In late October, MECDHH/GBSD was featured in the Maine DOE Newsroom Highlight!
On Mackworth Island, a School Builds Trust and Educator Pathways
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MECDHH/GBSD Students in Lewiston begin their school year
One of our students and her Educational Technician were pictured in a “first day of school” gallery in yesterday’s Lewiston Sun Journal!
5/22/25 Latest updates on host sites and a family survey
Steve Connolly, Executive Director, shares further updates on new and existing host sites for 2025-2026, and announces an upcoming tour of Lewiston Middle School on May 27: Letter available HERE. The letter in ASL is available HERE.
If you live within 50 miles of York, Portland, Lewiston, or Brewer and are interested in sending your student to one of our host sites in those school districts next school year, please complete this survey and indicate your preference:
[If you would like assistance with completing the survey, please contact Kim Spencer: 207-781-6284 or kim.spencer@mecdhh.org.]
4/5/25 Update on regional program transitions/Parent info sessions
April 5, 2025
Please follow links below to read/watch updates concerning the transition of our regional programs from Portland Public Schools to Lewiston Public Schools (and possibly York) in school year 2025-2026.
Letter from our executive director
Parent information sessions
- East End Community School & Lyman Moore Middle School – April 29, 1:00-1:45 PM
- Mackworth Island Preschool – May 1, 2:15-3:00 PM
**These sessions will be held in the MECDHH/GBSD cafeteria, as well as over Zoom:**
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5985709311?pwd=Cuqxx7jbcZdFg4zA6facbmaCJdeecB.1&omn=83096246456
Meeting ID: 598 570 9311
Passcode: 12345
National Association of the Deaf visits MECDHH/GBSD
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) had their board retreat in Maine earlier in October and visited MECDHH/GBSD! For more pictures, see NAD’s Facebook post
Camp Dirigo featured in New York Times
Read this article about Joshua Seal’s camp for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children continuing this summer in his memory.
Or download the pdf of the article HERE.
MECDHH/GBSD at the Statehouse
MECDHH/GBSD’s Executive Director Karen Hopkins, Preschool Coordinator, Cathy Lushman, and Early Intervention Coordinator, Amy Spencer joined over 150 early childhood providers on April 5 to celebrate the Week of the Young Child and support legislation to increase funding and benefits for early childhood programs. This event created many connections to other early childhood programs and legislators. We also did some recruitment and shared about our services and programs with many! It was a great PR day!
MECDHH/GBSD New Executive Director, Karen Hopkins
Read the interview in the December 21, 2020 Falmouth Forecaster.
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