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Schools
French immersion weekend
ROCKLAND — Traditional games, music and songs, presentations, cooking and a special moment with high school students will immerse learners into French language and culture at the June 3-5 immersion weekend at Penobscot School in Rockland. The course is conducted entirely in French.
Teachers of French will find the contact with native-speaking assistants to be a good refresher of speaking skills and a source of ideas for the classroom. The immersion is open to high school and college students, teachers and adult learners. Two years of high school French or equivalent is required.
Coordinating the weekend will be Dennis Healy from Camden, a collector of French films and music, who has immersed himself for 20-plus years in the culture of La Beauce, Quebec. He has become an expert on the lawn bowling game of southern France called petanque, which is popular in Quebec. He hosts the Cine Francais club at Penobscot School.
The weekend, running from 5 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Sunday, will be held on the school’s campus, 28 Gay St. A tuition of $245 includes all materials, six meals and 2.1 CEU for teachers. Accommodation is separate. Enrollments are accepted for the Saturday session only at $85; the day begins at breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
High School students interested in participating, free of charge, in the Saturday morning travel segment, may inquire at info@penobscot.us, attention: lycéens.
For information or to register, call Penobscot School at 594-1084 or visit www.penobscot.us/. Registration deadline is Friday, May 27.
Colleges
University of Maine at Augusta
AUGUSTA — These area students graduated from the University of Maine at Augusta recently:
Belfast: Sherry Fennimore, Jodi King, Opal Ash, Melissa Wallace.
Belmont: Marc Box.
Brooks: Amanda Cushman, John Eastham, Marylyn Wood-Sinclair.
Camden: Laurie Bryant, Susan Goff.
Cushing: Heidi Alley, Katherine Alley, Michaelle Day, Katelyn Robbins.
Damariscotta: Ericka Fairfield, April Feltis.
Hope: Alice Heintzman.
Jefferson: Chelsea Colby, Stacy Spinney, Karen Williford, Kim Anderson.
Knox: Patrick Johndro.
Liberty: Cady Steeves.
Lincolnville: Samantha Quinn.
Lincolnville Center: Kimberly Grinnell.
Montville: Margaret Raymond.
Northport: Tmana Toennis.
Owls Head: John Morse.
Palermo: Jeremy Brown, Shawna Grady.
Rockland: Kymberly Marshall, Nicole Tyler, Meahgan Mckee, Frank Jay Pavalkis, Courtney York, Darla McFarland, Paul Surette, Robin Tripp, Jennifer Weymouth, Ali Turner, Zachary Cole, Jeffrey Lamkins, Stacey Leonard, Wendy MacDougall, Clelia Sigaud, Melissa Staples, Krista Pierce, Nancy Mathieson-Jeffers, Holly York.
Rockport: Elizabeth Burgess, Leonard Owens, Sally B. Ingram, Joanne Cookson.
Saint George: Tabitha Keating, Jonathan Moro.
Searsmont: Mary Cox, Tiffany Knox.
Searsport: Michelle Wilbur, Katherine Hecht.
South Thomston: Heather Baines, Evan Grant.
Spruce Head: David Williams.
Stockton Springs: Megan Seekins.
Tenants Harbor: Kristie Akselsen.
Thomaston: Willow Blanche Henry-Elwell, Jaime Edwards, Kyle Martin.
Union: Abigail Baker, Amy Lea.
Vinalhaven: Colleen Conlan.
Waldoboro: Tanya Robinson, William Shuman, Mary Mistovich, Stephanie Dent, Candace Whitney, Sara Hathaway.
Warren: Foster Bates, Kali Sue Fish Martin, Steven Lewicki, Mary Lynch, Louise Tanguay-Ricker, Shaun Libby.
Washington: Joanie Rhoda, Darci Linscott.
Winterport: Nicole Hoad, Debra Fratini, Kimberly Nalewajek.