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Schools

All-State Jazz Festival

BANGOR – The Maine All-State Jazz Festival will be held Jan. 6-8 at Bangor High School. It will feature four performing ensembles made up of 76 students representing 38 Maine schools – all selected by audition.

The concert will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at Peakes Auditorium at the school. Tickets at the door are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and a maximum of $15 for families.

Bangor High School

BANGOR – Three years after its last issue, the Bangor High School Ram-Page is now being published again.

Staffers include co-editors Casey Dunn and Kaitlin Walmsley, Krysta Koncinsky, Richard Korman, Carlin Puckett, Jolene Belanger, Melanie Craig, Elizabeth Burroughs-Heineman, Tristan Taber, Amanda Fahey and Tara Hackett.

Brewer High School

BREWER – Brewer High School will hold its annual financial aid workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, in the high school cafeteria.

Peggy Crawford, director of financial aid at the University of Maine, will provide instruction on completing FAFSA, and address the process of filing for federal student aid, in general.

Instructions for completing the FAFSA online as well as completion in the “paper” format will be available. The session is open to the public.

John Bapst Memorial High School

BANGOR – Twenty-two students from John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program exams.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school and to receive college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 17 percent of the more than 1 million high school students in more than 15,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

Students at Bapst took the AP Exams in May after completing challenging college-level courses at the school. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number of yearlong courses and exams (or their equivalent semester-long courses and exams).

At John Bapst Memorial High School, 10 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award 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 of these exams. They are: Emily Crowley, Levant; Reed Gochberg, Surry; Douglas Lamb, Bangor; Eli Levenson-Falk, Carmel; Sara Miller, Clifton; Daniel Myerowitz, Holden; Maria Openshaw, Hampden; Renee Rioux, Holden; David Sawyer, Holden; and Bethany Scheidt, Veazie.

In addition, four students qualified for the 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. Those students are Joel Alex, Old Town; Kate McLean, Orrington; Meghan Simonds, Hampden; and Katee Stearns, Orrington.

Eight students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Examinations with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Elien Becque, Sullivan; Christopher Castonguay, Etna; Luke Chernosky, Corinth; Sioing He, Glenburn; Tamra Knapp, Glenburn; Sonya Morse, Eddington; James Peckenham, Orland; and Brian Roach, Holden.

The school’s overall AP average was 3.95.

Old Town High School

Again this year, the Old Town High School band has made a substantial contribution to the All-State Band, which is made up of the best musicians in the entire state.

This year the school will send nine students. Band members are:

. Whitney Thurston, clarinet.

. Regina Kenneway, baritone saxophone.

. Amy McFalls, trumpet.

. Skylar Hopkins, euphonium.

. Josh Marcho, euphonium.

. Cody Gilks, trombone.

. William Hamilton, tuba.

Orchestra members are:

. Joey Drake, percussion.

. Clarissa Livingston, clarinet.

The school also will send two musicians to play at the Jazz All-State:

. Regina Kenneway, baritone saxophone.

. Amy McFalls, trumpet.

Congratulations are in order for the following seniors on their college acceptances:

. Heather LaBelle, Pierre’s School of Cosmetology.

. Shauna Siddons, Travis St. Louis, Alivia Moore, Rachel Allen, and Adam Avery to the University of Maine in Orono.

. Jennifer Caron, Simmons College.

Reeds Brook Middle School

HAMPDEN – Sarah Cayia was selected as the Daily Point of Light for Tuesday, Nov. 30.

Cayia, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Reeds Brooke Middle School, created “Boxes for Bosnia,” a schoolwide campaign to send school supplies to Bosnian schoolchildren.

Cayia’s father was serving in the National Guard in Bosnia when she decided she wanted to help students in war-torn areas. She organized a school-supply drive and volunteers. The National Guard assisted her by distributing the supplies in Bosnia.

While students at Reeds Brooke Middle School enjoyed a class on Bosnia to accompany the project, Cayia said, “The most memorable part of this project was when I saw pictures of how happy the children were when they saw all of the school supplies.”

The Daily Points of Light Award is given by The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, in partnership with the Knights of Columbus and the Corporation for National and Community Service. It is designed to honor individuals and organizations who have made a commitment to connect Americans through service to help meet critical needs in their communities and in the nation, especially those focused on the goals for children and youth set by the President’s Summit for America’s Future.

“We receive nominations, highlighting various volunteer activities and initiatives, daily. We search for programs that meet community needs and lead to long-term solutions; efforts that build connections between the community; efforts that are of at least six months in duration and efforts that demonstrate measurable impact,” said Robert Goodwin, president and CEO of the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network.

“For demonstrating volunteer service that meets all of these criteria, Sarah Cayia is truly deserving of recognition as a Daily Point of Light,” Goodwin said.

President George W. Bush and former president George Bush have endorsed the revived Daily Points of Light Award and each will send a congratulatory letter to Sarah Cayia.

Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said, “The Knights of Columbus extends sincere congratulations to Sarah Cayia. We thank you for putting your values into action and for giving unselfish service to others with such energy and commitment. You are an inspiration to us all.”

For those interested in other volunteer opportunities, call (800) VOLUNTEER, provided by the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network. Daily Points of Light Award nomination forms are available by calling (202) 729-8184 or e-mailing awards@pointsoflight.org.

Writers, illustrators contest

Maine Public Broadcasting and the award-winning PBS series “Reading Rainbow” are sponsoring the 11th annual Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. The national competition is open to pupils in kindergarten through grade three who are inspired to write and illustrate their own stories. The competition promotes literacy, writing, creative thinking and artistic expression. Each child who submits an entry will receive a certificate of achievement signed by “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton.

New for the 2005 contest is the “Reading Rainbow” contest guide with educational materials developed by the staff of Maine Public Broadcasting. The materials meet the Maine Learning Results standards and feature a series of sequential lessons on how to write and illustrate a story.

Lesson plans, official contest rules and entry forms will be available at www.mpbc.org on Saturday, Jan. 1. Entries must be received by Thursday, March 31, at Maine Public Broadcasting, 1450 Lisbon St., Lewiston ME 04240.

Colleges

Eastern Maine Community College

BANGOR – The Eastern Maine Community College Bookstore collected more than 500 food items, which were delivered to Manna on Dec. 22.

President Joyce Hedlund’s office will move from Maine Hall to Rangeley Hall the week of Jan. 27.

New X-ray machines were installed in the new Radiography Program training lab on Dec. 28.

The Radiography Program will begin Jan. 10, one week earlier than all other classes. That first week includes only clinical education assignments.

During semester break, the EMCC Library will be open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 5-9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17.

The school will be closed Friday, Dec. 31, and Monday, Jan. 17.