education in Limestone
Limestone Community School
Limestone Community School is a pre-kindergarten to
twelfth grade public school that serves the educational needs of
275 students from the communities of Limestone and Caswell.
Despite the financial constraints and adjustments made by LCS
to meet these budgetary challenges during recent years, LCS
has maintained a strong learning environment and continues to
offer many extracurricular activities to the student body. The
administration and faculty have been committed to professional
development to improve the quality of classroom instruction
offered at LCS. Recent work with internationally known
literacy specialist and author, Dr. Janet Allen, and attending
national teacher conferences in Rhode Island and Indiana are two
highlights of these efforts. Limestone Community School was
recognized by the U.S. News & World Report at the beginning
of the 2008-09 school year as a bronze medal school in its annual
list of America’s Best High Schools. Limestone Community
School’s work with the least advantaged student was highlighted
by this annual report. The Limestone Community School plant
facilities offer additional opportunities to the community and
our students. The junior Olympic size pool, three up-to-date
computer labs, an auditorium that boasts a 600 plus capacity,
and a well stocked library are a few examples that exist at LCS.
Limestone Community School is committed to excellence and
will continue to make improvements as we seek to effectively
meet the needs of our students and prepare them to meet the
challenges of the 21st Century.
The Maine School of Science and Mathematics
The Maine School of Science and Mathematics
(MSSM) opened its doors in the fall of 1995 as one of a handful
of innovative public residential magnet schools in the country.
Since then, MSSM has met and exceeded the highest expectations
of its founders. MSSM brings together academically oriented
students in a specialized residential setting in order to focus and
accelerate their learning.
Already its graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright
scholars, nuclear engineers, medical doctors, teachers, professors,
and entrepreneurs. Its approximately 700 alumni are emerging
as a new generation of Maine leaders in research, technology,
business, medicine, philanthropy, and public service. Last year,
U.S. News & World Report ranked MSSM as the 12th best
public high school in the nation, a remarkable achievement for
this ambitious, young Maine institution.
MSSM enrolls highly motivated, intellectually curious
and emotionally mature high school students from across Maine,
the US and Internationally. For more information please visit
www.mssm.org.
Loring Job Corps Center
The Center is located in beautiful Northeastern Maine
in the largest county East of the Mississippi and within six miles
of Canada. This is country living at its best as the Center is located
within a short distance of several quiet agriculture communities
on a 47 acre college like campus. With two college campus
nearby, the Center provides students an opportunity to take
advantage of a higher education opportunity in either technical
or a liberal arts education. The Center provides not only a wide
variety of Career Technical Training in the following five clusters
for its 380 students, but provides many additional opportunities
for students to have positive involvement in student leadership,
local cultural events and community service.
The Career Technical Training Clusters include:
Automotive Cluster: Auto Technician with ASE/
NATEF certification & Commercial Drivers License (CDL) for
both A and B levels; Computer Support Cluster: Networking,
Cabling & CISCO’s Advanced Training; Construction Cluster:
HBI Carpentry, Electrical & Painting as well the Cement
Masons & Plasterers Union Cement Masonry Training Program;
Culinary Arts Custer: