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FIRST team to host LEGO tourney
Youth-Education
Thursday November 19, 2009
HOLLIS – The Hollis/Brookline High School FIRST Robotics Team 1073 The Force is hosting a Qualifying FIRST LEGO League Competition on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the HBHS gym from 8 a.
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Johns Hopkins Center honors students
Youth-Education
Thursday November 19, 2009
NASHUA – Nine students were recently announced as high scorers in the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth talent search. CTY identifies top students across the country each year and provides programs to help them make the most of their academic abilities.
Students collect canned goods for food pantry
Youth-Education
Thursday November 19, 2009
NASHUA – The fifth-grade class from New Searles Elementary School incorporated its “Harvest Party” theme into a successful canned food drive to help out the Nashua Lutheran Church food pantry. The students were given the challenge to see which class could collect the most food items in one week.
Student to march in Macy’s parade
Youth-Education
Thursday November 19, 2009
NASHUA –Megan Kelleher, a senior at Nashua High School North, has been invited to represent New Hampshire for the second year as a member of the Macy’s Great American Marching Band in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Students are selected from all 50 states to participate in this band, which has the honor of leading the parade this year.
Scouts distributing bags for food drive
Scouts
Thursday November 5, 2009
HOLLIS – Hollis Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts will participate in Scouting for Food this Saturday and Saturday, Nov. 14.
Get winter sand from Troop 260
Scouts
Thursday October 29, 2009
BROOKLINE – Brookline Boy Scout Troop 260 will be selling sand that can be used to put down on icy spots this winter. Sand is available for Brookline residents only.
Boy Scout Troop 12 hosts Arrowhead District Fall Camporee
Scouts
Wednesday October 21, 2009
Hollis Boy Scout Troop 12 hosted the Arrowhead District “Reaching New Heights” Fall Camporee at Beaver Brook in Hollis on Oct. 3-4.
Scholars
Thursday October 29, 2009
University of Connecticut The following local students were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. FROM AMHERST: Brian Eric Hynes, Jeffrey Richard Wenzel.
Scholars
Thursday October 8, 2009
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY Shawn Q. Augustine of Hudson was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Binghamton University at State University of New York.
Scholars
Thursday October 8, 2009
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY The following local students were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at American University in Washington, D.C.
Volunteer coordinator wins Judith Lonergan Award
Adult Honors
Thursday October 22, 2009
NASHUA – To say that Norah Sutton, director of volunteer services at Hunt Community, was surprised when her name was announced as this year’s winner of the Judith Lonergan Award would be an understatement. Each year, the New Hampshire Association of Volunteer Administrators awards a member for their outstanding achievement in volunteer administration and is named in honor of Judith Lonergan.
Hudson teen wins achievement award
Adult Honors
Thursday October 22, 2009
HUDSON – Amanda Knightly, of Hudson, received the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s 2009 Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award for New Hampshire. Knightly, 19, was selected for the honor because of her personal and academic success and for serving as an inspiration and role model for others.
Adult Honors
Thursday October 22, 2009
MERRIMACK – Paige Kalika, of Merrimack, was a recipient of the 2009 Champions Among Children award. Champions Among Children are chosen each year by the Council for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions, a New Hampshire organization that advocates and supports children with chronic health conditions.
Academy for Science and Design Spring Honor Roll
Honor Rolls
Monday July 20, 2009
The Academy for Science and Design in Merrimack has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2008-09 year. HIGHEST HONORS GRADE 7: Matthew Correia, Revanth Damerla, Michael Miggliozzi, Rishita Sanikommu.
2009 Granite State Scholars announced
Honor Rolls
Wednesday April 8, 2009
The 2009 Granite State Scholars represent 84 high schools around the state. The Granite State Scholar designations were made from lists submitted to the Commissioner's Office by the high school principals.
Honor Rolls
Thursday July 23, 2009
The following students were accidentally omitted from Alvirne High School’s Grade 10 high honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2008-09 school year. Celestine Amadi, Stephen Burton, Christine Buttrick, Anthony Clements, Ileene Domenech, Caleb Donnelly, Kathryn Donovan, Kayla Duval, Matthew Fellows, Evan Fincher, Patrick Furlong and Amber Gamrat.
Elks Club offering student scholarship
Scholarships
Monday October 12, 2009
Applications are now available for high school seniors to apply for a scholarship award in the Elks National Foundation’s annual “Most Valuable Student” contest. Five hundred four-year awards for the 2009-13 academic years, ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 per year.
Students receive auto tech awards
Scholarships
Monday October 12, 2009
Fifteen students in the Community College System of New Hampshire have been awarded $1,000 American Automobile Association Northern New England scholarships for 2009. The scholarship is available to students studying automotive technology on a full-time basis at the colleges.
Student awarded $1,000 scholarship
Scholarships
Monday October 12, 2009
Jeffrey Dillon, a recent graduate from Alvirne High School, was recently awarded one of the NHHEAF Network Organization’s Take it to the Bank Scholarship Giveaway scholarship of $1,000. Dillon is now a freshman at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, studying justice studies.
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