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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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Photo: Principal Gets Slimed after Kearsarge’s Simonds Elementary School Students Read for 45,600 Minutes, Raise $3,000 During Read-a-Thon

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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]

Dr. Stokes Gets Slimed!

Kearsarge’s Simonds Elementary School Students Read for 45,600 Minutes, Raise $3,000 During Read-a-Thon

Students at Simonds Elementary poured buckets of slime over Principal Tim Stokes after reading for 45,000 minutes during this spring’s read-a-thon. (Courtesy Photo Kearsarge Regional School District)

NEW LONDON — Call it “extra motivation.”

Students at Simonds Elementary School read for a whopping 45,613 minutes this spring and as a reward, they dumped buckets of green slime onto their principal on Friday.

This is the third year Simonds Elementary School has held Simonds Reads, a read-a-thon to encourage student reading beyond just the required textbook reading. Students were promised they could slime Principal Tim Stokes if they collectively read for 19,000 minutes during the week of April 7-15.

“From the very beginning of the read-a-thon, the kids have been super excited,” Principal Stokes said. “Even our youngest students would come up to me and say, ‘I read for 20 minutes last night. You are going to get slimed!'”

Sponsors donated to the Simonds Elementary Parent Teacher Organization to support student readers during the read-a-thon, and overall the event raised approximately $3,000. The funds donated during the event will support future events and programs at the school.

Students recorded their reading minutes every day in logs, and far surpassed the challenge to read for 19,000 minutes. The top reader from each grade was given a bucket of slime to pour over Principal Stokes Friday morning in the school gymnasium in front of the entire giggling student body.

“This was a great way to spark a lot of joy around reading for students at Simonds Elementary,” Superintendent Winfried Feneberg said. “Simonds Reads does a great job of uniting the school community, and getting students excited to read. I’m just glad it was him on the receiving end of the slime!”

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