Message from Principal McKillop
Good Evening, Cougar Nation!
The first two weeks of our second semester have been quite busy and very exciting!
I am pictured above with one of our student athletes before we departed for the Unified Basketball game at Milford High School that took place today. Milford hosted us for a school assembly game, and the energy was palpable! It was a close game, and the Cougars ended up winning by two points in the last minute.
Please see many pieces below that highlight some of the amazing things our students are doing inside and outside of our classrooms. As you'll read below, we have two seniors that created a special evening to celebrate learning differences this past Tuesday, which was followed by a short film festival showcasing student films. Thanks to the many teachers and staff members who assisted our students the night of the event!
As shared on the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) website, National School Counseling Week 2024 is Feb. 5-9, and aims to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February. We are grateful for the work our school counselors do to help our students. The 2024 theme is "School Counseling: Standards-Based, Student-Focused."
Please see the table of contents below. I would encourage you to read through the entire newsletter at some point this weekend if time allows.
Have a wonderful weekend, and GO COUGARS!
Best,
Heather
Laura Phillips Receives DAR Award
The DAR Good Citizen program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. Students selected for this award must have the following qualities:
Dependability - which includes truthfulness, loyalty, punctuality
Service - which includes cooperation, courtesy, and consideration of others
Leadership - which includes personality, self-control, and ability to assume responsibility
Patriotism - which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community, and nation
Students who are selected by their high school staff as the DAR Good Citizen are invited to participate in a scholarship contest. In the photo, Phillips is pictured with her counselor Amanda Haley and with Good Citizen Chairperson Judith Goff who represented the Mary Varnum Platts-Peterborough Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
Hugh O'Brian Leadership Conference
The ConVal Regional High School Counseling Department has announced that sophomores Benjamin Michaud and Nora Eliopoulos were selected to represent ConVal at the 2024 Hugh O’Brian Leadership Conference in May. The HOBY Conference is a weekend-long program held at the St. Anselm College, and will host sophomore student leaders from across New Hampshire.
The seminar provides an opportunity for high school sophomores to recognize their potential talents and apply them in becoming effective, ethical leaders of the future. An estimated 7,500 sophomores attend the seminars in all 50 states and Canada each year. At the end of each seminar a boy and girl from each location is selected to attend the World Leadership Congress.
HOBY’s mission is to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. HOBY programs are conducted annually throughout the United States, serving local and international high school students. HOBY programs provide youth selected by their schools to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences.
February 6: Deliberative Session
This year's Deliberative Session (District Meeting Part I) will be held in the ConVal High School Gymnasium on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, beginning at 6:00 pm. This meeting serves as a forum for residents to discuss the district budget and have a direct say in how local school funds are allocated. A snow date for this meeting has been set for Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 6:00 pm, also in the ConVal High School Gymnasium.
February 15: ConVal High School Spring Open House
During Open House on Thursday, February 15, 2024, you can meet your student's teacher following this schedule:
TASC Homeroom: 6:30 – 6:45 pmBlock 1: 6:50 – 7:00 pm
Block 3: 7:05 – 7:15 pm
Block 4: 7:20 – 7:30 pm
Block 2 and Block 2A: 7:35 – 7:45 pm
Block 2B: 7:50 – 8:00 pm
Keyboarding Class
Students in Mr. Moore's Keyboarding class work independently as each student is at a level unique to their knowledge of the discipline. Mr. Moore can be seen meeting with a student as he checks in with each student to ensure they are supported in meeting their individual goals for the class.
Eastern World Heritage Class
Students in Ms. Rushford's Eastern World Heritage class are pictured working on their first map assignment. Students are creating a map of Asia following the rubric provided that asks them to identify countries, rivers and other geographical features. Students are expected to create accurate, neat and well organized maps that show both a clear understanding of the map making process as well as the geographic features of this particular region.
Celebrating Learning Differences
On Tuesday, January 30, ConVal High School hosted a community dinner and short film festival devoted to the theme of "Celebrating Learning Differences." The event was initiated and organized entirely by students.
More than 100 people filled the ConVal cafeteria for the dinner and then the Lucy Hurlin Theatre for the film festival that followed. The student films that were shown included "Wildlife" by RJ Woodin, "Monadnock Worksource" by Ryan Charron/Rj Woodin, "Inside The Mind" by Violette Dube, "My Trip to Boston" by Jack Ingram, "The Tortoise and the Hare" by Ethan Dysart, "My Life with Eric" by Ryan Charron, "In My Mind" by Ethan Marony, and the documentary "Everest to End Duchenne" by Fletcher Maggs which had won the top prize at the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival (NHHSSFF) in 2022.
Cougars Win Unified Basketball Senior Home Game
