Bangor Christian

The BCS chorus was welcomed by Brewer Convalescent Home on April 26. The students performed several selections from their coming spring concert.

The alumni of BCS classes 1971-1990 will be honored at a dinner June 30. They will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Bangor Christian Schools. Any alumni interested in attending the celebration should contact David Clater at the school office at 947-7356.

Junior High pupil Carrie Sonstroem was named runner-up in the Civic Oration Contest sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America. The annual speech competition for the Penobscot Valley Junior High League was held in the Bangor Baptist Church auditorium April 24. This year’s topic was “A Most Memorable Event.”

The Spanish Club’s “Fiesta Night” was held in the school cafeteria April 30. The night was a great success. Los Amigos Por Siempre members hope that underclass members will become interested in joining the club next year. A word of thanks and appreciation goes to Shirley Chrisoscq, the club adviser, for encouraging the members to “do good and help others” as their motto states. — Michele Mistretta, Mark Chiavelli

Bangor High

Bangor High School celebrated Earth Day recently by voting seniors Wade Merrit and Shannon Sawyer as Earth Day King and Queen. Three contests were sponsored with awards to the top three entries in poster, essay and video categories.

The winners of the poster contest were: first place, Amanda Godsoe; second, Laurie Rosenthal; third, the team of Chris Moody, Jennifer Ogilive and David Sadlo. Essay winners were: first, Felicia Baron; second, Jennifer Laferte; third, tie between Amanda Roth and Kevin Beatham. For the video contest, winners were: first, the team of Jenn Emery, Gina Thompson and Amy Waterman; second, the team of Denise Madore, Jessie Sexton, Molly Kornfield and Emilie Roy; and third, Laurie-Sue Thayer.

Sarah Currie has been chosen to represent Bangor High School at the New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf. Her piece, “Many Harvest Moons Ago,” was accepted for the May 17-20 conference in Vermont.

Michael Warner will journey to Japan this summer to learn about Japanese culture and language as a part of Youth for Understanding International Exchange. He earned this distinction through a highly selective process which began in the fall.

The Lit House, Bangor High School’s literary magazine, was distributed to students last week. The 72 pages of student writing and art was put together by Dianna Christakos and members of her creative writing class, including student editors Liz Stewart and Liz Acheson. The class also had help from art students and the high school graphic arts department.

The third issue of the 1990 school newspaper, The Ram-Page, went on sale last week. Articles including sports updates, editorials, Dear Gert, news about students, and the “Roving Reporter” question asked of students: “If the entire world was going to end in one hour, what would you do?” The newspaper was put together by students and advised by Juanita Drisko and Deanna Jones.

Champion International Corporation has announced its 1990 scholarships available to the sons and daughters of Champion Bucksport Mill employees in the amount of $1000 annually for up to four years. The deadline is May 14. — Sarah Currie, Mary Shibles, Moriah Coughlin

Brewer High

Are you interested in foreign languages, art, computers, people, PSAT-SAT preparation, fly-tying or driver education? Then you should look into Brewer’s summer session. Two-, three- and four-week classes are available. The usual makeup courses will be offered along with the above enrichment classes. For information, call Brewer High School at 989-4140.

The foreign language department has announced additional placements on the AATF exams in Maine: Level 1, placing in the top 20 percent were Rebecca Haskell and Suzi Parks; Level 1B, placing in the top 20 percent was Amy Winchester; Level 3, placing in the top 20 percent were Aaron Hart and Terese Veilleux, and placing in the top 10 percent was Chad Houseweart.

Kim Beatham not only placed first in the state of Maine on the AATF Level 1B exam, but also was third in New England and fourth in the nation out of 16,724 students taking that exam.

The all-school musical “Bye-Bye Birdie” hit the boards last week at Brewer High School on April 27-28. The show was presented in the gymnasium. Major roles were played by Darren Avery, Shelley Mayers, Shannon Jones, Cara Bryand, Joel Coleman, Claire Isreal and Chris Riggin.

The Brewer High School National Honor Society held its annual inducation ceremony Tuesday, April 24. The four principles held in high esteem by the society — scholarship, leadership, service, character — were reviewed for the inductees and audience. Upon recitation of the NHS pledge and candle-lighting by each inductee, Jerry Goss, Brewer High School Principal, awarded membership cards and pins. Guest speaker for the ceremony was William Leithiser, assistant principal and athletic director.

Inducted were: juniors Erica Campbell, Amy Harrow, Aaron Hart, Abby Haskell, Andrea Helton, Chris Hersey, Susan Hodgins, Bridget Robbins, James Snow, Michelle Thomas, Therese Veilleux and Hector Vydas; seniors Chris Adamczyk, Kimberley Bowley, Jennifer Bragdon, Cara Bryand, Amy Bubar, Chris Casperson, Kristin Chase, David Dube, Stacey Green, Jeni Hatfield, Andrew Kiah, Lara Littlefield, Carlene Longtin, Christine Longtin, Brian Pierce, Aimee Shaw, Frankie Wetmore, Lisa White and Lynn White. — Terri Schultz

Brewer Middle

Sixth-grader Amy VanDeBogart will travel to Florida May 6 to attend the U.S. Space Camp. Space Camp is a one-week astronaut training program for junior high and secondary students.

Sixth-grade Students of the Month for April are Alicia Gilmore and Jeff Snow.

The third and last enrichment session has just started. Courses being offered include nature films, Earth watchers fact-a-day, horseback riding, radio broadcasting, fire extinguishers and sprinklers, remote-control cars and King’s Quest.

The seventh grade will go on a field trip to the Bangor Air National Guard Base.

Eighth-grade Students of the Month are Ben Robbins and Chris Horr.

Grade eight students have begun a month of environmental activities, calling themselves Earthwatchers. On Thursday they will be seeing movies and listening to speakers on the UMO Caribou Project, garbage, log drives and endangered birds. EIghth-grade teachers are collecting 25 cents a pupil to buy an acre of tropical rainforest in Belize.

THE BMS softball team has been chosen: Chandra Blood, Kara Bullard, Dawn Demmons, Kristine Guaraldo, Brandie Kennard, Krystle Kowanick, Cindy Sieber, Tanya Willis, Jamie Hoxie, Sarah Clark, Heather Cammack, Denise Hewes, Laura Lee, Jenny Piper, Tiffany White, Jamie Ferris, Alicia Gilmore, Denise Knowlton, Alison Lorenz and Holly Sherry.

Members of the baseball team are: Scott Weiser, Chris Horr, Dan Needham, Jeff Millet, Darren Beers, Mason Johnston, Brian Coleman, Tony Brigalli, Ben Robbins, Chuck Murray, Jason Brooks, Ben Roeder, Chris Roeder, Jeremy Hersom, Aaron Boone, Chad Allen, Matt Enman and John Thomas.

The Home Economics Club will sponsor a parent-student dinner May 2 in the home economics room. Alicia Gilmore will be the mistress of ceremonies. Taking part will be Jon Williams, Suzy Flagg, Farrah Mills, Stacy Griesbach, Heather Higgins, Amy VanDeBogart, Tara Mullins, Omekia McDonald, Amanda Spaulding, Heather Pelkey, Nicki Morse, Shannon Braley, Jessica Vear and Jessica Dalton. — Chris Matson

Center Drive

The eighth-graders will take their annual Maine Studies camping trip to Cobcook Bay on May 2, 3 and 4. All of the eighth-graders will attend, as will science teachers Jessica Harrington and Nancy Swanson.

The annual IOWA Achievement Tests will be held for sixth- and seventh-graders May 2-4.

On April 27, a substance-abuse program was held at the YMCA for all sixth-and seventh-graders. The one-day program delt with drugs and drug abuse.

Also on April 27, the sixth-graders took a trip to the UMO swimming pool to learn about water saftey. They also visited the Hudson Museum.

The baseball and softball seasons began on Thursday, April 26 with a game against Milford at Milford. The coaches are Lisa Ronco for softball, and Nick Winchester for baseball. — Kristi Brooks

Fifth Street

In Richard Robinson’s seventh-grade social studies class, pupils have been working on projects on a foreign country of their choice. Each presentation will be 40-45 minutes long, and will cover a seven-day trip to that country. Some pupils are going so far as to turn the classroom into an airplane.

The baseball team and softball teams have been picked, and there will be a complete list of names next week.

Assistant principal Doug Carville participated in the 24th annual Kenduskeag Canoe Race in the “Naval Jelly” with a few other people.

Fifth Street placed third in the seventh-grade contest of the New England Mathematics League. One of the top-ranking pupils was from our school. Meaghan Hannan tied for third place with four other people.

In the eighth grade, our school placed fourth in three counties. One of the top pupils came from our school. Eric Fowle tied for fourth with three other people.

Our J.V. Math League team members in the algebra division scored first in the state meet at Skowhegan. They are: Matt Newman, Heath Morgan, Kate Merritt, Eric Fowle and Ben Harpster. — Eric Rasmussen

Garland Street

Garland Street Middle School’s softball team has been selected. The players are: Shari Nye, Alison Robichaud, Allison Willigar, Nina Cartier, Niki Golden, Elizabeth Dudley, Christiana Woodward, Moria Flynn, Heather Hurd, Leah Cohen, Amy Woodbury, Michelle Leen, Kelly Salsbury, Margo Gallant, Sara Sabal, Alison Langen, Katie Clark, Katherine Griffin, Heather Arsenault, Christina Mairhuber and Brandi Starbird. They were scheduled to play their first game against Hampden at home on May 1.

The GSMS Drama Club will perform “The Wizard of Oz” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the school auditorium. The public is invited. Admission is free.

The seventh-grade chemical awareness program will be held Wednesday morning, May 16. A presentation by high school students of this year’s program, “Making Choices,” will discuss resisting peer pressure and recognizing a need for assistance. The theme for the program is “Eagles don’t need drugs to soar.”

Pupils in Marlene Susi’s eighth-grade English classes have written children’s stories about a bad day they had. They will read their stories to elementary school pupils at a later date.

The New England Math League test was given in February to eighth-graders at GSMS. The GSMS team consists of: Aaron Roth, Molly Tomlinson, Steve Rasamimanana, Kenyon Shubert and Kirsten Strong. They placed third as a team in their tri-county region. Aaron Roth placed third in the individual rankings for the tri-county region. He answered correctly 37 of the 40 questions. — Ed Allen, Dan Silver, Alex Zendzian

Hampden Academy

SAD 22 will present its annual All-District Band Night at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at Hampden Academy’s John Skehan Center. The concert will feature all instrumentalists in grades five through 12 in the district. The fifth-grade, sixth-grade, junior high, and high school band ensembles will play the compositions of John Edmondson, who will be the guest condutor for the concert. Instrumental music instructors of SAD 22 are Jerry Bates and Patrick Michaud.

Hampden Academy scholarship forms are due in the guidance office by May 5. Students who want to apply just for a Dollars for Scholars award need only fill in the first three questions on the application.

Any student who wants to air a complaint about Hampden Academy campus life is encouraged to submit a 100- to 150-word editorial to Leslie Nimmer by Friday, May 4. Students are reminded to express their grievances firmly but politely.

The Hampden Academy Environmental Club worked on a trash cleanup with the Weatherbee School eighth grade on Friday, April 27. The club members, eighth-grade pupils, and eighth-grade teachers collected litter and other trash items around the middle school and Hampden Academy. A total of 31 garbage bags were filled. The club also will assist on an eighth grade class trip. — Theo Konig

Hermon High

On April 24, the National Honor Society tapped of new members: seniors Melanie Adams, Gerald Burns, Chrystal Davis, Darlene Hewes, Jeff Hill, Sharon Rines and Michelle Thompson; junior Jon Godfrey; and sophomores Suzy Barker, Kara Boyer, Georgeanne Morgan, Scott Pickard, Angela Ramsay and Marc Reynolds.

The Student Council sold May baskets April 25-30. They were delivered to students May 1 in the afternoon.

Elections for next year’s officers will soon be upon us. Nomination papers were distributed April 30. These papers must be returned to Room 14 by May 4. Elections will be held May 9.

The senior class has been getting ready for graduation; caps, gowns, and announcements are in. Seniors may pick these up before school, during Period 6, or after school in the guidance office.

Eighteen students will participate in a Health Careers Day at the University of Maine on May 2.

The Key Club will be host to Rick Charette and the Bubble Gum Band at 7 p.m. May 25 in the Hermon Elementary School gymnasium. Tickets can be purchased at either the elementary or high schools. The cost of the tickets is $6 for children 12 and under, and $7 for adults. — Tiffany Brown, Jennifer Mahon

Old Town High

Fifteen students from French III and IV classes recently spent 10 days in France. Andre Fecteau, teacher of French at the high school, had been planning the trip for several months through the Educational Foundation for Foreign Study. The students were able to visit Geneva, Switzerland, the French Riviera and Paris. — Tracey Durand

Orono High

OHS English teacher Nancy Gilles was one of 15 teachers choosen out of a national pool of high school teachers (estimated at 1,000 or more), to recieve a $2,000 grant to address the problem of teaching ethics in public high schools. She will be attending a four-week seminar at St. John’s University, a Catholic men’s school in Collegeville, Minn., begining June 25.

The grant was given by the National Endowment for the Humanities to have the 15 chosen teachers use texts from Machiavelli, a Florentine statesman of the 16th century, to study the techniques he introduced to the Italian politicians to help them rule effectively as well as ethically. The program is headed by Dr. Eugene Garber, who occupies the McNeely Chair of Thinking at St. John’s.

The yearbooks have been released from their captivity in Texas. If you would like to adopt one, the fee is $25, and it must be paid by Thursday, May 3.

Junior Kyle Churchill spent his vacation tearing up the turf of England. He participated in a soccer exchange which pitted chosen Maine high school players against British pre-professional teams. Churchill’s three goals in five games netted him the Most Valuable Offensive Player Award.

The games were played in London, but the students were taken on a tour of Liverpool and Wales as well. Churchill believes that he learned a new style of soccer which will help him in his play next year. The team also saw a few English soccer matches and were able to talk to some professional players. The team was put together by the Mount Abram soccer coach and consisted of players who were recommended by their coaches and had proved their talent and maturity during a tryout.

OHS welcomes AFS student Michael Kolbeinsen from Haugesund, Norway, who will stay in Orono until early July. He transferred from Boothbay High School at the end of March. — Jean Whitney

St. John’s School

Eighth-grader Julie Relyea was a runner-up in the Maine Press Association Essay Contest. She received a $50 savings bond for her accomplishment.

Pupils are taking Metropolitan Achievement Tests this week. Parents are asked to make sure their children get proper rest and have a good breakfast before coming to school.

The school fair will be held Saturday, May 19. Items for the white-elephant room may be dropped off during school hours. Items are also needed for the craft tables.

The Parent Teacher Organization will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 15.

The softball and baseball teams were scheduled to begin the season at Dedham on May 1. The softball team will play St. Mary’s on May 2, and the baseball team will play St. Mary’s on May 3. Games will begin at 3:30 p.m. at Garland Street