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Opportunity for you and your students!

It is always fun to reconnect with previous students and learn what they doing. About a year after I joined the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) I met Sarah McCarthy, used to be Pfeiffer, who I had as a middle school student. I find myself saying ‘100 years’ ago in reference to my beginning years of teaching. I taught for 30 before joining the MDOE 4 years ago. I had Sarah and her sister 100 years ago and periodically my path crosses with her mom and dad.

Sarah works for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra (BSO) as the Director of Development and Marketing. I received an email from Sarah letting me know that the BSO is gearing up for another season and she asked me to share information. The BSO has a program called ‘Know Your Orchestra’ that gives your students the opportunity to become acquainted with classical music.

Print out the voucher below which admits one student and one friend or sibling. Accompanying adults and any other additional friend or siblings will be admitted for $10.00 each. The voucher may be used for Sunday performances at the Collins Center on these dates: November 14, 2010, January 16, 2011, March 13, 2011, April 10, 2011.

If you have questions, please contact Sarah at 207-942-5555, Ext. 2 and tell her I said “hello”!

Technology, Entertainment, Design TED Talks

In May of 2009 I wrote a blog post on TED and the three talks that I found most inspiring at that time. Since then I have learned about TEDx which is an off shoot of TED occurring in different parts of the world. The first TEDx will take place in Maine on 10-10-10 in Brunswick. According to the website you can still apply (until Oct. 4th) to attend.

Thanks to David Patterson for sending me this link to a blog post called 20 Awe-Inspiring TED Talks for Artists & Designers and take my word, they are VERY inspriring!