Grade 12 – Highest Honors

Molly Boodey, Hannah Carlson, Maximin Fahey, Ryu Kondrup, Brooke Laskowsky, Katherine Martel, Meredith Roman, Jake Scarponi, Kristina Seavey and Henry Turcotte

Grade 12 – High Honors

Parker Aube, Janais Axelrod, Nicole Beaupre, Chloe Bettencourt, Kayleigh Bounds, Callie Brochu, Jared Carlson, Nicholas Chase, Christie Clause, David Coe, Dalton Colman, Julia Cormier, Laura Cozine, Randall Daniels, Elisabeth Danis, Molly DeTrude, Bailey Docko, Hayley Dunn, Megan Elwell, Sydney Fisher, Cheyenne Gardner, Tayla George, Rosemary Goodwin, Taylor Goodwin, Brian Gordon, Arianna Gunderson, Shayne Henry, Tyler Holman, Colin Johnson, Samuel Koskela, Cameron Lamarre, Jolene Levesque, Christopher Libbey, David Lovlien, Damian May, Jared Neal, Billie Pingree, Cullen Pitman, Bailey Poland, Maria Rainey, Ashley Reiff, Devin Reimel, Zachary Rheaume, Carter Rollins, Holly Roman, Kayleigh Sherman, Megan Spainhower, Abigail Turcotte, Mariah Valerio and Ryan Wadleigh

Grade 12 – Honors

Brandi Allen, Ryan Bailey, Samantha Bruce, Michaela Cirillo, Liam Clinch, Andrew Comte, Jessica Cooper, Gage Desrosiers, Brent Dicey, Andrew Douglas, Caleb Dowe, Brendan Fallon, Lavender Goodwin, Brittany Guillemette, Sara Harris, Lily Hunt, Rachael Lachance, Ezekiel Langevin, Bethany Levenson, Collin Levenson, Cortney Lewis, Ian Melewski, Thomas Mellor, Brianna O’Connor, William Ohrenberger, Jason Palmer, Hayley Pierce, Max Ravenelle, Julie Renner, Jordan Sargent, Megan Scannell, Tyler Schroeder, Julie Souryavong and Sydney Wilson

Grade 11 – Highest Honors

Miranda Adcock, Emelia Cronshaw and Zackary Pine

Grade 11 – High Honors

Cassandra Barnhart, Taylor Baxter-Orluk, Amanda Bolduc, Matthew Brown, Lauren Burrows, Nora Canepa, Lynzie Chase, Camryn Chick, Samantha Clark, Kate Clinch, Donovan Corless, Hannah Daly, Davio DeLuca, Abigail Devaney, Abigail Dupuis, Shane Fillion, Sheridan Gancarz, Marissa Gast, William Girard, Vincent Glidden, Jillian Gordon, Alexander Gray, Nathan Griffiths, Joshua Hall, Jonathan Hayes, Bradley Heckman, Catherine Langdon, Caroline Lavoie, Amanda Lee, Samuel Lupinacci, Arianna Maker, Rebecca Masison, McKenzie Moehlmann, Timothy Nelson, Cassidy O’Dwyer, Mallory Perron, Caitlyn Pitre, Allison Pratt, Christopher Pratt, Tanner Richards, Zachary Richards, Samantha Roche, Cody Schwieger, Thomas Sheehan V, Jacob Snow, Emery Travers, Kelsey Wallace, Kylee West, Zowi Woodman, LilyGrace York and Abigail Zollman

Grade 11 – Honors

Talia Antman, Emily Barnes, Summer Barnes, Kayla Boucher, Colin Cain, Kira Cameron, Erin Carey, Damarah Cormier, Kassandra Crosby, Connor Edgerly, Zacary Fraser, Brenda Hayes, Emily Hughes, Tristan Jardon, Donald MacCallum, Sophia Menjivar, Derek Meyer, Michael Mulligan, Gwynevere Norris, Katlyn Palumbo, Anne-Marie Peacock, Katie Rankins, Kerry Riley, Nicholas Shutt, Shawn Spenard, Hunter Tetu, Sarah Turmel, Elizabeth Ward, William White and Noah Wojtkowski

Grade 10 – Highest Honors

Bailey Arnold-Fuchs, Raven Barnes, Sandra Black, Sarah Dupuis, Alyssa Reiff and Hailey Stevens

Grade 10 – High Honors

Haley Arnold-Fuchs, Taylor Bettencourt, Jaelyn Brooks, Zachary Caron, Orion Clachar, Paul Colson, Emily Cunningham, Domminique Depianti, Sarah Doiron, Emma DuBois, Derek Elwell, Isabelle Feenstra, Sarah Fortier, Jocelyn Gagnon, Sydney Gast, Julia Greene, Hannah Halka, Joseph Hebert-Morello, Rebekah Hinrichsen, Brady Johnson, Alexis Kendall, Nina-Marie Laramee, Olivia Lee, Jacob Lorden, Isabelle Lupinacci, Trevor Massingham, Abigail Mathison, Alexander Mercedes, Erik Nelson, Amaya Newport, Margaret Norman, Scott Norwood, Allison Rose, Samantha Schroeder, Victoria Sheridan, Julia Sommer, Devin Sullivan, Molly Swansburg, Evan Tanguay, Skylar Turcotte, Caitlyn Ustaszewski, Mitchell Wade and Faith Wilson

Grade 10 – Honors

Emma Arsenault, Alicia Baratier, Maxim Begin, Ryan Bevins, Erin Boodey, Taylor Bryer, Suzannah Buzzell, Kathleen Collins, Samuel Corson, Madelyn Dallaire, Samuel Godwin, John Grygiel, Sydney Ho-Sue, Jeremy Knight, Emily Lentz, Kathryn Levesque, Jacob Lock, Shania Patten, Jack Percy, Kayla Pollak, Nicholas Sanderson, Nathaniel Schroeder, Garrett Skidds, Scott Spenard, Kiley St. Francis, Drew Stevens, Cassandra Stover and Ander Wensberg

Grade 9 – Highest Honors

Shayla Ashley, Ian Gollihur, Hannah Marsh, Shane Marston, Sydney Neuman, Kelsey Pine, Jacob Rich, Rachel Simmons, Rebecca Simmons and Emma Tobbe

Grade 9 – High Honors

Aidan Ahern, Elijah Allen, Calvin Antosiewicz, Gavyn Auclair, Ethan Baker, Tanner Bane, Jordan Bell, Jacob Burghardt, Jackson Burke, Susan Burnap, Travis Carbone, Luke Chalifour, Dominic Cronshaw, Madison Cunningham, Makenzie Daly, Jalyse Daudelin, Dylan DeTrude, Alivia DiPrizio, Nicholas Dyer, Maggie Eaton, Alice Ewing, Olivia Farrar, Annabella Fasulo, Benjamin Healey, Kayla Hicking, Alyssa Hill, Colby Hoffman, Ryan Holland, Todd Holman, Sarah Jensen, Nicolas LaMontagne, Albert Lapiejko, Benjamin Lavoie, Mackenzie Ledoux, Cooper Leduke, Brice Lussier, Holly Magowan, Lillian Marie, Lily Marston, Paige Marston, Tyler Millette, Lucciano Minasalli, Jonathan Moehlmann, Hayden Murray, Jackson Noel, Emily Olofson, Maria Ortiz, Stephen Peroff, Serena Poulin, Brooke Sawyer, Jonathan Thorn, Emily van Gerena, Julia Warren, Megan Wimsatt and Mason Winiarski

Grade 9 – Honors

Taevamaria Ahern, Shealyn Bedell, Drew Ceppetelli, Kristoper Cronshaw, Pietra Depianti, Brian Downer, Cameron Goodwin, Kirsten Gunderson, Zachary Hodgdon, Sean Hooper, Delaney Jean, Logan Ledoux, Mary Lee, Jiaxuan Li, Michael Marini, Summer Marshall, Lucas McCusker, Spencer Murphy, Anna Prescott-Nichols, Alison Routhier, Zachery Sheehan, Noah Sinnamon, Jessica Sternberg, Kyle Thorne, Bailey Travers, Dakota West, Levi White and Eden Yurek

Attention all busy parents needing to get some Christmas shopping done! Coe-Brown Northwood Academy’s FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America) chapter will be hosting a “Parent’s Night Out”, on December 12,^, 2015 from 4-7 pm at Cowabunga’s Indoor Playground in Hooksett, NH. The members of FCCLA are qualified for childcare, and are planning fun activities for all the children. The cost is $10 which includes a $2 donation going towards the FCCLA Chapter. Senior Alexis Arsenault is organizing the event as her Senior Portfolio Project. Please RSVP as soon as possible to either amorales@coebrown.org or Mandy Morales at (603) 942-5531 ext. 141.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy has established a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University through SNHU in the High School, a dual enrollment program allowing high school students to have the opportunity to earn college credits while still in high school. Designated courses at CBNA have been aligned to meet the same content, rigor and learning outcomes as that of the University. The courses are taught by our high school teachers who have met SNHU adjunct faculty requirements and have been approved by the University. Presently, CBNA has four teachers, Walter Damon, Amy Usinger, Mark Struthers and David Zink-Mailloux, who are offering Calculus, Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Anatomy and Physiology, and Environmental Science through this program. More teachers and courses are in the approval process.

In addition, Dr. JoAnn Zylak has completed the BizInnovator Teacher Certification and is now able to offer juniors and seniors college credit for Entrepreneurship through the University of Iowa. BizInnovator is a comprehensive online entrepreneurship curriculum that enables educators to teach the entrepreneurial mindset, encouraging creativity, innovation, critical thinking, and problem solving in preparing students for success in their chosen career paths.

CBNA is also in the process of allowing students to earn dual credit for classes through Great Bay Community College.

The advantage for students participating in these classes is that they are able to earn early college credit at a savings of more than 90% off regular college tuition. They also experience the academic requirements of university level courses, and establish official college transcripts that can be recognized and accepted by many other colleges and universities.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy FBLA Chapter members attend Fall Leadership workshop at SNHU

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) connected with other FBLA chapters in NH, at the 44^th Annual Fall Leadership Workshop, an all-day event, hosted by Southern New Hampshire University on October 22, 2015.

Students attended a presentation on FBLA Leadership, as well as a presentation by Kent Julian, President of LiveitFoward.com who encouraged the students there to take 100 percent ownership of their lives. Students also participated in team building activities and a workshop with Robin Organ who started an organization called Project Green Schools, a group that encourages schools to “go green” and help to make the Earth a better place to live.

FBLA members from CBNA who attended were seniors Brittany Guillemette, Megan Percy, Nicole Beaupre, Brendan Fallon, Megan Elwell, Tayla George, and Jared Nelson; juniors Steven Chase, Caitlyn Pitre, Derek Myers, Summer Barnes, Abigail Dupuis, Amanda Bolduc, Mikayla Prina, Chelsea McCallion, Emily Ketchum, and Maddy Cillo and sophomores Drew Stevens, Nate Schroeder, and Amaya Newport.

CBNA science students prepare the payload for their recent successful balloon launch.

The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Science Club, working in conjunction with the University of New Hampshire Project SMART summer program, the Project SMART outreach program (CBNA, Londonderry High School and Timberlane High School) and Dr. Tony Phillips’ Earth to Sky Calculus program based in California had successful balloon launches on Saturday, November 23, 2015. The East Coast Project Smart and the Earth to Sky Calculus program have developed a cooperative venture to launch balloons simultaneously from the West and East coasts carrying payloads to measure difference in the radiation levels at the edge of the atmosphere between East and West. East Coast students and their advisors launched two balloons near New London, NH starting with the first release at 10:37 am on Saturday, November 23. The flights lasted about two hours reaching 102,000 feet – the edge of space.  CBNA’s team recovered the California team’s payload near Steep Falls, Maine on Saturday afternoon. CBNA also recovered its payload near Freeport, Maine on the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, caught high in a tree, making recovery difficult. The chase for recovery involved over 500 miles of driving throughout the weekend. This novel flight was commissioned by Dr. Peter Bloser from UNH for the purpose of flying a prototype scintillator that is being developed for use on spacecraft. The results from that part of mission are still being processed by the group from Londonderry High School.  The CBNA team did an outstanding job on the flight line. The camera bay design, release mechanism, and flight vehicle were CBNA’s primary responsibility. This flight resulted in some of the highest quality images of the edge of space obtained yet by a CBNA mission. Congratulations to all of these talented student scientists.

We invite you to watch the following video with captioned images and video clips that highlight the experience:

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) hosted its induction and officer installation ceremony at CBNA on November 4, 2015. Led by FBLA advisor Dr. JoAnn Zylak, FBLA Officers welcomed guests and gave presentations regarding the Mission, Goals, Code of Ethics and History of FBLA. There was also information given about the CONNECT with FBLA project in which chapters are challenged to obtain sponsorships for their individual chapter activities. Members who were inducted or installed are as follows: President – Brittany Guilmette (senior); Vice-President – Meghan Percy (senior); Secretary- Nate Schroeder (sophomore); Event Coordinator – Derek Meyer (junior); Treasurer – Abigail Dupuis (junior); Historian – Ambar Mercedes (senior); Parliamentarian – Nicole Beaupre (senior); Reporters senior Kristina Mitchell and junior Caitlin Pitre as well as members at large seniors Megan Elwell, Brendan Fallon, Tayla George, Jared Nelson; juniors Summer Barnes, Steven Chase, Maddie Cillo, Emily Ketchum, Donald MacCallum, Chelsea McCallion, Mikayla Prina and Abby Zollman ; sophomore Amaya Newport and freshman Aiden Ahern. Refreshments were served. Congratulations to CBNA’s Future Business Leaders on their new members and on their enthusiasm for FBLA’s mission “to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.”

SAU #44 welcomes Katie LeClerc Greer to present Internet Safety and Digital Responsibility for Students in Grades 6-8 and 9-12: Understanding Your Digital Footprint

January 21, 2016

CBNA: 8:00-8:50
Strafford School (Gr. 6-8): 10:50-11:40
Nottingham School (Gr. 6-8): 9:20-10:10
Northwood School (Gr. 6-8):  1:35-2:20

The majority of kids in grades 6 and beyond have social networking accounts and are actively networking with others using various forms of technology (i.e. apps, messaging, etc.). At this stage, it’s imperative for them to know that there are consequences for their actions, as once they send, save or share, their information is out there – and stays out there – forever.   The following is an example of what is covered during this session:

• What is personal information? What are privacy settings?
• Social Networking including current trends
• Interactive gaming rules and thoughts
• Texting/smartphone usage including app trends, appropriateness and  tracking
• Technology tattoos and creating a favorable, positive online brand
• Cyberbullying

PARENTS/GUARDIANS:  We have included something special for you that you will not want to miss!  Join us at Nottingham School for a compelling, informational evening Parent Program  (*must be 18 years or older to attend)

January 21, 2016, 6:30pm-8:00pm

• FREE RAFFLE PRIZE TICKET just for attending will be given to every parent at the evening event for a chance to win gift cards and technology related prizes!
• FREE CHILDCARE will be provided that will include movies and crafts!
• 6:00-6:30pm there will be coffee and snacks prior to the Parent Presentation!

Our kids are doing WHAT? What can I do to protect them? What apps should I be worried about? Is social networking safe? Is my child being cyberbullied? What’s texting? Sexting? What’s next? It’s often overwhelming being a parent today in our technology-driven society. Keeping up with the latest trends and dangers can often seem like an impossible task. Katie will help you navigate the digital waters and let you know what’s new, what’s now, and what’s next when it comes to your children and technology, and provides parents with proactive initiatives to keep kids safe.

Katie LeClerc Greer has been featured on Fox25 News Boston, the O’Reilly Factor and The Meredith Vieira Show. For more information on Katie LeClerc Greer and her presentation, visit http://www.klgreer.com.

CBNA FCCLA President Nicole Hodgdon; Sandy Priolo, of the Northwood Fire Dept. Santa’s Helpers; and Jolene Levesque, FCCLA Vice-President fill stockings for local community members during the holidays.

During the month of December Coe-Brown’s chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), was very busy trying to give everyone a little bit of holiday cheer. To start, senior Lexi Arsenault, took the initiative and put together a Parents’ Night Out. This event was very helpful for parents, especially during the holiday season but it was also a great chance for parents to take a relaxing night out together. Lexi and everyone in FCCLA want to thank Cowabunga’s in Hooksett for letting the children and the FCCLA members use the facility. The FCCLA chapter also wants to thank Hannaford’s in Northwood for the donations of snacks for this amazing event. This was a great night for everyone!

CBNA FCCLA members were also involved with Santa’s Helpers for the town of Northwood this year. FCCLA teamed up with the Northwood Fire Department to put together stockings for less fortunate children in the community. Thanks go to Northwood Hannaford’s and Meyer Dentistry for their amazing donations and for being so supportive to this community endeavor. CBNA FCCLA would also like to thank Mrs. Priolo for providing us the opportunity to help local families in need.

Finally, FCCLA would also like to thank anyone that gives a donation to any type of cause. The size of the donation doesn’t matter, but the impact you’ll have on someone’s life will matter! Our chapter believes in the importance of strong families and strives to help our school and community in various ways throughout the year, because together we will make a difference! Be sure to watch for upcoming events as we are planning another Parents’ Night Out at CBNA in February! Feel free to contact Mandy Morales, FCCLA advisor at amorales@coebrown.org for more information or any needs in the community.

On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 6 pm, in the Gerrish Gym, twenty Coe-Brown students will participate in this year’s Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Poetry Out Loud school contest as part of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, presented in partnership with the NH Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation. This program is part of a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. The CBNA winner will advance to the regional competition. New Hampshire’s champion will then advance to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals on May 3-4, 2016, in Washington, DC, where $50,000 in awards and school stipends will be distributed. This event is free and open to the public.

Dr. JoAnn Zylak, a faculty member at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, has successfully completed the BizInnovator Teacher Certification and is now able to offer high school juniors and seniors University of Iowa college credit for completing the Entrepreneurship course, which can be transferred to other secondary educational institutions as necessary.

Developed by the Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa, BizInnovator is a comprehensive online entrepreneurship curriculum that enables educators to teach the entrepreneurial mindset, encouraging creativity, innovation, critical thinking, and problem solving—and also to prepare students for success in their chosen career path.

This program is a key element in our initiative to promote Entrepreneurship to students at the local, state and national level. The University of Iowa tuition fee (over $1,000 value) has been waived and students simply pay a course fee of $150. The program is ideal for students who have a passion to pave new paths, create new things or solve problems. The Entrepreneurship course and Innovation software provides students with a framework to apply these interests to the world of business.

Local economies depend on an ongoing creation of successful new businesses. BizInnovator is a proven curriculum to provide our youth and young adults with the knowledge and confidence to be innovators for our community.

Another top priority is to boost student interest and achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) will grow 17 percent by 2018—nearly double the growth for non-STEM fields. By 2018, the U.S. will have more than 1.2 million unfilled STEM jobs because there will not be enough qualified workers to fill them. STEM is where jobs are today and where the job growth will be in the future.

BizInnovator compliments the STEM initiative, giving students the know-how to take achievements in STEM to market.

For more information about BizInnovator, please visit www.bizinnovator.com. Students seeking information about registering for the next Entrepreneurship course at CBNA, should see their Guidance Counselors or email Dr. Zylak for more information at jzylak@coebrown.org.

A number of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy students were recently recognized by the National Writing Project in New Hampshire through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. This is a remarkable achievement and milestone for young writers at CBNA who were mentored by English department faculty.  A panel of writers, teachers, and literary professionals selected these students’ work as being among the best works submitted by New Hampshire teenagers. Students are judged against other entries in the following categories: fiction, flash fiction, poetry, personal memoirs, persuasive essays, humor, science fiction and fantasy.  Of the more than 300 submissions to The Scholastic Writing Awards which New Hampshire students sent this year, the following students from CBNA were honored:

• Gold Key: Brian Downer (Strafford)
• Silver Keys: Braelin Ash (Northwood), Christie Clause (Barrington), Sydney Gast (Nottingham), Ben Healey (Nottingham), Ambar Mercedes (Strafford), Rachel Simmons (Barrington), Kennedi Stowell (Strafford)
• Honorable Mentions: Kristina Seavey (Nottingham) (2), Nicholas Allsup (Northwood), Shayla Ashley (Strafford), Orion Clachar (Strafford), Christie Clause (Barrington), Alice Ewing (Nottingham), Sean Hooper (Barrington), Adah Keeney (Nottingham), Caroline Lavoie (Barrington), Katherine Martel (Barrington), Grace Mele (Northwood) Carter Rollins (Northwood)

On May 9, 2016, all award recipients, including those whose work was selected as honorable mention, will be invited to attend the NH regional awards ceremony to be held at Heritage Commons on the campus of Plymouth State University. In addition, every piece of writing which received a gold or silver key will be published in this year’s edition of Middle/High School Voices.  Congratulations to this next generation of writers.

The CBNA Girls’ Basketball Program presents a check for $650 to Andrea McCusker, local representative for End 68 Hours of Hunger.

Recently, the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy girls’ basketball program sold calendars to raise money for its program. As part of the fundraising effort, they were also able to donate a portion of their proceeds to the local chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger. As a result, the Lady Bears presented a check for $650 to Andrea McCusker who helps with the local chapter. End 68 Hours of Hunger is a private, not-for-profit, effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school on Friday afternoon and the free breakfast they receive in school on Monday morning. Locally, this organization helps to support 18 families in Northwood and surrounding towns with food for the times that students are not in school. More information on this great charity and what it does, please visit www.end68hoursofhunger.org.

CBNA Theatre will present two short plays, The Fantasists by Randy Wyatt and an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, on March 3, 4 and 5 at 7 pm in the Gerrish Gym on the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy campus. In the first selection, The Fantasists, two young wizard-storytellers compete to become Fantasists—honorable illusionists whose stories come to life. In the stories there is a prince, an evil ice queen, a formidable snow lion, a rambunctious sun wolf and the Gnome-Who-Lives-in-a-Lake-but-Doesn’t-Know-Why. But as perky Floriad and win-at-all-costs Somnia, forced to work together in their final test, see their tale (hilariously) fall apart, it will take every storytelling twist the acolytes know—and a few smuggled in from their mentors—to get through this ultimate battle of magic and storytelling. The cast includes seniors David Coe, Jessica Cooper; and Isaac Guzofski; juniors Arianna Jones and Andrew Leas; sophomores Sandra Black, Erin Boodey, Zachary Helm, Nina Laramee, Alex Mercedes, Cailinn Monahan, Julia Sommer and Courtney Snow; and freshmen Braelin Ash, Mackenzie Flanders, Olivia Roach, and Madison Rollins. The other selection, The Tempest, Shakespeare’s last play, combines elements of mystery, romance, intrigue, broad comedy, magic, and music. A usurped duke named Prospero and his now adolescent daughter have made an almost-abandoned island their home, along with a fairy named Ariel and a half-human slave, Caliban. Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm to bring his usurping brother and his cohorts to the island, with magical and fantastic results. Included in the cast of this selection are seniors Janais Axelrod, Damian May, Jared Neal, Emily Therrien, and Ryan Wadleigh; juniors Cassandra Barnhart, Lauren Burrows, Joseph Guptill, and Kelsey Wallace; sophomores Kayla Pollak, Alyssa Reiff and Allison Rose; and freshmen Brian Downer, Ian Gollihur and Cooper Leduke. The production is directed by faculty member Elizabeth Lent with assistance from faculty member Kolby Hume. Production stage manager is junior Kayla Cates. Reserved tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors and are available after February 29, by calling 942-5531 ext. 237, by email – elent@coebrown.org, or at the CBNA main office. Tickets will also be available at the door.

CBNA FFA member Molly Detrude with Mr. Fernald and dairy calf

Recently, the CBNA Chapter of FFA hosted John Fernald of Fernald Dairy Farm, Nottingham, NH. Mr. Fernald, a 1999 graduate of Coe-Brown and former CBNA FFA spent three periods with the Animal Science classes at Coe-Brown sharing his experiences and thoughts on dairy farming.  Students learned about his family’s traditional farming style, feed for dairy animals and the biosecurity of milk products.  During his visit he also shared dairy products of milk and ice cream with the students and brought a two week old calf with him for students to visit with.  Mr. Fernald was with his wife, Heather, who has the distinction of being the 2015 NH Young Farmer of the Year award recipient.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is pleased to announce that freshman Ian Gollihur has won first place in the One Pen Can Change the World writing contest which allows New Hampshire students the opportunity to submit essays about their ideas about justice. His moving essay titled American Hypocrisy placed first of all student essays submitted by students from throughout New Hampshire. This contest is sponsored annually by the National Writing Project in New Hampshire (NWPNH) which is based at Plymouth State University. Mr. Gollihur will be honored at a celebration which will be held on Thursday, April 7 at the Plymouth State University College of Graduate Studies. Congratulations to this very talented student writer.

Paper Adventures: A Self-Portrait by CBNA senior Julie Souryavong a Scholastic Art and Writing Award national silver medal winner

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is pleased to announce that senior Julie Souryavong from Northwood and freshman Brian Downer of Strafford were recognized in the 93rd annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition.  Julie received a silver medal for her photograph entitled Paper Adventures: A Self-Portrait. This portrait was constructed by first capturing a beautiful sunset over a Goose Pond.  She then constructed paper boats and paper cranes.  Photographing each of these from the same perspective as the original sunset.  Finally she photographed herself in a confident pose and pull all the images seamlessly into one photograph.

Brian also received a silver medal for his essay entitled #PeaceforParis: Notes on the Realization of Personal Hypocrisy, which begins “If you have ever been afraid of yourself, perhaps you will understand. Not necessarily in a physical sense, not in the way that you’re afraid of beating yourself up, but in a different way. When you’re afraid of your own hypocrisy, afraid of your own prejudices, unsure of your own moral standings. You tell yourself you feel one way, and yet, with an increasing sense of dread, you notice yourself acting the other way on a daily basis…”

Three Hundred twenty thousand submissions from the across the country were received this year and just 2400 were recognized nationally.  Receiving silver medals in the competition places these talented students in the top one percent of all submissions nationally. Julie and Brian join the ranks of many notable artists and writers from this past century including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, Paul Newman, Robert Redford and the renowned filmmaker Ken Burns who will receive the program’s Alumni Achievement Award this year, as well many, many other famous talented writers and artists. Congratulations to Julie and Brian for this national honor.

CBNA senior Brittany Guillemette with FBLA advisor Dr. JoAnn Zylak at the recent NH FBLA state conference.

Sixteen members of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy’s Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, along with their advisor Dr. JoAnn Zylak, attended the FBLA State Leadership Conference held on March 24 & 25 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH.  The students competed in five chapter competitions and 16 individual or team events.  Senior Brittany Guillemette won the Who’s Who in FBLA award and placed second in the team competition for Business Ethics along with Nicole Beaupre and Meghan Percy. These three students not only won medals for this competition, but also earned scholarships to SNHU.  In chapter competitions, the CBNA chapter won first place in the largest increase in membership for NH (attributed to Brittany and all past members for their recruitment efforts), an Honorary Chapter award for achieving points for various activities (attributed to all the officers and members), second place in the Go Green Officer Project (with special thanks to Megan Elwell, Tayla George, Ambar Mercedes, Alexander Mercedes, Amaya Newport, and Aiden Ahern), and the NH FBLA State Chairperson’s Award for participation in ALL state-wide projects throughout the school year which included Green Schools, Red Cross Blood Drive, Make A Wish, Revealing Invisible Illnesses, and Save the Animals programs, along with tab collection for David’s House and Walking for a Cure for Multiple Sclerosis.  Congratulations to all the members and officers.

So how can you help?  The CBNA FBLA Chapter is always looking for more connections with local businesses and seeking more professional memberships. Community members are asked to bring in their tabs (from tops of cans) which are recycled at the end of the school year with proceeds donated to David’s House.  You may drop off your collection of can tabs at the CBNA main office for our local FBLA chapter.  The chapter will be walking for MS in Manchester on April 17, as they have done for the past 18 years, and are looking for sponsors to help find a cure for this debilitating disease. Please forward all donations to Dr. Zylak at CBNA before April 15 and with everyone’s help, we can make this disease disappear!  Contact Dr. Zylak at CBNA for more information about these meaningful and charitable activities.

A CBNA recent signing day for student athletes (Left to Right) Megan Scannell, Elisabeth Danis, Julia Cormier, Megan Spainhower and Brooke Laskowsky

Recently, several Coe- Brown Northwood Academy female athletes signed letters of intent to run on track and field and cross-country teams for scholarships at prestigious colleges.  Julia Cormier intends to run at Franklin Pierce University where she will major in education. Elisabeth Danis will be running at the University of Alabama and majoring in business. Brooke Laskowsky will run at Cornell University where she will major in anthropology. Megan Spainhower will run at Colby-Sawyer College with a major in nursing, while Appalachian State will benefit from the running talents of Megan Scannell who will major in business. Congratulations to these very talented student athletes.