School Starts Soon!

Now is the time to think about enrolling your child in preschool! The Center School in Northwood is accepting registrations for the 2008-2009 school year. The Center School, a parent cooperative preschool located next to the town hall in Northwood, provides a developmental program for three, four, and five year-olds. We have only a few openings left in our two-day (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F) morning programs. Act now before they are filled! To get information please call Lucy Levitow at 942-8118.
 

A Busy Watershed Association

The August Neighborhood Meeting of the Northwood Lake Watershed Association was held at Camp Wah-Tut-Ca Boy Scout Camp on August 9.

Andrea Tomlinson, Water Quality Director for the Association, gave a presentation on “The Many Faces of Water Quality”, stressing the lake’s problem with e.coli in certain areas. Also, the scope of the many tributaries leading into Northwood Lake. She and her team are testing more frequently.

President Jim Vaillancourt spoke on the Watershed’s Five Year Plan. Everything is on schedule, including the treatment of the lake for milfoil this past June.

A cleanup of the Epsom portion of the Northwood Lake bottom is scheduled for early November after the water has been lowered. Volunteers are needed. Perhaps your  scout, church or school group will help.

The Watershed has openings available. Please contact us if any of these volunteer positions interest you.

Treasurer (40 hours/year), Directors from Pine Point, Lake Shore Drive, Lake Sites and Sleepy Hollow (30 hours/year), Lake Host Co-Coordinator (25-35 hours/year), Desktop Publisher for 2-3 newsletters per year (we provide content), Lake Hosts (8+ hours/year),  Neighborhood Host (June or Sept.) (4 hours), Weed Watchers (3-8 hours/year).

Other Lake Associations in Northwood will be joining us for a Yard Sale on October 4. We will pick up and store your “stuff”. Just contact us at our website (below.)
And - for many tornado photos, visit our Tornado Album at www.northwoodlake.com.

News From The Northwood School Board

The School Board has been working throughout the summer on a number of different projects. We have revised and updated the school Athletic Policies and are currently working on revisions and updates of our Facility Use Policy (see the school web site for more information). In addition to policy changes, we have formed two new committees: The Facilities Committee and the Communications Committee.

Facilities Committee members include School Board members Janabeth Reitter & Dave Ruth, Assistant Principal Ken Darsney, Athletic Director Rich Penney, Facilities Manager Tom Sayers, and Superintendent Judy McGann. This Committee will be working on long-range maintenance and improvement plans for the building & grounds.
Communications Committee members include: School Board members Colleen Pingree & Janabeth Reitter, Principal Esther Asbell, Technology Director Steve Robert and community members Ed LeDuke, Ellen Gibson, Dan Barnhart, Helen Ash, Andrea Anatone, Cindy Decker, and Chris Andrews. This committee is meeting biweekly and has begun work on a new school web site (to be unveiled this fall) and is also developing a broad plan for improved communications that will include regular newspaper articles (like this one).

If you would like to volunteer to serve on either of these committees, please contact the school board or a committee member.

Other School News

The Northwood School will be welcoming several new employees this year including Shelley St. Clair, our new school nurse, Stacey Dearborn, our new food service manager, and Jillian Cauthorne, our new part-time music teacher.

In preparation for the new school year, several important improvements have been made to the building, including repair of the front entry wall, the construction of a new patio along the gym entrance walkway, and replacement of lower playground fencing and surface material.

The School Board’s next meeting will be in the School Library on August 25 at 6:30 pm. Our agenda will include a review of estimated fuel increases for the upcoming year and proposed revisions to Facilities Use and Hiring policies. For more information, please visit the School Board page of the school web site. The public is welcome to attend meetings. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Colleen Pingree, Northwood School Board Chair at [email protected] or 942-5249.

Harvey Lake Women’s Club

On September 2, 2008, the Harvey Lake Women’s Club will hold their meeting at the Northwood Congregational Church’s Fellowship Hall. The meeting will begin at 1p.m. with the Annual Harvest Auction. The Greeter will be Marie Bapple with Inspiration provided by Audrey Huckins. Refreshments will be provided by Charlotte Klaubert and Brend Dunbar.
 

Harvey Lake Women’s Club

The Harvey Lake Women’s Club welcomes all women in the greater Northwood area. We are a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of NH and the Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs International. We meet at 1pm on the first Tuesday of the month at the Northwood Congregational Church’s parish hall.

• Our purpose is to promote sociability and culture and to make itself a power for good in the community. Some of our activities include:

• Co-host Rochester Visiting Nurses’ Association through the Northwood Blood Pressure and Flu Shot Clinic.

• We provide layettes for low income babies at Concord Hospital.

• Make comfort pillows for breast cancer patients.

• Knit hats and mittens  for St.Joseph’s Children’s Home in Rochester.

• Donate monthly to the Northwood Emergency Food Pantry.

• Award scholarships to Northwood Coe-Brown Academy female students.

• Award a dictionary/thesaurus to an outstanding Northwood Elementary School 8th grader each spring.

• Donate books to the Chesley Memorial Library.

• Host an annual Coe-Brown concert.

• Provide a refreshment table at all town elections.

If you would like to join please feel free to come to any of our monthly meetings.
For further information, please contact Ginny Rogers at 942-5580.