Please follow this link to see the ConVal Weekly News for April 16, 2021.
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Pursuant to Governor Sununu's Emergency Order #89, beginning the week of April 19, all students will have the opportunity for in-person learning five days a week.
The following sets forth the ConVal Regional High School's procedure for implementing the order with an early release schedule on Fridays, starting on Friday, April 23.
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- The morning arrival time will remain the same, and we will utilize the same screening protocol in the morning as students arrive.
- All blocks will be utilized for academic intervention, recovery, or enrichment. Remote-only students will still be able to remote in to each respective class block.
- All blocks will be of equal duration (40 mins) which will allow teachers to conduct academic interventions with students during this dedicated time. Setting aside TASC time during regular school days (Mon-Thu) will be at the teacher’s discretion based on the needs of their students.
- The final block of the day will be devoted to connecting homeroom teachers and TASC students in person. Dismissal will be at 11:15 am with a grab-and-go lunch available as students depart campus.
- Transportation will continue to be offered in the same capacity as it is now.
If you have any questions, please contact Heather McKillop at hmckillop@conval.edu.
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ATC Director Jen Kiley pursued this grant-based project with a funding request in January of this year. She envisioned the different strands of career and technical education (CTE) at ConVal contributing to an assignment with a shared focus, one that would allow students to gain knowledge and skills by engaging with an authentic challenge and working together for an extended period of time.
While students in the automotive program would address the mechanical aspects of building the car from the kit, students enrolled in robotics, computer programming, and networking classes could work to adapt the car’s electronics. In addition, graphic communication students could learn how to design skins for the car, similar to the car wraps made from vinyl films. For business students, there could even be a connection to local businesses if they wanted to advertise on the student-designed car wraps, Kiley explained.
Besides its wide-ranging applicability to different CTE curricular areas, a key benefit of the program is that the kit is reusable, Kiley noted. The car can be put together, taken apart, and reconfigured by different students the next year. The SwitchLab e-car kit is expected to last for at least ten years, which allows several generations of ATC students to acquire sought-after skills in the rapidly expanding area of electric vehicle design and maintenance.
According to its website, the SwitchLab is an all-inclusive, turn-key program with different vehicle options. The kit includes the chassis, AC, DC, or permanent magnet drive system, battery, all required wiring, lights, seats, seat belts, and windscreen. The kit is expected to arrive before the end of the school year, Kiley said, in order to give instructors an opportunity to get familiar with its components before students will work on it in the fall.
To explore a YouTube playlist of SwitchLab videos where you can see the finished cars in action, please click here. To read Jack Rooney's related Keene Sentinel article on the electric car project at ConVal, please click here.
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The idea originated with the freshman class advisors Jen Kiley and Jim Wickham. "At the beginning of March, I noticed that the Adopt-A-Highway sign across from ConVal, near the Cornucopia greenhouses, was available," Kiley said. "So I contacted the state highway department to find out more about the program."
"Jim and I spoke with the Class of 2024 officers, and they agreed that this would be a good opportunity to give back to the community and lend visibility to our class," Kiley continued. "We are hoping to schedule our first cleanup for early May."
Please follow this link to see the ConVal Weekly News for April 9, 2021.
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You will have to wait until Monday, April 12, to find out the title, but in the meantime, please review the information relating to the process we're using this year (attached below).
The show is 60-80 minutes long but it is NOT a Disney or Jr. title. We have a shorter amount of time than usual to prepare, so we're ready to hit the ground running!
We will have a meeting next Friday, April 16, from 2:35-4:00 pm in the ConVal Cafeteria for everyone interested in participating.
Please come! All are welcome! Bring friends! Share bit.ly/cvspringshow to link everyone to it easily!
Auditions are NOT required, but if there is a part you'd like to be considered for, you can prepare something to share with the directors at the meeting. Click here for the signup sheet.
Those not "auditioning" will be able to meet with us and say a quick hello, while also playing theatre games and getting to know our awesome theatrical community!
Please let us know if you have any questions by emailing Liz Moore, Director, or Brian Moore, Music Director. We can't wait to get started!
[post_title] => Spring Musical Returns To ConVal, First Meeting April 16 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => spring-musical-returns-to-conval-first-meeting-april-16 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-04-09 10:55:53 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-04-09 14:55:53 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://cvhs.convalsd.net/?p=13480 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [6] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 13477 [post_author] => 9 [post_date] => 2021-04-08 14:31:54 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-04-08 18:31:54 [post_content] =>In order to accommodate the higher number of students who attend ConVal High School in person after the change to the non-cohort model on April 5, new procedures had to be implemented for many areas, including lunches.
Before the switchover, lunches were brought to the classrooms and eating lunch was flexible during Block 3, whenever there was a natural break in instruction. Now a new, more strictly timed lunch schedule is in place with three 30-minute lunch periods and 20 min spacing in between for cleaning. The new schedule was assigned to individual teachers based on class size, grade level, and subject.
Classes now must eat lunch during their assigned lunch period. Each Block 3 teacher works with their classes to designate half of their students to eat in the cafeteria and half to eat in their classroom. This assignment is the same for every day in a given week. New assignments can be made on the first school day of each week. Students not eating in the cafeteria remain with their Block 3 teacher for lunch.
Students who are getting school lunches pick them up in the cafeteria while observing physical distancing guidelines. Students who are eating in their classrooms return to class as soon as they have picked up their lunch. Those who remain in the caf use the mobile school cafeteria tables with seat limits — three students per round table and two per rectangular table.
Another effect of the changed lunch procedures has been the reopening of previously closed-off spaces. In the picture at the top of this post, teacher-administrator Carol Young checks on students eating lunch in the newly-reopened courtyard between the cafeteria and the ATC hallway.
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Even with the significantly higher number of students attending in person, the morning check-ins have run smoothly. Students have been exceptionally good in maintaining physical distancing guidelines and wearing masks as they arrive on campus.
Part of the success of the quicker morning procedures is that students and staff members have access to an online service provided by ConvenientMD that asks the screening questions and, based on the answers, issues a clearance for in-person participation for the day.
"The ConvenientMD COVID-19 Assessment and Screening tool has truly helped expedite our arrival process," principal Heather McKillop noted. When students have their clearance on their phones, all that remains is a mandatory temperature check at the door which speeds up the arrival procedure for each student and reduces wait time in line.
"We are hopeful that, by the end next week, the majority of our students will use this platform," McKillop said.
The Contoocook Valley Board of Realtors invites you to participate in a calendar drawing fundraiser to support a ConVal High School graduate in their pursuit of a post-secondary degree.
The scholarship will be awarded for "employment, extra-curricular activities, including sports, student groups, and community service, and academic performance," according to the Board of Realtors.
Here is how the contest works: To get into the raffle, all you need to do is buy a calendar for $10. Every day in April, a random drawing will be held to determine the daily prize winner. Prizes are listed in the calendar below.
All prizes have been donated by local businesses, artists, farms, and individuals. By entering, you are eligible to win:
- 4 Red Sox tickets/prime seating together
- artwork by Matt Patterson
- a photoshoot
- autographed Sy Montgomery books
- gift baskets
- jewelry
- $100 cash/debit cards
- hardware store gift cards
- gift cards to restaurants
and more.
All calendar sales are applied directly to the scholarship. There are no restrictions on the number of calendars you can buy. All calendars will be numbered to correspond to the purchasing individual.
On each day of the drawing, a Google random number generator will be utilized to draw the daily winner. All numbers are re-entered into the drawing, so there are multiple chances to win.
Winners will be notified via phone or email. Gift cards can be mailed. Local pickup is required of larger items and will be arranged with the winners.
For any additional details, please contact Karen Niemela at karen.niemela@beangroup.com.
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We are so excited to welcome all of our high school students back on Monday! There have been many questions about the unusual bus schedules so I thought it would be helpful to share some information.
In a routine school year, we are able to use all of our buses to provide transportation and the middle and high school students travel together by community. Our COVID safety protocols have required us to separate students by pods and buildings and we have been using 80% of our buses to transport middle school students leaving 20% to transport high school by cohort.
On Monday, all of our high school students who wish to return for in-person learning will have the opportunity to do so, but we still have the same number of buses available to service these students across our nine communities. We still must separate our middle and high school students for transportation. We modified our typical late bus routes in order to meet the demand.
These new routes are included with this email and will also be available on our website this evening. Please check them carefully to find the stop closest to your home as there have been some adjustments. Please see CV ROUTES- LATE BUS STYLE- plan b.pdf.
Thank you,
Lori Schmidt, Business Administrator
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Pursuant to Governor Sununu’s Emergency Order #89, beginning the week of April 19, all students will have the opportunity for in-person learning five days a week.
The following sets forth the ConVal Regional High School’s procedure for implementing the order with an early release schedule on Fridays, starting on Friday,
Read More: New Friday Schedule At ConVal Starting April 23, 2021
Students who will attend ConVal High School in the fall of 2021 will find a brand-new learning opportunity at the Region 14 Applied Technology Center (ATC): the building of a street-legal electrical car that is based on a kit provided by the California-based company SwitchLab.
ATC Director Jen Kiley pursued this grant-based project with a funding request in January of this year.
Read More: ConVal Students To Build Electrical Car From EV Kit
In a demonstration of both school pride and community spirit, the ConVal Class of 2024 has committed itself to a highway cleanup project for the next two years. For their commitment to remove litter four times a year from a two-mile section of Highway 202 leading north to Hancock and Antrim, the class is being recognized on the Adopt-A-Highway sign at the jug handle leading to the school entrance.
Read More: Class of 2024 Shows School Pride And Community Spirit
Please follow this link to see the ConVal Weekly News for April 9, 2021.
We are so excited to finally announce that we are doing a musical this spring!
You will have to wait until Monday, April 12, to find out the title, but in the meantime, please review the information relating to the process we’re using this year (attached below).
The show is 60-80 minutes long but it is NOT a Disney or Jr.
Read More: Spring Musical Returns To ConVal, First Meeting April 16
In order to accommodate the higher number of students who attend ConVal High School in person after the change to the non-cohort model on April 5, new procedures had to be implemented for many areas, including lunches.
Before the switchover, lunches were brought to the classrooms and eating lunch was flexible during Block 3,
Read More: Lunch Procedures Change, Reopen Previously Closed-Off Space
The ConVal Blue & Gold Cohort model, which had characterized in-person instruction at ConVal High School since September of last year, was suspended as of Monday, April 5. This was done to give all students the opportunity to attend school and join in-person learning together.
Even with the significantly higher number of students attending in person,
Read More: Morning COVID-19 Protocols Smooth, Even With Higher Numbers
The Contoocook Valley Board of Realtors invites you to participate in a calendar drawing fundraiser to support a ConVal High School graduate in their pursuit of a post-secondary degree.
The scholarship will be awarded for “employment, extra-curricular activities, including sports, student groups, and community service, and academic performance,” according to the Board of Realtors.
Read More: Scholarship Drive: “The Month Of April Will Be Full Of Prizes”
April 2, 2021
We are so excited to welcome all of our high school students back on Monday! There have been many questions about the unusual bus schedules so I thought it would be helpful to share some information.
In a routine school year, we are able to use all of our buses to provide transportation and the middle and high school students travel together by community.