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Bangor High School

BANGOR – Jessica Rioux, a recent graduate of Bangor High School, is the recipient of a Sam Walton Community Scholarship of $1,000. In the fall, she will attend Baypath College in Longmeadow, Mass., where she plans to study forensic science. She is the daughter of Kathleen Rioux.

Interlochen Arts Camp

INTERLOCHEN, Mich. – Mary Grattan of Bangor has been named one of only 53 Emerson Scholars, entitling her to a full scholarship to attend Interlochen Arts Camp, which is celebrating its 78th year.

Sponsored by Emerson of St. Louis, the program allows outstanding high school musicians to attend the arts camp. The $5,582 scholarship provides full tuition, private lessons and room and board for six weeks.

Grattan, the daughter of Roger and Nancy Grattan, has played clarinet in the Bangor Symphony Orchestra youth competition and played in All-State band as section leader. She is interested in music education, performance and medicine as career fields.

The Emerson Scholar Award is for high school students who are proficient in violin, viola, cello, double bass, wind instruments, percussion or harp.

Guest artists appearing in the arts festival this summer include Mark O’Connor, Bobby McFerrin, Chanticleer, Steve Winwood, Alison Kraus, Evelyn Glennie, Brad Paisley, Arlo Guthrie, Gordon Lightfoot, Aretha Franklin, Clay Aiken and singer-songwriter Jewel, an Interlochen alumna.

Mesa hispanica

BANGOR – The next meeting of Mesa hispanica will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at Borders, Bangor Mall Boulevard.

Mesa hispanica is organized by the Hermon High School Spanish Club and is intended to give area hispanophiles the opportunity to meet, converse in Spanish and share experiences with Hispanic cultures.

For information, call Janice Clain at Hermon High School, 848-3283, or e-mail clainj@hermon.net.

Filmmaker’s prize

NEWBURGH – Fifth-grader Kelsey Myrella Price is the winner of the Windover Filmmaker’s Prize for 2005 for her story, “The Dreams of a Little Cat,” at Windover Art Center. She is the daughter of Len and Nancy Price of Newburgh.

Kelsey will spend a week at Windover this summer making her story into a movie with the help of professional artists and using state-of-the-art video equipment.

Windover had so many excellent entries in the competition, organizers said, that two second prizes were awarded to Christian Doiron, 11, for his tale, “A Hawacky Story,” and Mollie A. Smith, 12, for her story, “A Squirrel Called Walter.” Christian is the son of Kan and Pam Doiron, and Mollie is the daughter of Rebecca Smith.

To learn more about the Windover Filmmaker’s Prize and activities at Windover Art Center, call Mari Abercrombie at 234-4503, or visit www.windoverartcenter.org.

Orono High School

ORONO – Orono High School presented the following awards for grades nine-11:

UTC skills: Adam Osborne; computer: Josh Paul; Spanish: Chelsea Paul, Lisa Batuski, and Hannah Cyrus; French: Heather Moody, Kalie Hess and Jessamy Luthin; math: Chelsea Getchell, Jessica Higgins, Chad Sanborn, Heather Moody, Hanna Cyrus, Nimesh Patel, Lisa Batuski, Mike Amato, Jennifer Brown and Mike Zhang; science: Tony Raymond, Nimesh Patel and Lauren Young; social studies: Max Winter, Kalie Hess, Ruth Worboys, Katie O’Donnell, Katie Amato and Emilia Bradson.

Industrial technology: Jay Spencer, Chris Richards, Baylee Cherkis, Tony Raymond and Stan Mitchell; music: Rachel Bergman, Jessamy Luthin, and Emmett Harrity; drama: Hannah Cyrus, Sarah Cote, Jessamy Luthin and Alec Rose; chess: Zening Chen, Evan Pierce, Cullen Edes, Mike Zhang, Nigel Kass and Nick McKenney.

Wilson Peace Award: Alec Rose, teacher Don Joseph; Bausch & Lomb science: Zening Chen; humanities and social science: Kerstin Egenhofer; Kodak Young Leaders: Tony Raymond; Society of Women Engineers: Jennifer Brown; Heather L. MacMillan Award: Lauren Young, Tracy Seymour and David Anderson; Williams College Book Award: Emily Artesani; Seven Sisters Downeast Book Award: Emily Sypher.

Book awards: Matthieu Nadeau, Emily Balaban-Garber, Rachel Bergman, Hannah Cyrus, Mike Zhang, Kerstin Egenhofer, Emily Palmer, Sarah Cote, Mark Cloutier, Zening Chen, Kate Kirby and Mike Amato.

National Honor Society: Emily Artesani, Laura Benoit, Rachel Bergman, Jennifer Brown, Zening Chen, Kerstin Egenhofer, Kate Kirby, Melissa Krassikoff, Kaitlin O’Donnell, Nimesh Patel, Angus Rose and Emily Sypher.

Academic recognition pins:

Grade 11: Katie Amato, Emily Artesani, Laura Benoit, Rachel Bergman, Tom Boyle, Emilia Bradson, Jeffrey Breece, Jennifer Brown, Zening Chen, Baylee Cherkis, Justine Dyer, Kerstin Egenhofer, Chelsea Getchell, Kate Kirby, Melissa Krassikoff, Andrew Major, Nyasha Millard, Katie O’Donnell, Anna O’Neil, Emily Palmer, Ellen Parent, Nimesh Patel, Joshua Paul, Evan Pierce, Lauren Riemersma, Jill Robertson, Angus Rose, David Silk, Sierra Starno, Emily Sypher, Natalia Valdivia, Erin Whelden and Lauren Young.

Grade 10: Hosain Aghamoosa, Sarah Averill, Matthieu Baker, Emily Balaban-Garber, Jessica Bates, Lisa Batuski, James Berry, Lloyd Bryant, Angela Burbank, Sarah Cote, Jordan Dudley, Nathan Foster, Tori Gram, Kate Kelley, Kristine Kittridge, Mari Lamb, Jessamy Luthin, Aya Mares, Chris McConnon, Dustin Nevells, Dan Ohno, Margaret Payne, Samantha Perkins, Tony Raymond, Chris Richards, Tania Riegelman, Amanda Smith, Dennis Suddy, Jessica Swindlehurst, Carl White, Heather Woodbrey, Ruth Worboys and Mike Zhang.

Grade nine: Kristina Affronti, Mike Amato, Julia Bradson, Mark Cloutier, Nathan Curtis, Hannah Cyrus, Seth Dwyer, Katherine Foley, Michelle Georgia, Erin Haggerty, Emmett Harrity, Jessica Harvey, Kalie Hess, Vaness Leture, Serena Minutolo, Anne Monroe, Heather Moody, Matthieu Nadeau, Chelsea Paul, Nathaniel Peterson, Megan Quintal, Alec Rose, Elizabeth Vinal and Lauren Wheeler.

Computers for preschoolers

BANGOR – Penquis Community Action Program received a $1,000 grant from the Bangor Noontime Rotary to create a technology interest area in the Penquis CAP Head Start/Child Care center on the Eastern Maine Community College campus.

The program’s preschoolers will have access to a computer, printer and developmentally appropriate software. The grant supports the agency’s Teaching with Technology initiative to place computers in Head Start classrooms in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties and train teachers how to use technology as effective teaching tools.

The use of computers in early childhood education is supported by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Penquis CAP Head Start, a preschool program for children ages 3 to 5, is registering children for fall 2005. The low- or no-cost program for income-eligible families has been designated a Program of Quality by the state of Maine. For more information, call 973-3537 or 973-3567.

Phillips Exeter Academy

EXETER, N.H. – Sarah Hayward, daughter of Dr. Thomas Hayward of Holden and Dr. Ann Hanlon of Hampden, graduated with honors from Phillips Exeter Academy on June 12.

Colleges

Carleton College

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – New graduates of Carleton College are:

Maia Pinsky, the daughter of Margaret and Robert Pinsky of Orono, who received a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in biology.

Abigail Weeks, the daughter of Paul and Johanna Weeks of Bangor, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.

Eastern University

ST. DAVIDS, Pa. – Shawn Keogan of Carmel was named to the dean’s list at Eastern University. A graduate of John Bapst High School, he is the son of Chris and Kim Keogan.

Maine Maritime Academy

CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy and the Landing School of Boatbuilding and Design have established a joint curriculum to offer a degree program in small craft design. According to Dr. John Barlow, vice president for academic affairs and academic dean at MMA, the college will award an associate in science degree to students who complete the joint two-year program. The prescribed course of study includes one year of instruction at Maine Maritime Academy’s Castine campus and a year of study at the Landing School’s Kennebunkport facilities.

MMA Board of Trustees unanimously voted to endorse the program at a quarterly meeting in May, culminating more than a year of discussions and curriculum development with Landing School officials.

“This is a welcome program for both schools,” said Barlow. “It’s really a resurrection of a former program offered by MMA in vessel design that continues to realize a solid demand, but one we could not maintain alone. With the Landing School’s instructional expertise, skilled faculty and fine facilities we’re now able to bring another career option to our collegiate offerings.”

The Landing School of Boatbuilding and Design was established in 1978 as a nonprofit, post-secondary institution. The school offers three yearlong programs: marine systems technician, boatbuilding and yacht design.

The new degree program is open for immediate enrollment. Prospective students must complete a dual admissions process to ensure that all prerequisites are met.

Students who graduate from Maine Maritime Academy with a degree in small craft design will be qualified under Maine law to design vessels not in excess of 200 tons or 200 feet in length overall. Donald Eley, MMA small craft design program coordinator and associate professor of marine transportation, said that graduates will be similarly qualified in other states, though regulations vary.

To learn more, call Jeffrey Wright, director of admissions at Maine Maritime Academy, (800) 464-6565, or visit www.mainemaritime.edu.

Massachusetts College of Art

BOSTON – Sean Barry of Old Town received a bachelor’s degree in studio for interrelated media from the Massachusetts College of Art on May 20.

Regis College

WESTON, Mass. – Elise Doucette of Hampden has been named to the dean’s list for the spring at Regis College.

University of Maine

ORONO – Craig Alan Frey, the son of Barbara and Gus Frey Jr. of Brewer, graduated magna cum laude May 7 from the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in business administration accounting. He is enrolled in the UM graduate program and is employed at the Bangor Daily News.

University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – Frank Breau, Shawn Francey, Caitlin Lucy, Graeme O’Connell and Katherine Weber, all of Bangor, were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Rhode Island.

Westfield College

WESTFIELD, Mass. – Jay Jeffrey graduated recently from Westfield College with a bachelor’s degree in business management.