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McCarthy named finalist for National Principal of the Year July 2
Michael McCarthy, principal of King Middle School, is a finalist for the 2011 National Principal of the Year award. Presented by MetLife and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the award is given annually to one middle school principal and one high school principal. More
The Maine Principals' Association has named King principal, Mike McCarthy, Middle Level Principal of the Year for "his outstanding leadership and his unequivocal commitment to excellence in educating all students." This is the second time Mr. McCarthy has received this recognition. He was first recognized in 1996.
Students and staff welcomed over 100 educators to our national Site Seminar
More than 100 educators from 14 states attended King's 13th National Site Seminar. The seminar was sponsored by Expeditionary Learning Schools and gave educators from around the country a chance to find out what makes King a great place to learn and work.
Expeditionary Learning Schools' most recent promotional and informational video features King, among several EL schools. President Obama also appears in the video, describing EL schools as models for education reform.
The King expedition featured in the video is Riverworks. Both the EL video and King's own documentary of Riverworks are available on KingTV.
Windsor 8 expedition, Truth or Consequences, turns the spotlight back on the media Oct 22, 2007
Windsor 8 students discuss the media's coverage of King's Health Clinic with Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz and principal Mike McCarthy.
In a panel discussion with principal Mike McCarthy, and Portland Press columnist Bill Nemitz, students in Windsor 8
were given the chance to ask questions about changes at the health clinic, and how the media reports, and sometimes distorts, the truth.
The conversation became the source of Mr. Nemitz column in the Saturday edition of the Press Herald. Read the whole story here.