just saw you!” joked longtime Principal Jim Miller. That’s because the halls are walked by 19 sets of twins and one set of triplets. Most […]
EL assistant principals focus on student success
AUBURN — In the halls of Edward Little High School, Scott Annear responds on the house radio to “Scooter,” Sarah DeLuca to “Patriot,” nicknames that were parting gifts from retiring assistant principal Steve Galway. Annear and DeLuca are new assistant principals, replacing Galway and Leslie Morrill, who retired in June. The annual salary of each […]
Random drug searches to begin at Edward Little High School
AUBURN — Auburn police Cpl. Kris Boucher introduced a drug-sniffing German shepherd to the School Committee on Wednesday night. “This is Dutch,” Boucher said. He demonstrated how Dutch sniffs for drugs, which soon will be done at Edward Little High School and other schools. Random drug searches will begin this fall, Superintendent Katy Grondin said, […]