Congratulations to all the graduates of the Class of 2020!
Your class will determine how we will recover and rebuild our society. Keep our ConVal community in your memory as you embark on a new life of vision, purpose, and hope.
You have been successful and achieved a myriad of accomplishments while at ConVal. These many achievements are reflected in the two video presentations below.
The first presentation is entitled "Senior Awards & Scholarship Night - PART ONE" and features newly awarded scholarships and awards. Winners of these recognitions have not been previously notified and the winners are a "surprise" upon first viewing of the video.
We are grateful to the many community organizations who provide financial support to our students. Through their generous fundraising, our seniors are receiving over $100,000 in local scholarships. We extend a sincere thank you to you all.
The second presentation is entitled "Senior Awards & Scholarship Night - PART TWO" and features previously awarded recognitions. Seniors are featured in alphabetical order with recognitions they have already received listed next to their names.
All scholarship and award winners will be contacted after June 10 with details of their awards. If you have any questions, please email me at kchandler@conval.edu.
Senior Eamon Welby is the recipient of a 2020 Ruth and James Ewing Arts Award.
This was the sixth time that the art prizes were given. The awards are named for the late owners of The Keene Sentinel who were well recognized in the region as supporters of cultural endeavors in the Monadnock area and beyond. This year, winners were determined from a field of 62 nominations of regional artists in eleven different categories.
The New Hampshire Music Educators Association (NHMEA) has awarded “Outstanding Audition Honors” to Grace Christensen and Aria Drew.
The Outstanding Audition Honors were bestowed for achieving the highest audition rating in their respective performance area for the New Hampshire All-State Music Festival.
"It is rare to have a student from our school receive this recognition, never mind two in the same year!" said Jim Wickham.
Congratulations to the students — both are graduating seniors — and to Brian Moore, the Director of ConVal Chorus Ensembles.
Congratulations to the five ConVal High School students whose films have qualified to be screened at the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival (NHHSSFF).
About Me, Jamison Coty
https://youtu.be/ClbxzZc3Ugs
My Room, Chloe Griggs
https://youtu.be/7WPms0z01z0
Ryan Jackson's #Me, Ryan Jackson
https://youtu.be/9aLSjp2qbf0
This Is A Film About Myself, John Martin
https://youtu.be/IneViKxg3aQ
We Are All People, Ryan Charron
https://youtu.be/xqo5K4gC5i0
The screening will take place online on Friday, May 29, and coincides with ConVal's last day of school of the 2019-2020 school year.
Launched in 2008 and presented by the New Hampshire Film Bureau, the annual New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival has become one of the marquee film festivals in the state, fostering interest in filmmaking, supporting media arts education, and rewarding future members of the industry for their craft.
The festival screens a two-hour program of selected films. Films submitted for consideration are previewed and scored by a festival selection committee. Originality, cinematic storytelling, and technical execution are the primary basis of the scoring.
All films, regardless of type or genre, are judged on the filmmaker’s ability to effectively captivate an audience through cinematic expression.
The American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) has just announced the results of the National German Exam for German 1 students. The test compares students in German level 1 across the entire country.
Congratulations to the following ConVal students:
Gold Award: Kara Keiper
Silver Awards: Audra Kratzenberg, Eva McCullough, Kendall Sullivan, Jack Craig, Abigail Towers, Logan Decker, Jarrett Wohle
Bronze Award: Lydia Cleveland
Achievement Awards: Donovan Sweeney, Sarah Holdredge, Avery Swasey
"We are extremely proud of how all of our students did," said Frau Hodgdon and Frau Concannon. "These results are tremendous, considering the students had not had German in 4 months. We know the future of the German program at ConVal is bright!"
The National German Exam is administered each year to nearly 25,000 high school students of German. Normally given in February, this year, the testing window was extended to May 15 due to the shift to remote instruction in school systems across the country.
Due to the restrictions imposed by social distancing regulations, the induction ceremony for the National Technical Honor Society was conducted online this year. NTHS is an honor society for outstanding career and technical students of workforce vocational education institutions in the United States.
Deb Coyne, the NTHS advisor at ConVal High School, explained the goals of the National Technical Honor Society before Region 14 Applied Technology Center Director Jen Kiley gave a presentation on the purpose, colors, emblem, and motto of the NTHS.
Abe Ewing, Karen Fabianski, Sarah Grossi, and Gil Morris addressed the seven attributes that NTHS student members embody: leadership, scholarship, skills, honesty, citizenship, service and responsibility.
After reciting the National Technical Honor Society pledge, the following students were newly inducted into the National Technical Honor Society: Nisse Anderson, Owen Armstrong, Taylor Burgess, Haiden Burnside, Angelina Charron, Rachel Fulton, Ava Goohs, John Grady, Everett Landers, James McGuiness, Kaila Pywell, Antonio Sangermano, Alec Stetzer, Rebecca Thibault, Jaydn Vaidya, Megan Vasco, and Lorien Wright.
Graduation cords were presented to the following seniors: Taylor Burgess, Haiden Burnside, Molly Cole, Owen Collins, Tracie Dailey, Haley Davis, Kayla Duval, Trevor Faber, Skyler Fortin, Sean Grady, Max Heck, Emma Hixson, Lily James, Kara Keiper, Everett Landers, Mackenzie Ledger, Molly Reed, Antonio Sangermano, Evan Shippee, Dylan Stapleton, Rebecca Thibault, Delaney Thompson, Nick Tower, Marguerite Tremblay, and Jadyn Vaidya.
The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers has announced the 2020 winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The following are the ConVal students who received recognitions in the categories of ceramics, drawing, and sculpture.
In addition, Junior Sage Kingsbury-Evans received the American Visions Award for her cat sculpture. The American Voices & Visions Medals, the highest regional honors, are given to one writer and one artist from each region.
These are the creations in ceramics, drawing, and sculpture that were created by ConVal High School students and were recognized by the 2020 Scholastic Arts Award Committee.
Congratulations to all the graduates of the Class of 2020!
Your class will determine how we will recover and rebuild our society. Keep our ConVal community in your memory as you embark on a new life of vision, purpose, and hope.
You have been successful and achieved a myriad of accomplishments while at ConVal. These many achievements are reflected in the two video presentations below.
The first presentation is entitled "Senior Awards & Scholarship Night - PART ONE" and features newly awarded scholarships and awards. Winners of these recognitions have not been previously notified and the winners are a "surprise" upon first viewing of the video.
We are grateful to the many community organizations who provide financial support to our students. Through their generous fundraising, our seniors are receiving over $100,000 in local scholarships. We extend a sincere thank you to you all.
The second presentation is entitled "Senior Awards & Scholarship Night - PART TWO" and features previously awarded recognitions. Seniors are featured in alphabetical order with recognitions they have already received listed next to their names.
All scholarship and award winners will be contacted after June 10 with details of their awards. If you have any questions, please email me at kchandler@conval.edu.
Senior Eamon Welby is the recipient of a 2020 Ruth and James Ewing Arts Award.
This was the sixth time that the art prizes were given. The awards are named for the late owners of The Keene Sentinel who were well recognized in the region as supporters of cultural endeavors in the Monadnock area and beyond.
The New Hampshire Music Educators Association (NHMEA) has awarded “Outstanding Audition Honors” to Grace Christensen and Aria Drew.
The Outstanding Audition Honors were bestowed for achieving the highest audition rating in their respective performance area for the New Hampshire All-State Music Festival.
Congratulations to the five ConVal High School students whose films have qualified to be screened at the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival (NHHSSFF).
The American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) has just announced the results of the National German Exam for German 1 students. The test compares students in German level 1 across the entire country.
Due to the restrictions imposed by social distancing regulations, the induction ceremony for the National Technical Honor Society was conducted online this year. NTHS is an honor society for outstanding career and technical students of workforce vocational education institutions in the United States.
The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers has announced the 2020 winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The following are the ConVal students who received recognitions in the categories of ceramics,
These are the creations in ceramics, drawing, and sculpture that were created by ConVal High School students and were recognized by the 2020 Scholastic Arts Award Committee.