When talking about a student’s next-steps after high school, the conversations often starts with talk of college. For some students, the talk stops there. For a variety of reasons, many students are not interested in pursuing a two- or four-year degree at a college or university. Instead, many students feel ready to jump into the…
On October 26th, join us for hor d’oeuvres and drinks from 5pm to 7pm at The Foundry in Manchester, NH. We will have a short program at 6pm to highlight some of the amazing efforts in LD Awareness here in the Granite State. Please rsvp at this link. More details are in the invitation below….
According to national statistics, children whose parents talk with them regularly about drug use are 42% less likely to use drugs than those whose parents don’t talk with them about drug use. However, only about 25% of teens report having drug use conversations with their parents. Since 1985, the importance of having drug use conversations…
When our high school students completed our most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey in the early spring of 2017, 41.1% said YES to the question Have you ever used an electronic vapor product? In the same survey, 27.2% of our high school students said YES to the question During the past 30 days, how many…
Well, the new school year, new students, new families, new staff, new program offerings: lots of new things in our Pittsfield schools this year. Here’s my Top 12 answers to the question What’s new in the schools this year: New Students and New Families. We welcome many new students and families to our Pittsfield Schools…
Hopefully, all our Pittsfield families have enjoyed a wonderful summer, a summer that is leaving you relaxed and recharged and ready for a great new school year. District staff has been busy preparing for the 2018-2019 school year. All that’s needed now is the positive energy and enthusiasm of our students and the collaboration and…
Thanks to the many Pittsfield taxpayers who joined the recent meeting on Education Funding in New Hampshire. We were joined by many concerned taxpayers from across our state as we learned about the inequities in the state’s funding scheme and the failure of the legislature to address the issue in an equitable manner as required…
The next regularly scheduled board meeting will take place on Thursday, September 19th. Looking ahead the board is scheduled to meet: October 3 October 17
Reminder to Pittsfield taxpayers that the school district will be hosting a workshop on New Hampshire’s school funding system at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, at PMHS. All are invited. The workshop will be presented by Attorney Andru Volinsky, a current Executive Council member and former lead attorney in the most recent challenges to…
