A Smarter, Kinder Maine is targeted to 40 7th – 12th grade students from southern Maine who attend the REAL School. All students have experienced prior school failure with multiple scholastic interventions that have not worked. They continue to fail. All students report Adverse Childhood Experiences, and 80% of the student body is on Free […]

Our InterTribal Education project continues to develop curriculum thanks to a multi-year grant of $50,000 from the Betterment Fund. Hosted by Maine Indian Education, LLC in Calais and curriculum coordinator Beth Clifford, the project will include students from both the Penobscot tribe and the two Passamaquoddy communities, Sipayik and Indian Township. As planned last year, […]

– by Perry Gates On Thursday, July 21, I represented Projects, Inc. at the Restorative Programs and Practices for Maine Youth sponsored by Maine’s JJAG and held at USM in Portland, Maine. The intent was to learn the results of their survey on restorative justice practices as they impact the juvenile justice and education systems […]

As noted in our email last fall the Passamaquoddy Maple Syrup Ventures was funded for three years by the Administration for Native Americans at the amount of $500,000 for each year. Forty-nine grant applications were received from all sources nationally; five were funded; ours was one of them! The project is the development of Passamaquoddy […]