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• Students get on-air experience with Bedford News Station

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Staff Writer During the weeks leading up to this year’s first day at Bedford High School, Bill Jennings knew a group of aspiring video journalists could talk the talk. More than a month into the school year, that group of students Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Bedford, students, Bedfor High School, news station

• Bedford students create giant sculptures for school grounds

  BY DARRELL HALEN Bedford High School’s students, staff and visitors have recently noticed some unusual, larger-than-life art pieces on school grounds. Among them: a big blue chair. A red ladder. Another chair that’s also 12 feet tall. These Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:31 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, artist, students, Ragonese

• Bedford High School social studies curriculum gets update

  By PATRICK O’NEILL With their first graduating class starting 12th grade next year, Bedford High School’s social studies department is making some needed upgrades to its curriculum. Starting next fall, the social studies department will start Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:17 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: students, Bedford High School, social studies, curriculum

• Bedford students sew and donate hats for kids around the world

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Heather Monty is Bedford’s mad hatter. About five years ago, Monty began to sew fleece hats, and since then she has helped keep heads warm around the globe. Monty, now a junior at The Derryfield School, started sewing the hats when, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:20 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Donations, students, volunteering

• 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 students testify before Senate to name the Chinook the state dog

  Abby, the Chinook dog, showed she didn’t care much for Senate hearings by letting out a quiet whimper during a hearing on a bill to name her breed as the state dog. But the senators on the committee didn’t hold it against her and voted unanimously Read More... Posted Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:07 AM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, students, Senate, state dog

• Bedford students seek policy changes

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Spending a year and a half on a proposal for a policy change in how class schedules affect upperclassmen may prove worthwhile for members of the Bedford High School’s Community Senate. The students were praised by School Board members Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:56 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, students, School Board, Bedford High School

• Lurgio teacher brings Obama inauguration to the classroom

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY As much as she enjoys teaching, Barbara Tsiaras wanted to be somewhere else other than the classroom on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Would the Lurgio Middle School seventh-grade teacher like to have been in Washington, D.C., on Barack Obama’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:47 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, students, middle school, inauguration

• Nursing students offer lifeline to recovery

  BY PATRICK O’NEILL Cancer was becoming routine for Michael Doyon. Visits to the hospital for chemotherapy were commonplace until one Bedford nurse and her students decided to step in. Brenda Cooper of Bedford and seven nursing students from UNH Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:08 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, students, UNH, nurse

• High school enrollment projections on track

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY With this year’s enrollment numbers in, Bedford officials are beginning preparations for their first year with four grades of high school students. As of Sept. 2, the high school has 941 students, and Superintendent of Schools Tim Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 5:20 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school, students, Bedford High School, enrollment

• Bedford students do well in state tests

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The state recently released its adequate yearly progress reports, and Bedford’s schools passed in every category. Students across the state in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 were administered the NECAP test in fall 2007. Students’ Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:58 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, students, NECAP, testing

• Schools make the grade

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The state recently released its adequate yearly progress reports, and Bedford’s schools passed in every category. Students across the state in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 were administered the NECAP test in fall 2007. Students’ Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:32 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Schools, students, NECAP, testing

• Thousands rally against school cuts

  BY JENN McDOWELL Crisp white letters on an electric blue shirt said it all: “U CUT BUDGET, WE CUT CLASS.” But it wasn’t just a fashion statement for West High School students who showed up to the Monday, April 28, public hearing on Manchester’s Read More... Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 4:01 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, West High School, students, budget

• Intersession brings travel and learning

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Spring vacation meant a lot more for Bedford High School students than just hanging out with nothing to do. Instead, some students spent three weekdays before April vacation traveling to Puerto Rico, watching Star Wars movies or turning Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:03 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, students, Bedford High, Intersession

• Faces and fast paces – Runners share greetings at XC Meet of Champions

  BY JERRY LIPTAK Generally, in the postseason world of “survive and advance,” there is no place for inter-team camaraderie. Cross country is an exception, and proof was on competitors’ faces after the Nov. 4 Meet of Champions at Mines Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:42 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Sports, students, running