Philip W. Sugg Middle School student Ciera Miller, left, qualified to represent her school at the state level of the National Geographic Bee. The event was sponsored by Google and Plum Creek. The state Bee was held on March 30 at the University of Maine in Farmington. Miller attended the competition with her coach and language arts/social studies grade 7 teacher, Amy Kissell, right. Benjamin Maclean, a student at York Middle School, defended his state title and traveled to Washington, D.C., for the national competition in May.
Mt. Ararat names top May student
TOPSHAM — Owen Blease, a senior from Bowdoinham, has been named the May Student of the Month at Mt. Ararat High School. Blease was nominated for being a conscientious and focused citizen in the school community. He has been recognized as a respectful and tolerant individual who produces quality work. Blease is able to utilize strategies and demonstrate maturity in a manner that ensure success in the school environment.
Other nominees included:
Grade 9: Samuel Allen, Shane Butterfuss, Katrina Daniels, Isabel Drehobl, Madison Dumont, Emma Fay, Rebecca McLaughlin, Kasey Johnson, Trevor Knoedler, Taylor Lynch, Molly Roberts, Joshua Saxon and Adam Smith.
Grade 10: Chandler Field, Branden Garrison, Lindsay Garza, Katelyn Gibson, Tucker Gonzalez, Slayden Lamarre and Levi Yeaton.
Grade 11: Ben Foley, Hannah Kincaid, Asia Lewis, Michael MacDonald and Alex Sharpe.
LCS artists’ work off to Blaine House
Lisbon Community School fourth-grader Kadrian Rugullies proudly displays his artwork, along with a certificate and medal he received after his artwork was selected by the Maine Youth Excellence in Art program for display at the Blaine House. Art teacher Jo Martyn-Fisher said that art from another LCS student, second-grader Uriah Carver, will also be displayed.
Family cheers; no diploma for grad
CINCINNATI (AP) — A suburban Cincinnati high school is withholding a graduate’s diploma and requiring community service as punishment for what it describes as overly boisterous cheering by his family during his graduation ceremony.
Mount Healthy City Schools Superintendent Lori Handler tells WCPO-TV families agree to avoid ceremony disruptions. She says they are unfair to others who want to hear their students’ names called and then cheered.
She says the extended cheering for football player Anthony Cornist disrupted the May 24 ceremony.
His mother, Traci Cornist, says the cheering wasn’t unusually loud or disruptive. She says her son shouldn’t be penalized for his family and friends cheering.
The school says he has legally graduated, but it’s requiring 20 hours of community service by him or his family before handing over his diploma.
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