Pingree in Air Force security duty
Airman Jared E. Pingree has arrived at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M.
Pingree is the son of Roger K. Pingree of Haines Meadow Road and Cheryl J. Pingree of Atkinson.
A security forces apprentice, Pingree is assigned to the 377th Security Forces Squadron. He is a 2005 graduate of Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford.
Buxton Garden Club to meet
The Buxton Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, at Round’s Greenhouse on Route 117 in Hollis.
They will construct container gardens at the meeting. For more information, call Elaine Sargent at 929-3401.
Clements in Washington competition
Dora Clements of West Buxton will be traveling to Washington D.C. with her classmates at Catherine McAuley High School on Friday, April 28, to compete in a national competition.
They will represent Maine in the “We the People” competition that tests knowledge and application of the U.S. Constitution in a mock Congressional hearing.
Clements and her schoolmates in the Advanced Placement American Government class in the Portland High School earned the right to represent Maine in state competition.
This is the fourth consecutive appearance of Catherine McAuley High School in the academic program.
First grade students in Internet projects
The children in Peggy Townsend’s first grade class at Jack Memorial School in Buxton are having a good time learning to use a computer.
Each week, the students have a new computer workshop. The activities in the workshops vary from finding information on the Internet about hibernating animals or planets to using a drawing program to designing a cover for a book they have written.
The class has also participated in two Internet projects. The Groundhog Day weather project involved recording weather conditions on Groundhog Day and sharing those results with classes across the country.
The second project is the Tooth Tally. From February through April, the class has been keeping track of the number of teeth they have lost. They share the results with first graders across the country and around the world.
To see the results of the Internet projects and some of the other computer activities, go to the district Web site at www.sad6.k12.me.us and click on the Jack Memorial page and scroll down to Townsend’s home page and enjoy a peek into the classroom.
Cutline (#1671) – Lily Carter and Andrew Reny working on a workshop where the students used the internet to identify Australian animals. Send questions/comments to the editors.
