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SAU #19 School District Calendar

2009– 2010- First Day of School is Wednesday, September 2

Dunbarton – Goffstown

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Open House at Villa Augustina

 June 4, 2009
Villa Augustina School
Open House for New Families and Literacy Night
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Literacy Night will display and feature many of the student's projects. Parents can see firsthand how students are progressing in their reading and writing skills. Literacy Night also includes a Poetry Reading in the Chapel at 7:00 PM

Open House for new families will have teacher/parent guides to show our school to new and interested families. Come see the Villa at its best!

NB Central School Host African Celebration

Third-, fourth-, and fifth- grade students at New Boston Central School, along with artists-in-residence Steve Ferraris , James Marshall and Len Cabral, will present a celebration of African drumming, dance and storytelling.  The celebration takes place Tuesday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hisslborough County 4-H Fairgrounds in New Boston.  Funded by a grant from the New Hampshire Council on the Arts, the NBCS PTA and the School Board.

New Boston School Board Meeting

The next New Boston School Board Meeting is Wednesday, May 13, beginning at 7 p.m. in the NB Central School Library.  The Board welcomes your thoughts and suggestions.  Please feel free to contact Chair Marti Wolf (487-3137) or any other Board member with your questions or concerns.

GHS Newsletters- The Grizz and The UpRoar

New on the Goffstown Edge~!   Now you can download your own copy of the Goffstown High School Newsletter, The Grizz.  Download GrizzWeb

You can also find the monthly newsletter on the Goffstown High School page.

And- you can also download your own copy of the Goffstown High School "Official Student Publication" The UpRoar.  Download Uproar_April09

Goffstown School Board Meeting

GOFFSTOWN SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The next Goffstown School Board meeting will be held on Monday, May 4th at 7:00 p.m. in the GHS media center.

Early College Planning Workshop for Elementary School Parents

Mark your calendars now! It is never too early to begin preparing for a college education. Between deciphering admission requirements and deciding how to pay for college, parents can quickly become overwhelmed. Long-range planning and goal setting are an integral part of this process. Goffstown High School and the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation (NHHEAF) invite you to join us on Thursday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. for a free seminar focusing on the parent's role in academic and financial preparation for college. This seminar will take place at Goffstown High School in the Craig Hieber Auditorium. We look forward to seeing you all there as you take this important first step in college planning!

GHS Music Dept. sends 16 Students to All-State!

Sixteen students represented GHS at the All-State Music Festival April 2-4 in Concord, NH.  They are: Zachary Ahmad-Kahloon, Joshua Barton, Carly Champagne, Audrey Corcoran, Lorraine Dignard, Rachel Goldstein, Amanda Harrington, Jana Hieber, Kali Langevin, Katherine Manchester, Leanne Mathis, Briana Nelson, Rosemary Ouellet, Halie Proulx, Julia Rosen, and Hannah Widener. The All-State concert was held on Saturday April 2 at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Main Street in Concord.

Goffstown Library Supports Historical Literature in the Schools

The Goffstown Public Library has a new exciting project. They’ve gotten several local residents to volunteer to give a talk to Goffstown’s fourth graders in the various elementary schools in town, which they did on April 14.  Neighbors have visited Maple Ave and Bartlett Elementary Schools, the Villa, and also a group of local Homeschool students.
    The talks were connected with these folks’ lives in and around Goffstown and the surrounding areas.  It can be about the history of different places, or experiences from their childhoods; about different people they know, or about some of their memorable experiences.  The children will write about the stories and the teachers will collect them.  The writings will be compiled into book form, courtesy of the Greater Goffstown Community Association, for each participating student.
        The stories will be sent to Bill Wightman, Wightsteeple Productions, who will write an original script.  This summer, he will join us for a 2 week theater camp, at which time the script will be brought to the stage at Rosary Hall for the community.  Students will portray the characters in the stories.  In addition, Bill, who is also a talented musician and songwriter, will help a group of students write and compose three original songs for the production.   It is all a bit miraculous!

Goffstown School District First Grade Registration

 

If your child will be six years old by September 30, 2009, he or she is eligible to begin first grade in Sept. For more information, call either 623-8088 at the Bartlett School in Pinardville, or 497-3330 at Maple Ave. School in the village.