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Friday, June 19, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 25
Laura Wilson Recognized for Academic Excellence by Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth YORK – Laura Wilson, a highachieving student from York, was honored as one of the brightest young students in the world at a regional awards ceremony for academically advanced children sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Wilson, a participant in the CTY Talent Search, was recognized for her exceptional performance on a rigorous, above-grade-level test given to academically talented secondthrough-eighth-grade students. As part of the CTY Talent Search, advanced young learners take above-grade level tests
Laura Wilson was honored as one of the brightest young students in the world.
that identify academic talent and reveal gaps between a child's academic program and
her actual capacity for learning. Seventh and eighth graders take the SAT or ACT—the same tests used for college admissions. These students, along with second through sixth graders, can also take the School and College Ability Test (SCAT), an above-level test, or the Spatial Test Battery (STB), which measures spatial ability. Wilson, a student at York Middle School Middle School, was one of more than 33,000 students from 60-plus countries who participated in the CTY Talent Search this year by testing between March 2014 and February 2015. Because of the difficulty of the tests, only about 30 percent of students
who participated earned an invitation to a CTY Awards Ceremony where they are individually honored for their academic performance and potential. Most students honored in 2015 CTY Award Ceremonies also qualified for CTY’s summer courses and online classes. "Congratulations to all of the outstanding young people recognized as part of the CTY Awards Ceremonies for their willingness to challenge themselves by taking a test originally designed for significantly older students," said Elaine Tuttle Hansen, executive director of CTY. "This is an opportunity to recognize these students’ achievements but to also honor
the parents and educators who have nurtured and supported their intellectual growth and development." This spring, more than 8,470 CTY Talent Search honorees were invited to participate in 41 CTY Award Ceremonies across the U.S. and in China and Hong Kong. The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) draws students from 50 states and nearly 82 countries worldwide. CTY provided $5.8 million in financial aid to more than 7,400 students for Talent Search or programs in fiscal 2014. For more information, go to www.cty.jhu.edu.
$435,000 Grant Awarded for Portable Live-Fire Training Trailer STATEWIDE The Maine Fire Service Institute, based out of Southern Maine Community College, will receive a $434,783 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant to purchase a live-fire train-
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ing trailer. This critical piece of equipment will be used for regional trainings around the state. “This is fantastic news for fire departments and communities around the state. The Maine Fire Service Institute will be able to transport this critical piece of equipment to firefighters in far corners of Maine who might not be able to access a training facility,� said Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. “I’m so glad
valuable, hands-on training they need to better protect themselves
and the public in dangerous situations.� According to Maine Fire Service Institute Deputy Director Jim Graves, the trailer is a portable burn building that can simulate multiple live-fire scenarios and offers a number of training aspects, including ladder placement, ventilation, search and rescue, and confined spaces. Once built, the Institute
An example of a training trailer by Fireblast Global used in Great Neck, NY. The unit to be purchased in Maine may not be the same. (www.fireblast.com photo)
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that this federal investment will help Maine firefighters get the
Brick Store Museum Joins Yankee Ingenuity Trail KENNEBUNK – The Brick Store Museum has joined Maine’s Yankee Ingenuity Trail, a collection of twelve museums throughout the state celebrating the various ways Mainers and fellow New Englanders used “Yankee Ingenuity� to make their lives better. In conjunction with the Trail, the Brick Store Museum will open Stories of Invention in its upstairs gallery, displaying many of the wonderful achievements and inventions made by historic Kennebunk-
ers. Among the local inventions on display, visitors can expect to find a nineteenthcentury snowplow made by Kennebunk man Timothy Varney; early bedsprings; a magnetic clock; a barn frame loom; shipbuilding tools; and a local man’s 1896 college thesis on electricity and its current. Since colonial times, New England has been known for its industry, technology, and spirit of inventiveness. "Yankee ingenuity," a term that strongly
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evokes the New England character, reflects traditions of invention, resourcefulness and craftsmanship that emerged over a period of more than three centuries. This exhibition highlights some of Kennebunk’s inventors and traditional tools from the 18th-19th century. Stories of Invention will be on display at the Brick Store Museum through Fall 2015. To learn more about the Yankee Ingenuity Trail, visit www.yankeeingenuitymuseumtrail.org.
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