Waynflete Upper School teams took both first and second place at this year’s Maine State Science Olympiad. Contributed / Waynflete
Waynflete tops at Science Olympiad
Waynflete Upper School teams took both first and second place at this year’s Maine State Science Olympiad tournament, which was held virtually over two weeks in April. The events include tests of content knowledge, the scientific process and engineering build events. Although the school normally places among the top three schools in Maine, this is the first time that Waynflete’s teams have earned the top two spots.
Upper School students won a total of 10 first-place medals at the event. Highlights include wins in Wright Stuff (airplane), Maren Cooper and Reed Robinson; Chemistry Lab, Selina He and Maren Cooper; Disease Detectives, Julia Werner and Blythe Thompson; Forensics, Anna and Sam Yankee; Gravity Vehicle, Henry Wagg and Henry Moore; Sounds of Music, Aidan Kieffer and Joey Ansel-Mullen; Detector Building, Jacob Curtis and Orion Keierleber; Dynamic Planet, Cece Marshall and Vera Shattuck; Ornithology, Oscar Herrera and Liam Slocomb; and Water Quality, Levi Lilienthal and Charlie Horner. The teams were coached by science teachers Wendy Curtis and Carol Titterton.
South Portland kids celebrate Book Week
To celebrate Children’s Book Week, Brown Elementary in South Portland hosted a One School, One Book project. All students in grades K-5, whether attending school in-person or remotely, read “Outside, Inside” by LeUyen Pham. The students and some community members also painted kindness rocks to help spread joy throughout the community. The rocks were placed beside the StoryWalks at Brown and Brickhill Heights. Visitors are welcome to take a rock when they come to enjoy the story.
Youth honored for musical talents
The following local students were recognized when The Maine Music Teachers Association Pine Tree Competition winners were announced earlier this month: Early Elementary Piano, Moira Choi of Portland, student of Naydene Bowder, second place, and Clara Hasbrouck of Cumberland, student of Elizabeth Hasbrouck, third place; Late Elementary Piano, Lena Asali of Scarborough, student of Elizabeth Manduca, first place, Sophia Turker of Falmouth, student of Elizabeth Manduca, third place; Senior Piano, Annabelle Brooks of Portland, student of Anastasia Antonacos, first place; Senior Strings, Aidan Montmeny of Pownal, student of Katherine Liccardo, first place.
East End Community named a 2021 Model School
The International Center for Leadership in Education, whose mission is to encourage, inspire and support educators, has named East End Community School in Portland a 2021 Model School for its “relentless focus on student outcomes in an unprecedented year.”
East End Community School is one of only 16 Model Schools from across the United States that will share its best practices at ICLE’s 29th Annual Model Schools Conference. The event provides a forum for thousands of teachers and leaders to share innovative and creative strategies.
In 2017, the ACLU recognized East End’s Rise and Shine program for closing opportunity gaps among students.
Yarmouth students pitch in for civic pride
Yarmouth High School students celebrated Earth Day by picking up more than 200 pounds of trash in town. Contributed / Gina Tansey
Yarmouth High School students teamed up this spring with Yarmouth Recycling Committee member Gina Tansey and her family to retrieve more than 200 pounds of trash from local roads. The event was planned as a pilot program with room for expansion and a way for Yarmouth residents to celebrate Earth Day and foster town pride, Tansey said. Joining Tansey in volunteering were Laney McDonough, Amelia Kostin, Fiona Bergen, Neena Panozzo, Annie Vinnakota, Colleen Lynch, Jamie Tansey, Sophie Wentzell, Sonja Bell, Aubrey Collier and Eamon Tansey.
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