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A Weekly Newsletter That Promotes Our Core Values Of
Personalization,
Risk-Taking,
Integrity,
Discovery, and
Empowerment
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May 8, 2017 |
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Dear Parents / Guardians, Students, Staff, and Friends of the Sanborn Regional High School Community. Here are your latest important announcements from Sanborn Regional High School:
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An Important Message from the SRHS PTO
Please Read On...
Our last meeting for the 2016/2017 year is happening on
Wednesday, May 17th at 6pm at the High School Library. We will be voting for a new President and Vice President. If you are interested in either position please let me know. I am hoping we have a couple of interested individuals who will want to continue making the PTO the best it can be. My biggest concern is if we don't have anyone step up and we have to look at not having a PTO any longer. This would be a huge shame. The PTO has done a lot to help the teachers and students. Here are just a few things we have done:
* Through our mini grant program we have dispersed $3,143 to teachers for science videos where the students can watch a live knee replacement or and kidney transplant, or we have helped the special education group put together a 55 gallon saltwater tank that is also a live eco system. WE have helped the class of 2017 with gift baskets they could raffle off and make more money for their class. We brought in a poetry group for the English department.
* We provide dinners for the whole staff on the evenings when there is an open house at the high school. The teachers don't have time to go home and eat or go out to eat before parents come to talk to them about their student. Our teachers do so much for our students its a small thing we can do for them.
This is just a few of the things we have done to help make Sanborn Regional High School better.
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Senior Spotlight : Samantha Broyer
An Article By Social Studies Teacher Brian Gray
Editor's Note: Each week, one of our staff members will highlight the accomplishments of one of our grade 12 students.
 Samantha Broyer is a senior graduating this year at Sanborn. She has been a member of the Girls Basketball Program for the last four years and also plays tennis for the school. She is an active member of the Sanborn Community volunteering in various student organizations such as Life of a Student Leadership Club. She is a dedicated student and wants to enter a career in Early Education when she graduates from college. This year she has taking advantage of the Career Pathways program at Sanborn and has been gaining career experience in an Elementary School. She also coached a 3rd and 4th grade team this year for our Sanborn Rec Basketball Program. Sam will be pursuing a degree in Early Education and has offers to play basketball at the next level. She already has interest from multiple schools including Lesley University, Eastern Connecticut and New England College.
Samantha Broyer was one of the Captains of this year's Girls Varsity team that finished with a recorded of 15-5 and made the second round of the playoffs. She was a major factor this year on and off the court as a leader and integral to the team's success. The Girls Varsity Squad won their first home playoff game in over two decades. She always cared about her teammates and always had a pulse on the team. She was always supportive and could always be heard positively communicating to her teammates on and off the courts during games and practices. She has also been crucial to the development of our youth program. She constantly volunteers her time to work with the kindergarten skills sessions, coaching in Sanborn basketball camps and refereeing for our rec program.She constantly worked on her game to improve in all areas, coming to open gyms, attending out of season AAU and other opportunities besides the normal season commitments. She was also valuable member of Sanborn's first Junior Varsity 19-0 Undefeated Basketball Season as a Captain and starting Center her Sophomore Year. .
Anyone who had the opportunity to observe her working with our young students would agree that she will make an excellent elementary school educator. She always develops a great rapport with who she is working with and is always a favorite instructor after each session. Samantha Broyer is a role model to younger students and Sanborn is so proud of what she has accomplished during her four years as a student and an athlete. Samantha Broyer will be missed in the Sanborn Community when she graduates but her footprint will be felt in generations of future student athletes to come. We have no doubt that Samantha will be successful in the field of education and can not wait to hear about her future accomplishments.
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Spring Music Concerts
Come Hear our Band and Chorus Perform!
 On Tuesday, May 9, at 6:30PM, the bands from Sanborn Regional Middle School and Sanborn Regional High School will perform a concert, beginning at 6:30PM in the auditorium.
The following week, on Tuesday, May 16, at 7:00PM, the choruses from both schools will perform their Spring concert.
We hope you will join us and come hear great music from Sanborn musicians!
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Important Updates From the Counseling Office
Check Out the May Scholarship Newsletter and Information on Upcoming College Fairs!
May Scholarship Newsletter:
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Prom Eligibility
A Message From Mr. Stack, Mr. Turmelle, and Mrs. Hadwen
On Friday, May 12, Prom day, students must be in attendance at school and be present in all of their academic classes in order to participate in Prom. If there are extenuating circumstances that require you to miss a class at any time during the day, you must present documentation for the absence. Examples of documentation include notes from a doctor visit, a dentist visit, a court date, or an appointment at the Division of Motor Vehicles. Absences due to appointments that are related to Prom preparation are not excused or documented absences and will preclude you from attending Prom on the evening of May 12.
The bell schedule for Friday, May 12, will be as follows:
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GRADES 9 and 10
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GRADES 11 and 12
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B DAY
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B DAY
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7:20-8:05
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45
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2
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45
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2
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8:09-8:54
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8:09-8:54
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8:58-9:43
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7
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8:58-9:43
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9:47-10:32
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45
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9:47-10:32
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10:36-11:02
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LUNCH
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10:36-11:21
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45
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11:06-11:51
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11:25-11:51
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LUNCH
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11:55-1:00
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65
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FLT 1
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11:55-1:00
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FLT 1
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1:05-2:10
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FLT 2
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1:05-2:10
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FLT 2
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FLT 1 and FLT 2 periods have been designated academic classes for the purposes of re-teaching, intervention, and/or reassessment. Students will be notified by their teachers by May 11 at the latest if they are required to attend an FLT session on May 12. Students are responsible for checking their FLT schedule in the Enriching Students program. Students who do not attend their classes and scheduled FLT session(s) cannot attend prom.
- Students who are not scheduled for either FLT session may get dismissed after 11:51AM to get ready for the prom.
- Students who are scheduled for just one FLT session may get dismissed after 1:05PM to get ready for the prom.
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Student Elections
A Message From Student Council
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS!
RUNNING FOR OFFICE?
- Pick up an election packet and sign up with Mrs. Price in room 143 or 145.
Election Packets may be picked up May 8th,9th,10th or 11th. Pick up paperwork before or after school or during your lunch. DO NOT INTERUPT A CLASS TO GET PAPERWORK !!!!
Read the entire packet. Pay special attention to the missed responsibility section that begins on page 4.
- Collect the necessary student, teacher, and parent signatures.
3. Return signed paperwork to Mrs. Price by Friday May 12th 2:10 pm -NO LATER- or you will not be placed on the ballot. PAPERWORK MUST BE TURNED IN BEFORE THE BELL RINGS TO MARK THE END OF THE LAST BLOCK. You must turn into Mrs. Price - do not place in her mailbox.
4. Be sure your third quarter grades meet candidate criteria- for example there should be no failing grades or IWS's in the end column and each class must be a BP better.
5. Make posters to hang up around campus. NOTE: no posters may be hung on the painted walls of the building; you may place them on doors and bulletin boards in the building.
6. Prepare an election speech to be presented to your classmates later in May.
Freshmen: Monday 5/22
Sophomores : Wednesday 5/24
Juniors: Friday 5/19
Voting will take place after the speeches. It may not be the same day as the speeches. Speeches should be no longer than 2 min.
7. Read the editorial written by Jon Brown.
GOOD LUCK- Remind your classmates to vote.
Please remove your posters after elections.
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Athletic News
An Update From the Athletic Boosters
Athletic Booster News
It's going to be a busy week of sports at Sanborn! Come cheer on your athletes this week at a home event:
Monday, May 8, 2017
Varsity Baseball
4 pm
Varsity Softball
4 pm
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Track Meet
4 pm
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Varsity Softball
4 pm
Boys Tennis
4 pm
JV Softball
4 pm
Thursday, May 11, 2017
JV Baseball
4 pm
JV Softball
4 pm
Girls Tennis
4 pm
Are you able or interested in helping out in our Outside Concession stand for an afternoon, hour, or anytime during various spring sporting events? Stop by or email us at
[email protected] to let us know. Volunteers are needed to keep the stand open. Did you know that we use the proceeds from the stand to help with the many events that we sponsor for YOUR athletes??
The next Athletic Booster meeting will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 7 pm in the Sanborn Room at the high school. Officer positions are up for re-election in May and we are looking for volunteers to come forward to keep this very important organization going.
Like us on Facebook to get the latest updates!
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Greenhouse Project Update
A Message From Principal Brian M. Stack
Dear friends of the greenhouse project at Sanborn:
 My apologies for not proving you an update sooner since our last planning meeting in February, but I haven't had a whole lot to report out on.
Since our last meeting, a small group of us have been looking into various greenhouse companies in hopes of finding one that would be willing to not only provide us the materials to build our greenhouse, but also to share our vision and help us develop the community partnership programs to make the greenhouse project a true community effort and resource.
Through your networks, we were introduced to a company in Maine called
Arch Solar. This company was very excited to hear about our vision and our plans, and they very much want to be a part of our work. They came to Sanborn last month and gave us a demonstration of how they may be able to work with our community to develop appropriate greenhouse programs for both our school and our community. They also shared some new technologies that they are implementing with some of their greenhouse companies around the world, as well as some innovative building technologies. One of their designs actually made use of refurbished shipping containers for the sides of the structure. If you click on the hyperlinks in this letter, you can explore Arch Solar's site in more detail.
We agreed that the next logical step was to take a trip to one of Arch Solar's projects to see their work for ourselves. I am bringing a team of teachers from Sanborn up to their
Little River Flower Farm project later this month in Buxton, Maine.
We hope that by the end of this school year, we will have made a final decision on what company we are going to use, and we will have final cost estimates for the project. From there, we can start a fundraising campaign to raise the rest of the funds we will need to build the greenhouse, as well as explore grants that we could take advantage of to provide the ongoing operational costs once the greenhouse is complete.
We are excited to be moving forward with this project this year. Thank you, to all of you, for the insights you have already provided us and the resources and advice you will offer us in the days, weeks, and months ahead. We look forward to having a completed greenhouse that we can all be proud of by this time next year.
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Senior Spotlight : Kira Scully
An Article By Guidance Counselor Amanda Fullery
Editor's Note: Each week, one of our staff members will highlight the accomplishments of one of our grade 12 students.
 If you've ever wandered through the hallways of Sanborn looking for a smiling face, chances are you have found one on Kira. A driving force in creating positive school culture; Kira constantly makes it her mission to form as many positive relationships with peers and staff as she can. On more than one occasion I have witnessed or heard about Kira going out of her way to comfort a peer in the hallway (including strangers), making a new student feel welcomed, or taking a younger classmen under her wing to get them involved at Sanborn.
Teacher Jack Kelly had this to say about Kira:
"I have known Kira for 3 years, and see her everyday, yet I have never had her in class. I first met Kira as a Student Council Member her sophomore year. She joined our Lunch Bunch Junior year and has lunch with her friends in our area everyday. Kira lights up the room with her smile. She is compassionate, engaged, actively involved and just fun to be with. We will miss her peals of laughter ringing down the halls next year. "
In addition to maintaining good grades in all of her classes, Kira has been involved in many different things throughout her high school career such as drama club (where she is an officer this year), Big Brother Big Sister, Life of a Student, student council and SST. Kira even took an interest in photography this year, taking Senior Portraits for other students to use in the yearbook!
For the past two years Kira has been attending SST for Early Childhood and hopes to continue down this path in her future. Next year Kira will be volunteering with the City Year Program, working with children in an inner-city school in Florida. Following her participation in City Year Kira plans to attend a four year college to become a teacher. I have no doubt that she will be successful and any student would be lucky to have her as their teacher!
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Northern Essex Community College Offers Special Deal For SRHS!
Students Can Take NECC Classes While attending SRHS at A HUGE Discount!
Dear Students,
Mrs. Catena and I are excited to announce a collaboration between SRHS and Northern Essex Community College that would allow Sanborn students to take NECC classes at NECC for a huge discount on tuition. I have attached a flyer that has more information on this early college program. There are some open house dates at NECC to be mindful of, as well as contacts of who to reach out to at NECC for more information.
Here is a secret: You don't have to wait to graduate from high school to take a college class --- in fact, it is a better idea to start taking college classes while you are still in high school, if you can.
I would advise that you talk with your guidance counselor about which classes may be best for you. Depending on the situation, you may be able to find NECC classes that meet SRHS graduation requirements, which would allow you to be dual-enrolled!
This is an exciting partnership that I hope many of you will take advantage of.
Please see me with questions,
-Mr. Stack
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Kingston Community Library To Hold Open House
Come Celebrate Their 5th Anniversary May 9 From 4:00-7:30PM
 Please join us in celebrating the Kingston Community Library's fifth anniversary on May 9 from
4:00 to 7:30pm. The Friend's of the Library and the Library Trustees will be hosting and offering tours of the building. Meet the new staff, Bob Harvey and the director, Rebekka Mateyk. Light refreshments will be served.
We will be offering tours of the building including a behind-the-scenes look of the staff areas and where the Friend's organize the book storage for the book sale. Learn more about the Friends of the Library, an independent, non-profit organization that sponsors the Summer Reading Program, maintains the library garden, and provides funding support for programming and other expenses for the library.
It has been an exciting 5 years. Five years ago, in 2012, the library had 2,000 registered borrowers. There were 146 library programs offered with 3,958 attending and the annual circulation was 32,787. Today, we have 5,427 card holders and we offer 891 programs annually with 9,568 people attending. In addition to print materials, we circulated 2,525 eBooks, 1,852 eAudiobooks and 257 eMagazines. And, the annual circulation is 36,769.
2012
Annual circulation: 32,787
Annual visits: 22,786
Annual # programs: 146
Program attendance: 3,958
2016
Annual circulation: 36,769
Annual visits: 26,988
Annual # programs: 891
Program attendance: 9,568
We circulate 2,525 eBooks and 1,852 eAudiobooks and 257 eMagazines online.
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Graduation Ceremony Will Be Friday, June 16
An Important Message From Principal Brian M. Stack
 To: Graduating Seniors
From: Brian M Stack, Principal
It is hard to believe your time at Sanborn is almost over! This is an exciting time of year with many events and activities culminating with graduation set for Friday, June 16, 2017. Congratulations to all seniors on your many accomplishments.
If weather permits, we will hold graduation on the library lawn. In the event of poor weather, we may have to hold graduation in the gymnasium. If this is the case all attendees will need a ticket to enter the gym. The week of graduation you will receive six (6) admission tickets for the gymnasium ceremony. That same week, we will also hold a lottery to distribute any extra tickets that we can to families that need more than 6 tickets. Due to fire code regulations, we may not be able to accommodate all requests for additional tickets. You are encouraged to ask your classmates if they have extra tickets they could give you if you need more than six.
The following is a list of senior activities for the remainder of the school year. Seniors who are on the "probationary" graduation list are not permitted to participate in senior activities and should speak to their counselor to find out what they need to do to be removed from probation. Please note the mandatory activities and graduation practices on June 15 and 16. Please also remember that all students must have their $50 class dues ($20 senior dues) paid in order to participate in the graduation ceremonies.
April 17 Spanish, French, and National Honor Society Inductions - 6:00pm in the auditorium
May 9 Spring Band Concert - 7:00pm in the Auditorium
May 12 Prom - 6:00pm at The Seaglass Restaurant, Salisbury, MA
May 15 Drama Dinner and Awards Night - 6:00pm in the cafeteria
May 16 Spring Choral Concert - 7:00pm in the Auditorium
May 22 Senior Recognition Banquet (By Invitation Only) - 5:00pm in the cafeteria
May 22 Scholarship and Academic Awards Night for Seniors - 7:00PM in the auditorium
June 6 Music Dinner and Awards Night - 6:00pm in the cafeteria
June 7 Senior Sports Awards - 6:00pm at DiBurro's in Haverhill
June 9 Last day of regular classes for seniors
Graduation Week Activities:
June 12 Reassessment Day 1 - Students only come to school to take any necessary reassessments.
June 12 Spring Sports Awards - 5:30pm in the cafeteria / auditorium
June 13 Reassessment Day 2 - Students only come to school to take any necessary reassessments.
June 14 Reassessment Day 3 - Students only come to school to take any necessary reassessments.
June 15 Mandatory Senior Day**
Graduation Practice - 9:00am to 11:00am in the gym
Yearbook Dedication - 11:00am in the auditorium
Baccalaureate, 6pm cookout and 7pm ceremony at St. Luke's in Newton (cap/gown)
June 16 Mandatory Senior Day**
Graduation Elementary School Walk - Report at 9:00am to SRHS
Class Day - 11:00am on the library lawn or the gym (cap/gown)
Senior Luncheon - 12:00 in the cafeteria
Senior Video - 1:00pm in the auditorium
Graduation - either 6:00pm on the library lawn or the gym (graduates must report at 5:00pm)
** All seniors who are participating in the graduation ceremony are required to participate in the mandatory practices on June 15 and 16.
The decision to hold graduation outside or inside is made 24 hours before the event. If it is outside, seating is unlimited. If it has to be inside, each graduate will only be given six tickets to distribute to family members for the event.
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Did You Know? A Budget Committee Update
By Annie Collyer, Chairperson, Sanborn Budget Committee
Did you know that the Sanborn Regional School District Budget Committee held its organizational meeting on April 20 and discussed goals for their task of preparing and presenting the school budget for Fiscal Year 2018-19?
The first order of business was to elect officers: Annie Collyer of Newton is Chairman, and Charlton Swasey of Kingston is Vice-Chairman.
School Board Representative Tammy Mahoney reported that the School Board will begin looking at the budget on October 4, rather than mid-November as in past years. The Budget Committee will review, present a preliminary budget proposal at a Public Hearing in January, and then amend to present their budget proposal to the voters at the first voting session in February.
The Budget Committee established a subcommittee to write a draft of committee guidelines to present to the Budget Committee for possible adoption.
One goal endorsed unanimously was to have a meeting with the new Business Administrator in August, on accounting categories, changes and communication.
The minutes of the meeting are posted on the SAU17 website, WWW.SAU17.ORG
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2017 Scholarship Drive
Help Us Reach Our Goal of $75,000 in Local Scholarships For the Community!
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Southern Rockingham Coalition for Healthy Youth
A Message From Director Charlotte Scott
On April 29th, the DEA will hold its bi-annual Take Back Day. Take this opportunity to dispose of your unused or expired medications and learn about the dangers of teen prescription drug misuse. Lock up the medications you must keep in your home to avoid them getting into unintended hands such as those of your teenagers or their friends. SoRock offers a 20% discounts on locking medicine cabinets please contact us for more information!
Charlotte Scott, Coordinator. Email: [email protected]
Prescription Drugs and Teens - Get the Facts
Safe Needle Disposal
Safe Household Disposal of Prescription Drugs
NH Permanent Prescription Drop Box Locations
The Southern Rockingham Coalition for Healthy Youth is helping to promote, support, and sustain healthy choices for children, youth and families in our communities by actively working to reduce and prevent alcohol, marijuana, prescription and other drug misuse.
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Do You Have Unwanted Clothing?
Please Use Our Planet Aid Donation Boxes, Located in the Staff Parking Lot
When you drop your unwanted clothing off in these bins, the SRHS PTO gets paid based on the weight of the clothing! This is a really easy way to help our school. All PTO proceeds go directly back to programming and scholarships that directly benefit our students.
Not Sponsored by the Sanborn Regional School District
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Help Sanborn End 68 Hours of Hunger
Make a Donation Today!
How you can help End 68 Hours of Hunger
Depending on the extent to which you want to become involved with the program, your participation can vary from a one- time contribution to monthly or even weekly participation.
Here is a list of the kinds of support that you can provide depending on your desired level of participation.
One event contributions:
You can send a single donation to P.O Box 240, Newton, NH 03858.
You can go shopping and purchase non-perishable food products (with expiration dates as far as possible into the future) and deliver them to us (requires prior arrangement so call us at (603)560-0151 or (978)210-1335 for a list of products and delivery arrangements).
You can host a fund raiser to earn money for the program. We can
help provide you with letter head, forms and if possible have someone there. We are gearing up for food drives this spring and summer and we need tons of volunteers for that to run smoo
thly!
Multiple event contributions
You can send us a check every month or as often as you wish to support our efforts.
You can set up a team to be responsible for one week each month. Packers go to the high school to our storage room, pack bags, and sometimes deliver them back to the schools filled.
You can help unload, sort, and store groceries after each delivery/purchase.
We currently need, canned pasta with meat, tuna, mayo, cereal bars/granola bars, crackers, cereal, canned fruit, jelly, and snacks or fun single serve items.
Perhaps you have your own ideas! We are open to suggestions! Call or write now!
Food donations can be dropped off at any of the Sanborn Schools in Newton and Kingston, the Nichols Library in Kingston, the Gale library in Newton and at Wicks and Whimsies 14 Main St, East Kingston, NH 03827.
Contact us: Program Coordinators:
Jenifer Hever 603 560 0151
Not Sponsored by the Sanborn Regional School District
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Reduced Rate Home Internet
Find Out If Your Family Qualifies For This Program
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We hope you all have a great week!
Sincerely,
Brian Stack, Principal Ann Hadwen, Assistant Principal / FLC Michael Turmelle, Assistant Principal / Curriculum Michelle Catena,Guidance Director Vicki Parady-Guay, Athletic Director Angelica Mahoney, Special Education Building Coordinator |
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