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Bangor High School

BANGOR – The Bangor Public Library presents an exhibit by Bangor High School art students in the Lecture Hall and the Stairwell Gallery during June.

More than 50 works of art, including drawings, paintings, photographs and relief sculptures will be on the library’s walls.

The public is welcome to attend an opening of this exhibit 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5. The exhibit is open to the public during library hours.

For more information, call Kal Elmore at Bangor High School at 941-6200.

BANGOR – U.S. Rep. John Baldacci announced recently that the U.S. Department of Education has named Bangor High School as a recipient of its national Blue Ribbon Award.

Fewer than 175 middle and secondary schools across the United States will be honored in this way this year.

Federal education officials cited parental involvement and community support for a $5 million expansion effort as an important factor in the selection process.

Another key reason, according to federal officials, is Bangor High School’s outstanding rate of graduating students who intend to continue their education.

Last year, 92 percent of BHS graduates planned to further their education.

Camp Laptop

ORONO – Laptop computers are arriving in middle schools around the state, and the University of Maine is offering a summer experience to get teachers, students and parents off and running with the Maine Technology Initiative this fall.

Camp Laptop is seeking adventurers eager to explore the possibilities and challenges of teaching and learning with technology.

Sponsored by the UMaine College of Education and Human Development, the day camp will engage participants in learning the basics and potential of the iBook laptops – from technical skills and available software to visualizing concepts and creating and solving real-world problems. Two camp sessions are planned for July 23-26 and Aug. 2-5.

The camp is designed for seventh- and eighth-grade teachers and pupils and is appropriate for students and educators in grades five through nine, and for parents who want to learn more about laptop technology and how it can enrich instruction and increase home-school communication. Another goal of the camp is to prepare teachers and students for needed leadership roles based on their abilities to troubleshoot, solve problems and creatively apply concepts and curriculum.

Teams of teachers, students and parents are encouraged, and individual participation is welcome. Directed by Ed Brazee, professor of middle-level education, and Jim Chiavacci, instructional technologist, Camp Laptop instructors will emphasize collaborative hands-on learning.

The camp fee of $350 per person covers four days of intensive development, workshops, materials, lunches and snacks.

For information and registration forms, contact the UMaine College of Education and Human Development at 581-2412; or e-mail cindy.lane@umit.maine.edu.

Young Authors’ Camp

ORONO – Some of the state’s top writing teachers will lend expertise and technique to help students develop composition skills during the annual Young Authors’ Camp to be held this summer at three locations.

In addition to the day camp at the University of Maine, the program will be held at the Benton Elementary School and at the Cape Cod Hill School in New Sharon. The UMaine and Benton sites will run July 15-19, with the New Sharon program July 22-26.

All three camps are led by teachers who have completed the rigorous requirements of the Maine Writing Project at UMaine, an affiliate of the National Writing Project.

The UMaine camp is for pupils entering grades three-12, the Benton program for grades three-six, and the New Sharon camp for grades four-six. Daily sessions run 8:30 a.m.-noon.

In addition to working on skills in a supportive atmosphere, participants explore different genres of writing, compose for creativity and to inform, experiment with electronic texts, and publish and share their writing.

Information about the Young Authors’ Camp programs, sponsored by the Maine Writing Project and the UMaine College of Education and Human Development, is available by calling: UMaine, Theresa McMannus, 581-2438; Benton, Darlene Armstrong, 474-6847; and New Sharon, Brenda LaVerdiere, 645-5330.

The National Writing Project is a federally funded professional development program dedicated to the improvement of instruction in the nation’s schools, particularly through composition as a powerful way of learning in all curricular areas.

Media Camp

BANGOR – The New England School of Communications, an affiliate of Husson College, is again sponsoring three summer camps for youths interested in theater and the communications profession.

The sixth season for the Marsh River Theater Camp in Brooks will enroll students in two age groups, with those 15-18 years of age attending July 8-20 while ages 12-15 will attend the camp Aug. 5-17.

The 15th season for the Maine Media Camp is scheduled for those entering their freshman, sophomore, junior or senior year of high school July 21-26 at the NESCom Communications Center on the Husson Campus.

Located in the former Masonic Hall in Brooks, the Marsh River Theater Camp provides a complete theater experience for those attending while utilizing stage, sets, costumes and lighting. Directed by professional staff, the camp provides instruction on all phases of theater production from lighting to acting. Each session concludes with a student-operated performance.

The Media Camp provides an introduction to the fields of radio, television, advertising, journalism and multimedia. Media professionals will conduct all classes and tours of local radio and television stations as well as hands-on instruction will be featured.

For more information, call NESCom at 941-7176 or (888) 877-1876.

Fairmount School

BANGOR – The Maine Education Association, in conjunction with Anthem of Maine, recently honored Ellen Holmes with the 2002 Excellence in Education Award at the annual association assembly in Portland.

Holmes has been a teacher in Bangor for the past nine years. Currently she is a fourth-grade teacher at Fairmount School.

She serves as adjunct faculty member at the University of Maine in the preservice education program. She is an educator-facilitator for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and serves on the education committee of the Challenger Learning Center of Maine.

In December, Holmes will represent Maine in Washington, D.C., as a nominee for the 2002 National Excellence in Education Award.

Hooked on Fishing

BANGOR – Thirty-five Fairmount School pupils, their parents and school staff went on a fishing trip recently to Mud Pond in Old Town. The trip was the culmination of the monthlong program, Hooked on Fishing not on Drugs.

The program teaches pupils and their families about healthy recreational options in and around Bangor.

Pupils learned about setting goals, following rules and making decisions – and they also learned how to fish.

Fairmount School staff members Mary Evans, Ellen Holmes, Joe Dahl, Terry Hamel and Mike Beaton helped with the trip. Community member Ron Caswell volunteered at meetings and on the trip. Game Warden Dave Georgia and State of Maine coordinator Betty Lewis visited with the pupils.

The fishing trip was made possible by donations from Tee-Rex Imprinters, Rhino Linings, Rice Glass, Irving Corp., Taylor Bait, Shop ‘n Save, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola Bottling of Bangor and Impressions Hair Styling.

Colleges

Bowdoin College

BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College held its annual Honors Day ceremony May 8. Among the honors bestowed were departmental awards given to students excelling in a particular field of study.

First-year Camden Heather Ramsay of Hampden won the U.S. Chemical Rubber Company Freshman Award.

This award is given to first-year students for superior academic work in chemistry.

University of Maine

ORONO – Judges reviewed posters at the Graduate Research Exposition 2002 on the UMaine campus recently and made the following awards:

. Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education:

1. Julie Newman, Bangor, Psychology – “Friendship Experiences as Predictors of Loneliness and Depression Across the Middle School Transition.”

2. Jennifer Kendrew, Bangor, Psychology – “Gender Differences in Seasonal Prevalence Rates and Monthly Seasonal Symptom Expression.”

3. Aaron Hoshide, Bangor, Resource Economics and Policy -“Impacts of Technology Adoption: Comparing Returns to the Farming Sector in Maine under Alternative Technology Regimes.”

. Biological Sciences:

1. Anastasia Kalea, Kozani, Greece, Food and Nutrition Sciences – “Suppression of -1 Adrenergic Receptor-Mediated Contraction of Aortic Vessels by Dietary Manganese.”

2. Theresa Grove, Orono, School of Marine Sciences – “Characterization of Fatty Acyl CoA Synthetase in Notothenioid Fishes: Examining Substrate Specificity and Protein Structure.”

3. Marin Talbot, Orono, Plant Soil and Environmental Sciences – “Suppression of Rhizoctonia Disease of Potato with a Ryegrass Rotation.”

. Engineering:

1. Antonis Michael, Avgorou, Cyprus, “Civil and Environmental Engineering – Repair of Wood Piles with Fiber Reinforced Composites.”

2. Wayne Slade, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – “Estimation of Ocean Chlorophyll from Remote Sensed Data Using Neural Networks.”

3. Konstantinos Nedas, Kalamaria, Greece, Spatial Information Science and Engineering – “Beyond Exact Matches: Enabling Information Systems to Return Semantically Similar Results.”

. Physical Sciences:

1. Jesse Johnson, Bangor, Physics and Astronomy – “Reproduction of the Ross Ice Streams Using a Basal Water Model for Ice Sheets.”

2. Vincente Guiseppi, Orono, Physics and Astronomy – “A Study of Radon Gas Release from Water-Use Appliances in Maine Schools.”

3. Sarah Nelson, Bangor, Sen. George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research – “Sulfate and Mercury Deposition at Acadia National Park: Integrating Enhancement Ratios, Wet Deposition, and Landcover Data.”