BY STEPHEN BEALESaint Anselm College seeks to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans, and other minorities, and to create a campus environment that welcomes students of other Christian denominations, religions, and different sexual orientations. Administrators say they want their school to be a more attractive place for racial and ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt 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 nice thing for the teachers is that all the kids are tired out after this,” said ...

AS A PARENT, occasional coach, and educational administrator, I often heard parents complain to anyone who might listen that their son/daughter was forced to sit on the bench, in spite of perceived  superior athletic ability, because the coach just couldn't recognize his/her talents and capabilities.  It just never seemed to occur ...

BY STEPHEN BEALE The Goffstown School District is proposing a budget of $34.3 million for the next academic year. Just two weeks ago the district was eyeing $34.6 million. It has already decreased its estimate by about $370,000 because it has learned that its health insurance rates will go up by no more than 3.5 percent, instead of the 13.2 ...

We export our children to Newport NH schools for their education from 4-12 grade.   Newport Middle High School has not met state standards for the past six years.  According the laws listed on the NH Board of Education Web Site the school district must office a choice to another school.   No one is addressing this issue ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe 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 busy outlining their plan. “There’s a lot we’ve done in terms of writing in ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe Goffstown School District has successfully appealed a state decision that it was in need of improvement. Three students who refused to take an exam last fall set off a domino effect that ultimately resulted in the declaration that Goffstown was a school district in need of improvement. However, some individual schools in the ...

BY STEPHEN BEALELast 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 spurt, nearly doubling its enrollment and adding another grade. “It does feel a little ...

BY SUSANNA HARGREAVESIn the heart of Hooksett is a genuine Renaissance woman named DeLuna. In her music studio, DeLuna surrounds herself with various unique instruments from the Renaissance era and from all over the world. DeLuna plays the harp, recorder, flute, bowed psaltery, hammer dulcimer, percussion, bells, singing bowls and many other ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAfter just about a year of studying the elementary levels of the Hooksett School District, the School Board’s Long Range Planning Committee came back with the conclusion that the town would need another school in the next 15 to 20 years, according to enrollment projections. They also concluded the district would need to do ...