Photography Students Garner Scholastic AwardsStudents in Mr. Levesque's Digital Photography classes garnered a total of 35 Scholastic Awards, among them one Gold Key, 9 Silver Keys, and 25 Honorable Mention Awards. Congratulations all!
Chemistry Students Investigate Freezing Point DataUsing Vernier temperature probes and Chromebooks to record data sets, students in Dr. Milne's class investigate how the concentration of antifreeze in a solution relates to the solution's freezing point.
Students Gather Research, Work On Group ProjectsAs the end of the semester approaches, students gather in the ConVal Library Learning Commons to conduct research and work on group projects.
LNA Graduation In The ConVal LibraryJuanita Durgin, American Red Cross instructor for the Nurse Assistant Training Program, conducts the graduation ceremony in the library. The Nurse Assistant Training Program includes theory and clinic components as well as two-year CPR/AED and First Aid certifications.
Students Present On ConVal 2025 Climate SurveyDuring a faculty meeting on January 8th, students from the ConVal 2025 Committee present on the school climate survey that will be taken by staff, students, and parents in the coming weeks.
ConVal Team Wins Alpine Skiing Event At CrotchedCrotched Mountain hosted an alpine skiing race on January 2nd that included teams from Bow, ConVal, Hollis-Brookline, Kearsarge, Milford, Portsmouth, and Souhegan high schools. The ConVal team, pictured here with ConVal AD John Reitnauer, took first place in the event.
At ConVal High School, we strive to create a safe, caring, and academically engaging school climate in which all students feel valued. We will be using a nationally validated school climate survey to measure how students, families, and staff perceive the school climate at ConVal.
The student survey will be given to students on March 16 during homeroom TASC and will take approximately 5-10 minutes. All responses are anonymous and results will only be reported as group responses. Our plan is to reissue the surveys in the future and use the information to assess change.
Written parent/guardian permission is required to give the student survey. If you would like to review the survey, it is available on the school website or upon request in the main office. Please call or email the main office with any questions.
Paper copies of this permission form will be distributed during homeroom TASC on Monday, January 27. All forms, regardless of permission given, should be returned to homeroom TASC teachers by Monday, February 10.
The All Shook Up School Edition information is now live. Visit our Google site for details and make sure to visit Cast 98 to sign up for an audition!
All Shook Up is a crowd-pleasing musical that was inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley. It’s 1955 and into a square little town, in a square little state, rides a guitar-playing young man who changes everything and everyone he meets in this hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy that will have you jumping out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”
In addition to the singing and acting roles, there are opportunities for students to participate in lights, sound, costumes, props, sets, etc. While no prior experience is required, please read the ConVal Theatre Arts Expectations.
To help with the planning of student commitments to the production, the performances will be Thursday, April 16 @ 7 pm, Friday, April 17 @ 7 pm, Saturday, April 18 @ 7 pm, Sunday, April 19 @ 2 pm.
Thirteen members of the ConVal Nordic team took a break from studying for exams and traveled to Plainfield to compete in their first classic race of the season.
Low snowfall this season prevented the skiers from having any practices in this style of cross country racing so far this season, but the veteran team members did well nevertheless.
Allison Bull led the Cougar girls by securing a place in the top 10 women. She was closely followed by co-captain Cami Hendrixson and Eva Calcutt.
Also crossing the finish line for the Conval women were Abby Hendrixson, Gwen Inglis, Eme Tyler-Wall, Grace Phillips, and Isabel Badrawy. Scoring at the top of the Cougar boy line up was Jaimini Viles, followed by Philip Pope, Avery Pope, and Lewis Carlton.
ConVal will host its home meet this Saturday at the Dublin Nordic Center.
Perfectly timed for the cold season, students in Dr. Milne's Chemistry class learn about a phenomenon that is called "freezing point depression."
Chemically speaking, freezing point depression involves the intentional decrease of the freezing point of a solvent following the addition of a non-volatile solute. Common examples include salt in water and alcohol in water.
When road crews spread a salt (calcium chloride) on icy roads to melt ice, they help transform water from its frozen, solid state into a more liquid state, rendering roads safer for driving.
Another practical application is windshield washer fluid which benefits from the addition of ethylene glycol to help prevent the dangerous re-freeze of the sprayed fluid on the cold surface of a car's windshield.
Perhaps the most widespread, daily application of the chemistry in freezing point depression is radiator fluid, where antifreeze is added to the cooling system. A solution of 60% antifreeze and 40% water will produce a freeze protection of up to -55˚ C. For best overall performance, a 50% solution is commonly used for engine protection in temperatures between -35˚C and 108˚C.
In a number of lab activities, students added different solutes to pure liquids to ascertain how these solutes would lower the freezing point. They created five test solutions in beakers and set up a "deep chill" bath using dry ice. Using USB-connected Vernier temperature sensors and the Lab Quest data collection system of their Chromebooks, students then recorded data as temperatures dropped and crystallization of the solution could be observed.
The photos below show students during different stages of the experiments.
At ConVal High School, we strive to create a safe, caring, and academically engaging school climate in which all students feel valued. We will be using a nationally validated school climate survey to measure how students, families, and staff perceive the school climate at ConVal.
The student survey will be given to students on March 16 during homeroom TASC and will take approximately 5-10 minutes. All responses are anonymous and results will only be reported as group responses. Our plan is to reissue the surveys in the future and use the information to assess change.
Written parent/guardian permission is required to give the student survey. If you would like to review the survey, it is available on the school website or upon request in the main office. Please call or email the main office with any questions.
Paper copies of this permission form will be distributed during homeroom TASC on Monday, January 27. All forms, regardless of permission given, should be returned to homeroom TASC teachers by Monday, February 10.
At ConVal High School, we strive to create a safe, caring, and academically engaging school climate in which all students feel valued. We will be using a nationally validated school climate survey to measure how students, families, and staff perceive the school climate at ConVal.
The student survey will be given to students on March 16 during homeroom TASC and will take approximately 5-10 minutes.
Thirteen members of the ConVal Nordic team took a break from studying for exams and traveled to Plainfield to compete in their first classic race of the season.
Low snowfall this season prevented the skiers from having any practices in this style of cross country racing so far this season, but the veteran team members did well nevertheless.
Perfectly timed for the cold season, students in Dr. Milne’s Chemistry class learn about a phenomenon that is called “freezing point depression.”
Chemically speaking, freezing point depression involves the intentional decrease of the freezing point of a solvent following the addition of a non-volatile solute. Common examples include salt in water and alcohol in water.
New Hampshire Youth Poet Laureate Rachel Sturges opened the Jaffrey-Rindge Martin Luther King Day celebration by reading an original poem she composed for the occasion.
Rachel led a series of poetry writing workshops at the Jaffrey Grade School and Rindge Middle School throughout the Fall, leading students in using poetry to explore the theme “Our Beloved Community.”
The Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Committee organized the Martin Luther King Jr Day commemoration,
The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers has announced the 2020 winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in Photography. With one Gold Key Awards, 9 Silver Key Awards, and 25 Honorable Mention Awards, ConVal High School students figured prominently among this year’s recognized artists.
Congratulations to Thalia Stafford, sophomore, for being recognized as the CTE Student of the Month at the Region 14 Applied Technology Center for November 2019.
Thalia was nominated by her computer programming instructor, Gil Morris, for excelling in all the soft skills but especially self-management. He goes on to say that “what makes her stand out among her peers is her creativity in programming.
At the state-wide World Language Poetry recitation contest on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, the following students of German were recognized for their performance:
Photography Students Garner Scholastic Awards Students in Mr. Levesque's Digital Photography classes garnered a total of 35 Scholastic Awards, among them one Gold Key, 9 Silver Keys, and 25 Honorable Mention Awards. Congratulations all!
Chemistry Students Investigate Freezing Point Data Using Vernier temperature probes and Chromebooks to record data sets, students in Dr. Milne's class investigate how the concentration of antifreeze in a solution relates to the solution's freezing point.
Students Gather Research, Work On Group Projects As the end of the semester approaches, students gather in the ConVal Library Learning Commons to conduct research and work on group projects.
LNA Graduation In The ConVal Library Juanita Durgin, American Red Cross instructor for the Nurse Assistant Training Program, conducts the graduation ceremony in the library. The Nurse Assistant Training Program includes theory and clinic components as well as two-year CPR/AED and First Aid certifications.
Students Present On ConVal 2025 Climate Survey During a faculty meeting on January 8th, students from the ConVal 2025 Committee present on the school climate survey that will be taken by staff, students, and parents in the coming weeks.
ConVal Team Wins Alpine Skiing Event At Crotched Crotched Mountain hosted an alpine skiing race on January 2nd that included teams from Bow, ConVal, Hollis-Brookline, Kearsarge, Milford, Portsmouth, and Souhegan high schools. The ConVal team, pictured here with ConVal AD John Reitnauer, took first place in the event.
