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Schools

‘ZOOM’ Bangor

BANGOR – Maine PBS will air a new season of locally produced “ZOOM” segments featuring kids from all over Maine – including a girl from Bangor, beginning March 31.

The one-minute segments, titled “ZOOM Into Action,” feature 20 stories about Maine kids who are making a difference in their communities by volunteering. The segments will be broadcast as a portion of the new season of “ZOOM” that airs weekdays at 5 p.m.

The “ZOOM into Action” segment on March 31 profiles 9-year-old Cole of Southport Island, who visits the Chewonki Foundation on Sundays to help feed wounded birds of prey.

On April 1, viewers will see 12-year-old Sherri Beth of Bangor, who volunteers at the Maine Discovery Museum.

For more information, visit the Web at www.mpbc.org.

Brewer Project Graduation

BREWER – Project Graduation Raffle will have a drawing for an Old Town stoker kayak, paddle and life jacket on April 17. A drawing for 25 pounds of lobster will be drawn May 9, with two chances.

Tickets at $1 each or six for $5 are available from senior parents or by calling Bertha McAvoy at 989-7314 or Debbie Ouelette at 989-5049.

Hermon High School

HERMON – Janice Clain of Hermon High School has received the Leader of the Year Award for outstanding results in promoting the study of modern and classical languages. She has taught at Hermon since 1980 and has been department head for most of that time.

The Foreign Language Association of Maine presented the award at its annual conference March 6-7 in Portland. More than 300 world language teachers participated.

Under Clain’s guidance, Hermon’s foreign language program has grown to include four-year offerings in French, Spanish and German – Clain is proficient in all three – and has expanded to include three full-time instructors.

Clain has introduced conversational programs for novice learners and is investigating a new advanced placement class. She has worked extensively to align curriculum, and the high school will offer a fifth-year Spanish class.

Clain also has organized several total immersion classes at the school, inviting many local area high schools.

Holden energy patrol

HOLDEN – Kids at Holden Elementary School helped the school save about $400 per month on electric bills. That translates to $4,000 over a 10-month school year.

Pupils in the fourth grade brought about the savings through energy patrols. Students head out in pairs while their classmates are at lunch. First they record the day’s weather and temperature, then they check the empty classrooms to see if lights and computer monitors are turned off.

If they are, the classroom gets a “thanks” sticker on a special calendar. If not, they get an “oops” sticker that reminds them to be more careful the next day.

On Friday afternoon, the pupils tally up all the “thanks” stickers each classroom gets. The class with the most stickers gets its name posted on the office bulletin board, and keeps the Energy Patrol polar bear puppet in the classroom for the week. At the end of the day, the students also shut off the computers in the lab and make sure all outside doors are shut.

The youngsters compared the school’s energy bills for October, November and December with bills for previous years and found that the school was using about 650 fewer kilowatt hours per month.

Holden Elementary School is just one of about 30 schools in Maine saving energy using Energy Patrols. The Maine Energy Education Program, which also sponsors the Electrathon, Junior Solar Sprint, Green Schools and other energy conservation programs, can help schools get started with energy patrols. Contact MEEP at 625-7833 or meep@psouth.net.

Holbrook Little League

HOLDEN – Holbrook Recreation is holding registration for Little League baseball, Farm League baseball, Little League softball, Minor League softball and T-ball for children ages 5-12 from Holden, Clifton, Dedham and Eddington. Call Jeff and Tracey Gideon at 843-6232 or Don Hart at 843-5569.

Stillwater Montessori

OLD TOWN – Stillwater Montessori School will have an open house 9 a.m.-6 p.m. April 2. All are welcome to visit the elementary and middle school programs at Holy Family Parish on South Brunswick Street.

Multiage programs for grades one-three and four-eight focus on meeting each child’s learning potential. Instruction is given in art, creative movement, music and French. After-school programs include Chess Club, Culture Club and Environment Club. These are open to the community. As a part of the open house, there will be an after-school chess program 3:30-4:30 p.m. April 2.

For more information, call Joe Alex at 827-2404.

Aspiring teachers

ORONO – Outstanding Maine high school students considering a career in teaching have the opportunity to get solid experience at the University of Maine this summer. The UMaine College of Education and Human Development’s Future Teachers Academy, offered at no cost to participants, takes place June 22-25.

Some 30 highly motivated incoming high school juniors and seniors will be selected from throughout Maine, based on their academic record and desire to teach, especially in the areas of secondary or middle school mathematics, physical science and foreign languages. Some qualified sophomores also will be considered.

The four-day campus experience includes workshops, seminars and technology-rich programs with UMaine faculty, outstanding high school teachers and students already in the UMaine teacher preparation program. The goal is to provide aspiring teachers a realistic overview of the profession, including opportunities, challenges, issues and accountability standards, as well as the latest research in the processes of teaching and learning.

Students interested should contact the College of Education and Human Development or their high school guidance counselor for information and an application. The application deadline is April 10. The UMaine contact is Owen J. Logue, assistant dean, 581-2485, oj.logue@umit.maine.edu.

Funding for the academy comes from the MBNA Community Foundation, the university and other sources.

Colleges

Connecticut College

NEW LONDON, Conn. -Kate Bauer Kovenock has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Connecticut College.

Women’s history talk

ORONO – The Women in the Curriculum/Women’s Studies Program Lunch Series at the University of Maine will present four historians of women’s public history speaking about their new book, “Her Past Around Us: Interpreting Sites for Women’s History,” 12:15-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in the Bangor Lounge at the Memorial Union.

Edited by Polly Welts Kaufman, founder of the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail and project director for women’s history trails in Portland and Brunswick; and Katharine T. Corbett, former director of interpretation of the Missouri Historical Society, the collection offers a “guide to finding and presenting places that bring new visibility to women’s lives and illuminate goals.”

Presenters are: Polly Welts Kaufman, “Who Walked Before Me? Creating Women’s History Trails;” Eileen Eagan, University of Southern Maine, “Immortalizing Women: Finding Meaning in Public Sculpture;” Katharine T. Corbett, “Called Home: Finding Women’s History in Nineteenth-Century Cemeteries;” and Candace A. Kanes, Maine College of Art, “Revisiting Main Street: Uncovering Women Entrepreneurs.” For information, call 581-1228.