Cougar Weekly News

Good Afternoon, Cougar Nation!

Congratulations to our students for completing semester one! Thanks to help from our wonderful parents and student representatives from all of our classes, we were able to host a student appreciation event in-between the first two exams on Wednesday. Please see the article below that is accompanied by some pictures. On Wednesday after finals, parent volunteers also treated teachers and staff to a wonderful luncheon with home-made meals. Thank you so much for the culinary feast! On Thursday, members of the National Honor Society handed out goodie bags to students as a boost for the last day of finals.

You will see two new faces that have joined our ConVal community for the second semester, included below. We have two other new faces that will be shared in the newsletter next week. I would encourage everyone to view the start of semester two as an opportunity for a fresh start. As you learn new things, please don't hesitate to ask your teachers and be curious.

Best of luck to our Granite State Challenge team who will be competing this weekend vs. Portsmouth at UNH. As always, we wish our Cougar athletes competing and those involved in clubs and activities a wonderful experience as the school year continues to progress.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Heather

Email: conval.highschool@conval.edu
Website: cvhs.convalsd.net
Location: 184 Hancock Road, Peterborough, NH, USA
Phone: (603) 924-3869

• Upcoming Important Dates and Events
• District 2nd Community Forum
• Parent Volunteer Opportunities
• School Counseling Newsletter
• Covid-19 Updates
• Co-Curricular/Athletic Updates
• New faces at ConVal High School
• Students Garner Scholastic Arts Awards
  
• NHS hands out candy for finals
• Affirmation Stations Between Finals
  
• Senior Reflections

January 24, 2022 - First day of 2nd semester

January 25, 2022 - District 2nd Community Forum (see below)

February 1, 2022 - NHHEAF 6:00 pm (Juniors applying for college)

February 1-11, 2022 - Course selection for next year (Grades 9, 10, & 11)

Your ConVal School Board and Administration are moving forward in the planning for the next ConVal Community Forum on January 25th.

We are excited about providing you this opportunity for a constructive, open, informative and meaningful dialog.

To learn all about this activity and to view the agenda, please click here.

As a result of our of first two parent meetings, we are excited to begin building a parent and community volunteer partnership. When Principal McKillop held the first parent/guardian meeting on December 13th, an idea that surfaced among the group was having parents volunteer in various capacities. This idea was further discussed at our most recent parent/guardian meeting on Monday, January 10th. If potentially interested in this idea, please view this Google form. We look forward to this opportunity to collaborate and promote unity with our students, staff, parents, and our community partners.

Please click here to view the January monthly newsletter from CVHS Counseling Department.

Based on a revision to the reopening plan, the district is no longer sending daily emails re: Covid-19 cases. Please see this link to find data about our school. This is the data that is reviewed by the district Covid-19 Monitoring Team.

The Boys Varsity Basketball Senior Night is Friday, January 28th. The game starts at 6:30 pm against Pelham High School.

All of our winter athletic schedules & updates can be found on the ConVal athletics website. Please come out and support our athletes and their coaches.

If you have any questions, please contact Director of Athletics and Co-Curriculars John Reitnauer at jreitnauer@conval.edu.

Hi! My name is Abigail Konig (or, as students call me, Ms. K!), and I am a student teacher from Keene State College.

I am studying Secondary Education with a focus in English.

On any given day, you can find me snuggled up on the couch with my dog, Alistair, and a good book.

I enjoy theatre, the outdoors, and horseback riding.

I am so excited to be a part of the ConVal High School community this semester!

I am an avid skier and hiker who, after graduating from UNH with a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in philosophy, spent time on the coast of Maine before moving to California.

While in California I split my time between North lake Tahoe, where I was basking in the life of a ski bum, and L.A., where I was training to be a sommelier.

About halfway through my somm training I realized my heart was not in wine, and was instead, as it had really always been, in English and teaching.

During COVID, I moved back east and enrolled in a Masters of Education program, and am excited to be here at ConVal through the semester.

Congratulations to the students in Mr. Levesque’s Digital Photography class who have achieved honors at the 2022 Scholastic Arts Awards.

Each year, Scholastic Arts submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

These are the students and their respective awards:

GOLD KEYS

Esther Janis, Liberty Kemp

SILVER KEYS

Logan Burnham, Brady Carpentiere, Emily Clark, Jake Daniels, Max Depoyster, Gee Hardwick, Jennifer Hopkins (3), Liam O’Mahony, Annalese Patrick, Jasper Vergo

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Gabriella Cote (2), Hayden Derosier, Raven Groblewski, Jennifer Hopkins (2), Kyle Howe, Esther Janis, Caleb Norford, Savannah Lee, Fletcher Maggs (2), Liam O’Mahony, Caden Peck, Avery Pope, Anjali Singh, Oliver Theriault, Jasper Vergo, Caitlyn Witt

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Scholastic Arts Awards will be presented virtually again this year. The virtual exhibition of award-winning work and awards ceremony will live-stream on March 11th at 6 pm.

Members of the ConVal chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) handed out candy to students as they made their way into school for finals. Students appreciated the gesture of making their Semester 1 final exams just a little less stressful.

The National Honor Society is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States. Member selection is based on four criteria: scholarship, leadership, service, and character.

Did you ever receive a carnation in high school with a special message just for you? This idea was implemented in a similar spirit during finals.

Between final exams on Wednesday, there were four affirmation stations set up around the school for students to show each other some kindness:

• Popcorn & soft pretzels - Concession stand near the gym, sponsored by the Class of 2025

• Card making - Main entrance hallway, sponsored by the Class of 2024

• Flowers - Cafeteria, sponsored by the Class of 2023

• Muffins & cupcakes - Cafeteria, sponsored by the Class of 2022

It was great seeing students interact, engaged, and care for each other. Thank you to all the student and parent volunteers who made winter semester finals so special this year!

On January 11, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript published the latest insert of The Link, the student newspaper that is based on the writings, artwork, and photographs by students who participate in The Link co-curricular.

Some of our current seniors wrote articles and poems to express their Senior Reflections. The edition contains contributions by Jennae DeShane, Fletcher Maggs, Maggie Baribault, Corey Guzman, Elijah White, Esther, Willow Baribault, Cailtin Beal, and Eva McCullough.

McCullough was singled out by a community member with special praise for her writing: "I appreciated all the earnest, thoughtful, and interesting contributions from these high school seniors in the issue of The Link from Jan. 11. However, Eva McCullough’s (“Marc with a ‘C’ ”) was truly remarkable. I wish to thank her for adding a bright moment to my day. Also to encourage her, if she has not already done so, to consider a career in creative writing" (Anthony D’Ambrosio, Peterborough, "Letter: Kudos to McCullough," published in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript on January 18, 2022).