Indian Island School is aK-8 school[1] located in thePassamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation,Maine. Indian Township School's school administrative unit is theIndian Township School District.[2]
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Beginning circa 1972 the school began sponsorship of a program to teach thePassamaquoddy language, the Wabanaki Bilingual Education Program.[3]
Circa 1993 the school began a mentorship program with theUniversity of Maine at Machias so students could get mentoring. In 1995 the program received a $25,000 grant.[4]
As of 1976[update] any children who are not enrolled in a Native American tribe would be sent to a school inPrinceton, Maine.[5]
It is one of three schools in theMaine Indian Education (MIE) school district system, supported by funding by theBureau of Indian Education (BIE). There are three school boards, one for each school, and each school has its own principal, while MIE has a collective superintendent.[6] The MIE is akin to a main "union of towns" school system where multiple school administrative units share a superintendent but otherwise operate separately.[7]
High schools which take students from this school includeCalais High School,Lee Academy,Mattanawcook Academy (the high school of Lincoln-Region 3)St. Croix Tech Center,Washington Academy,Wayfinder School,Woodland High School, and Bangor Regional Program (of theBangor School Department).[8]
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