Schools

American history essays

BANGOR – Nine youngsters from Bangor Christian School have been named winners in the Daughters of the American Revolution American History Essay Contest, sponsored by Frances Dighton Williams Chapter.

This year’s topic was “Along the Trail with Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery, May 1804-September 1806.”

Sixth-grade winners were: first place, Megan Wilson; second place, Regan French; third place, Brittany Williams.

Seventh-grade winners were: first place, Andrew Vicnaire; second place, Aileen Gregory; third place, Jacob Comeau.

Eighth-grade winners were: first place, Mandy Hall; second place, Amaris Buchanan; third place, Monica Alexander.

Megan Wilson, Andrew Vicnaire and Mandy Hall will receive their medals and certificates during the DAR meeting Feb. 4 at the Maine Veterans Home.

First-place winners’ essays have been submitted to the state contest, with winners to be announced at the Maine DAR spring conference.

Last year, Kristin Dillon of Exeter was the national winner for the sixth grade.

Kiwanis scholarships

BANGOR – The Bangor Noontime Kiwanis Club has presented $1,000 scholarships to two local youths:

. Brienne Cressey, freshman at Bowdoin College and graduate of Bangor High School.

. Erica He, freshman at Brown University and graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School.

Bradley School Board

BRADLEY – Bradley School Board members voted Jan. 5 to name Jason Richards to serve as a board member until June 2006. The seat was vacated by the resignation of Leanne Rafuse.

Richards is the assistant principal at Glenburn Elementary School and has lived in the Old Town area for most of his life.

Old Town High School

OLD TOWN – Project Graduation will sponsor a combination buffet, meat raffle and dance at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Old Town Elks Lodge. The meat raffle includes scallops, New York strip steaks, lobster, pork loins, shrimp, ham, haddock and more. The free dance features Dale Saucier from Sound Express. The public is invited.

. The Old Town High School Booster Club is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that raises money for extracurricular programs and other community events largely through concession sales and discount card sales. Each year, some $5,000 is given to the uniform fund. Other programs such as drama, French Club, Envirothon team, DARE and Every 15 Minutes also benefit from the Boosters’ efforts. The club supports Riverfest, the Concert in the Park series, and Canoe Hullabaloo. Volunteers are encouraged to join the club. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. second Mondays at the high school.

. The following Old Town High School seniors have received college acceptance notices: Kaitlyn O’Connor, Southern New Hampshire University and University of Maine; Patrisha Shirland, Susan Thibeault, Rachel Sargent, Husson College; Kyle Trembley, University of Montana; Robert Vayda, University of Vermont and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Derek White, Alexandria Technical Institute; Randy Abbott, The Art Institute of Toronto; Jacob Lucas, Kennebec Valley Community College; Brenda Horton, Ashley Thibodeau, University of Maine.

Penobscot Job Corps

BANGOR – The Penobscot Job Corps Center honored six students after they attained high school diplomas in December. They are:

. Ashley Newbury, 17, Bangor.

. Kimberly Batty, 17, Mexico.

. Felicia Abrahams, 17, South Berwick.

. Rupert Dellaway, 18, Gray.

. Amanda Wing, 17, Mexico.

. Iman Morris, 21, North Attleboro, Mass.

The Penobscot Job Corps Center also honored 17 students after they completed the General Equivalency Diploma Test and attained GED credentials in December. They are:

. Tanisha L. Hallett, 24, Bangor.

. Ashley Farquhar, 16, Hermon.

. Michelle L. Finch, 18, Levant.

. Coral A. Patten, 17, Jackman.

. Breanna Newberry, 16, Kittery.

. Elissa Read, 16, Bath.

. Nicholas Safford, 16, Brunswick.

. Alanna White, 16, Berwick.

. Lawrence Seufert, 16, Deer Isle.

. Nicole Hall, 16, Goffstown, N.H.

. CaSandra Smith, 20, North Conway, N.H.

. Channoith Sok, 17, Portland.

. Rhoshone Skinner, 17, North Providence, R.I.

. Sarah Smith, 18, Derry, N.H.

. Miguel Lugo, 19, Bridgeport, Conn.

. Offer Rivera, 19, Dorchester, Mass.

. Gerald Hampton, 17, New Haven, Conn.

For Job Corps information, visit http://jobcorps.doleta.gov, or call (800) 949-1937, Ext. 305.

Phillips Exeter Academy

EXETER, N.H. – Sarah Hayward of Holden, a 12th-grade student at Phillips Exeter Academy, has earned honors for the fall term. She is the daughter of Dr. Thomas Hayward of Holden.

Scholarship program

High school seniors may apply online for college scholarships awarded by Peoples Heritage Bank as part of the bank’s nationally recognized “Peoples’ Promise” program created to help Maine youth.

Scholarships of $2,500 will be awarded to 10 Maine high school seniors. The scholarship program is designed to reward students from low- to moderate-income households for academic excellence and to help offset higher education costs.

For information or an application, call the MES Foundation at (800) 922-6352, or go to www.mesfoundation.com.

Awards are based on financial need, academic achievement, involvement in school activities, community volunteer activity, work experience and a required essay. The application deadline is April 15.

Scholarship recipients will be announced in June. Recipients also are offered an optional three-month paid internship position with Peoples after their first year of post-secondary education.

Russian classes, tour

BANGOR – Downeast Russian School is offering a variety of Russian language-culture classes from beginner to advanced, for adults and children.

Classes started Jan. 25, but a few spots are left. Classes run 12 weeks. Downeast Russian School also offers opportunities to interact with Russian-speaking people in Russia and the United States. These include adventure or cultural travel, pen-pal programs and missionary work in the faith-based camp “Yolachka.”

The “Easter” trip to Moscow is set for April 23-May 2, and will be led by Natalia Abramova, Moscow citizen for 23 years, and Luba Lisitzina, University of Maine international relations student.

The cost of the tour is $1,000, not including airfare and visa. Participants will take part in an Easter Orthodox ceremony May 1, visit the Bolshoi Theater and take individually scheduled tours.

To register for classes or the tour, interested parties can e-mail natabra@yahoo.com, leave a message at 262-9727 or write Downeast Russian School, 150 Parkview Ave, Bangor; www.downeastrussianschool.wtcsites.com

Weatherbee School

HAMPDEN – Dana Folsom is stepping down after nine years as principal of George B. Weatherbee School.

Folsom plans to leave next month to become head of San Carlos Park Elementary School in Fort Myers, Fla. He said he would miss the pupils, the parents and staff.

The interim principal will be Joe Dahl, who retired in 2003 as principal of Fairmount School in Bangor.

Colleges

Dartmouth College

HANOVER, N.H. – Sarah C. Mead, a senior at Dartmouth College, has been recognized for outstanding academic achievement in education for the fall term.

Mead is the daughter of Justice Andrew Mead Sr. and Kelly Mead, and a graduate of Bangor High School.

Maine Maritime Academy

CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy’s sixth annual exhibition of student photography, titled “My World in Black and White,” is on display in the main dining room of the Alfond Student Center through April 30. The show is free of charge and is open to the public 8-10 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding MMA holidays.

According to photographer-instructor Rosemary Wyman, curator of the exhibit, more than 90 images are on display. All images were designed and printed by Maine Maritime Academy students utilizing 35-millimeter black-and-white photography as part of creative visual explorations of the world in which they live. The show features work by students who participated in a photography class held during the first semester.

For information, contact Wyman at 326-9406.

CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy’s college bookstore is accepting monetary donations for tsunami relief efforts in South Asia and East Africa. The bookstore will accept donations through Jan. 31 at its registers as a regular transaction, complete with receipt.

Follett Higher Education Group, parent company of the store, has entered into a coordinated effort with the American Red Cross International Response Fund to enable its stores to collect monetary donations. Funds collected will be provided directly to the Red Cross for its use in disaster relief.

The MMA bookstore will be able to track and report donations collected. All members of the extended MMA community are invited to use this convenient method to help tsunami disaster victims. For information, call the bookstore 326-2430.

The Board of Trustees of Maine Maritime Academy will hold its quarterly meeting at 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, in the Jalbert Room, Leavitt Hall.

New England School of Communications

BANGOR – A total of 104 students were named to the fall dean’s list at New England School of Communications, an affiliate of Husson College. To be listed, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale.

Regional honorees included:

. Bangor: John Schneck, Christopher Scott, John Harris, Anne McDougal, Sean Mulligan, Michael Tuthill.

. Brewer: Bradley Kearns, Daniel Peterson.

. Carmel: Kathleen Hutchinson, Patrick Dupuis.

. Dedham, Aaron Blackmer.

. Dixmont: Holly Lusignan.

. Etna: Sonja Fjeld.

. Glenburn: Allen Friedman.

. Hampden: Ian Bean, Adam Lenfest.

. Hermon: Michael Rancourt, Corrie Reed, Jennifer Wilbur.

. Milford: Ian Wilbur.

. Old Town: Adam Davis, Aaron Jackson.

. Winterport: Brett Johnson, Sarah Theriault-Cotton.

BANGOR – Holli Costedio of Palmyra, formerly senior accountant for the Irving Tanning Co. in Hartland, has been named assistant treasurer for the New England School of Communications, an affiliate of Husson College.

A 2003 graduate of Husson College in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, Costedio has worked for the Irving Tanning Co. since May 2002. She served as an accounts payable analyst for a year before being promoted to the position of senior accountant.

At Husson College, Costedio was inducted into the Sigma Beta Delta national honor society in her junior year with an academic standing in the top 10 percent of her class. She graduated cum laude from Husson.

In her new post at NESCom, Costedio will assist treasurer Nikki Rediker in the areas of accounts payable and payroll preparation.

Northeastern University

BOSTON – Caitlin Chamberlain, a sophomore majoring in international business, has been named to the dean’s list at Northeastern University.

Chamberlain is the daughter of Kathy and Bruce Chamberlain of Monroe, and a 2003 graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School.

University of Maine

ORONO – A 1975 graduate of the University of Maine has been recognized by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for contributions to ocean science research and education.

Dr. John Toole, recipient of the Columbus O’Donnell Iselin Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, is a senior scientist in the Physical Oceanography Department at Woods Hole in Massachusetts.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-WHOI Joint Graduate Program. He is a senior scientist, and has worked at Woods Hole for 30 years.

Toole’s research interests include the physics of ocean mixing, global heat and freshwater budgets, water mass formation and circulation, and oceanographic instrument development. He holds several patents for profiling instruments, has served as oceans editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research, and has been a principal investigator on a number of international climate change programs.