Robbins honored with prestigious award at annual MIAAA conference

 

Belfast Area High School athletic director Susan Robbins. 

Courtesy of Kari Sawyer

ROCKPORT — Susan Robbins has been building a long-lasting legacy in her field — that being in the realm of high school athletic directors — for a quarter century.

And the longtime administrator — currently in her first year in that position at her alma mater of Belfast Area High School — was honored with the Martin Ryan, CMAA Award of Excellence by the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association at the organization’s annual conference earlier this month at the Samoset Resort.

The award is named after Martin Ryan, who worked as a teacher, coach and administrator in the state for 29 years and was the president of the MIAAA for over 20 years before he passed away in 2021.

It recognizes years of service at the league, regional and state levels, with a particular emphasis in Maine athletics.

Robbins, who had a close relationship with Ryan during her time on the executive board as the associate director for certification and leadership training, said “I’m very proud to have earned this honor in his name.”

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BMI students experience hands-on history, science

 

BELFAST — Belfast Area High School students in Chip Lagerbom and Genna Black’s Marine Studies class recently visited a foreshore shipwreck here as part of their unit on Maritime Archaeology.

Foreshore wrecks are accessible and can be visited at low tide. The class arrived with an underwater metal detector to record iron ship spikes among the wooden futtocks, or stringers, as well as those along the keelson and keel, the backbone lengths of wood that hold a ship together.

They were also responsible for photos, sketches, field notes and collection of artifacts.

Students were tasked with creating hypotheses as to the kind or type of vessel, what it was used for, its age, and its fate — how it ended up where it is.

Then they were to provide evidence they researched, found, recorded or collected that supports their hypotheses, as well as produce a detailed scale drawing of the wreck’s current status.

This has been a long-term research project, visiting this particular wreck for over 15 years, and it is now part of the Belfast Marine Institute’s initiative called the Floating Classroom, to get students involved in, on and under the waters of Penobscot Bay.

For more information or to contact the Belfast Marine Institute, visit https://bahsmarineinstitute.rsu71.org.

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The Lion Roars by Nevyn Harvey

 

The journal team at Belfast High School.

BEFLAST — As warmer days start rolling in, Belfast Area High School continues to develop its first-ever Literary Journal: Rites of Passage.

After five years as only an idea lodged in an English teacher’s mind, the Literary Journal commenced this past January. Three staff members — Cassandra Kromer, Scarlett Peebles and Nevyn Harvey — were selected from the senior class to unite visual and written arts by BAHS and BCOPE students.

Belfast Area High School English teacher Douglas McIntire is the project adviser.

“Ideally, it’s going to be a reflection of the artistic abilities, the thoughts, and the feelings of the students here in this community,” McIntire said. “I want it to reflect not only the students, their work, and their art, but I want them to see their art as a quality product.”

McIntire had looked through college-level literary journals before. This past year he got the opportunity to help judge a national competition among high school student journals, inspiring him to launch the first Literary Journal at BAHS.

The journal’s name, Rites of Passage, was chosen by the group to represent the transition from adolescence to young adulthood in high school. It will highlight themes of coming-of-age and life experiences.

All mediums of art are being considered, whether they be stories, poetry, photography, sculpted work, paintings… The list goes on!

Students are learning using Google and Adobe software, including InDesign and Photoshop. Because it is the first year, the staff members make sure to log their work in a spreadsheet. The goal is to have the Literary Journal printed and bound in actual magazine material, rather than regular 8.5 by 11-inch printer paper.

The three staff members can only work with McIntire for two periods every other day, so they make sure to do as much as they can out of class as well. They expect to be busier as weeks go by and more submissions come in.

McIntire and his crew hope to have a finished product before graduation. In order to do so, however, they have to make sure enough student art is being submitted. The staff members pitch their journal to teachers and students to advertise its existence. This includes setting up meetings, sending and receiving floods of emails, and having a social media presence.

To the group’s benefit, there have been a lot of positive student and staff responses to the Literary Journal. Students have actively engaged with the journal’s Instagram page and teachers continue to contribute a lot to advertising and encouraging their classes to consider the opportunity.

Rites of Passage staff member Cassandra Kromer has big aspirations for the journal. “I hope that it makes students feel proud and accomplished in their work because so many people in this school community are so talented but aren’t comfortable or have never been invited to share that talent,” she said.

The project opens another opportunity for students interested in the arts. Writing and sharing art make students feel vulnerable, but it is also rewarding, so the group hopes that students will take advantage of this.

Since the journal’s start in January, the staff members are happy to note that they have learned many life skills that will help them through post-secondary education, careers, and beyond. Teamwork, working under pressure, leadership, marketing, communication and resilience were mentioned in particular.

Rites of Passage staff member Scarlett Peebles said, “Learning to work together as a cohesive, but small group is really valuable to take into life, especially for the future when you have to work on other group projects and work in small groups.”

Rites of Passage will pave the way for future opportunities in the collaboration of language and arts, recognize the beauty of arts in school, and build life skills for those involved in the Belfast school community.

Check out the Literary Journal’s Instagram page: @bahsritesofpassage

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BCOPE students enter Maine State Science Fair virtually

 

BELFAST — This past weekend, BCOPE students participated in the Maine State Science Fair for the first time. The school had four entrants, three of whom were able to present virtually when the fair went online at the last minute because of the stormy weather.

The students worked for several months, determining research questions, designing their projects, collecting data, writing abstracts, and reviewing their results. Over 250 students across 24 schools participated. BCOPE's student projects were as follows:

Isaac Cummings, Fish Feces vs. Fertilizer; Joey Davis, Hot, Hot, Hot — Does Water Temperature Affect Pepper Growth in Hydroponics; October Patterson, Soil vs. Hydroponics — Know What You Grow and Know What You are Growing; and Eric Nason, Anchors Away — Finding solutions to grow vining plants hydroponically.

Isaac, October and Eric presented to a panel of judges via Zoom Saturday morning.

Eric Nason’s project received one of the MSSF’s special awards sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Special awards are given across categories to recognize student achievement.

BCOPE thanks everyone who supported the students' involvement in the Maine State Science Fair.

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Local teen named finalist for prestigious New York Library writing contest by Eliot Fowler

 

                                              Eliot Fowler, 13, of Belfast has been named a semifinalist in the New York                                                                                              Public Library's Essay Contest. Fowler's essay, "Freedom to Read" was                                                                                                  selected as one of 21 national semifinalists for the award. 

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BELFAST — Eliot Fowler, a 13-year-old Belfast native, is in the seventh grade at Troy Howard Middle School.

At the suggestion of a staff member at the Belfast Free Library, Eliot entered the New York Public Library’s “Freedom to Read” essay contest. On March 15, he found out his essay was selected as one of 21 semifinalists. The winning essay will be announced on March 29.

While the topic (book bans) was selected by the New York Public Library, access to books is a privilege Eliot holds dearly.

“I love reading,” he said. “I’ve always loved reading. Books are such a great way to represent who people are and, so often, they make people feel seen.”

Following is Eliot's essay in its entirety.

Editor's Note: We wish Eliot luck with the final judging. As the following essay demonstrates, Eliot is an accomplished writer.

Freedom to Read

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances,” they said.

Countless court cases have protected these rights to speech, to belief, to debate. We’ve all been told time and time again, “You’re in America. You have a right to free speech, to free expression.” And yet, here we are now, watching books be snatched out of our hands right before our eyes, while said snatchers scream “INDOCTRINATION!” and “THE BOOK IS HURTING YOU!”

The book, in fact, is not hurting me. The book is expanding my mind, opening my views up to the wider world. The book is giving me knowledge about people who are different from me — making me a more well-rounded, empathetic human being with a deeper understanding of the world beyond my cozy bedroom reading nook. All studies taken on the subject show: reading makes kids more empathetic, emotionally intelligent people.

These are skills that are essential in this world. Taking that away from kids is taking away an essential freedom — the freedom to read, the freedom to express yourself, the freedom to learn of other cultures and ways of life, the freedom to see yourself represented in the characters the people you read about, and the freedom to understand that you are not as alone in this world as you thought.

Books with diverse characters make kids more empathetic. Kids understand more about people different from them — whether they are different in race, religion, traditions, gender, beliefs, sexuality, income, body type, home situation, and more. Without these books, kids may not know much about people different from them — and give in to the pattern that seems increasingly common in our society — seeing people different from them and fearing them, hurting them, discriminating against them. Our society really needs books like this, for they show kids just how diverse the world is, and how this diversity is something to be honored and celebrated rather than attacked, feared and exterminated. Kids need empathy to grow up and be kind, helpful and compassionate members of society, and anything that builds this sort of empathy, I believe, is truly important and essential.

Not only that, but kids need to be able to see themselves in the characters they read about. Countless books with diverse main characters have made kids feel less alone in who they are, and have helped them understand that they are not horrid oddballs who must conform to the standards.

These books show kids that, no matter what other people may say, they still deserve love, acceptance and compassion. This, too, is essential to kids’ coming of age. Especially in the teen years when many people feel like outcasts, it’s really important for kids to have things like this that show them — they belong, too, and they deserve love and acceptance just as much as anyone else.

Attacks like this show a hateful and unwelcoming message to people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and other diverse people represented in these books that are so often banned. It sends the message: “You aren’t welcome here!” “You are sinful!” “No kids should even know about you!” and “Your diversity is scary and unwelcome here!” This is not the message we should be sending to these people. In my opinion, people with diverse identities should be welcomed with open arms — they, after all, are humans! We are all humans and we all deserve the same acceptance, love, joy, and welcomeness in communities around the country and the world.

I have been reading since age 4. I always drew an interest in books and words. Even before I could actually read, I would pretend to read, babbling and looking at the pictures of books by authors like Robert McCloskey, Dr. Seuss and Maurice Sendak. I still read today — the library is basically my second home and I walk there every day after school. Books have opened my mind to the wider world. In the books I’ve read, I’ve been to all seven continents. I’ve gone on adventures in Japan with a boy from San Francisco. I’ve been around Africa with a local man. I’ve even traveled to Germany and read in horror as the characters were persecuted. Many of these adventures, I’ve come to realize, would not be possible if the message of these “Book Banners” was spread to the extent they want it to be. This lifelong passion for books and reading is part of why, when I hear about attempts to ban books, it angers me. It frustrates me that hateful people with a limited view of others different from them are able to so easily demand a book be removed, and have it removed. The freedom to read is one of the most important freedoms held by Americans, in my view, because not only is it the freedom to do the act of reading itself, but also the freedom to express yourself, the freedom to learn, the freedom to be understood and the freedom to understand others. Attacks on this are not only hateful and small-minded, but they attack one of the most basic yet important American freedoms.

To combat this attack on our freedom of expression, it’s important that people show how important reading is to them, and how these infringements hurt that. Reading has been a quintessential part of my life, and has been a very important part of many other people’s lives. To infringe on this right to read is taking away a point of joy for many, many people, and that should be condemned. The books that I read, I think, should have nothing to do with politics. Adults I don’t even know shouldn’t have the right to regulate what I read. I should be able to choose what I read and choose with confidence. That right should not be up for grabs.

We, the young people of the world, the people who will be inheriting this Earth, must continue to practice our rights and freedoms. We must show the people trying to infringe on our rights: it’s not up to you. You have no say in what I read or don’t. No matter what you say, we will keep reading. We’ll keep learning, keep exploring, keep opening our minds. We’ll look for representation and seek out books about people different from us to learn about where they’re coming from. We must tell future generations this chapter of history so it doesn’t repeat itself. And most importantly, we must keep reading.

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Harvey wins DAR Good Citizen award at BAHS

 

Nevyn Harvey, named DAR Good Citizen at Belfast Area High School. Photo courtesy of Belfast Area High School

BELFAST — Belfast Area High School is pleased to announce the selection of this year’s DAR Good Citizen, senior Nevyn Harvey, daughter of Brian and Alison Harvey and Monica Hammond.

The Good Citizen selection process involved the staff of BAHS nominating members of the senior class who they believed best represent the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. The top three nominees from staff were narrowed down to one by the senior class.

In addition to Nevyn, the two other top staff nominees this year were Danielle Hicock and Josiah Howard.

The award is sponsored by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

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In Our Schools: Haley Richardson by CASS Students

 

                    Haley Richardson, a teacher in the Life Skills program at Capt. Albert Stevens Elementary School.                                                                                                  Photo courtesy of Nancy Nickerson

BELFAST — Haley Richardson is a teacher in a Life Skills Program at Capt. Albert Stevens School, with second to fifth graders. She has 12 kids in her class and four ed techs who help her do her job.

Miss Richardson loves working with kids and teaching them things they will know forever in their lives. When asked who she would give a shout out to at school she said, “Miss Gail, Miss Bonin, Miss Harding and Mr. Francis. Without them I could not do my job. We are a strong team.”

Her last job was teaching pre-K students, who are little kids before they go to kindergarten. Miss Richardson studied elementary education and coaching at Husson University in Bangor.

In her free time, she loves to snuggle with her four kitties, put LEGOs together and do puzzles. Her favorite vacation spot is Cape Cod, an island in Massachusetts which reminds her of home and is close to the ocean. She has a lot of family who live there and she enjoys visiting them.

Miss Richardson grew up in a small town in Maine, South Thomaston on Buttermilk Lane. She spent most of her time at her Grandma’s home right next door to her house. Her family still lives in those homes. She has one brother, who is five years older than she is.

Editor’s Note: Students from Captain Albert Stevens Elementary School gathered information and wrote the above teacher biography. Many thanks to Layla, Eva, and Kameron.

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Hicock wins MPA Award for Belfast Area High School

 

                                 BAHS Senior Danielle Hicock, winner of the 2024 Maine Principals' Association Award.

Photo courtesy of Belfast Area High School
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Hoop teams smile, dance, compete at Belfast Unified Basketball Festival

 

BELFAST — Unified basketball, in its simplest terms, packages all that is good and pure about sports and wraps it up in a perfect red bow.                                                                                                     

And that spectacle was on full display Tuesday, March 12 at Belfast Area High School for the inaugural Belfast Unified Basketball Festival.

The five-team, end-of-season play day was a rousing success as a handful of student athletes played, danced, laughed, encouraged one another and displayed unparalleled sportsmanship on the court.

Unified basketball brings together both Special Olympic Athletes and general student-athletes (partners) in 5-on-5 competition.

Belfast athletic director Susan Robbins, who has been an athletic director for over 20 years at various schools, said Tuesday's event "went extremely well and everyone had a great time" and is looking forward to it becoming an annual event at BAHS.

"Unified Basketball has taken off in our state and the MPA began offering festivals as a way of celebrating the end of the season," she said. "I have hosted several over the years. When I learned that the Midcoast area did not have an end of the year festival, I offered to host KVAC schools in the area."

A team must have three unified student-athletes and two unified student partners on the floor at all times, with each side allowed up to 22 individuals on their bench and should, if possible, include an equal number of athletes and partners.

In addition, unified athletes must score at least 75 percent of the game’s points.

All teams play a minimum of six regular season games and a maximum of eight, in addition to taking part in optional, end-of-season festivals held statewide.

Games typically consist of two 20-minute, running-time halves, with the clock stopped for foul shots, substitutions and in dead-ball situations in the final minute of each half. Overtimes, if warranted, are four minutes in length.

However, Tuesday’s play day featured shortened contests and the full games were 20 minutes in length, with seven games on tap and each team competing in three games.

Scores from Tuesday’s play day included: Belfast 49, Mount View 26; Camden Hills 30, Mount View 23; Nokomis 34, Medomak Valley 18; Nokomis 35, Mount View 31; Medomak Valley 26, Camden Hills 22; Camden Hills 38, Belfast 36; and Belfast 44, Nokomis 41.

Midway through the festivities, a 15-minute dance party erupted on the court with athletes, partners, coaches and even fans converging to shake a leg to a handful of crowd-pleasing songs both past and present.

In regular season play, Oceanside finished the season 5-1, while Belfast finished 5-2; Camden Hills, 4-2; Medomak Valley, 2-4; and Mount View, 2-3-1.

Team members for Medomak Valley, coached by Tracie McLain, Paul Smeltzer and Jason Stewart, included Gavin White, Shamus Pease, Grady Pease, Josh Blake, Landen Stewart, Isaac Richardson, Lilly Hills, Joey Vargas, Skylar Hills, Hailey Campbell, Austin Richardson, Cole Bales, Finn Kelly and Marshall Addy.

Team members for Oceanside, coached by Josh Mitchell, Colleen Rickard and Aubrey Hoose, included Olivia Robbins, Liz Everett, Hannah Erickson, Brian Farnham, Shawn Williams, Chris Mansfield, Laiken Parent, Aiden Jones and Autumn Pierce.

Team member for Belfast, coached by Sara McIntire and Tina Young, included Ethan Abbott, Eddie Blakesley, Steven DeGraff, Nick Duffelmeyer, Connor Faulkingham, Mila Fenise, Gary Gale, Charles Gray, Brianna Grindle, Alex Higgins, Jacob Lindelof, Caden Nickerson, Breanna Shorey and Chris Taylor.

Team members for Mount View, coached by Vinny Vannah, included Christian Moody, Laurel Hunstburger, Billy Bragdon, Jordan Von Oesen, Breanna Gray, Jeremy Moulton and Julie Gray.

Team members for Camden Hills, coached by Anna Alley, included Emily Brown, Addison Hinds, Fisher Thomas, Levi Thomas, Emma Deetjen, Noah Widdecomb, Kanoa Wolfrum, Autumn Foster, Christopher Genthner, Tegan Carlson, Aden Gould, Manny Mosheyev, Abigail Butler, Cleo Dishner, Byron Sparhawk, Carter Thomas, Amelia Johnson, Brenna Odone, Hannah Leavitt, Landon Marquis, Madison Hannan, Tallulah Marks, Hollis Schwalm and Tully Glick.

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RSU 71 Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration

 

Pre-kindergarten

If you have a child who will be 4 on or before Oct. 15, now is the time to contact Waldo Community Action Partners to apply for pre-K. Applications can be found online at WaldoCAP.

Click the Early Childhood logo, then click pre-K, scroll down, and click “Apply.”

Applications will be scheduled starting in March for the 2024-25 school year. For help applying, call Waldo CAP’s Early Childhood Program at 338-3827 and ask for Nettie or Nicole.

Kindergarten

The elementary schools are preparing for kindergarten screening for the 2024-25 school year. Capt. Albert Stevens and East Belfast schools will screen children on May 16 and 17. Gladys Weymouth School in Morrill will screen children on May 7 and 8.

If you have a child who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15, now is the time to contact the appropriate school to request information.

All student registrations for the 2024-25 school year will be done online. Once your child’s online registration has been processed, you will be contacted to set up a screening appointment for your child.

To access the online registration, click on the link provided, then click on the Kindergarten Registration link at the top of the web page.

Information for online registration will be available on your child’s school website.

Following are phone numbers for the school offices: 338-3510 for Capt. Stevens Elementary School, Belfast; 338-4420 for East Belfast School, East Belfast and Swanville; and 342-5300 for Gladys Weymouth School for Belmont, Morrill and Searsmont.

Celebrating Young Artists at BAHS by Annie Binette

 

                                        Miles Mailloux, sixth from left in this chorus line, performs in a                                                                                           Belfast Area High School production of “Mean Girls.” 

                                                                    Photo Courtesy of Roby Mailloux

BELFAST — Maine is no stranger to the world of artists. Whether it be classic authors like Longfellow or contemporary artists like Alex Katz, there’s an artist of every kind around the corner.

In a series for the school newspaper, The Blue and Gold Review, we are searching for rising artists in the Belfast Area High School area and gives them a taste of the limelight.

This week, The Blue and Gold Review shines the spotlight on BAHS senior Miles Mailloux, a musician and upcoming actor in Maine’s theater scene.

His love for theater started at 9 years old when his parents signed him up for Midcoast Youth Theater’s Summer Camp program. His first production, “Dear Edwina,” set the stage for performances yet to come.

In just eight years, Miles has amassed a great deal of acting experience.

From the rock ballads of “Rent” to the Shakespearian comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” he’s done it all. However, Miles says that his all-time favorite performances have to be “Newsies” and “Mean Girls.”

Besides the thrill of performing, he also highlights the warmth of the theater community. When asked to elaborate, Miles reminisces about his time playing Les in “Newsies”:

“I was in eighth grade, and it was a high school show. We were allowed to come up and do it with them… The person who played Davey (Les’s older brother) kinda took me under her wing and showed me the ropes. Overall, it’s a really nice community to be a part of.”

He shared a similar sentiment regarding the BAHS production of “Mean Girls” last fall.

“I’ve been acting with the same two people consistently for years,” he said.

When asked about his advice for other aspiring actors, Miles urges young thespians to take every opportunity they can get.

“Get involved as soon as you can,” he said. “Make as many connections as you can. Every time there’s an option to do [theater], I say do it. Like, it’s not gonna hurt to do so.”

Although the curtain is closing on his time at BAHS, Miles is far from done. He continues to pursue acting, majoring in musical theater and performance in college, and eventually on the big stage.

                                                                            Annie Binette

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THMS - Young Artists' Gallery Takeover

 

March is Youth Art & Music In Our Schools Month - BAHS

 

Belfast Rotary Club donates $17,000 to school clothing closets

 Belfast Rotary Club’s Bob Adler (left) and Sue Beemer (right) present $17,000 in checks in support of school Clothing Closets programs to RSU 71 schools staff (left to right) Laura Miller, RSU 71 Curriculum Coordinator; Michelle Philbrick, Special Education Director; Julie Sanborn, CASS Assistant Principal; Ashley Reynolds, CASS principal; and Glen Widmer, Ames School and Gladys Weymouth Elementary Schools principal. Not pictured are Kermit Nickerson Elementary School principal Liz Wakem, Searsport Superintendent Chris Downing and principal Todd Martin, social worker Lindsay Hawthorne, and school nurse Amanda Gurney of the Edna Drinkwater School in Northport.                                                                                     (Photo courtesy Belfast Rotary Club)

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BAHS announces Q2 academic achievers

 

BELFAST — Belfast Area High School announced that the following students have made the honor roll for the second quarter.

Grade 9

High Honors: Isis Bird, Ezri Budet, Jem Bywater, Bella Foley, Theodore Fowler, Maverick Harriman, Paisley Hayslip, Aidan Howard, Leona Lozanova, Stella McCarthy, Sebastian Sprague, Vienna Ting and Owen Tomatly.

Honors: Austin Ames, Kailey Armstrong, Madelyn Batty, Colby Bernosky, Kayla Charette, Gareth Ford, Wyatt Foy, Claire Gilchrist, Evie Joy, Piper Leone, Savannah Lepow, Cole Mailloux, Allyson Markham, Justin Massey, Rowan Megquier, Chloe Newton, Ethan Newton, Zady-Katherine Paige, Siena Sommer, Chase Thomas, Emma Tripp, Nicholas Vaillancourt, Gabriel Wagner, Lavinia Welch, Caroline Wisniewski and Connor Wood.

Commendable: Iris Berry, Garak Brimer, Hayden Brimer, Samantha Chambers, Landon Coombs, Isaac Crawford, Lelia Darres, Anthonie Fairbrother, Connor Faulkingham, Edaniel Lapitan and Amarah Thornley.

Grade 10

High Honors: Kathryn Bitely, Theodore Bluhm, Lydia Butler, Minh Ha, Hannah Neal, Katience Parenteau, Forest Pitkin and Samuel Potter.

Honors: Natalie Barrows, Nora Burgess, Story Carlson, Malia DeGracia Beadling, Steven DeGraff, Emma Dietz, Ariana Evans, Jackson Faulkingham, Emily Friel, Sicily Glass, Jameson Harvey, Grace Hayes, Evelyn Lawson, Luke Littlefield, Colton Luce, Jordyn MacKay, Nevaeh Martin, Brogan McAvoy, Eric Nason, Alanna Nichols, October Patterson, Cooper Shattuck, Jocelyn Valleau and Payton Wadsworth.

Commendable: Sieun Ahn, Olivia Casavant, Aiden Colson, Zackary Duffelmeyer, Allison Friel, Olivia Fritz, Nicholas Hicock, Jackson Horton, Misaki Kranendonk, Hope Kunesh, Marisa Laursen, Kate Lemon, Trinity Lyons, Rohan Martens, Margaret Metcalf, Aden Penney, Madyson Pinkham, Miles Sagaas, Vito Scappaticci, Eli Thompkins, Dawson Tripp, Lacey Ward, Robert Withee, Oralee Woodbury, Grace Woods, Dawson Yeaton and Cassandra Young.

Grade 11

High Honors: Isaiah Alvarez, Madison Deans, Morgan Donnelly, Ryker Evans, Brenna Farnsworth, Francis Rohan Joseph, Marley Kormann, Alden Leonard, Piper Sanders, Estella Sprague, Judson Thomas and Adam Tomalty.

Honors: Ethan Abbott, Benjamin Allen, Eliza Barrett, Olivia Blood, Connor Bowles, Van Brown, Liza Cookson, Liliana Cortez, Julie Darres, Esme Deschamps, Lawless Desrochers, Felix Duggin, Matthew Duso, Ryan Eldridge, Daniel Kade Fuller, Audri Goodwin, Kali Knight, Ava Markham, Leah Moores, Emmeline New, Lucas Newsom, Madeline Porter, Nina Potvin, Jasmyne Restrepo Perez, Lexus Riley, Breanna Shorey, Naomi Sprague, Isaac Thompkins, Derak Whitmore and Kayla Wight.

Commendable: Vadim Blood, Jara Brown, Kassandra Brown, Zane Cole, Carver Dennison, Gary Gale, Rebecca Gary, Danica Gray, Mone’e Heroux, Allison Hooper, Tristan Hughes, Drew Kulbe, Christopher Landis, Matthew LeVesque, Jacob Lindelof, Paige Littlefield, Ava Naumann and Reilly Newton.

Grade 12

High Honors: Eliot Andrews, Sophia Birocco, Jane Bluhm, Kiya Bowles, Morgan Curtis, Avery Emerson, Summer Flewelling, Emma Harvey, Josiah Howard, Cassandra Kromer, Kylie Laite, Bella Lantigua, Maeve Littlefield, Finley Marriner, Scarlett Peebles, Jaiden Philbrook, Liam Pieske and Dakota Smith.

Honors: Jasmine Baughman, Kimburly Berry, Dustin Boynton, Emma Casey, Joseph Davis, Aidan Davison, Kaci Dusoe, Bella Greene, Isaac Harrington, Nevyn Harvey, Danielle Hicock, Jayden Langlois, Annabelle Lisa, Cora Littlefield, Miles Mailloux, Stephanie Resh, Erin Robbins, Alexis Smith, Sophia Taylor, Eli Veilleux, Scott Wallace, James Whiting and Ava Witham.

Commendable: Elijah Dominic Agbuya, Marina Bannister, Tanner Carson, Ada Curry, Patricia Cyr, Jordyn Dodge, Hannah Emerson, Andrew Fairbrother, Alyson Field, Andrew Haas, Josie Harvey, Joseph Lemon, Curtis Littlefield, Mason Maddocks, Sara-Jo Richeson, LilyAnne Spartz, Abigail Watts, Damian Whitmore and Owen Woodbury.

BMI students survey storm damage

 

Students from the Belfast Marine Institute who recently conducted a survey of storm 

damage along the Belfast shoreline. 

Photos courtesy of Charles Lagerbom

Working in conjunction with Kelsey Davis and the ITEST Coastal Tracers group, class members took photos of existing damage and interviewed people on the waterfront, like passersby and local businesses, including the Belfast harbormaster.

After debriefing on what they saw, students will discuss ways to monitor what the community does next, developing possible mitigation scenarios and their costs and implications.

Regional Middle School Math Meet

 

On Thursday February 8, 2024, seven 5th graders and 1 - 4th grader attended the second regional Middle School Math Meet, held at the China Lake Conference Center. These Students were from CASS, Ames and Nickerson Schools. Considering their young ages, they performed amazingly well. We had 2 teams competing at the 6th grade level.

6th grade Team 1: Came in 2nd Place

H. Kneller - Tied for 4th place in the individual round

O. Porter

E. James

C. Patrick

6th Grade Team 2:

S. Wagner

R. Adams

C. Tietje

M. Jacobs - Tied for 4th place in the individual round

This was a first time event for all of these students and they did an amazing job.