BAKE AND PLANT SALE

It’s Mother’s Day!--the time of year when you take Mom out to eat and enjoy a nice meal together.  But you are too full for dessert. That’s OK ‘cause by the time you get back to Mom’s house you can whip out a nice dessert you bought from the ladies mission group at the  Bake and Plant Sale at the Northwood Advent Christian Church.  You haven’t missed the sale!  It is Saturday, May 10, 9-12 at 113 School Street (Route 107) in Northwood in The Narrows.  Oh! Some perennial plants would make a nice gift, too.

PRESCHOOL OPENINGS!

Are you thinking about enrolling your child in preschool for next fall?  The Center School in Northwood is accepting registrations for the 2014-2015 school year.  The Center School is a parent cooperative preschool located next to the town hall in Northwood, which provides a developmental program for three, four, and five year-olds of Northwood and surrounding towns.  There are openings in our two-day (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F) morning programs.  Call or email us soon to get an information packet or to make an appointment to come for a visit!  For information, please email at  director Karen Andersen [email protected] or call her at the school at 942-7686.  Check us out on Facebook!  https://www.facebook.com/TheCenterSchoolNorthwood

Derocher – Marks

William J. Derocher of Newmarket, NH and Elizabeth and Stephen LaBonte of Northwood, NH are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Jacqueline Elizabeth Derocher to Kyle Hayes Marks, son of Rex and Leslie Marks of Lincoln, CA. The future bride is a graduate of Coe Brown Northwood Academy and will receive her BA in Psychology with minors in Biology, Criminal Justice and neuroscience in May and will also commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army.  She will report to flight school in the fall.   Kyle will receive a BS in Business Management and Accounting with a minor in leadership and is working towards a law enforcement position in southern California.   The two have been officers in the Norwich University Corps of Cadets.   Kyle is the Cadet Lieutenant Colonel and Jackie is a Cadet Captain.

CBNA FCCLA Chapter Attends State Conference

Members of the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) along with their advisors Mrs. Morales, Mrs. Canfield and Mr. Hall, attended the recent 2014 FCCLA State Conference, at Attitash Mountain Resort in Bartlett, NH. Students competed in various competitions and ran for various state offices. Senior Monica Poitras of Barrington received a gold medal and qualified for national competition for her Life Event Planning project. Cassie Paradis of Northwood and Debbie Peabody of Northwood received bronze medals and qualified for national competition with their No Texting While Driving Campaign. Samantha Bailey of Northwood received a bronze medal for her Career Exploration project. Reno LaPanne of Strafford and Lucas Fisher also of Strafford, with the help of Crystal Janvrin (Northwood), Meraya Knight (Northwood) and Austin Anderson (Strafford), received silver medals in State Display.  Claire Decker of Northwood and Anna Jennison of Nottingham won a silver medal for their Food Innovations project by creating a new food prototype.  The CBNA Chapter of FCCLA will be represented at the state level with two state officers, Anna Jennison and Cassie Paradis.  Several chapter members, Austin Anderson, Meraya Knight, Crystal Janvrin, Kayla Williamson and Lucas Fisher, volunteered to help out at the conference. The chapter also received awards for having the largest membership of any other chapter in the state, and for the largest increase in senior membership for FCCLA chapters in the state. Congratulations to all.

CBNA FBLA Chapter Attends State Leadership Conference

Members of the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, along with their advisor Dr. JoAnn Zylak, attended the recent 2014 FBLA State Leadership Conference, at the Center of NH Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH.  FBLA president Shannon Mommsen of Deerfield was nominated to Who’s Who in FBLA The chapter also received the Honorary Chapter Award for outstanding activities and events throughout the year.  The chapter award for SPRAAK (Students Participating in Random Acts of Kindness) went to members Meredith Roman of Strafford and Brittany Guillemette of Northwood.  The students competed in a number of different areas during the course of the conference. Their results were as follows: Holly Donohue of Strafford took first place in business procedures; Brittany Guillemette of Northwood placed second in Business Math; Kendra Gagnon of Strafford placed second in Business Calculations. Shannon Mommsen (Deerfield) and Kasey Cole of Barrington placed second in Hospitality Management. Other students competed in the following areas: Bianca Ketenci of Strafford in Help Desk; Caleb Bernier (Candia) in Sports Management; Meredith Roman (Strafford) in Computer Problem Solving; Patrick Marie (Northwood) in Sports Management; Taylor Bowden (Northwood) in Job Interview; Scott McGibbon (Northwood) in Business Calculations.  Students also attended a number of business leadership workshops as part of the convention.  

In addition, the CBNA FBLA chapter is also involved in service projects such as collecting can tabs to help defray medical cost for ill children, selling candy to donate money for scholarships, collecting for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Autism and the March of Dimes. The chapter participates annually in the annual walk for Multiple Sclerosis and, with the help of member Alec Schleich, participated in the Become an Organ Donor Campaign during the course of this year. CBNA’s FBLA chapter also recently celebrated Law Day, sponsored by the NH Bar Association, by hosting Attorney Christine Haydinger who presented a program centered on Teen Dating Violence.

Two Coe-Brown Art Students Receive National Recognition In The Scholastic Art Awards & Writing Awards

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Art Department chair Scott Chatfield is pleased to announce that Leanne Baratier and Elena Smith both of Strafford received national Silver Medal Awards in The 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards administered by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.  The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the country’s longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative students in grades 7–12. In addition, all National Award–winning high school seniors, including Miss Baratier and Miss Smith are now eligible to apply for a special pool of more than $8 million in scholarships, set aside specifically for them through partnerships with the Alliance and esteemed colleges and universities around the country.

“The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards serve as clear validation of young artists’ and writers’ creative talent, persistence and promise in their respective fields,” said Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the administrator of the Scholastic Awards. “It is our honor to share in these defining moments of achievement for our nation’s teens and to elevate their unbelievable talent on the local, regional and national levels. We see it as a privilege to support them on their journey to becoming artists, writers, designers, doctors, business owners or any aspiration they are determined to realize.”

This program year, a record-breaking 255,000+ works of art and writing were submitted to more than 100 affiliates of the Alliance for regional adjudication. Students who received regional Gold and Silver Keys, as well as Honorable Mentions, have been celebrated in all corners of the country. More than 100,000 regional award recipients’ families and friends gathered at local exhibitions, ceremonies and readings nationwide to recognize student works spanning the Scholastic Awards. 

From the outstanding pool of regional Gold Key recipients, an impressive panel of creative-industry experts chose more than 1,800 of the most talented students—representing 47 U.S. states as well as students in Washington, D.C. and American schools abroad—to receive national medals. These artists, authors, critics, educators and skilled professionals blindly judged works based on originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal vision or voice—the original three criteria of the program’s founding in 1923.olleges and universities around the country.

To celebrate the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards’ national winners, the Alliance will kick off this year’s National Celebration in New York City on June 5, 2014 with the first annual Maker Prom—a party with interactive art-making stations—at the Roosevelt Hotel, as well as the grand opening of the Art.Write.Now. National Exhibition, a large selection of award-winning art and writing that will be on display at Parsons The New School for Design and the Pratt Manhattan Gallery. On June 6, 2014, students will be honored during a special awards ceremony live-webcast from the world-famous Carnegie Hall, where they will be joined onstage by this year’s Alumni Achievement Award Recipient, Kay WalkingStick, whose career retrospective will open in 2015 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Following the ceremony, the annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Benefit will take place at The Edison Ballroom, and to further amplify the festivities that evening, the iconic Empire State Building will be lit in gold.

For 91 years, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students through recognition, exhibitions, publications and scholarships. Alumni of the Scholastic Awards have gone on to continue their education at many of the top colleges and universities across the country, including Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Parsons The New School for Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University and Columbia University. Since its founding, the Awards program has identified the early promise of some of our nation’s most exceptional visionaries, including alumni such as Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plath and John Updike, all of whom won when they were teens. More recently, Stephen King, Myla Goldberg, Zac Posen and Lena Dunham have become celebrated alumni of the program.

The Alliance is grateful for its generous sponsors, who provide funds to support and produce the Awards: Scholastic Inc., The Maurice R. Robinson Fund, Command Web Offset Co., the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, The New York Times, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, The National Endowment for the Arts, Blick Art Materials & Utrecht Art Supplies, 3D Systems, The Gedenk Movement, Golden Artist Colors, Bloomberg L.P., Amazon.com, the Bernstein Family Foundation, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Duck Tape® and additional contributions from numerous other individual, foundation and corporate funders. The Art.Write.Now exhibition and accompanying public programs are co-sponsored by the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design.

Letter

Dear Lake Shore Drive Neighbor?,

Happy Easter.

This past week you struck our dog with your big car. Thank you for driving at the speed limit or less. Very sorry to put you in that position.

Miraculously, Goliath, sustained no real damage; a couple of cuts and an abrasion to his chin. We checked him for half an hour afterward, and nothing hurt him. Zero limp, no blood in urine or stool.

You were the perfect motorist. You drove slowly in this densely packed neighborhood. You saw him, braked, and then you stopped. It was nighttime.

God bless you.

FYI That is only the second time in the last 2 years he has been loose on the street with me at the helm.

Goliath’s Family

Lake Shore Drive

Northwood

Northwood Recreation Update

Summer Sports

The Northwood Recreation Department has a variety of sports camps and activities for all ages to choose from this summer. 

Bear Cub Lacrosse- This is an introductory program for boys and girls in 1st – 8th grade. We will hold practices on Tuesday nights and scrimmages on Thursday nights through the summer.  Not only will we be teaching the children lacrosse skills and rules, but we will also be teaching parents how to coach lacrosse.

Baseball Camp - Baseball Camp is sponsored by the Northwood Recreation Department and run by the Seacoast United Baseball Club. This week long camp, July 14th – July 18th is available to kids playing T-ball through Babe Ruth. Join us for a free baseball clinic on June 22nd from 5:00- 7:00PM at the Northwood Elementary School to get a sneak peak at the program and meet the coaches.

Soccer Camp – Soccer Camp is sponsored by the Northwood Recreation Department and run by the Seacoast United Soccer Club. This week long camp, August 11th – 15th is available to kids 4 years old through high school. Join us for a free soccer clinic on June 30th from 5:00 – 7:00PM at the Northwood Athletic Fields to get a sneak peak at the program and meet the coaches.

Summer Soccer Skills – This is a program run by volunteer coaches that is ideal for the child who would like another night of practice to work on his or her soccer skills. We are offering this to children entering 1st – 6th grades in the fall. The group will meet Wednesday evenings during the summer.

Adult Co-Ed Slow Pitch Softball – Find 9 to 15 of your friends and register your team to participate in our adult softball league. Games will take place two nights a week during July and August.

Visit www.northwoodnh.org for registration information and additional information about these programs.  Details can be found in our brochure on the website. Or call the Recreation Department at 942-5586 x209 with questions.

On Saturday, April 26, 2014, Cooper Hill Pizzeria in Northwood hosted it second annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation Shave-off to find a cure for childhood cancer.  The event was a huge success with 29 heads being shaved, along with a few beards.  In the picture shown above, brothers Philip and Fred Twombly are having their heads shaved by Meagan Paige and Sheila Holmes. The amount raised for this event is currently $7,037.00.  Our thanks to those who donated, as well as New Hampshire Distributors, J&B Auto, Heritage True Value Hardware, Northwood Country Market, Johnsons Seafood and Steak, Cheryl’s Haircuts, Halos Hair Salon, Northwood Garage, Hannaford Supermarket and Family Dollar for your kind donations to this event.