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Alumni Directory
ACE Mentoring
Program
Sports News
Memorial
Field
Clock Tower
Renovated
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Deering High Alumni Directory 2008 -
Mailed November 2008
The Deering High
School Alumni Association announces the production of a
renewal edition alumni directory. The 2008 edition directory is the most up-to-date reference compiled on Deering High School
alumni to date and features detailed personal and professional
information on graduates from all class years—making it easier to
find old friends as well as to network professionally. The
next edition will be published in 2012.
The 2008 Alumni Directory
project was coordinated and distributed by our publisher, Harris
Directory and Data Services of Norfolk, VA. Harris Publishing
made every attempt to contact individuals directly to
verify information through postcards mailings, email messages and
phone calls. Thank you to all those alumni who contacted
Harris to confirm or update their information. The final
product was mailed in November 2008. Please call
Harris/Graduation Connections directly toll-free at 1-800-877-6554
if you have any questions or at their web site at
www.graduateconnections.com/deering
If your directory listing was
incorrect, please let us know and we will update your class list.
deeringalumni@maine.rr.com
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Alumnus Organizes Program to
Teach Deering Students about Design and Construction Careers
About a dozen Deering High School students are learning about
architecture, engineering and construction careers through a new
mentoring program started at the school by an alumnus.
Students in the ACE Mentoring Program meet regularly with
professionals in those fields and visit building projects such as
the Ocean Avenue Elementary School now under construction. At the
end of the year, students in the program will have the opportunity
to win scholarships.
The students are designing a community center for the Pines area
behind Deering High School. Although the center won't actually be
built, "it's a great exercise to get students to be creative," said
Tyler Johnson, a 2002 Deering graduate who works as an intern
architect at WBRC Architects/Engineers. "We have asked them
to look at successful community centers and think about what they
would want in a building right near their school for a great place
to hang out."
Johnson said the ACE Mentoring Program would have been perfect for
him when he was in high school. He approached Deering last year
about offering it, he said, because "I wanted to help guide students
and work with them to figure out if architecture, engineering or
construction is the route they want to take." Johnson is one of
several professionals in the construction field who interact with
students as mentors or guest speakers.
Deering is one of three Maine schools to start ACE Mentoring
Programs in the past year; the others are Hampden Academy and Bangor
High School. The national program began in 1994. For more
information, please visit
www.acementor.org.
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SPORTS NEWS
We need a volunteer to help us keep our Sports
News up to date. If you would like to volunteer, contact the
Alumni Association.
Contact Us.
For the current Deering sports schedule, go to
the Digital Sports web site at
www.digitalsports.com
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MEMORIAL
FIELD
Memorial Field Update |
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September 2008
- Thanks to a team of people, the City of Portland's
plans to renovate Deering High's Memorial Field area have become a
reality ... the Ram Memorial Field
is in full use with the start of the 2007 school year.
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PAST PROJECT
Deering High School Clock Tower |
 
Before
After |
Thanks
to the work of former Deering Alumni Board member and friend Rick Tomazin
and the donations of many Alumni and others, the restoration of the
Deering Clock Tower on top of the school is complete. A
dedication ceremony was held on June 4, 1999 on the front lawn of
the school. We are all proud to see the Clock Tower, symbolic
of a quality education at Deering High School, restored to its
original grandeur.
The Clock
Tower is scheduled for a repainting the summer of 2008.
For current information on Deering
High School and to view the school's web site, click below:
www.portlandschools.org/Pages/Schools/SchoolsFrames.html |
