Students selected for All-State Music Festivals

PORTLAND — Six students from the Portland Public School system were selected by audition to participate in the All-State Music Festival.

Dexter Morse, a student at Portland High School, and Nick Thompson-Brown, a Deering High School student, were chosen for the Jazz All-State Festival, which happens Jan. 5-7 at Scarborough High School.

The following students will participate in the All-State Band-Orchestra-Chorus Festival on May 17-19 at the University of Maine in Orono: Julia Kang, a violinist from Deering High School; Gabe Doss, a cellist from Portland High School; Lucy Bauer, a soprano from Portland High School; and Owen Carten, a tenor from Portland High School.

Portland student makes Dean’s List at Choate Rosemary Hall

WALLINGFORD, Conn. — Thomas Danielewski, son of Christine Stelling Danielewski of Portland, was named to the fall term 2011 Dean’s List at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn.

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Back row: Olivia Bartlett, 12; Eleanor Cox, 13; Chloe Daikh, 13; Joshua Dow, 13; Rose Griffin, 11; Rowan Hoyt, 13; Sophia Morin, 12; Althea Sellers, 12; Molly Watterson, 15.

Front Row: Alexis Bolduc, 12; Margaret Dow, 9; Ana Napijalo, 7; Zoe Hardel, 10; Madeleine Surber-Vogel, 10; Hadley Porier, 8, Emily Tabb, 12.

Not Pictured: Eleanor Altholz, 15; Fiona Larson, 8; and Abby Menard, 17.


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