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Schools

Brewer High School

BREWER – No matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn. That’s the idea behind the Community of Caring lecture series, sponsored by Brewer High School, Riverview Primary Care, Bangor Rape Response Services and Brewer Rehab Center. The series offers monthly lectures on topics that affect children.

The lectures, two each session, are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Student Services conference room at Brewer High School. The schedule is:

. Oct. 29 – Bullying and Harassment, and Osteoporosis.

. Nov. 19 – Dealing with Drugs, and Dealing with Drugs.

. Dec. 17 – Drugs in Our Area, and Heart Disease and Cholesterol.

. Jan. 28 – Child Sexual Abuse 1, and Depression and Anxiety.

. Feb. 25 – Child Sexual Abuse 2, and Diabetes, Session 1.

. March 31 – Dating Violence, and Diabetes, Session 2.

. April 28 – Sexual Assault and Treatment for Substance Abuse.

. May 26 – Dating Safety, and Asthma and Allergies.

John Bapst and Brewer High

BANGOR – The hearts of students and staff at two area high schools are safer now, thanks to the American Heart Association.

John Bapst Memorial High School and Brewer High School have each received an automated external defibrillator, or AED, a device that could save a person from sudden cardiac arrest.

At the 2002 American Heart Association’s Heart Walk, participant Ray Giroux received the AED, compliments of Philips Medical Systems, for being the top fund-raiser for the event. As “Top Walker,” Giroux could donate the device to anyplace in the community.

He decided it would go to John Bapst Memorial High School. Under the direction of Eastern Maine Healthcare training manager Sue Vernon, a registered nurse, several members of the staff were trained to use the device.

Cathy Sherman, the school nurse for Brewer High School, had her sights on winning the defibrillator during the 2002 walk. But though she didn’t win, the school started a fund-raising effort to purchase its own unit.

Every year, more than 250,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest. The early use of CPR and the AED device is the only feasible method of achieving early defibrillation, according to the American Heart Association.

Keeping in mind the recent death of a Belfast student athlete, John Bapst Memorial High School might take its AED to the coming regional track meet as a precaution. John Bapst and Brewer are currently the only two schools in the area with a defibrillator.

Phillips Medical Systems will donate another AED for the 2003 Heart Walk, to be placed in the community of this year’s “Top Walker.”

The walk starts at 9:30 a.m., with 8:30 a.m. registration on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Husson College campus. For information or registration, call toll free (800) 937-0944.

Hampden Academy

HAMPDEN – Ten students at Hampden Academy have earned the designation of AP Scholar from the College Board in recognition of exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Exams.

Jarred Brown, Neil Hartz, Mary Samp and Adam Standley qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all the AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams.

Matthew Chabot, Elizabeth Hassell and Joshua Jenkins qualified for the AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.24 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of the exams.

Virginia Early, Leslie Matthews and Christine Mosley qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher.

Jarred Brown earned the AP State Scholar designation when he completed eight AP classes with a grade average of 4.75. He is the son of Jean Camuso and Dr. Eric Brown of Hampden, and is a freshman at Harvard University. The designation is granted to one male and one female in each state and the District of Columbia.

Nearly 15 percent of the more than 1 million high school students in more than 14,000 secondary schools worldwide who took the AP exams performed well enough to merit the AP Scholar designation.

Students took the exams in May after completing college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number of yearlong courses and exams and taken.

Colleges

Scholarship recipients

ORONO – Anthony Vachon of Brewer received the $1,000 Bill Green Memorial Scholarship at a special ceremony hosted by ACM’s Education Foundation Chairman Jack Kelley, who also is president of Associated General Contractors of America.

Vachon is a freshman majoring in electrical construction at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle. Five other students from parts of Maine also received scholarships.

“It gives me a great deal of pleasure to recognize this year’s scholarship recipients,” Kelley said. “Their academic achievements have distinguished these students as being among the best and the brightest, and bode well for the future of our industry.”

Also receiving scholarships were:

. Kimberly Ouellette of Manchester, $4,000 Herbert E. Sargent Scholarship, senior majoring in construction management at University of Maine, Orono.

. Shane Amoroso of Rumford, $3,000 CPM Constructors/Eldon Morrison Scholarship, senior majoring in construction management, UM.

. Gaeten Bergeron of Hebron, $2,000 Cianbro Corp. Scholarship, junior majoring in construction management, UM.

. Jamie Garland of Anson, $2,000 Carl Cianchette Memorial Scholarship, sophomore majoring in civil engineering, UM.

. Daniel Glover of Windsor, $1,000 Reggie Parker Memorial Scholarship, freshman majoring in electrical technology at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland.

ACM’s Education Foundation was established in 1989 to assist Maine students pursuing construction-related college degrees. Scholarship awards are derived from the interest earned on the foundation’s endowment, which currently stands at more than $400,000 and was amassed solely through charitable donations.

Chartered in 1951, Associated Constructors of Maine is a state chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America and represents the interests of more than 270 construction firms and related businesses throughout Maine.

Bowdoin College

BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College held its annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony Oct. 10 to honor undergraduates who distinguished themselves by excellence in scholarship.

Those recognized are in the top 20 percent of each class for the previous academic year. In addition, those scholars who earned a GPA of 4.0 are designated Sarah and James Bowdoin Book Award winners.

Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars from Greater Bangor are:

. Robert A. Kinney, Class of 2005, Bangor.

. Kimberly A. Stevens, Class of 2005, Bangor.

. Camden H. Ramsay, Class of 2005, Holden.

. Erin A. Lucey, Class of 2006, Holden.

. Catherine A. DelVecchio, Class of 2005, Holden.

. Tracy J. McKay, Class of 2006, Holden.

. Eric G. Penley, Class of 2005, Holden.

. Sarah E. Mountcastle, Class of 2005, Orono.

The designation of Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars honors James Bowdoin III and his wife, Sarah. James Bowdoin III was the earliest patron of the college and was instrumental in its founding in 1794. Sarah Bowdoin also gave many gifts to the college, including most of the Bowdoin family portraits.

Middlebury College

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Anne Wright of Bangor, Michael McCarthy of Hampden and Adam Sewall of Orono graduated from Middlebury College in May.

All received bachelor’s degrees – Wright in history, McCarthy in English and Sewall in geography.