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• Many 11th-graders fail state test

  BY JENN McDOWELL Results from the first year of 11th grade New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) testing show local high school students are performing below statewide averages in math, reading and writing. Acting Superintendent of the Manchester Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Manchester, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School

• West student threatens ‘a Columbine’

  BY JENN McDOWELL A Manchester West High School student remains jailed after his ex-girlfriend told police he said he was going to “do a Columbine” at the school, Manchester District Court documents show. Sterling Lindbloom, 17, of 659 Montgomery Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:06 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Manchester, West High School

• Memorial, Central, West all earn invitation to Meet of Champions

  BY JERRY LIPTAK The coaches from Manchester Memorial, West and Central, realizing their respective wrestling squads had little chance to pin down a Division I team title, focused on sending as many wrestlers as possible to the Meet of Champions. And from Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:47 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School, wrestling

• In ‘Blue’ battle, Salem pulls away from West

  BY JERRY LIPTAK The Division I match-up between 9-4-0 Salem and 5-6-2 Manchester West had a little something for every ice hockey fan: fine goaltending from both starting netminders, hard-hitting confrontations in the corners, frenetic action from blue Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, West High School, hockey, Manchester High School Sports

• West considers special academies

  BY JENN McDOWELL Administrators at West High School have announced a plan they will bring before the city’s School Board to establish a series of academies at the high school. About a third of Hooksett high school students currently attend West. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:23 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Manchester, West High School, School Board

• West thoroughly beaten by defending champs

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Pinkerton Academy head coach Brian O’Reilly said he and his team were looking to make an example of someone. They found a victim in West High School. The Astros lanced the Blue Knights, 34-7, on Saturday, Nov. 10, in first-round Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:14 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, West High School, football

• Central falls to city rival following subpar effort

  BY SAPNA PATHAK She tried her best to smile after it was over. She forced a laugh here and there, attempting to disguise her somber tone. But Central’s Trish Ellis couldn’t mask her frustration. Never was that frustration more obvious this Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:43 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Manchester, high school sports, Central High School, West High School, Softball

• High school changes - Manchester proposes shifting Hooksett, Candia and Auburn students to West High

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Several Manchester parents told a committee considering the future of West High School – which will see an exodus of Bedford students over the next two years – that a simple solution would be to send all students from Hooksett, Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:44 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Candia, Auburn, Manchester, Education, Central High School, West High School, Memorial High School