Goffstown News : Villa Augustina

$12,000 raised at Villa golf tourney

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:49:00 GMT

Villa Augustina School raised nearly $12,000 in donations at its annual charity golf tournament on Oct. 10 at the Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown. The Feller Family Charitable Foundation, which has supported the golf tournament for the last six...(read more)

Villa Augustina sold to parents

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT

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)

Villa Augustina to start day care program

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:30:00 GMT

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)

Villa school graduates shaped by dramatic year

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:14:00 GMT

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)

Parents set to buy Villa Augustina

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:07:00 GMT

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)

Villa sale nears

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:18:00 GMT

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)

Villa Augustina hits $500,000 mark

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:39:00 GMT

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)

Villa principal plans third, and final, retirement

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:14:00 GMT

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)

Saint Anselm backs Villa Augustina

Goffstown Editor — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:24:00 GMT

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)

Goffstown Year in review 2007

Goffstown Editor — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:31:00 GMT

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)

Donations may save Villa

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:43:00 GMT

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)