Scholarship to Spain
BANGOR — Shane Hass, Class of 2010 at John Bapst Memorial High School, is the recipient of a scholarship to study in Spain this summer.
Spanish teacher Elizabeth Hudson obtained the scholarship through her activities in the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Hudson has served on the board of the Garcia Lorca Chapter of the AATSP for a number of years and was one of two teachers nationwide who received the scholarship at the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages Convention last fall in Orlando.
The scholarship is from the Eduespana program through the Embassy of Spain.
Hass will study at the International House of Madrid for three weeks starting in June. The scholarship includes room, board, tuition and a stipend for air travel. Hass will prepare for the Advanced Placement Spanish Language Exam and learn more about his host country.
He is the son of Susan and Frank Hass of Veazie and is a student in Brenda LoPotro’s Honors Spanish IV class this year.
All Saints Catholic School
BANGOR — The 2nd annual All Saints Catholic School Spring Art Show will be held 6-8 p.m. Monday, June 8, at St. Mary’s Church. On display will be works created by students in kindergarten through eighth-grade who attend All Saints Catholic School at the St. Mary’s and St. John’s campuses.
The multimedia show will feature paper and acetate “stained glass windows,” concrete poetry, live music, floor mosaics, collages and masks, painted wood icons and more.
Organizers of the event said the works reflect the children’s personal spirituality while referencing liturgical art from throughout the ages.
The show’s layout will encourage casual strolling through the church’s narthex as visitors take time to enjoy the art, music and a selection of “heavenly” hors d’oeuvres.
The All Saints Spring Art Show is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted and appreciated.
Museum summer camps
BANGOR —At the Maine Discovery Museum this summer children will have the opportunity to discover where money comes from and how to save it once you get it.
In July, Piggy Bankers for children in grades one through three will see the fun in collecting coins, cards, stamps, silver and gold.
They’ll design museum “bucks” and learn about money and trading with games and activities and a field to trip to a real bank where they will learn how it all comes together.
For older children in grades four through six, Camp Moolah will turbo charge the classic lemonade stand. Future entrepreneurs will test the financial waters and get to know the basics of business and economics through trade challenges, games and activities while managing, multiplying and learning how the profits can be used to give back and do good.
The one-week camps range in price from $90 to $200. Camp Moolah runs June 29-July 3, Camp Piggy Bankers runs July 6-10 and again July 27-31.
Camp registration is required and partial scholarships are available. For information, call 262-7200 or visit www.mainediscoverymuseum.org.
BSO Youth Concert
ORONO — More than 1,600 students from public, private and home schools packed the newly renovated Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on June 1 to hear the Bangor Symphony Orchestra perform excerpts from musical works including “Romeo and Juliet.”
At the BSO Youth Concert, students, teachers, chaperones and community members heard a program featuring Russian Dances, including excerpts from Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 3, Op. 101;” Tchaikovsky’s Polonaise and Waltz from “Eugene Onegin;” and Berceuse and Finale from “The Firebird” by Stravinsky. The music included ballet, opera and orchestral genres.
Guest conductor Eric Thomas and musicians contrasted and compared the four sections of the orchestra; discussed how to move a story line with recurring themes, changing harmonies and textures; and how to generate a sense of historical context.
Finalists from the 2009 BSO Maine High School Concerto Competition performed with the orchestra.
The BSO Youth Concert was sponsored by Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc., Simmons Foundation and TD Banknorth.
Summer day camps at UM
ORONO — The University of Maine is offering a variety of day camps, workshops and special events geared toward engaging Maine’s youth and introducing them to an environment of creativity, innovation, invention and adventure.
A complete list of other summer camps and events at UMaine is available at http://dll.umaine.edu/summer/camps.html.
Three programs are designed to offer young people a simplified introduction to innovation and engineering concepts.
— The Maine Summer Transportation Institute will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 13-24, at the Bion and Dorain Foster Student Innovation Center and other campus facilities. It offers full scholarships for up to 20 middle school students from the Bangor area, and is designed to introduce students at an early age to jobs and careers available in Maine’s transportation industry and to expose them to UM engineering education and university life.
Students will participate in field trips, leadership and team-building activities, and a series of age-appropriate workshops and hands-on laboratory experiences, all related to transportation mode, safety and products, alternative fuels, construction materials and computer assisted design. Students also will participate in recreational activities at the new Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
Participants will be selected by interest, academic achievement and recommendations from school administrators. For details or registration information, call Sheila Pendse at 581-2225.
The institute is cosponsored by the Maine Department of Transportation, the UMaine College of Engineering and the Federal Highway Administration.
— New this year is the Innovation Adventure Day Camp, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 27-31. It offers a week of creativity and invention combined with outdoor adventures — canoeing, a climbing wall and the MaineBound challenge course. Activities will expose children in grades three through eight to invention and problem-solving, along with outdoor adventures.
Students will be challenged to invent products ranging from new snack foods using a variety of available ingredients to new board or card games.
The program is a partnership of the Foster Innovation Center, MaineBound Adventure Center and Campus Activities. Registration information, including cost, is available from Jesse Moriarity at 581-1427.
— Computer Assisted Design-Adventure Camp will take place Sunday through Friday, July 5-10. The camp will encourage participants in grades nine through 12 to mix their interest in computers and the outdoors with a week of creativity and adventure. Students will be introduced to CAD by designing something uniquely their own.
Outdoor activities will be coordinated through MaineBound, and will include a climbing wall, canoeing and a ropes and challenge course.
Students may be housed on campus or commute.
For more information, call Karen Horton at 581-2136.
CAD Camp is co-sponsored by the College of Engineering, Maine Dept. of Transportation, Bentley Systems Inc., UMaine Campus Recreation and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Colleges
Quinnipiac University
HAMPDEN — Lance Ingerson of Hampden was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.
Saint Joseph’s College
HERMON — Becky Bell of Hermon received a master’s degree in nursing from Saint Joseph’s College in Biddeford. She is employed by the Acadia Hospital as a staff developer for outreach education.