Two Sites Remain for Proposed Valley Unified Regional School

The Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility Site Selection Committee met at Community High School in Fort Kent on Tuesday, August 27.  During the meeting, the committee further narrowed the number of potential sites for the proposed Valley Unified Regional School from four to two -- one in Frenchville and the other in Fort Kent.

For more information and to view the general locations of the two sites, click here or on the image below to read Morgan Mitchell's August 28 article in the Fiddlehead Focus.

The Site Selection Committee will meet again on Tuesday, September 24 from 4 PM - 6 PM at Community High School in Fort Kent.  A Valley Unified Education Service Center Board of Directors meeting will follow, beginning at 6 PM.  Public attendance is welcomed and encouraged.

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Site Selection Committee to Meet on August 27

The Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility Site Selection Committee will meet in Fort Kent on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 from 4 PM to 6 PM in the Community High School Library/Media Center.  Public attendance is welcomed and encouraged.  To review the meeting agenda, click here or on the image below.

SELECTIVES = Specific, Career-Focused Electives

Through the Valley Unified Education Service Center SELECTIVES Initiative, learners at Wisdom High School, Madawaska High School, and Fort Kent Community High School now have the opportunity to engage in elective blended learning opportunities (a mix of on-line study and live, face-to-face interaction with learning facilitators) focused on specific careers or career topics that interest them as potential fields of endeavor.

SELECTIVES learning opportunities either currently available or under development for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year include:

• Accounting
• Business Information Management
• Business, Marketing, and Finance
• Criminology, Forensics, and Criminal Justice
• Culinary Arts 
• Drafting and Design
• Engineering
• Forensic Science
• Healthcare 
• Manufacturing
• Military Service and Occupational Specialties
• Modern Digital Multi-Media and Game Development
• Sports and Entertainment Marketing 

The SELECTIVES Initiative is funded through the Valley Unified FEDES III grant.

To review the curriculum for our "selective" devoted to Healthcare Career Preparation, click here or on the Health Science Career Cluster logo below.  

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Upcoming Meeting of Site Selection Committee

The Valley Unified Regional Education Facility Site Selection Committee will meet on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 from 4 PM to 6 PM in the Library/Media Center at Valley Rivers Middle School/Community High School in Fort Kent.  Public attendance is welcomed and encouraged.

To review the meeting notice, click here or on the image below.

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Valley Unified Site Selection Update

The number of potential sites for the proposed Valley Unified Regional Educational Facility has been narrowed to four.  To view a photo of the remaining sites under consideration and for an update on the status of the straw poll and voting process for the proposed school, click here or on the image below to read Morgan Mitchell's August 9, 2019 article in the Fiddlehead Focus.

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July 30, 2019 Valley Unified Board of Directors Meeting

The Valley Unified Education Service Center Board of Directors met in Madawaska in the Middle/High School Library on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.  To view the WOWL Channel 16 video of the meeting, click here or on the image below.

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Valley Unified Board Votes to Include Grades 7-8 at Proposed Regional School

The Valley Unified Education Service Center Board of Directors met in Madawaska in the Middle/High School Library on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.  Among the items on the agenda was a discussion concerning the grade levels to incorporate into the proposed new Valley Unified Regional School.  To read Jessica Potila's article in the Fiddlehead Focus about the Board's vote to integrate grades 7-8 into the proposed school,  click here or on the image below.

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Valley Unified Bus Drivers Take Top Spots at State Competition

Valley Unified School Bus Drivers, Ricky Labbe of MSAD #27, and Corey Morin of the Madawaska School Department, recently earned first and second place respectively at a state competition.  To read Jessica Potila's article in the Fiddlehead Focus concerning the event, click here or on the image below.

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