Kestyn
Ritchotte of Northwood was named to the dean’s list for the fall
semester at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She is at
ODU’s College of Health Sciences.
Congratulations Kestyn!
Northwood
Candidates Night
Candidates Night will be held at the Northwood Town Hall Wednesday,
February 19, at 7 p.m., at the Northwood Town Hall. All candidates
for office are invited. The public is encouraged to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Snowmobile Poker Run
Suncook Valley Sno-Riders 3rd Annual Poker Run.
Saturday February 22nd, 2014 Registration 10:00am-12:00 noon
Starting at PYBA field on Tilton Hill Rd in Pittsfield.
Accessible by Sled or vehicle. Come play a hand or two and join the
fun!
If you have questions, call Laura 435-8729.
Coe-
Brown Students Recognized For
2014 Scholastic Writing Awards
A
number of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy students were recently
recognized by the National Writing Project in New Hampshire through
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. This is a remarkable
achievement and milestone for young writers at CBNA who were
mentored by English department faculty. A panel of writers,
teachers, and literary professionals selected their work as being
among the best works submitted by New Hampshire teenagers. Students
are judged against other entries in the following categories:
fiction, flash fiction, poetry, personal narratives, persuasive
essays, humor, science fiction and fantasy. Of the more than 300
submissions to The Scholastic Writing Awards which New Hampshire
students sent this year, the following students from CBNA were
honored:
• Gold
Keys— Nicole Durell (Barrington), Caroline Lavioe (Barrington), Jake
Scarponi (Barrington)
•
Silver Keys—Summer Barnes (Strafford), Kayla Cates (Barrington),
Sophia Chartier (Nottingham), Abigail Devaney (Northwood), Samuel
Fortier (Strafford) (3), Megan Leduke (Northwood), Kristina Seavey
(Northwood), Kelsey Wallace (Strafford) (2), Kylee West (Northwood)
•
Honorable Mentions – Kira Cameron (Barrington), Kayla Cates
(Barrington), Christie Clause (Barrington) (2), Claire Hammond
(Nottingham), Morgan Labrecque (Strafford), Catie Langdon
(Barrington), Megan Leduke (Northwood), Becca Masison (Northwood),
Brihanna Neily (Strafford), Zack Pine (Strafford), Alli Pratt
(Northwood), Tanner Richards (Strafford), Jake Scarponi
(Barrington), Kristina Seavey (Nottingham), Lilygrace York (Ctr.
Strafford)
On
Friday, May 9, 2014, all award recipients, including those whose
work was selected as honorable mention, will be invited to attend
the NH regional awards ceremony to be held at Plymouth State
University. In addition, every piece of writing which received a
gold or silver key will be published in this year’s edition of
Middle/High School Voices. Congratulations to this next generation
of writers.
Coe-Brown Student Named As
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is proud to announce that one senior,
Erik C Gunderson, has been named as a finalist in the National Merit
Scholarship Program.
Of the
1.4 million juniors from across the United States who took the PSAT
test last fall, the qualification process has narrowed down the
participants to just 15,000 finalists nationwide.
From
this select group, Mr. Gunderson has earned distinction as a
finalist. He is now part of the final round, where he may be named
one of 8,200 National Merit Scholarship award winners this spring,
sharing in $34 million in scholarships and awards.
Nature
Lover’s Hike In The NALMC Neighborhood
Join
Ecologist and Master Naturalist Rick Van de Poll Saturday February
22 from 9-12 am at the entrance to Northwood Meadows State Park
along Rt. 4 for a winter tour of Northwood Meadow State Park and the
northern section of the NALMC neighborhood in search of tracks,
dens, scrapes, bone, fungi, lichens, winter crane flies, and
whatever else crosses our path! This will be an easy to moderate
ramble and we’ll follow well-used trails on snowshoes (if required),
and do a little bushwhacking across Meadow Pond and assorted open
wetlands. The focus will be on winter mammal track and sign, as well
as the general ecology of this remarkably pristine upper Lamprey
River watershed area. Be sure to bring plenty of layers, water, and
snacks!
For
more information contact: Carl Wallman – 435-5209 or Maryalice
Fischer – 664-5097.
Northwood School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll
5th Gr.
High Honors
Jennifer Bettencourt, Adrianna Bingham, Joshua Bowers, Amelia
Brackett, Addison Cox, Gabrielle Critchett, Porter Heigis, Liam
Jozokos, Shelby Lefoley, Emma Pinard, Brenna Roy
5th Gr.
Honors
Edward
Bailey, Kaden Beliveau, Aaron Bono, Peter Burgess, Tyler Hartford,
John Levitow III, William Moehlmann, Benjamin Peverly, Jacob
Phinney, Andrew Quaglia, Angelina Rene, Darin Sweet, Luke Tkaczyk,
Caitlyn van Gerena
6th Gr.
High Honors
Hunter
Adams, Katherine Blake, Benjamin Brieger, Matthew Davis, Evan Lentz,
Mary Thoms
6th Gr.
Honors
Jaden
Boulanger, Brianna Burke, Makayla DeButts, Hailie Holland, Scott
Ireland, Brianna Jackson, Victoria Johnston, Sophie Laird, Ethan
Meeker, Patrick Murray, Kendall Nester, Ryan Nester, Eli Pinard,
Jacob Shutt, Mark Sommer, Morgan Tatem, Elijah Tomlinson-Burrell,
Paige Valli, Samantha Welch, Isaac Wells
7th Gr.
High Honors
Elijah
Allen, Braelin Ash, Clayton Canfield, Olivia Farrar, Jonathan
Moehlmann, Jacob Rich, Emma Tobbe, Megan Wimsatt
7th Gr.
Honors
Rebecca
Bailey, Derek Capo, Dylan DeTrude, Alivia DiPrizio, Dylan Harlow,
Sarah Jensen, Madelynn Kenney, Nicolas LaMontagne, Cooper Leduke,
Mary Lee, Lillian Marie, Lucas McCusker, Carly Ramsey, Zachery
Sheehan, Emily van Gerena
8th
Grade High Honors
Emily
Cunningham, Hannah Halka, Ahna McCusker, Kayla Pollak
8th
Grade Honors
Taylor
Bettencourt, Nicole Carter, MaKenna Iller, Brady Johnson, Kassandra
Lavoie, Emily Lentz, Michaela McAllister, Stephanie Messina, Aiyana
Rollins, Julia Sommer, Scott Spenard
Northwood Recreation Update
Kid’s
Ice Fishing Derby - Northwood Recreation is holding our Annual Kids
Ice Fishing Derby. The Derby will be held on Harvey Lake from 8:00
AM to noon on Saturday, February 22nd.
This
event is open to all children 15 years and younger. Children do not
need a fishing license. Adults are welcome to fish, but must be
licensed to fish in the State of New Hampshire. Prizes will be
given to children 15 and under in a variety of categories including
first fish.
Please
bring your ice fishing gear. If you are not an avid ice fisherman,
the Recreation Department will be providing some tip-ups and bait
for those who would like to try something new.
The
cost is $2.00 per child or $5.00 per family. Hot beverages and
snacks will be available for purchase.
Parking
is available at the Northwood Congregational Church.
Registration in advance is not required. Contact the Northwood
Recreation Department at 942-5586 x209 or by e-mail at
[email protected] for additional information.
Letter
To The Editor
Full
Day Kindergarten?
Is more
kindergarten better for children? Northwood citizens are being asked
in a Warrant Article to expand kindergarten from half a day to a
full day.
This
question has been dealt with in a major study by Rand Education,
with support from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations. The full
text of the study report is available on several prominent education
websites. “School Readiness, Full-Day Kindergarten, and Student
Achievement” looked at the progress of thousands of students over
the course of their kindergarten to fifth grade years. In addition,
the scholars reviewed the research of others.
They
came to the following conclusions:
Math
and Reading: “There was no evidence that full-day kindergarten
participation enhanced mathematics and reading achievement.” In
fact, a “full-day program may not enhance achievement and may
actually be associated with poorer mathematics performance.”
Behavior: “Children who participated in a full-day kindergarten
program demonstrated poorer dispositions toward learning, lower
self-control, and poorer interpersonal skills than children in
part-day programs.”
Social
Readiness: “Full-day kindergarten programs may actually be
detrimental to the development of nonacademic readiness skills.”
Stress:
Children in full-day programs were more likely to suffer from the
“presence of anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, and sadness.”
Other
Studies: “There appears to be growing evidence that attendance in
full-day kindergarten programs is not associated with long-term
academic benefits.”
Cost/Benefit: Because of “the lack of enduring benefits and the
potentially negative impact on nonacademic skills,” there is no
evidence that full-day kindergartens “merit the costs associated
with their implementation.”
Michael
Faiella
Northwood
Letter
To The Editor
A
school board member’s recent letter incorrectly correlated the town
of Northwood’s fund balance with our school’s fund balance. A town’s
fund balance is the difference between its assets and liabilities.
However, one large asset in most towns is the amount of overdue
property taxes still outstanding, which schools do not have.
In 2013
Northwood’s total tax rate was $24.49. The school tax represented
79% of this total ($19.31) while the town was only 17% ($4.09). The
balance of 4% was our county tax at $1.09. Our school taxes
represent more than four times our town tax.
The
school budget is close to $12 million while the town is only about
$3 million. Last year our school board voted to put $218,000 into
reserves, rather than returning those excess funds to the town to
reduce property taxes.
Northwood still has one of the highest “full-value” tax rates in
Rockingham County, while being one of the poorest. The school
board’s proposal to increase school taxes even more by establishing
possible emergency accounts is not necessary. Previously schools
would hold special meetings to raise funds when they needed it
rather than raising taxes in case there was an emergency.
The
letter stated the school board “presented a budget for next year
with great pride that is $364K less than this year’s budget”.
However, it failed to mention that the majority of that decrease is
due to a dramatic drop in the number of 8th grade students
graduating and going into Coe Brown.
The
completed November 2013 SAU#44 Special Education Study contains
several recommendations that can save the school district and
Northwood taxpayers thousands of dollars. Hopefully our school board
will not get bogged down with “analysis paralysis” and implement the
best practices from that study sooner rather than later.
Sincerely,
Jim
Hadley
Obituaries
Jane
(Dalrymple) Labaro
Jane
(Dalrymple) Labaro, 66, of Las Vegas, NV passed away peacefully
surrounded by family and loved ones.
Jane
resided in Portsmouth, NH where she attended Sherburne Elementary.
Her family then moved to Northwood, NH where she attended Brookside
and Ridge Elementary schools, later graduating Coe-Brown Northwood
Academy class of 1965. After marrying she and her family moved to
Oklahoma, later settling in Las Vegas where Jane worked at the Las
Vegas Airport until retiring. She was born July 7, 1947 at
Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, ME. She was predeceased by her
paternal grandparents: Dr. Alfred Dalrymple and Dr. Ada (Whitemore)
Dalrymple, her maternal grandparents: John J. Henson and Ruth
Henson, parents James Dalrymple, Sr. and Marion Dalrymple and
brother Dr. James Dalrymple, Jr.
Jane is
survived by her husband, Raeve Labaro, five children: David, Jill,
Anne, Robin and Mariel; seven grandchildren: Samantha, Tony,
Hollie, Audrey, Brendan, Stevie and Nicholas, two
greatgrandchildren, Adyn and Alec, brother Alfred Dalrymple and
sister Diane Robinson.
Jane
was a wonderful sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and
wife. She loved to cook, had a keen sense of humor and was a kind
and generous person.
Funeral
services were held at the Davis Funeral home with the burial
following at the Southern Nevada Veteran’s Memorial Cemetary in
Boulder City, NV. To sign Jane’s guest book go to:
www.reviewjournal.com/obituaries
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