Good Afternoon, Cougar Nation!

I hope everyone had a peaceful Thanksgiving. It is hard to believe it is December and more holidays are on the horizon. We have three full weeks left of school before we depart for our holiday recess, and there is quite a bit going on in our classrooms, on campus, and in our communities.

Below you will find highlights of students and staff who have attended opportunities off campus, information from school counseling, athletics and co-curriculars, our nurses and other helpful things to know. I would encourage you to preview our table of contents directly below this message.

Please mark your calendars and consider joining us for our evening Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 20. The concert will take place in our gymnasium and will feature our instrumental and choral ensembles. Our students have been rehearsing and look forward to sharing the gift of music with those who are able to attend.

Finally, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Israel Bernal Lopez who has joined our school community as a teacher in our World Language department. Please see the segment below to learn more about our new teacher.

Have a wonderful weekend, and GO COUGARS!

Best,

Heather

Upcoming Dates and Events

New Spanish Teacher

Classroom Snapshots

ConVal Career & Technical Education

School Counseling News

Athletic, Co-Curricular and Club Updates

Snowball Winter Formal

Clothes Donations Wanted

Nurses Newsletter

December 5th Winter Clothing Day (Avenue A)

Crisis Text Line Information

Help Wanted

• December 3: New England Music Festival Association Auditions
• December 5: Winter Play Auditions
  
• December 5 & 6: Holiday Tree Singing, Peterborough (weather permitting)
• December 9: Upward Bound Program Application Deadline for Sophomores
• December 11: ConVal Select Choir/Renaissance Men Concert, Francestown
• December 20: Evening Winter Concert

Israel Bernal Lopez has joined ConVal High School as a Spanish language teacher. A native of Seville, Spain, he has taught Spanish in the United States for the past 17 years. He has teaching experience at the middle school, high school, as well as college levels. In addition to his teaching credentials, Bernal Lopez is a licensed soccer coach, has worked for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Equatorial Guinea in Africa, and is an accomplished sculptor. His teaching philosophy can be summed up in a single sentence, he says: "Persist in your dream to succeed." Welcome to ConVal!

Classroom Snapshots!

Students in Miss Gilpatrick's geometry class are applying their knowledge of similar triangles in a group project. At any given time of day, the sun creates shadows that allow for proportional relationships to be calculated. Students measured the shadows of structures outside, such as a lamp post, and used proportions to solve for the height of many tall objects around school.

The Blackout Poetry board for Mrs. Harris’ 10th grade English classes. Students are reading Night by Elie Wiesel. Night is the autobiographical account of Elie Wiesel’s survival as a teenager in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. Blackout poetry is the process of taking a single page of text and isolating words to create an individual student’s poetic understanding of what they are reading.

In Eric Bowman's World Religions class, students have been studying holidays celebrated by religions of the world. Students thought it would be fun if they prepared food traditionally served at these holiday celebrations. While it was not required, students made food to share with their classmates, creating a fun, festive environment. In this photo, students are enjoying chicken, cookies, and salad commonly consumed in Middle Eastern countries in celebration of Eid al Fitr.

To access the information about the CTE programs at the Region 14 Applied Technology Center, please click this link.

The NHFA drill yard welcomed students from Peterborough, Keene and ConVal under the supervision of Instructors Cole, Gitchell and Carney, to the obstacle course for the SCBA maze to gain proficiency moving around with obscured vision- through doors, diminished clearances & over and under obstructions. They are also working on communication and becoming more familiar with their air packs.

Students from the Manufacturing program went to D.S. Huntington Company and PHAZE Technology Center to explore the manufacturing process and production, from design to a finished product. Both of these facilities offered a hands-on demonstration of the processes, productions and real life experiences and expectations that employers and companies everywhere are looking for when these students are ready to enter the workforce. Both of these tours also opened some eyes of potential internships and career options as students advance in the Manufacturing program at ConVal. If you are looking to learn more about Manufacturing & Engineering, please speak with your guidance counselor to see what options are available next semester.

Director Jen Kiley (front, center) and ATC staff attend the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) CareerTech VISION 2022 conference in Las Vegas where they complete professional development workshops and give presentations. ACTE is the professional organization that seeks to empower educators to deliver high-quality CTE programs in order to ensure that all students are positioned for career success.

• Electronic appointment requests

• Suicide Prevention Lessons

• SAT Prep Information
• Upcoming Express Admission Dates
• Upward Bound Information
• FAFSA Application Guidance
• Alumni Panel Announcement, etc.

For more details, click here: December 2022 School Counseling Newsletter.

Snow Ball Winter Formal

Wanted:

Donations of new or gently used (no stains, please) men's formal wear (shirts, pants, and ties).

Donations may be dropped off at the main office to the attention of Jennifer Kiley.

Your child is invited to participate in a weekend food program. It is available to students in the ConVal School District. This program provides ConVal students with extra meals for Friday evening through Sunday evening. Your permission is needed for your child to take advantage of this free opportunity. This program is made possible by ‘End 68 Hours of Hunger’ which is a local, volunteer food organization whose mission is to help families feed their children over the weekend.

All food is non-perishable and easy to prepare, such as the food pictured on this form. Your child will receive a bag of food on Friday afternoon to take home for the weekend.

Volunteers at ‘End 68 Hours of Hunger’ do not have access to your child’s name.

For more details about the program, please click here.

The ConVal School District is looking for substitute teachers and paraprofessionals.

The qualifications for employment as a substitute teacher or paraprofessional are as follows:

• Teaching experience not required
• Ability to work well with children and adults
• High school diploma or GED required
• At least 21 years of age

An appropriate certification or permission is required for long-term sub assignments.

To apply, please follow this link to the District’s online application system.

If you are looking to earn extra money while spending time with your children, including having the same days off as they do, then this is the perfect job for you.

• Be part of your community — drive a school bus!
• Company training with out certified instructors
• Great pay rate! We pay while you train, 6-8 weeks average
• Sign-on bonus available of $1,500 for qualified applicants
• Part-time hours
• Same vacation days off as ConVal schools
• Bring your kids to work, save on childcare expenses

Please contact Amy Wing by calling (603) 924-9211 or at awing@ridesta.com to request an application.

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ConVal Regional High School

Location: 184 Hancock Road, Peterborough, NH 03458 (map)

Phone: (603) 924-3869

Email: conval.highschool@conval.edu

Website: cvhs.convalsd.net