This is our 25th year as Maine's first residential magnet school. Our dormitory is a converted middle school and has served us well but taking care of our students' quality of life away from home is very important to us as we have come of age. To our great joy, Maine's Senate President, Troy Jackson recently introduced LD 2060, an act authorizing a $10,000.000 dollar bond dedicated to improving dormitory living at our distinguished school.
On an extremely cold Martin Luther King Monday in Fort Kent all the Aroostook county schools traveled Fort Kent for a 4k Nordic classic race followed by a 4k freestyle race. The trails were freshly groomed and in perfect condition to be skied on. The ladies started the classic race later than expected and ended with Dolcie Tanguay finishing second and Shelby Carson finishing 18th. Maddie McCarthy finished 21st with Evyn Lally and Lydian Frost finishing 26th and 27th.
On January 7, 2020 MSSM boys and girls competed in the Ski Meet at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle. In the girls race, our own Dolcie Tanguay came in first place with Madison McCarthy being the next MSSM finisher coming in 23rd place. Shelby Carson came in 25th place and Evyn Lally was in 30th place. Great effort ladies!
MSSM is delighted to announce that Michael Delorge, a senior at MSSM, has been selected as one of only two students to represent Maine as a delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). The program is held in Washington, D.C. March 7 – 14, 2020. Michael will also receive a $10,000 college scholarship to be utilized in accordance with USSYP rules.
It was a cold and windy day at the Fort Kent Outdoor Center for the first Nordic race of the Winter 19-20 season. With the rain that presented itself a few days prior, the trails were nicely groomed and icy. The race weaved in the woods starting from the lodge and going up and down hills till you reached the top of the ski lift for downhill skiers.
Congratulations to MSSM graduate Gordon McCulloh, Class of 2016, who has been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar and will undertake a one-years master's program at Tsinghua University in Beijing upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in 2020.
MSSM senior, Jay Philbrick, was recently selected to join a project from the Maine-based investigative journal the Pine Tree Watch, covering the political attitudes of youth in Maine. Called the Class of 2020 Podcast, the series will move from topic to topic, bringing in various students of different political backgrounds for educational discussions.
MSSM's Astronomy class, along with instructor Larry Berz, took a field trip to Francis Malcolm Science Center in Easton on Wednesday, November 20th to have a video chat with Caroline Odden, astronomy teacher at Phillips Academy - Andover in Massachusetts.
Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM), the state's first tuition-free, public, residential high school, announces Martin Brozman, a junior from Bangor, will serve as the 78th YMCA Youth Governor of the Great State of Maine. He was elected to the office by his peers at the 2019 Maine YMCA Youth and Government program on Sunday, November 11th. Martin is the first MSSM student ever to hold the position. With his election, Martin will attend the YMCA Youth Governor's Conference in Washington, D.C., representing the Maine YMCA, and he will serve as Governor of the 2020 Youth and Government program in Augusta.
On Friday, November 15, MSSM's Spanish 4 class took a trip to the University of Maine Orono to sit in on some Spanish classes, meet the Spanish professors and students, and become familiar with the campus and other programs.
