By Darrell Halen Gathered in the auditorium of Salem High School for the kickoff of this year’s Sophomore Career Exploration Day, 10th-graders learned about the work of one of New Hampshire’s top officials – Attorney General Kelly Ayotte. While taking questions from students, Ayotte said that some of the most ...

By JENN McDOWELL Four girls from Candia finally saw their long-term community service project come to fruition with the rededication of the restored Civil War monument on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Becky Petrin, Alicia Frazier, and sisters Erin and Megan Smith, now eighth-graders at Moore School, began the restoration project four years ago by ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYAfter being named a school in need of improvement when the Annual Yearly Progress reports were released, Bow Memorial School administrators are still in the process of appealing. The first appeal to the Commissioner of Education was denied, so Bow Superintendent of Schools Dean Cascadden wrote a letter of appeal to the State Board ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEBedford High School art teacher Catherine Tuttle loves the new school but knew some artwork would make a great finishing touch. With the help of local artist Mark Ragonese, Tuttle and three of her art classes helped make multiple stick structures that have been placed around the new high school. All the planning, designing and ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEThroughout October, more than 700 students at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School will be reading 26 minutes a day and exercising 26 minutes a day. This comes as part of the fundraiser called “Exercise the Right to Read.” The program was started by author Wendelin Van Draanen. After years of visits to schools across the ...

BY DARRELL HALENIn an effort to cut down on student absenteeism, Pelham school officials have crafted an attendance policy for the high school. Each student would be allowed five unexcused absences per semester with the new policy. Six types of exemptions would be allowed: absences covered by a doctor’s note, bereavement, documented ...