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Schools

AP Scholars

Several schools have been honored to have students named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of exceptional achievement on the college-level AP exams.

Bangor High School: Greta Alquist, Caleb Canders and Justin Vroom received the AP Scholar Award with Distinction by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more.

Corey Mallonee and Elizabeth Mooers qualified for AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Michael Aube, Daniel Buck, Katherine Dawson, Laura Giorgio, Abbie Goetting, Lucy Gross, Thomas Jones, Mary Molnar, Amber Rankin, Rachel Shulman, William Warner and Monica Willey qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher.

Central High School, Corinth – Blake Goodwin and Adam Jones have earned the designation of AP Scholar by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher.

Goodwin is the son of Timothy and Beth Goodwin of Hudson, and a freshman at the University of Southern California. Jones is the son of Mike Jones of Hudson and Patty Jones of Texas, and a freshman at the University of Maine.

John Bapst Memorial High School, Bangor – Erica Durling of Holden, Michael Lutz of Alton and Winfield Swanton of Holden qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Kyle Curtis of Holden, Ian Levesque of East Orland, Maria Openshaw of Hampden, Katherine Rice of Veazie and Kristen Steller of Glenburn qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP examinations with grades of 3 or higher.

Take the Lead

BANGOR – Marion Bradford of Bangor, a junior at Bangor High School, was one of 38 young women who participated Oct. 2-5 in Take the Lead, a Mount Holyoke College leadership program. The weekend offered a range of workshops and activities on leadership, and focused on mentoring, diversity and social activism.

Bradford is the daughter of Dr. John and Marjorie Bradford. Her action project involves instituting a program to fight food abuse among children, particularly girls, by giving them a healthier perspective on their bodies.

Each student was paired with a Mount Holyoke College student-mentor trained at the college’s Harriet L. and Paul M. Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts. The mentors worked one-on-one with the students to develop their action projects, and will continue to offer advice, feedback and support through e-mail for up to six months, until the project is complete.

John Bapst Memorial High School

BANGOR – The Dinner Mystery Theater production of “Murder in the Court!” will be staged by the John Bapst Players at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8 and Nov. 14-15, in the auditorium at 100 Broadway.

Tickets include dinner and only are available in advance at the John Bapst Fine Arts Office, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. starting Oct. 27, on days school is in session. Vegetarian meals must be ordered when tickets are purchased. The cost is $15; senior citizens and students, $13.

For information, call 947-0313 and ask for the Fine Arts Office.

Bangor Christian Schools

The Modern Woodmen Creative Writing Essay Contest offered Bangor Christian pupils an opportunity to develop writing skills while pursuing personal and academic accomplishments.

This year’s topic was “A Day in the Life of Someone Else.” In their essays, pupils explained who they would be, and what they would do if they were alive one day as someone else.

Winners were: Cameron Henry, first place; Jennifer Stumpfel, second place; and Alyssa Fish, third place.

National young leader

BANGOR – Meghan Simonds of Hampden, a student at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, has been selected to participate in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, Oct. 14-19. The conference is a leadership development program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit. Simonds will be one of approximately 350 scholars to attend the conference.

Simonds is a treasurer of her school’s student senate, and is a member of the National Honor Society, the International Club and the Key Club.

The conference theme is “The Leaders of Tomorrow Meeting the Leaders of Today.” For six days, Simonds will interact with elected officials, political appointees and newsmakers in an exploration of the three branches of government, the news media and the international community.

Simonds will participate in leadership skill-building activities and simulations. In one role-play activity, If I Were President, students act as the president and Cabinet members responding to an international crisis. Students also participate in Testing the Constitution, examining actual Supreme Court cases. And in the Model Congress, scholars assume the roles of U.S representatives and debate, amend and vote on proposed mock legislation.

Pendleton Street School

BREWER – Pendleton Street School in Brewer has received a $500 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program to support the school’s enrichment program. Jim Coleman of RH Foster Energy and Brewer Mobil teamed up with school officials to secure the grant, one of 4,000 available to schools served by Exxon Mobil Corp.

The check was presented to Pendleton Street School by Kevin Forrest. Staff and pupils at Pendleton said they want to thank all the community members involved in securing the grant for supporting the school.

Colleges

Colby College

WATERVILLE – Jennifer Leighton of Orrington, a junior at Colby College, is spending the academic year in Paris through the Hamilton Junior Year in France program. Leighton, a graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School, is the daughter of Michael and Susan Leighton of Orrington. She majors in French studies.

Kathleen E. Toole of Glenburn, a junior at Colby College, is spending the fall semester in England enrolled in a course of studies at the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Center in London. Toole, a graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School, is the daughter of Robert and Patricia Toole of Bangor. She is majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing.

University of Illinois

URBANA, Ill. – Jill Hebert, daughter of Louie and Raymonde Hebert of Glenburn, has been accepted to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine – one of 104 students admitted for the 2003-2004 year.

Hebert graduated from John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor in 1999. She attended the University of Maine, earning a bachelor’s degree in preveterinary sciences and equine studies.

University of Southern Maine

PORTLAND – Several local USM students received awards at Recognition Day ceremonies last spring:

. Orono – Jessica A. Libby, a sociology and an elementary education major, the Barbara Ann Payne Education Scholarship. She is a 1999 graduate of Orono High School and the daughter of Bill and Diann Libby of Orono.

. Old Town – Kimberly Chaisson, an occupational therapy major, the Lewiston-Auburn College Graduate Student Scholarship. She is a 1997 graduate of Old Town High School and the daughter of Frank and Dawn Chaisson of Old Town.