SAGE memberrship is available for anyone over 50+ and interested in lifelong learning.  There are no tests, little homework and no pressure to achieve any preset standards.  It is for the fun, friendship and keeping the brain sharp.

We need two forms completed - Assumption of Risk and a Photo Release.  After your registration is complete, you will receive an email with a link to the forms that need to be completed.  When you complete it and hit "submit", it will automatically be sent to us. 

The Membership fee covers September 1 to August 31.  The membership fee must be paid to take classes through SAGE or other Senior Colleges.  Membership Fees Are Non-Refundable. We do not prorate this fee if someone joins for just one semester.  

Funding is available for membership/class fees through TheSAGEfund.  Please leave a message at the SAGE Volunteer Office for more information by calling 768-9501. 

MEMBERS OF OTHER SENIOR COLLEGES ARE AUTOMATICALLY MEMBERS OF SAGE.

Senior College membership required. 

Jan 21 – At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer Fleming. It’s Christmas time in Millers Kill, and Reverend Clare Fergusson and her husband Russ van Alstyne - newly resigned from his position as chief of police – plan to enjoy it with their baby boy. On their list: visiting Santa, decorating the tree, and attending church. But when a beloved holiday parade is crashed by white supremacists, Clare and Russ find themselves sucked into a parallel world of militias, machinations, and murder.

Feb 18 – Threads of Deception by our own Beverly D Knowles.  This is her second book, and we are so proud she is a member of our Book Club. “What could possibly be cannonballing toward the Abbotts? Curious about a newspaper clipping that details an event unknown to Elizabeth and Charlie, the retired teacher and pilot are drawn to a midcoastal Maine inn only to return home to their Victorian. Underlying dilemmas weigh upon them, including the preservation of their 1870s spirit-inhabited Victorian and the disappearance of Jennie and Rebecca several years ago. And then there are the clairvoyant ones as well as Mrs. Abbott’s former students.

Mar 18 – Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray. “…But when Frances meets a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a tea dance, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. She thinks he’s a rich, arrogant dilettante who gets by on a handsome face and a famous name. He thinks she’s a priggish bluestocking and insufferable do-gooder. Neither knows it yet, but over the next twenty years, they will form a historic partnership that will carry them both to the White House.”

Sign up is recommended so we can develop a contact list for emergencies and changes but it isn't required.

The Sargent Family Community Center and Seniors Achieving Greater Education will host a Cribbage Group for all skill levels starting January 7, 2026.  It will be held on Wednesdays starting right after Tai Chi – about 10:30AM.  Tables of 2, 3 or 4 will be set up depending on the day’s arrivals.  No experience? We’ll teach them.  An expert? We’ll challenge them. Remillie will teach one person to play Cribbage for One, if interested. Stop by at 9:30 AM for Tai Chi and stay for Cribbage at 10:30 AM.  It would make for a great morning of fun, challenge and staying healthy.  And, it’s all Free.

The Model Railroad Display at the Sargent Family Community Center was such a success, they decided to form a Model Railroad Club.  SAGE members have been invited to join in on the fun.  The model railroad industry has changed so much since our childhood.  It is very interesting to learn about the new way to do things and how to displays are now being done.

The first meeting of the club is going to be at the Sargent Family Community Center on January 27th at 5:30PM.  That's a Tuesday. If you are interested in seeing what is going on, please let Rick know by signing up on this class page or drop by the Community Center.  Registration isn't necessary but it would be polite to let them know how many to expect.

Class is held on ZOOM

There are almost 40 museums and historical societies here in Aroostook County and they are all different and have many terrific stories to tell.  We will take a PowerPoint journey to visit these amazing places. 

Host: Dennis Koch, a returning SAGE instructor and former Board member.

At the “planning meeting” last Fall, members requested a look into the history of the towns and cities of Aroostook County.  In partnership with the Sargent Family Community Center, we will take a trip to as many historical societies, museums, and historical sites as possible in 2026.  Those interested are invited to this next three weeks to help layout a plan for visiting these sites.

This is an overview of my 2024 trip out west to hike and hunt bumble bees, with stops in Ohio, Illinois, South Dakota, and Wyoming. It examines the state parks and wilderness areas visited and some biology of the bumble bees found. Instructor: Dave Hobbins is a retired UMFK forestry professor who got involved as a citizen scientist for the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas in 2017.  He has been hooked on Bumble bees ever since. He lives with his wife in Fort Kent and is a board member of the St. John Valley Senior College.

Will be at the Mi’kmaq Administration Building 7 Northern Street, Presque Isle

           Jenny Gaenzle, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, will show us the artifacts the museum has and talk to us about the history, life, and importance of the Mi’kmaq Nation to America throughout history. The museum display includes 44 artifacts returned home from the Ralph T. Coe Center, New Mexico. Amazing. Amust see and hear for everyone interested in Native history.

Instructor: Jenny Gaenzle, Tribal Historic Preservation Office.