Poinciana student taking naval course

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Poinciana student taking naval course

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Thursday, 13 May 2010 00:00

Lisa D’Cato
Poinciana Writer
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) invited a select group of approximately 2,250 young men and women from around the nation and internationally to attend the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program this year.
Summer Seminar is a fast-paced experience for high achievers who have completed their junior year in high school and are considering applying for admission to USNA after graduation.
Andrea Duke, a student at Poinciana High School, will participate in the U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar program.
Summer Seminar teaches prospective applicants about life at the Naval Academy, where academics, athletics and professional training play equally important roles in developing our nation’s leaders. Each student will attend a six-day session and experience a part of USNA life. Students in the program live in Bancroft Hall (the dormitory in which all USNA midshipmen live), eat in the dining hall, participate in academics and leadership workshops and participate in daily physical training involving group runs and conditioning exercises. They will have the opportunity to see first-hand what the Naval Academy has to offer through its academics, athletics, extracurricular activities and leadership training programs.
Summer Seminar has an academic focus, with each student attending eight 90-minute workshops covering subjects from information technology, navy architecture and mechanical engineering, to mathematics, history and meteorology. Students will also participate in seamanship and navigation classes and will take an actual cruise aboard a Navy Yard Patrol craft to apply what they will have learned in class. Naval Academy students run Summer Seminar with oversight by active-duty Navy and Marine Corps officers.
This is not your typical summer program. To have just gained acceptance into this elite program speaks volumes about Duke, one of Poinciana High School’s top students. Congratulations and continue to make us proud.
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Learn ways to keep yourself safe by attending a special program at the Poinciana Branch Library. “Fighting Back against Senior Scams,” a special program, will be Thursday, May 20, at 11 a.m.
Omar Matos, of Consumer Credit Counseling, will present this free seminar. Learn how to protect your identity and not be a victim of fraud.
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On Friday, May 21, the New Dimensions High School Jazz Band will perform at the Poinciana Branch Library. Under the direction of Scott Pettengill, 30 students will share their talents. The concert is from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
All library programs are free and open to the public.
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If just one hour of music from New Dimensions High School is not enough, the New Dimensions High School music department will present “Annie” this month. Showtimes are Thursday, May 27, and Friday, May 28, at 7 p.m. on both dates.
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 students/children.
The location is New Dimensions High School auditorium, 4900 Old Pleasant Hill Road.
For more information, call the school at 407-870-9949 or view the website, www.newdimensionshs.com.
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The group Friends of the Poinciana Hospital will present a hospital update at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 1, at the Poinciana Community Center.
The speaker for the update will be Dan Miller, president of Hospital Corp. of America, West Florida division. This is the parent company of Osceola Regional Medical Center.
The Poinciana Community Center is at 395 Marigold Ave.
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If you have any Poinciana news or information that you would like to share, call Lisa D’Cato at 407-846-7122, send an e-mail to news@osceolanew
sgazette.com or fax 407-931-3390.