Cougar Weekly News
ConVal High School Happenings - February 18, 2022
Message From Principal McKillop
I was fortunate to attend the ConVal Theatre Arts production of Disney's "Frozen: Kids" last night. My young son clapped after every song and our students performing were simply amazing! There are two more performances this evening. Please see more information below regarding times and how to order tickets.
A BIG thank you to our parent volunteers who helped organize a great kick-off to spirit week on Monday. The "You're Sweet" appreciation event was a big hit! More details and pictures are shared below. We are so grateful for the continued support of our amazing parents.
Our second semester open house is approaching in March. The date and schedule are listed below. We hope that you are able to join us and look forward to seeing you!
There are many exciting things happening in co-curricular and athletic activities. Please read more below about our Ocean Bowl Team and accomplishments of some of our athletes and teams.
The next three athletic events on the horizon are the Wrestling State Championships tomorrow morning in Bow, the senior night hockey games tomorrow night night in Keene, and our boy's Basketball championship game Sunday afternoon in Durham. Please see all the information below (including GPS coordinates to the event locations!), and best of luck to all competing teams!
We have officially concluded spirit week, and what a week it was! Please be sure to read below about some of the fun activities that students and staff participated in.
Next week is February vacation week, so you will not see a digital newsletter in your inbox next Friday. I hope everyone has a wonderful week, and I look forward to welcoming students and staff back to the building on Monday, February 28th.
Best,
Heather
Email: conval.highschool@conval.edu
Website: http://cvhs.convalsd.net/
Location: 184 Hancock Road, Peterborough, NH, USA
Phone: (603)924-3869
Table of Contents (TOC)
- Upcoming Important Dates and Events
- Spring Open House
- Upcoming Senior Nights
- Wrestling Team State Championship
- Basketball State Championship
- Dishong Slalom State Champion x3!
- Ocean Bowl Team Places Second
- Parent Meeting Hosted by Principal McKillop
- Fingerprinting for Volunteers
- Athletic and Co-curricular Update/Information
- Region 14 CTE Update/Information
- School Counseling Newsletter
- Parent Volunteers Organize "You're Sweet" Appreciation
- Spirit Week Ends with Rally
- Unified Basketball Wins Senior Game
- Upcoming Drama Production
- Class of 2023 Bumper Sticker Fundraiser
- Class of 2024 Spring Vendor & Craft Fair
- Covid-19 Update
- Peterborough Recreation Department Fliers
- The Grapevine Fliers
- Grand Monadnock Choir Flyer
Upcoming Important Dates and Events
- February 18, 2022 - Drama Production at 6pm and 8pm (see below)
- February 21-25, 2022 - February Break
- February 28, 2022 - Parent Meeting at 6pm (Room 411)
- February 28, 2022 - Fingerprinting for volunteers from 5:00pm-7:30pm at CVHS
- March 3, 2022 - Parent Orientation for Rising 9th Graders
- March 10, 2022 - Spring Open House (see schedule below)
Spring Open House - Thursday, March 10, 2022
We are excited to offer an opportunity for parents and guardians to meet with their student’s second semester teachers on the evening of Thursday, March 10, 2022. On that evening you will follow your student's schedule. Each block will meet for 10 minutes in your student's classroom.
SCHEDULE
TASC Homeroom: 6:30 - 6:45
Block 1: 6:50 - 7:00
Block 3: 7:05 - 7:15
Block 4: 7:20 - 7:30
Block 2 and Block 2A: 7:35 - 7:45
Block 2B: 7:50 - 8:00
Upcoming Senior Night games
2/19 : Boys Ice Hockey 6pm at Keene Ice
2/19 : Girls Ice Hockey 8pm at Keene Ice
Wrestling State Championship This Saturday!
This will be the last state championship meet with Coach Abe Ewing at the helm.
Go Cougars!
Basketball State Championship This Sunday!
The Varsity Boys Basketball team will play Souhegan High School in the Division II State Championship game on Sunday at 1pm in the Lundholm Gymnasium at UNH (GPS coordinates 43°08′19″N 70°56′17″W).
The NHIAA is charging admission to all rounds of the state tournament this year, $6.00 for students and $8.00 for adults.
Tickets can be purchased at UNH or online at https://unhtickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1469. Come out and support your Cougars in the championship game!
The game can also be watched on the NFHS Network at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/nhiaa .
Dishong Slalom State Champion x3!
Dishong, who won both the giant slalom and slalom races last year and the slalom in 2020, took first in Division II slalom with a combined time of 1:10.94 after both runs.
Ocean Bowl Team Places Second
On Saturday, February 12, ConVal High School had two teams compete in the 25th annual Nor’easter Bowl competition, the regional competition of the National Ocean Science Bowl (NOSB).
Congratulations to the ConVal Ocean Bowl Team 2 who was the runner up in the final scoring of the competition and placed second only to the team from Phillips Exeter Academy. ConVal Team 2 is made up predominantly of senior students who went to finish their last competition with a bang! The team members are: Caitlin Beal (team captain), Avery Pope, Leah Krason, Eva McCullough, and Violet Fletcher.
Ocean Bowl is an ocean science competition with schools participating from Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts in our region, and schools competing nationally from each state. ConVal’s NOSB teams are coached by science teacher Anna Muncy and math teacher Griffen Fletcher.
Parent Meeting Hosted by Principal McKillop
Fingerprinting for Volunteers
Athletic and Co-Curricular Information/Update
Sports Scoreboard
ConVal Unified Basketball 48 Fall Mountain 31
Boys Varsity Basketball 70 Sanborn 66 State Quarter Round Tournament game
Boys Varsity Basketball 58 Pelham 47 State Semi-final Round Tournament game
Congratulations to swimmer Sophia Lake who competed at the D2 Swimming and Diving meet last weekend. Sophia placed 7th in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:45.78 and 4th in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:13.78.
All of our winter and spring athletic schedules & updates can be found on the ConVal athletics website. Please come out and support our athletes and their coaches.
Spring 2022 Sports Registration is now open.
If you have any questions, please contact Director of Athletics and Co-Curriculars
John Reitnauer at jreitnauer@conval.edu.
Region 14 and CTE Information/Update
ATC Application:
Students enrolling in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) program for the first time for school year 22-23 will need to complete the ATC application before March 18. Why? We want to make sure that students are picking a program that best fits their needs for future success. The application and interview process lets us connect with each student and make sure there’s an understanding of what the program entails and offers. It allows students to get answers to their questions about the program before next year. Questions? Please contact Mrs. Kiley.
CTE Survey:
We need your input! How can we make the Region 14 Applied Technology Center better? Please complete this brief survey to tell us what you think.
Counseling Department February Newsletter
Parents Organize “You're Sweet" Appreciation
On Monday, February 14, parent volunteers helped ConVal High School kick off Spirit Week (February 14-18) with a “You’re Sweet” student and staff appreciation on Valentine’s Day during TASC.
During the last 30 minutes of TASC, after students had been scheduled for the week, they were invited to visit various card and candy-gram making stations that were set up throughout the school and hosted by parents and students.
Staff were invited to enjoy a “You’re Sweet” goodie bar set up at the concession stand next to the gym. The goodie bar contained a wide-assortment of beautifully created sweets by the Baker’s Station in Peterborough. Treats included brownie bites, mini cupcakes (vegan and gluten free options), sugar cookies, cake pops, and whoopie pies.
ConVal Participates in Spirit Week
Spirit Week Ends With Rally
There was something in the program for everyone: a game of musical chairs, a scooter race, a hula hoop contest, tug-of-war, and half-court basketball shots.
Right in the middle of the rally, students competed in the learning of ConVal's fight song, which hadn't been heard during the pandemic.
Thank you to everyone on Student Council for the great planning and to all students for participating so enthusiastically. A special thank you to the Harris' (Alexis and Matt) for emceeing a truly outstanding school spirit event!
Unified Basketball Team Wins Senior Game
On Friday, February 11, the ConVal Unified Basketball team battled the Fall Mountain Wildcats for a 48-31 victory.
This was Senior night and seven players were recognized by Principal McKillop for their contribution to the team over their careers.
The Unified Seniors were: Angel St. Pierre, Priscilla St. Pierre, Molly Tyle, Louis LaFleur, Mary Quintanilha, Parker Nason, and Frank Dinino.
ConVal Theatre Arts Presents "Frozen: Kids"
ConVal Theatre Arts gave several performance of "Frozen: KIDS” this week — on Thursday, February 17 at 6:00 pm and on Friday, February 18 at 6:00 and 8:00 pm. In addition, students from seven district schools were invited to see preview performances on Wednesday, February 16 — these were the first live musical performances in the LHT since June 2019!
The ConVal production featured performances by: Max DePoyster, Kai Flynn, Jazzy Woodhouse, Nick DiNino, Ryan Whitney, Alex Williams, Kaitlyn Stone, Rex Schwabe, Caroline Stultz, Isabella Stehly, Haley Serafine, Esther Janis, Liasiah Torres, Avery Swasey, Rhiannon Moore, Beau Olesky, Alissa Cutting, Hadi Lancaric, Luca Stowell, Doc Cassidy, Dan Sleeper, Addie Mackensen, and Chloe Griggs.
For more details and additional photos, click here.
Class of 2023 Bumper Sticker Fundraiser
The Class of 2023 will be selling bumper stickers during all lunches after February break! Stop by during your lunch on March 1 - 3 (Tuesday - Thursday) and get your sticker for $5! Thanks for supporting the Class of 2023! Go Cougars!