Academic Offerings

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Posted by Sue Colley  on June 6, 2013

Summer 2013 Academics

Posted by Sue Colley  on June 6, 2013

Marie Robinson, SCAE's Come Back Kid!

Marie Robinson has attended SCAE intermittently since 1996!  Her self-motivation is evident and inspiring.  Perseverance is what finally allowed her to achieve her goal of obtaining a Sanford High School diploma.

Marie has put in more work, time and effort, and has made more progress than most high school students who graduate from Sanford High School every year.  Marie Robinson, at age 70, has overcome learning disabilities and many health difficulties, the magnitude of which would lead most people to completely give up on their education.

Since beginning adult education in 1996, this remarkable student has had to take time off periodically for health reasons, including breast cancer, two mastectomies, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and kidney disease.  We call her the "come back kid" because she has always come back to health, and back to classes at SCAE.

Marie is a lifelong resident of Sanford, Maine.  She worked as a nurse's aide and raised two children and three stepchildren.  Although she loved school, Marie was unable to graduate from Sanford High School as a teenager because of her family situation.  She was in foster care and her learning disabilities were not recognized, much less addressed, at that time in the 1950's and 1960's.  When Marie came to Sanford Community Adult Education, she knew she had a lot to learn.  She never tried to take the easy route and she never complained.

Marie has always been supportive of other students at the school, demonstrating her kindness by bringing snacks for everyone to class.  Her teachers absolutely love her, and she always made positive contributions to the classes she attended.  Most people could never overcome the obstacles that Marie has overcome, returned to school repeatedly to make progress, and eventually to get her high school diploma.

She is a role model to others.  As she has said, "If I can do it, you can do it!"  True that!!

Pictured above are Marie Robinson, SHS Graduate and Superintendent David Theoharides presenting her Sanford High School diploma.

Posted by Sue Colley  on June 6, 2013