Advances in teaching and learning have been incorporated into restructuring the schools to include greater reliance on parent and community involvement. The Fort Kent elementary, middle, and high schools are centrally located not far from the Fish River. The University of Maine at Fort Kent , a member of the seven campus University of Maine System, has been and integral part of Fort Kent and Northern Aroostook County since 1878 when it was founded as the Madawaska Training School for teachers. The campus now offers degrees in the liberal arts and sciences as well as professional degrees in teaching, nursing, environmental studies, computer applications, and business. Although the campus enrolls fewer than 700 students, the faculty includes outstanding teachers and nationally known scholars.
Classes are small and students are seen as individuals.
Instructional technology throughout the campus gives students access to information resources ordinarily not available in remote areas. UMFK graduates include local business people, nurses, and teachers as well as Fulbright scholars, and others who have gone on to complete advanced degrees in medicine, law, and other specialties. Since French is the native language of the area, you'll find French spoken in nearly every office with bilingual signs where possible.