High school juniors from around the state will be recognized at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 14, at the 1996 Maine Scholars Achievement Awards Program at the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono.

Participating schools nominated their highest-ranking students who have demonstrated a strong desire to learn and high standards of scholarship.

Each award recipient who goes on to attend UM will receive a $1,000 one-time award from a scholarship fund supported by the University of Maine Senior Alumni.

Students are: Ashland Community High School — Dane Despres, Bethann Hummel, Alison Libby and Sheryl Lilley; Bangor High School — Iain Becker, Marie Blanke, Jennifer Sarjeant and Justin Warner; Belfast High School — Andrew Foreman, Tiffany Howard, Ian Lewis and Emily Sproch; Brewer High School — Michael Jordon, Jerusha Reynolds, Glori Snyder and Gabriel Tarr; Bucksport High School — Carrie Redman, Wava Sheehan, Jana Wardwell and Jon LeBlanc; Calais Memorial High School — Meredith McLean, Arthur Nielsen, Kimberly Perkins and Joseph Wachter; Camden-Rockport High School — Tori Fogg, James Hayden, Samantha Hibbard and Noah Winer; Caribou High School — Trisha Deprey, Scott Dionne, Lori Jackson and Jonathan Sprague; Carrabec High School in Anson — Cynthia Campbell, Erin Hall, Katrina Knox and Benjamin Luce; Central Aroostook High School in Mars Hill — Misty Bartley, Aaron Boyd, Hollie Brewer and Jason Brown; Central High School in Corinth — Heather Bailey, Jonathan Hatch, Nicholas Parent and Amanda Wright; Cony High School in Augusta — Amanda Barnum, Michael Jose, Jennifer Kidwell and Thomas Konieczko; Deer Isle-Stonington High School — Wade Dunham, Anica Rissi, Christian Scott and Kimberly Stone; Dexter High School — Tracie Callahan, Alexander Claverie, Tara Gokas and Charles Greene III; East Grand High School in Danforth — Amanda Frye and Tim Gosselin; Easton High School — Aron Chalou, Ryan Clark, Jaime Hewitt and Andrew Pytlak; Ellsworth High School — Ryan Day, Carle Facciolo, Laurie Snow and Megan Spencer; Forest Hills High School in Jackman — Stacey Goodwin, Eric Hall, Lauren Kane and Monique Morin; Fort Fairfield High School — Aaron McGinnis, Rachel McNamee, Melinda Mraz and Sean Russell; Fort Kent Community High School — Tyler Berthiaume, Amber Caron, Ethan Chabora and Lynn Fournier; Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft — Amanda Brown, Robert Freese, Lydia Herring and Erin Kimball; George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill — Nathan Cote, Emily Lewandowski, S. Morrow Pettigrew and Erin Willey; Georges Valley High School in Thomaston — Abdul Chughtal, Jennie Hahn, Marc LaChance and Jennifer Stackpole; Hampden Academy — Henry Atkins III, Emily Brissette, Aaron Megquier and Kaili Temple; Hermon High School — Travis Bogan, Kristina Duran, Corey Reynolds and Megan Smist; Hodgdon High School — Evan Clark, Robyn Duff, Darren Stewart and Sarah Williams; Houlton High School — Crystal Cookman, Courtney Good, Megan London and Heidi McCarthy; Islesboro Central School — Abram Antonucci, Joshua Conover, Brandon Rolerson, Isla Schmidt and Nathan Standish; John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor — Megan Goggins, Michael Lieser, Deanna Michaud and Katherin Moffett; Jonesport-Beals High School — Tammy Alley, Harold Beal, Nicholas Look and Leigh Woodward; Katahdin High School in Stacyville — Anne Anderson, Danielle Atkinson, Jinger Dyer and Rebecca Robinson; Lawrence High School in Fairfield — Chen Kenyon, Sara Lovitz, Keith Martin and Stacey Ryan; Lee Academy — Beverly Glover, Chandee Morrison, Reginald Rice and Erika Stratton; Limestone Community School — April Carroll, Sean Edgecomb, Ian Hall and Kelly Hartman; Lubec High School — Jason Appleby, Christina Cole; Gregory Giggie and Jamie Moores; Machias Memorial High School — Laura Crockett, Peter Larsen, Jonathan Moyer and Rebecca Wink; Madawaska High School — Christina Baron, Jessie Dionne, Sarah Landry and Amy Pelletier; Madison Area Memorial High School — Jeremy Garland, Brian Luce, Heather Marandola and Denelle Surman; Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield — Katherine Hoffman, Aaron Rosen, Jennifer Voter and Lyudmila Yershova; Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln — Michael Aldrete, Natalie Chouinard, Angela Hainer and Richard Haynes; Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro — Portia Kelly, Jim Manning, Tara Sainio and Jeremy Sewall; Mount View High School in Thorndike — Andrea Cochrane, Jeffrey Locke, Krista Reed and Nathan Stumpff; Mount Blue High School in Farmington — Virginia Beauregard, Duston Ireland, Christine LeDoux and Anthony Webber; Mount Desert High School in Bar Harbor — Matthew Reed, Sarah Reisman, Jocelyn Sharp and Christopher Tracy; Naraguagus High School in Harrington — Jeffery Hanning, Jennifer Pagels, Jessica Rau and Kyle Tibbetts; Nokomis Regional High School in Newport — Crystal Cote, Troy Downing, Travis Floyd and Monica Kus; North Haven High School — Cassie Cooper and Molly Haskell; Old Town High School — Jessica Alex, Jeremy Dill, Jason Grant and Vasia Markides; Orono High School — Molly Holmberg, Matthew Pare, Michael Pare and Kim Zollitsch; Penobscot Valley High School in Howland — Heather Babineau, J. Ashley Burgoyne, David O’Brien and Lana Sage; Penquis Valley High School in Milo — Melissa Curry, Nikolas Granger, Kristy Ann Hazlett and Bryce Royal; Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford — Randy Easler, Brenda Pike, Paul Regan and Dana Smith; Presque Isle High School — Monique Cote, Sarah Litsch, James Sharpe and Tyler Wood; Rockland District High School — Megan Brown, Morgan Hynes, Rebekah Jervey and John Zomberg; Schenck High School in East Millinocket — Erin Chavarie, Jason Moore, Kelly Morin and Daren Stanley; Searsport District High School — Kathleen Baum, Sarah Harriman, Sarah Leighton and Sarah Seekins; Shead High School in Eastport — Charity Johnson, Kristy Lingley, Melissa Mitchell and Amanda Newcomb; Skowhegan Area High School — Marieke Beeuwkes, Jennifer Bilodeau, Joel Conkling and Brian Olsen; Southern Aroostook Community High School in Dyer Brook — Eric Crandall, Gregory Dore, Alisa MacArthur and Hannah Stevens; Stearns High School in Millinocket — Jessica Crosby, Jason Inman, Nicole Ryan and Heath Weatherbee; Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan — Colleen Backman, Adam Fisher, Renee Johnson and Parker Pruett; Van Buren District Secondary — Travis Lajoie, April Lapierre, Ben Laplante and Michelle Sirois; Washburn District High School — Matthew Crouse, Trent Cunningham, Courtney Flewelling and Erin Thomas; Washington Academy in East Machias — Sara Andrews, Adam Davis, Naomi Kinney and Jonathan Mather; Waterville High School — Seth Dearborn, Eric Foss, Jamie Glidden and Erin Tebbetts; Wisdom High School in St. Agatha — Lena Chamberland, Matthew Deschaine, Robert Lavoie and Danielle Paradis; Woodland High School — Jessica Huwa, Matthew James, Katherine Roffey and Amber Zedwick.