8th Grade Car Wash at Northwood Garage

The Northwood School Class of 2014 is holding a car wash at the Northwood Garage on Saturday, May 31st from 9am to 12pm. A bake sale will also take place. The class continues to raise funds for their class trip to the White Mountains in June. The car wash will be manned by students and parents of the 8th grade class at Northwood School. 

The Northwood Garage has long been a supporter of local community groups who are in need of raising funds for different events and activities. The car wash will be by donation, with a recommended donation of at least $5.00. All baked goods will be sold by donation. All profits will go directly toward this year’s class trip. HOPE TO SEE YOU AT NORTHWOOD GARAGE ON SATURDAY, MAY 31ST!

GoFundMe!

In June, the 8th grade Class of 2014 will be celebrating the end of their 9 years of education at Northwood School with a field trip to the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire. The students are all very excited to connect, hike, play games, cook-out and swim.

The 8th graders have been working hard over the last several months fund-raising, but we still have more work to do. We are asking for your help by making a donation directly to the class. Any amount will help. To make a secure, online donation, go to www.GoFundMe.com/8kxwxs. If you prefer to make a donation by check or money order, please make it out to Northwood School with “Class of 2014” in the memo field and send it to Northwood School, 511 1st NH Turnpike, Northwood, NH 03261. Thank you for your generosity and support!

Leah Foley of Northwood was recognized with the 2014 Biology Capstone Award at the annual Colby-Sawyer College Scholars and Leaders Ceremony on Friday, May 2.

Congratulations, Leah!

Northwood Recreation Update

Lacrosse Information Night-June 1st

The Northwood Recreation Department is organizing a Lacrosse program this summer. This is an introductory program for boys and girls in 1st – 8th grade with practices on Tuesday nights and scrimmages on Thursday nights through the summer.  Not only will we be teaching the children lacrosse skills and rules, but we will also be teaching parents how to coach lacrosse. We will be holding an information night to answer questions you may have. The coaches will be giving an overview of the program as well as providing details about available discounts on equipment.  There is also the opportunity to purchase used equipment.  Registration on site will be available. Visit www.northwoodnh.org for registration information and additional information about these programs.  Details can be found in our Brochure on the website. Or call the Recreation Department at 942-5586 x209 with questions.

Letter To The Editor

Those Powerful School Boards

I had no sooner written a letter to The Suncook Sun lamenting the loss of authority (to Washington) of school boards like Northwood’s, than I was proved completely wrong.

Just a little north of here, in Gilford, the school board showed what kind of muscle these boards still possess. William Baer, father of a 14 year-old student, exceeded his 2 minute time limit for speaking. Now, usually in such cases, persuasion eventually gets the speaker to stop talking. The Gilford School Board, however, whose patience is limited, decided that use of the iron fist was the way to deal with Mr. Baer, so they had him removed from the meeting, handcuffed, and arrested for talking too long.

He’d been protesting a passage in a book his daughter was required to read for her freshman English class. I’d quote the offending passage, but The Sun would probably not be able to print it, since The Sun is a family publication, after all, and not a classroom book meant for schoolkids.

While student discipline may be an ongoing problem in some places, the Gilford school board has demonstrated that it sure knows how to keep students’ parents in their place, at any rate. Fortunately, the meeting was videotaped and posted online, so by now the entire nation has had the opportunity to witness the power and authority exercised by at least one New Hampshire school board.

Michael Faiella

Northwood

Northwood Church Hosts Concert

The Marshalls

The Advent Christian Church 113 School St in Northwood will host Bruce and Sharon Marshall in concert on Sunday night May 25 at 6 PM. The Marshalls have been singing together as a husband and wife team for 35 years and bring their unique gospel music to Northwood for a repeat performance.

The Marshalls have performed up and down the east coast and to California and back in churches, conferences and other venues. They have recently returned from a weekend engagement in Alabama and are excited to share in New Hampshire again. Their music style is from contemporary worship music to classical to traditional hymns. Come and you will be encouraged and blessed.

The Marshalls live in Maine, Sharon is a graduate of U. Maine in the music program and Bruce is employed at Bath Iron Works. They have three children one has recently earned her doctorate in vocal performance and has travelled throughout Europe and the US  in opera and classical oratory.

The Northwood Advent Christian Church is pleased to host this concert and invites the public to join them for this wonderful performance on Memorial Day weekend which will include some patriotic songs as well as gospel. The concert is at 6 and the church is located on Rt. 107, 113 School St. in the Northwood Narrows.

On Wednesday, May 7th the Northwood CrankPullers Snowmobile Club hosted a dinner at Lake Shore Farm to thank the landowners for allowing us access to their property for our trail system.  It was a night full of great food and an opportunity to share stories of an amazing sport loved by all those in attendance. Special thanks to Lake Shore Farm for allowing us to use their beautiful function hall.

Colby-Sawyer College Celebrates 2014 Graduates

Graduated from Colby-Sawyer College on May 10, 2014 were:

Sarah Carpenter of Barnstead graduates from Colby-Sawyer College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Ryan Drown of Northwood graduates from Colby-Sawyer College with a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion.

Leah Foley of Northwood graduates from Colby-Sawyer College with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology.

Amanda Taillon of Epsom graduates from Colby-Sawyer College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.