Schools

Bangor High School

BANGOR – The curricular and extracurricular talents and accomplishments of Bangor High School students will be in the spotlight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. Student presentations and activities will take place throughout the building and will include the performance of the one-act play, “Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes.”

Activities for the evening are:

. Business: Student computer project displays and demonstrations; honors accounting and advanced placement economics discussion.

. English: ninth-grade honors work, “A Montage of Short Stories,” scenes from “Macbeth,” speech class presentations, “Macbeth on Display: The Inner Workings of a Character,” and “The Crucible: Scenes of Intolerance.”

. Fine and performing arts: Music performances – jazz, chamber choir, jazz band, fiddle group and orchestra, art displays, art history displays.

. FOCUS: Program display.

. Foreign language: Student displays, projects, food tasking and presentations; Italian-Latin games; poetry and skits in French; a singalong in Spanish; Chinese Ma Jiang and calligraphy; “Why Foreign Languages?” and “Julia in Urbes, The Story of a Roman Portrait,” ongoing videos in the language lab.

. Guidance: Display illustrating developmental guidance program.

. History: “China’s Emergence as a Global Power,” “A Different View of History,” world geography and ancient history projects, and world history projects.

. JROTC: Drill team and color guard demonstration.

. Math: Robotic demonstration by students and University of Maine graduate fellows, math team demonstration, multimedia and computer programming projects, origami and geometry.

. Physical education: Equipment demonstration and display, video presentation of program.

. Project Transition: Classrooms open.

. Science: Student projects in earth science, fruit fly genetics, dolphin skeleton and marine specimens; spectrophotometry demonstrations and labs; Envirothon Team; computer monitoring of CO2 respiration; physics lab and demonstrations; mineral identification; chemistry demonstrations; astronomy labs and observatory; chemistry labs and demonstrations; Students Ending Environmental Destruction; ozone monitoring station; and physics lab and demonstrations.

. Special education: New classrooms open.

. Technology: Display of student work.

. United Technology Center: Robotics display.

. TEMSS: Discussion about program with current and incoming parents.

Prom dress resale event

HAMPDEN – Hampden Academy Dollars for Scholars will sponsor its first prom dress resale event March 19-20 at the school library.

The event works as a consignment, with all dresses priced at $40 – $30 for the seller, $10 for Dollars for Scholars scholarships.

Dresses may be dropped off 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 19. The sale will be held noon-4 p.m. Saturday, March 20. Money and unsold dresses may be picked up 4-5 p.m. Saturday, March 20.

For information, e-mail LJMatt@aol.com.

Highland Preschool

HAMPDEN – The Highland Preschool, 29 Kennebec Road, will hold an open house from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the school. Registrations are now being accepted for the 2004-2005 school year. To learn more about the school, call 862-3351.

Law Day Essay Contest

BANGOR – The Penobscot County Bar Association has announced its sponsorship in the 2004 Law Day Essay Contest. The contest theme is “To Win Equality by Law: Brown v. Board of Education at 50.”

High school seniors, or the equivalent, who are residents of Penobscot County are eligible to participate. Scholarships of $500, $250, $100, and $50 will be awarded to first, second, third and honorable mention winners.

Essays of 500 words or fewer must be typed and double spaced, and must include name of student, address, phone number, high school, principal or equivalent, student’s age and certification as a 12th-grader. Essays must be postmarked no later than April 16. Winners will be announced May 3. Essays should be mailed to: Law Day Essay Contest, Penobscot County Bar Association, c/o Marie Hansen, P.O. Box 924, Bangor ME 04402-0924.

Harry Potter Night

HAMPDEN – Teachers from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy will visit Hampden Academy on Friday, March 19. Local elementary school children are invited to attend orientation at Hampden Academy, since Hogwarts is encouraging more Muggle enrollment.

Children in Hampden, Winterport and Newburgh already have received acceptance letters from Hogwarts as invitations to Harry Potter Night in Hampden.

Parents and children are invited to eat dessert, prepared by Hogwarts’ house elves, from 6 to 6:30 p.m. The evening, hosted by the Hampden Academy Junior Classical League – the Latin Club, costs $5, $3 for children. Children who attend the dessert night are encouraged to stay afterwards for more fun, at no cost, at Harry Potter Night.

Children will be sorted into Hogwarts houses and will experience short classes with Howarts teachers. Classes include wand-making with Mrs. Ollivander, potions with Professor Snape, herbology with Professor Sprout, and defense against the dark arts and magical mythology taught by new teachers.

The night will conclude with the awarding of the House Cup, and prizes will be given to winners in a Harry Potter character look-alike contest. Local businesses have donated prizes for the contest. After the awards are made, children will play quidditch. Hogwarts will provide brooms and balls. Festivities will end at 8:30 p.m.

Colleges

Babson College

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Michael Allen Crain of Bangor has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at Babson College. He is a member of the class of 2006 and is the son of Richard B. Allen.

Maine Maritime Academy

CASTINE – Midshipman Steven Case of Bangor currently is serving as regimental bandmaster of the Maine Maritime Academy Regiment of Midshipmen, a student-run leadership and training model.

As bandmaster, Case is the ranking midshipman in command of the regimental band. He was selected for the position on the basis of academic performance, conduct and leadership.

Case also was selected to serve as cadet third mate of the college’s training ship, State of Maine, for the spring training cruise. He also serves as the cadet safety officer of the State of Maine, responsible for maintenance of life and rescue boats.

He is a graduate of Bangor High School.

Merrimack College

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Mallory Brown of Milford has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Merrimack College.

Simmons College

BOSTON – Catherine Chasse and Leah Grant, both of Bangor, have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Simmons College.

University of Maine

ORONO – The University of Maine recognized 366 students who completed degrees in December. Of the graduates, 292 are from Maine, 65 are from out of state, and 9 are from foreign countries.

The graduates from the Greater Bangor area are:

Bangor: James Harris, Michelle Sherbak, Barbara Libby, Marie Cattelle, Michael St. Pierre, Steven Foley, Marni Singer, Jaret Miller, Jerome Bradford, Amanda Stevens, Trevor Bragdon, Ryan Miller, Sarah Guerette, Keith Turner, Valerie Cookson, David Proctor, Lee Clein, Russell Edgar, Elaina Chiarchiaro, Erik Cattelle, Richard Glencross, Jessie Bishop, Catherine Schmitt, Kelly Nobles, Jessica Dunton, Toyoko Leonard, Eric York, BA English; Kurt Milligan, Matthew Richie and Tina Smith.

Bradley: Nicole Peltier, Keith Pelletier and Kevin Gallant.

Brewer: Leah Bernier, Danielle Russell, Patricia Largay, Amy Kelley and Christopher Libby.

Corinth: Lori Townsend.

Eddington: Abby Carter and Katie Welsh.

Glenburn: Rochelle Harriman, Daniel Rosso, Odin Dwyer and Stacy Rudnicki.

Greenfield: Sarah Denis.

Hampden: David Houghton, Carrie Hart and Paula Codrington.

Hermon: Dawn Dixon, Danielle Cyr, Courtney Reynolds and Phyllis Bull.

Holden: Marcus Hale and Sharon Carter.

Levant: Kelly Lapierre, Gretchen Schaefer and Nicole Carrow.

Milford: Allan Trott, Jennifer Moore and Scott Stuart.

Newburgh: Rachel Kenyon.

Old Town: Gina Capone, Clyde Coleman, Cynthia Norton, Lynn Maddocks, Meridith Atwood, James Campbell, Kerri Wyman, Paula Pietrowski, Marin Brewer, Aaron Falls, Julie Morrison, Asheley Simpson and Chandra St. Peter.

Orono: Mohammad Rahman, Arian Gregory, Bryant Lewis, Jeffrey Owen, Jeremy Winn, Carleena Bhaduri, Mitchell Ruzzoli, Semra Ozdemir, Binaya Acharya, Yimeng Ding, Sarah Gorden, Dalton Ingraham, Cathryn Sherman, Anish Senan, Jeremy St. Onge, Joshua Botting, Aja Higgins, Adam Meyer, Neil Anderson, Karen Introne, Robert Sinclair and Sherri Cauthen.

Orrington: Steven Hanscom.

Stillwater: Markus Wuersch and Jeanne Paradis.

Veazie: Lyndsey Monroe, Kristina Ramos, Kevin Carr and Gary Arnold.

Winterport: Summer Allen and Justin Smith.

University of Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. – Meghan Kramer was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Nebraska. A 2003 graduate of Hampden Academy, she is the daughter of Greg and Kathy Kramer of Hampden.

Wheaton College

NORTON, Mass. – Molly Wiebe of Bangor, John Estes of Hampden, Jonathan McBee of Hampden and Aislinn Stetson of Holden have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Wheaton College.