Congratulations to Jacqueline Derocher of Northwood who was named to
the Dean’s List at Norwich University for the Fall 2011 semester.
The
Chesley Memorial Library is holding a make-and-take Valentine craft
session on Saturday, February 11, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. No
registration required; just drop in and make a craft to take home.
Hope to see you there!
The
members of the Introduction to Culinary Arts class of Coe-Brown
Northwood Academy would like to invite senior citizens to luncheons
held in Smith Hall on the following dates: March 8, 20, 30; April
10, 19; and May 7, 16. Please call Mrs. Mongeon at 942-5531 Ext. 141
for further details. Pictured left to right: front row – Morgan West
and Pierce Butler, Northwood; back row – Cody Driscoll and Nicholas
Nord, Strafford.
Letter
I wish I
could say that telling you there is a War on Women going on was
hyperbole, but I fear it isn’t. This time I am not just annoyed at
Mr. Guinta, my congressman, but at a great many others in what we
used to call the Grand Old Party, the one my father belonged to, and
one that he would never recognize today. And "annoying" does not
come close to describing what I see in the NH legislature, in the
presidential primary campaign, and in Congress.
There’s
the War on Planned Parenthood in NH, in the Congress, and around the
country. There’s the presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, who says
that a rape victim’s pregnancy is a gift from God. There’s the
attack on contraception, a practice which I think I can safely say
is mainstream in our country and has been for decades. Younger women
than I would be well-advised to realize that when I was a teenager,
contraception was illegal in my home state. It could be illegal
again.
I don’t
know why we are targets for all this abuse. Some NH legislators
think we have too much police protection when we are the victims of
domestic assault, and would take us back to when beating your wife
was, let’s say, close-to-acceptable behavior.
Women
outnumber men in our country, and we are your mothers, wives,
sisters, daughters, neighbors. It’s time for all of us, men and
women, to stand up and say, "Enough!"
Lucy
Edwards
Northwood
Letter
To the
Northwood Community:
I am
excited to share the results of our fall NECAP assessments with all
of you. Our school has been designated a School In Need of
Improvement (SINI) in both reading and math. During the summer of
2011 a small group of dedicated staff members met to develop a plan
for the fall assessments. We came up with holding a Pep Rally for
our students using the phrase, "Effort=Success." We felt by
instilling excitement and a sense of commitment in our students to
do well on the tests, we would see an increase in our scores. Staff
members worked hard during the fall practicing a "flash mob" that
culminated with our Pep Rally and parade of incentive prizes donated
by area businesses. The preparation and work had been done, along
with a year’s worth on instruction by our dedicated teachers and
paraprofessionals. Would it be enough?
Our
school’s results are ones to celebrate! In 2010, 75% of our students
were proficient or better on the Reading assessment. This year, 84%
of our students are proficient or higher! In math, our numbers went
from 65% in 2010 to 72% this year! A 9% and 7% increase in these
areas in one year is incredible.
We are
looking forward to reviewing our numbers more in depth and
determining our focus for the next year. A lot of work has been
done, but our commitment to always improving the education for the
children of Northwood will continue. Thank you to everyone in the
community who have supported us over the past year!
Richard
Hartford,
Principal, Northwood Elementary School
Letter
To The Editor
Yesterday I went from an euphoric high to a deceived low in less
than 24 hours. The high, well you all know the rhetoric, the Budget
Committee did this and that, the town did those and these. God help
us all, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. Great theatre is it
not. The NECAP scores are up. Great job Mr. Hartford and
crew. Wow! And without all that, well, whatever it is we keep
reading about. Spotlights, they work. Stay the course. This year’s
budget is adequate and the NECAP scores will rise again. We, also,
can be a lean, mean educating machine. Deliberative session is
tomorrow, Thursday 2/9, in the school gym at 7 pm. Don’t let the
money people raise it or others lower it. Our problem is not money.
I
received yesterday a third edition of the support contract. It’s far
different from the two previous. Sadly, I have found out that there
is an insurance issue in it that significantly raises our cost for
only 7 support staff.
I asked
in an email and personally three weeks ago in a meeting with
Superintendent Ludwell and the School Board Chair if a small change
of hours from 32.5 to 35 signified this. They wouldn’t answer,
saying that they would find out. In this new 3rd version it is.
This
issue was never discussed during updates with the two School Board
Negotiators. It is not listed on sheets that we used in discussions
of what we would approve, not approve or negotiate. I was deceived
and it breaks my heart. Just like big government, bridges to
nowhere. If you can’t fight the fair fight and win, sneak it in
somewhere or do the Obama; executive order it on a cold, rainy,
Friday night when no one is looking.
Tim
Jandebeur
Letter
To the
citizens of Northwood:
The
Deliberative Session for the Northwood School District will take
place this Thursday, February 9th at 7:00 pm in the Northwood School
gymnasium. Both the School Board and Budget Committee will be
presenting information on the proposed budget and other Warrant
Articles including Full Day Kindergarten, capital reserve funds for
Coe Brown and special education and contracts for both the teachers
and support staff at Northwood Elementary School. Each Warrant
Article will be discussed and voted on at this Deliberative Session.
The
operating budget which has been proposed and recommended by the
Budget Committee is $308,636 less than the current operating budget
for the 2011-2012 school year. Should this budget pass, projected
cuts may include:
1. The
elimination of 2 teaching positions.
2.
Reduction of $10,000 from technology budget.
3.
Elimination of 6th grade Science Camp.
This Deliberative Session is very similar to the traditional School
District Annual Meeting. It will be the only time the
residents of Northwood will have the opportunity to discuss, debate
and amend any of the proposed Warrant Articles, including the
Warrant Article for the proposed operating budget for the 2012-2013
school year.
Once all
of the Warrant Articles have been presented and approved at this
Deliberative Session, no further discussion or amendments can be
made. What goes on the ballot in March is determined by what happens
at this Deliberative Session.
Copies of the proposed budget, the proposed Warrant Articles and
more detailed information about the Deliberative Session and SB2 can
all be found under the School Board section of the Northwood School
website at www.northwood.k12.nh.us.
Please plan to attend the Deliberative Session this Thursday,
February 9th. Your input is critical and could have a direct
impact on the proposed budget number that will be on the ballot in
March.
Sincerely,
Northwood School Communication Committee
CBNA YEA
Assists at Annual BEAR-PAW Meeting
Left to
right are YEA members Alexi Ramsey, Jacob Rydell,
Chuckie
Therriault, Lily Poland, advisor Wini Young and Abbie MacCallum
On
Saturday, January 28, 2012, members of the Coe-Brown Young
Environmental Advocates, a group of students who volunteer for
community functions and projects that help the environment, assisted
with the set up and food preparation for the BEAR-PAW Regional
Greenways Annual Meeting held on the CBNA campus. There were over
100 members in attendance at this meeting that happens every year.
BEAR-PAW
Regional Greenways is a local land trust that serves Northwood and
six other towns in this area. The purpose of this organization is to
protect land from development and keep it open through conservation
easements in order to protect water resources and provide open space
for recreation and wildlife habitat. This group of environmentally
conscious students provided set up, serving and clean up for this
important event.
Coe-Brown Students Recognized for 2012 Scholastic Writing Awards
Several
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Students were recently recognized by the
Alliance for Young Artists and Writers and the National Writing
Project in New Hampshire through The Scholastic Art and Writing
Awards. This is a remarkable achievement and milestone for the young
writers at CBNA who were mentored by English teacher Sarah Hill.
A panel
of writers, teachers, and literary professionals selected their work
among the best works submitted by New Hampshire teenagers. 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
Key: Hannah Eaton, Strafford
• Silver
Key: Katheryn Huckins, Strafford; Jenifer Stickney, Nottingham
• Honorable Mentions: Sarah Curtin, Strafford; Nicole Durell,
Barrington; Aurora Goodwin, Strafford; Anna Jennison, Nottingham;
Andrew Lambert, Nottingham; Ashley LeBlanc, Northwood; Megan Leduke,
Northwood; Lizzie McEachern, Northwood; Cassie Rogers, Barrington;
Katie Thomaszewski, Nottingham; and Nicole Torosian, Northwood.
On
Friday, May 4, 2012, all award recipients, including those whose
work was selected as honorable mention, will be invited to attend
the Middle High School Voices conference and the NH regional awards
ceremony to be held at Plymouth State University with their teacher
Ms. Hill. In addition, every piece of writing which received a gold
or silver key, or an honorable mention will be published in this
year’s edition of Middle/High School Voices. Congratulations to this
next generation of writers.
Northwood Households Included In Study On Preferences For
Trash And
Community Recycling Service
A random
sample of 400 households in Northwood will receive a questionnaire
in the mail asking for their participation in a study of household
preferences for trash and community recycling services. The study is
being conducted by University of New Hampshire Graduate student
Christopher Wright in the Department of Economics and Professor
John. M. Halstead in the Department of Natural Resources and the
Environment.
The goal
of the study is to identify the trash and recycling services
preferred by households. While many New Hampshire towns have
established community recycling programs, municipal solid waste
managers are interested in opportunities to increase recycling rates
and reduce the quantity of household solid waste that is disposed at
landfills or incinerators. The results of the study will be useful
to solid waste managers in identifying those services which are
valued by households and the type of programs households support to
increase community recycling rates.
Two
programs which are increasingly being evaluated by towns to increase
the level of recycling are unit pricing of household trash and
single stream recycling. Unit pricing is also called
"pay-as-you-throw" or "buy-a-bag" because the program requires
households to buy and use specially designated trash bags to dispose
of trash. About 45 towns in New Hampshire use this type of program
and charge from $1 to $2 per trash bag. Increasing per unit cost of
household trash disposal creates an incentive to increase diversion
of recyclables from the waste stream. Single stream recycling allows
all recyclable materials to be placed in one collection bin. The
materials are transported to a materials recovery facility for
processing. Single stream recycling is expected to increase the
level of recycling by making recycling more convenient for
households.
"We hope
households who receive the questionnaire will choose to participate
in our research. The information they provide is very helpful to
this important study", Dr. Halstead said. Households in Northwood
receiving the questionnaire can contribute to this research by
completing the questionnaire and returning it using the
self-addressed stamped envelope.
For more information about the study contact: Christopher Wright at
603-617-9130 or email at
[email protected].
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