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Kearsarge Community Members Invited to School Funding 101 Workshop

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Kearsarge Regional School District
Superintendent Winfried Feneberg
114 Cougar Court
New London, NH 03257

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Kearsarge Community Members Invited to School Funding 101 Workshop

KEARSARGE – Superintendent Winfried Feneberg and the Kearsarge Regional School Board are pleased to invite members of the Kearsarge and surrounding communities to an upcoming event that will explore the issue of school funding in New Hampshire.

WHEN: 

Wednesday, June 19, at 6 p.m.

WHERE:

Kearsarge Regional Middle School, 32 Gile Pond Road, North Sutton

WHO: 

Attorneys John Tobin and Andru Volinsky

WHAT:

John Tobin and Andru Volinsky are attorneys who have advocated for structural changes to the way schools are funded in New Hampshire, and will speak directly to community members about the complex history and structure of the state’s school funding model.

The pair will outline the current structure, which is highly reliant on individual school district property taxes, and break down the constitutional requirement that the state fund public education. They’ll also explore their personal history with this issue, including successfully representing the Claremont School District at the state’s high court.

During their presentation, Volinsky and Tobin will share some of their ideas for reforming education funding throughout New Hampshire.

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Kearsarge’s Sutton Central Elementary Partners with Boys and Girls Club of Sutton to Teach Students Leadership

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Kearsarge Regional School District
Superintendent Winfried Feneberg
114 Cougar Court
New London, NH 03257

For Immediate Release

Friday, May 31, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Kearsarge’s Sutton Central Elementary Partners with Boys and Girls Club of Sutton to Teach Students Leadership

NEW LONDON –Superintendent Winfried Feneberg is pleased to share that students at Sutton Central Elementary School are honing their leadership skills thanks to a partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Sutton. 

The Boys and Girls Club of Sutton is an extension site of the Boys and Girls Club of Central New Hampshire in Concord, and oversees the after school program at Sutton Central Elementary School. For the second year, five fourth and fifth grade students in the program had the opportunity to become Junior Leaders.

Students who become Junior Leaders are assigned two to three jobs that they are responsible for daily, such as cleaning up snack materials or running arts and crafts activities.

Junior Leaders have the opportunity to create and oversee activities at the after school program, and participate in monthly meetings to discuss goals for the next month and any concerns that may have come up. 

They also observe and take notes when Boys and Girls Club of Sutton staff members resolve conflicts among students at the program to learn how to handle similar situations themselves, and act as role models for younger students and new program members. 

The program was first introduced by  Danika Rainie, the Boys and Girls Club of Sutton site coordinator for the Sutton Central after school program.

“The Junior Leaders program is a great opportunity for older students to practice their leadership skills and act as role models for our younger students,” Principal Christine Downing said. “We’re fortunate to have had the opportunity to partner on our after school program with the Boys and Girls Club of Sutton, which has been a great success thanks to Danika and her dedication to fostering a supportive, fun environment for our students.”

Junior Leaders are chosen each fall after an interview and application process.

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Kearsarge Student Receives Marjot Foundation Grant to Study Invasive Plant

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Kearsarge Regional School District
Superintendent Winfried Feneberg
114 Cougar Court
New London, NH 03257

For Immediate Release

Monday, May 13, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Kearsarge Student Receives Marjot Foundation Grant to Study Invasive Plant

Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore Christopher Brahan has been awarded a $5,000 grant to study variable milfoil, an invasive plant commonly found in New Hampshire. (Courtesy Photo Kearsarge Regional School District)

NEW LONDON –Superintendent Winfried Feneberg is pleased to share that a Kearsarge student has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Marjot Foundation to conduct research on an invasive aquatic plant. 

The Marjot Foundation is a nonprofit that awards grants to students in New England and New York on an annual basis to support environmental research.

Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore Christopher Brahan has been awarded a $5,000 grant to study variable milfoil, an invasive plant found in lakes and ponds in New Hampshire, which quickly devours ecosystems. 

“I wanted to research variable milfoil because it is a huge problem here in New Hampshire,” Brahan said. “Most people think its just a plant like lily pads or cattails, but it is much more than that. This one plant alone can kill whole ecosystems in lakes because they do not have any natural predators here. Over several decades a lake that once was a habitat to loons, salmon, and crayfish could be home to just milfoil.”

Over the next year, Brahan will collect variable milfoil specimen from lakes in the Kearsarge area and conduct research at Kearsarge Regional High School. He’ll be growing the specimen he collects in a large tank where they’ll be separated in different containers. His goal is to determine which substrates, or conditions like silt and fine organic material, are necessary for the plant to thrive and grow.

“This grant will provide Christopher with a remarkable opportunity to perform real, hands on research right in our backyard,” Superintendent Feneberg said. “It is an honor that the foundation has awarded him this funding, and exciting to see a student taking on such a vested interest in the environment.”

Brahan will have help as he conducts his research from Erik Anderson, a science teacher at Kearsarge Regional High School. In addition to his lab work, Brahan will write a midyear update paper about his project, organize data, create a poster board for the New Hamsphire State Science and Engineering Expo and write a lab report.  

Brahan will present the findings of his research at the 2020 New Hampshire Science and Engineering Expo (NHSEE).

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Kearsarge Alumnus Connects School to Mongolian Student Pen Pals

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Kearsarge Regional School District
Superintendent Winfried Feneberg
114 Cougar Court
New London, NH 03257

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Kearsarge Alumnus Connects School to Mongolian Student Pen Pals

NEW LONDON – A Kearsarge alumnus who fondly remembers connecting with international student pen pals in his youth has organized a new exchange of letters between his Mongolian students and fifth graders at Kearsarge Regional Elementary School.

Cameron Clark, a Northeastern University student who studies linguistics, is currently in Mongolia for a six month co-op program where he is teaching English to students ages seven to 35. As he prepared for the program, he remembered sending letters as an elementary school student in MaryAnne Morcom’s class at Kearsarge Regional Elementary School to students in another country.

Clark reached out to Morcom, and asked if she’d like to set up a new pen pal exchange between his students and hers. 

“The students love the letters and are amazed at the English Cameron’s students have learned to be able to write to us,” Morcom said. “I had the pleasure of teaching Cam in fourth and fifth grade and it was very nice that he asked me and the class to participate in his project.”

The first batch of letters was sent from Mongolia to Kearsarge Regional Elementary School this March. 

“I hope to give the Mongolian students a chance to practice their English with a native speaker, and I hope that the students in New Hampshire will get a chance to learn about a culture far outside their own,” Clark said.

Kearsarge students will send reply letters to their pen pals early this May.

“It is so special that a Kearsarge alumnus, inspired by a fond memory from his time as a student here, has reached out to create this new pen pal opportunity for current fifth graders,” Superintendent Feneberg said. “This is an exciting, engaging way for our students to be exposed to a new culture, all thanks to the thoughtfulness and initiative of a former student.”

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