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• Villa Augustina sold to parents

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Founded 90 years ago as a school run by the Religious of Jesus and Mary, the Villa Augustina was reborn this week as an independent Catholic school with parents at its helm. “This year … we’ve all been holding our breath Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:58 AM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Kids & Family, Villa Augustina, school, education

• Villa Augustina to start day care program

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Parents at the Villa Augustina School are hoping to not only preserve what they had this year – a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade Catholic school – but also expand upon it by adding a daycare program this fall. Greg Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:30 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Kids & Family, Villa Augustina, day care

• Villa school graduates shaped by dramatic year

  BY STEPHEN BEALE They were supposed to be the last graduating class of the Villa Augustina. Instead, the 19 eighth-graders who received their diplomas on Sunday, June 15, seemed destined for a less historic yet far happier honor – they are graduates Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:14 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, graduation, Villa Augustina, education

• Parents set to buy Villa Augustina

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Every year, about 50 Catholic schools close. The Villa Augustina School will not be one of them. In December it seemed like it would be, when the religious order that founded it almost a century ago said it did not have the personnel Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:07 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, fundraiser, Villa Augustina, donations, school

• Villa sale nears

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The owners of the Villa Augustina School are ready to sell it to parents. That news prompted a joyful response from parents who have been believing against the odds that they could save the school from shutting down. “Yes, we did Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:18 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Kids & Family, students, Villa Augustina, sale

• Villa Augustina hits $500,000 mark

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Parents at the Villa Augustina have taken one giant leap forward in their capital fundraising campaign, considered a critical part of their bid to buy the school this year. The Villa Augustina Leadership Transition Team announced that Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:39 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: schools, fundraiser, Villa Augustina, Goffstown, Merrimack Valley

• Villa principal plans third, and final, retirement

  BY STEPHEN BEALE If the Villa Augustina School opens again next year, as many parents are now certain will happen, it will be without the support of the Religious of Jesus and Mary as well as the leadership of its principal, Jack Daniels. Days before Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:14 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, retirement, Villa Augustina, principal

• Saint Anselm backs Villa Augustina

  BY STEPHEN BEALE GOFFSTOWN – Saint Anselm College has offered its expertise and resources to parents of the Villa Augustina, who have voted in favor of raising $400,000 to buy the elementary/ middle school. The informal partnership between the two Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:24 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, Villa Augustina

• Goffstown Year in review 2007

  BY MICHELLE KIM A new year brought back some old problems in Goffstown as flooding was once again a major issue. There was also continued debate about the effectiveness of roundabouts, how to make recycling profitable and many other issues. In January, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:31 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, schools, Property tax, roundabout, flooding, Pumpkin Regatta, budget, Villa Augustina, Board of Selectmen

• Donations may save Villa

  BY MICHELLE KIM Christmas may have come a bit early this year for the Villa Augustina school, thanks to anonymous donors that pledged up to $310,000 for capital improvements. About 200 hopeful parents gathered at Villa Augustina Dec. 18 to brainstorm Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:43 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, schools, Villa Augustina