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Suzanne Olson

Suzanne

Executive Director
In 2000 after twenty-eight years as a teacher and school administrator working with students from kindergarten through graduate school, Suzanne Olson joined the Children’s Museum of Maine staff as the Museum’s Executive Director. During her public school career, Suzanne worked primarily with special needs and gifted students in Massachusetts and Maine. She was instrumental in her school district’s instituting Japanese, French, and Spanish language and culture classes for students in grades K-12 and in the establishment of an extensive arts program. Suzanne has held leadership positions with a variety of state level commissions, including the Maine Arts Commission, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, and the Governor’s Advisory Council on the Maine/Aomori, Japan, Sister State Relationship. In 1997 she received the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.

Courtney and Lauren’s Olympic Journal: Grouse Mountain & Live City

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Courtney and Lauren explore Grouse Mountain and Live City for this next journal entry. I also have some exciting news! Tomorrow, Friday, February 26, from 10:30-11:30am we are celebrating the Winter Olympics at the Museum & Theatre. Join us for some imaginative figure skating, silly racing, a long jump and an awards ceremony. Lauren and her mother [...]

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Courtney and Lauren’s Olympic Journal: Victory Ceremony and Hockey!

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Courtney and Lauren get into the Olympic spirit for this journal entry! We can’t wait to see what they do next: Wednesday was a very exciting day for us…we went  to a Victory Ceremony for the winners of the Olympics.  It was in a stadium called BC place.  That is the same place where the [...]

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Courtney and Lauren’s Olympic Journal: February 14 & 15

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Here is the second journal entry from our young Olympic reporters, Courtney and Lauren: February 14: Valentine’s Day & Chinese New Year Today is the Year of the Tiger and we went to Chinatown to celebrate it.  Before going there we went to see the Olympic cauldron which had been lit on Friday night.  We [...]

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Courtney and Lauren’s Olympic Journal

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A Museum & Theatre family is in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics!  Courtney (with help from her sister Lauren) offered to share some of their journey with us: Travel Day Getting to Vancouver took a long time.  First we drove to Boston, then we flew to Seattle and then we drove to Vancouver.  When we [...]

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Brain Power: Studying Young Minds and How to Teach Them

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The Museum & Theatre is always filled with children under five learning and discovering through our exhibits and activities. It is exciting to see the power of play grow stronger as research progresses! In this New York Times article, Benedict Carey explores new research in the development of children before the age of 5. For [...]

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Welcome Hannah Wilhelm, Visitor Guide

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I am very excited to welcome Hannah Wilhelm as the newest member of the education staff!  Hannah graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2005 with a degree in chemistry.  During college, Hannah worked as an assistant laboratory coordinator in a physics lab, tutored peers in chemistry, and served as an intern at the Academy of [...]

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