Maine Skaters Qualify for U.S. National Championships

The North Atlantic Figure Skating Club (NAFSC) is pleased to report that the team of Julia Curran, 12, of Westbrook, and Franz-Peter Jerosch, 14, of Yarmouth, earned the Silver medal in Juvenile Pairs at the U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships, becoming the only Maine skaters to qualify for the 2016 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships.  Julia and Franz teamed up in 2015, and this will be their first trip to Nationals.   Their program is performed to a medley from Don Quixote featuring Man of La Mancha and The Impossible Dream.

All State Music Selections at YHS

Seventeen Yarmouth students were recently selected to the All-State Choir, Band and Orchestra.  They will be performing on Saturday, May 21 at  the Collins Center at the University of Maine, Orono.  Members of the All-State Choir include: Lucy Alexander, Eli Anderson, Mikayla Clifford, Aaron Dustin, Grace Fortin, Bay Hanson, and Karl Munroe.  Members of the All-State Band include Grace Cowles, Aaron Dustin, Franz Jerosch, and Lazare Merchi-Rossin. Members of the All-State Orchestra include Hannah Flanigan, Morgan Flanigan, Hannah Grant, Zoe Hardel, Taylor Robison, and Ava Seid.

MMEA District 2 Honors Festival

On October 22, students from Yarmouth High School auditioned for the following ensembles: Honors Band, Honors Orchestra, Honors Mixed Chorus, Honors Treble Chorus.   The following students will be representing Yarmouth on January 23 at the Instrumental Festival at Oxford Hills High School, and on January 30 at the Vocal Festival at Windham High School:  

Ben Palmer, Grace Cowles, Eli Anderson, Franz Jerosch, Ethan Hunt, Emi Ruth, Grace Fortin, Taylor Robison, Lazare Merchi-Rossini, Aaron Dustin, Matt Sanborn, Abby Van Longhuyzen, Zoe Hardel, Hannah Grant, Ava Seid, Lucy Alexander, Emilie Hardel, Anna Ruprecht, Karl Munroe, Stephanie Contois, Bay Hanson, Christina Dressel, Silas Chappel, Nick Prato, Ian MacGillivray, Gabby Colby George, Isabella Serrano, and Vicky Williams.  

YHS Musicians Jazzin’ it Up

Congratulations to our students who were recently accepted to MMEA All-State Jazz Festival!  On Saturday January 9th at 2 pm, the following students will be performing at the 2016 MMEA All-State Jazz Festival held in Hampden, Maine.  Eli Anderson will be singing tenor in the Mixed Choir, Aaron Dustin will be playing tenor saxophone in the Jazz Band, Karl Munroe will be singing bass in the Mixed Choir, and Colin Prato will be singing bass with brother Nick Prato singing tenor in the Mixed Choir.

Saturday Full House - Football Championship and Matinee of Shrek

On Saturday, the Yarmouth High School Football team will be hosting the Southern Maine Championship Game, starting at 12:30 p.m. The football game will draw a large crowd, which will create a parking issue for many fans of both the game and the musical.

Yarmouth High School’s Playmakers will be performing their highly anticipated performance of Shrek: The Musical, with a matinee on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.  Because of the well-deserved reputation for excellence that the Playmakers have created through show the years, we expect large crowds for these events.

Parking

For both the 12:30 championship game and the 2:00 performance of Shrek, we will provide complimentary shuttle bus service from the I-295 Park & Ride located near Exit 15 and from Yarmouth Elementary School and Harrison Middle School.  The front parking lot at the High School will be reserved for attendees of Shrek, and we are making arrangements in-house to provide for our student-athletes and student-performers as well.

We encourage car-pooling, drop-offs, and alternative forms of transportation (walking, bicycles, etc.) as much as possible.

Maine to Maryland, GEMS student travels miles for experience

Several students recently attended the weeklong Gains in the Education of Math and Science program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The program is run by the Army Educational Outreach Program and is designed as an extracurricular science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The program provides rising 5th through 12th grade students hands-on learning experiences in a U.S. Army laboratory environment while working alongside Army scientists and engineers and conducting real-world STEM projects.

One of the recent students was Sophie Bray, a 10th grade high school student from Yarmouth, Maine, and the granddaughter of Dr. James McCauley, from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. She said she was interested in attending the program because her brothers had attended GEMS and had shared their experiences with her.

Read more about the program

Visual arts teacher Melissa Noack Honored

In a recent article published by The Forecaster, visual arts teacher Melissa Noack was honored for her work and efforts with the Milken Center for Unsung Heroes.

Based in Kansas, the center “discovers, develops, and communicates the stories of Unsung Heroes who have made a profound and positive impact on the course of history.”   Students and educators are provided with the resources and support to create projects in their own schools and communities.

As part of the fellowship, Ms. Noack will be working with Yarmouth High School students in developing project-based learning opportunities to celebrate these individuals through the visual arts.