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• Woodbury School plans unique schoolyard spaces

  By JENNIFER LORD College and elementary school students and educators are working together to create a one-of-a-kind outdoor adventureland. The schools are Peter Woodbury School in Bedford and New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, and the project Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:23 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, Concord, Peter Woodbury, NHTI, schoolyard

• New principal for Bedford High School

  By STEPHEN BEALE The School Board has chosen former Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Principal Stephen Donovan to be principal at Bedford High School next year, the school district announced Tuesday, May 4. “We’re extremely excited and Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 5:21 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, Bedford High School, principal

• Bedford High School showcases talent like TV show

  BY DARRELL HALEN It had the makings of the popular TV show “American Idol.” Anxious singers doing their best to win over their audience. A panel of judges critiquing the performances. Audience members casting ballots for their favorite vocalist. Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:17 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, Talent Show, Bedford High School, American Idol

• Eighth-grader to compete in D.C. bee

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Cooper Lecza has driven through Washington, D.C., with his family before. This time he’ll be able to stop and stay for a few days. Lecza will make his first trip to the nation’s capital after winning the state geography bee Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:14 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, geography bee, D.C., Washington

• Chinook a step closer to being state dog

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY With a group of seventh-graders presenting in front of State House members, it wasn’t the students who were nervous. “I was shaking like a leaf the entire time,” said Lurgio seventh-grade teacher Jen Wells. “They Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:07 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, animals, Education, New Hampshire, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, state dog

• An inside look at cell phones in schools

  BY DAN DeCONINCK and MATT SCHOOLEY Cell phones – it seems like everyone has them. After all, this is the age of technology, and being without mobile capability is like being without shoes – you could probably make it through the day barefoot, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:43 PM by Bedford Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Goffstown, Hooksett, Schools, Education, students, cell phones

• Bedford High School to lose principal

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Before the first brick was laid or the first teacher hired at Bedford High School, there was George Edwards. For the last three years – four counting his time as a consultant – Edwards has been a steady hand at the helm as Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:06 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, Bedford High School, principal

• Bedford students show the ‘write’ stuff on latest test

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The latest NECAP test scores show a significant turnaround in writing ability and more improvement than expected in reading and math for Bedford students. On reading and math, thirdthrough eighth-grade students did better in fall 2008 Read More... Posted Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:10 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, NECAP

• McKelvie moves for money

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY It was likely a quiet afternoon at McKelvie Intermediate School. After a morning of fitness activities on Oct. 23, fifth-grade teacher Marie Alsup said she was expecting her classroom to be filled with some tired students. “The Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:58 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, McKelvie, Education, Donations

• Bedford schools to get writing curriculum right

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The school district is rewriting its writing curriculum. The new program will be matched by an initiative to focus teachers on their writing instruction. While students have been off for the summer, administrators and teachers have been Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:36 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education

• Only seniors will be missing at Bedford High School

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Last year, Bedford High School was half full. Built for four grades, only two of them occupied it. This year, that spacious feeling will make way for more students, more teachers and more programs. The school is going through a growth Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:16 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, Bedford High School

• Schools to start new security measures

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Bedford schools will be safer and parents will be more informed about security, starting this fall. Over the summer, the district will install a perimeter security system in its three elementary schools and intermediate school at a cost Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:10 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, security system

• New regulations force fifth of Bedford High students to get remedial help

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Summer school once was for students who had flunked out of their classes or, in some cases, for a few go-getters who wanted to take an elective. But at Bedford High, the program is also for students who had passing grades but nonetheless Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, Bedford High School, summer school

• Horsing around – Young campers train to be veterinarians at Joppa Hill Farm

  BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Twenty-four Bedford boys and girls learned firsthand how to care for young kids, cows and horses at The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill summer camp. During Animal Science/Veterinary Training camp the week of June 25, children aged 6 Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:24 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, summer camp, children, farms

• Schools set time for freedom of assembly and prayer

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY By state law, public school students are allowed no more than five minutes of unsupervised prayer before classes begin each day. A policy draft for Bedford aims to provide that freedom to district students. At the Monday, May 14, meeting, Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:39 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Education, Religion