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PRHS celebrated this year’s Winter Carnival on Friday, February 17th from 7:30 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. Teachers, staff, and students put in extra time to organize and plan for such an
undertaking, especially Mrs. McGlone. Each year, the carnival blends a festive
atmosphere with entertaining activities and wonderful team-building opportunities that
provide a chance for students to have fun, spend time with classmates, and use up some of
their energy and talents in a wide variety of ways. The carnival included everything from
tricycle races and karaoke to human bowling and movies; so there is usually something
appealing for everyone.
As always, be sure to check the website and the school calendar in the handbook for
upcoming events. We hope to connect with you during the course of these events, and
please continue to contact the high school in the event of any concerns or
questions. Communication is so important to the educational process.
Bruce W. Parsons Randy Cleary Robert Price
Principal Interim Assistant Principal & CTE Director Assistant Principal
From the Administration
“Look for up-to-date school and sports information on our website: www.prhs.sau48.org
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PRHS Quiz Bowl Team
PRHS’ 2017 Quiz Bowl Team is off to a terrific start
this year. They have been travelling to the regional High
School quiz bowl matches and have not lost a match yet
against other NH high school teams, giving them a cur-
rent record of 39-0! They head to the Lakes Region
match on March 25th where they will be able to compete
in our region to qualify for the State meet. The State
meet is held at the Concord State House on April 2 and
PRHS has yet to win this competition at the state level.
This team is also competing at the National Level at
National Academic Quiz Bowl Tournaments (NAQT)
and has been to several competitions in New England
including a March 10th trip to Barre, VT for the Vermont
State competition. As a result of these matches, an independent poll was taken ranking PRHS’ team as the number one small school
in New England.
This team will be heading to Chicago over Spring Break to represent the High School at the NAQT national competition. They will
be competing against the best schools in the nation, get a chance to see the Windy City and have an incredible experience.
Special points of interest:
NHS Induction - March 21
at 6:00 p.m.
Cultural Arts Night
Wed., March 22 at 5:00 p.m.
Grades Close April 5
Student-Directed One
Act Plays - April 18 & 19
Health Fair - April 21
April Vacation - 24-28
Junior SAT Testing -
April 8th
Guidance Department News
Scholarship Workshop
The Scholarship Workshop for seniors was held on Tuesday,
March 7th, at 9:15 a.m. The Community Scholarship Program
packet was distributed and reviewed. Every student going on to
higher education is strongly encouraged to apply. We have over
$100,000 in scholarships available to our seniors thanks to the
generosity of many individuals, organizations, and businesses in
our community. Please call the Guidance office if you have
questions pertaining to the packet.
SAT I and SAT II Subject Test Dates
Note: Sunday test dates are scheduled following each Saturday test date
for students who cannot test on Saturday because of religious ob-
servance.
ACT Test Dates
Please note: Students involved in spr ing spor ts are encour -
aged to take the May 6th test date for the SAT. Many spring
sports have either their State meet or playoff games on the June
3rd SAT date which is also PRHS Graduation. Students should
plan accordingly.
The 18th Annual Statewide College Convention “Destination
College” for high school juniors and their parents is de-
signed to help students and families prepare for entry to college.
This free day-long event will be held at Plymouth State Univer-
sity on Saturday, March 18th. This is a valuable opportunity for
all college-bound juniors that should not be missed! Online reg-
istration is currently open at www.destinationcollege.org. For
more information please call 1.888.7.GRADUATE ext.117. This
program fills up fast, so don’t delay!
2016-2017 FAFSA Appointments
The NHHEAF Network Organization’s Center for College Plan-
ning is pleased to offer New Hampshire students and parents
FREE file-a FAFSA assistance at its College Planning Library
in Concord, NH. Appointments are limited. For a complete list
of CCP workshops, please visit: https://www.nhheaf.org/IACB-
fafsa.asp.
Seniors – Need help interpreting your financial aid award letter?
PRHS will be hosting “Understanding the Award Letter” on
April 6th at 6:30 p.m. in the Bobcat Café. If you are unable to
attend our workshop, we have provided you with a link to
NHHEAF’s website which will supply you with handouts on all
the topics they cover. https://www.nhheaf.org/handouts.asp.
Extended Learning Experiences - Check out summer pro-
grams and other miscellaneous program opportunities on
the PRHS website; department-guidance. See your Guidance
Counselor for more information.
Scholarships – A listing of National and State scholarship op-
portunities is updated throughout the year. Access to this infor-
mation is on the PRHS website under department-guidance.
Students can access on the student drive - scholarship folder.
AP Testing – AP Testing will run from May 1st thru May 12th.
Students interested in taking an AP Exam need to sign up in the
Guidance office by March 28th. If you have any questions, see
your guidance counselor.
PSAT/SAT Testing – On April 5th, the 9th, 10th and 11th grade
students will be taking the PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 and the School
Day SAT, respectively. The school district is paying for these
College Board tests. Students should plan to arrive at school for
the normal start time of 7:30 a.m. The School Day SAT test is
the required NH accountability test, and students may have these
scores sent to colleges as part of the college application process
under most circumstances.
PRHS Math Team News
We are excited to announce that the Plymouth Regional High
School Math Team once again finished 1st overall for the season
in the large school division of the Lakes Region League. We
beat the second place team by well over 100 points! We had a
large number of participants this year with close to 30 students
competing at each meet. Congratulations to our hard-working
mathletes!! Special recognition goes to Antti Pihlajavesi and
Peter Templeton for being the cumulative high scorers of the
league!
A new challenge is ahead as we participate in the 45th Annual
NH State High School Mathematics Contest on March 21st. We
will be taking our top ten competitors to Plymouth State Univer-
sity where they will have the opportunity to compete with stu-
dents from around the State in the intermediate school size divi-
sion. Students will compete in a Team category, Recreational
Mathematics, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Advanced
Mathematics. This is the fourth year that PRHS will be compet-
ing in this event.
GO PRHS MATH TEAM!
Completed Scholarship applications must be
returned to the Guidance office by
Tuesday, April 4, 2017.
Test Date Registration Deadline Late Registration
May 6 April 7 April 25
June 3 May 9 May 24
Test Date Registration Deadline Late Registration
April 8 March 3 March 17
June 10 May 5 May 19
Fee Waivers Available for
SAT & ACT Tests
It’s Prom Season!
May 6 - 6:00-11:00 p.m.
Looking for the perfect dress?
The Glass Slipper has every color, length, style
and size! See Mrs. Kochien or Ms. Simmons for
a chance to browse our inventory.
PRHS Theater to Present...Shakespeare’s King Lear
It is almost showtime at PRHS! The school will present a riveting production of William Shakespeare’s
King Lear at 7:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 17-18. The cast and crew are putting the final
touches on our one act treatment of this four hundred year old play.
The story opens in ancient Britain, where the elderly King Lear is deciding to give up his power and
divide his realm amongst his three daughters, Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril. Lear's plan is to give the
largest piece of his kingdom to the child who professes to love him the most. Goneril and Regan lie to
their father with sappy and excessive declarations of affection. Cordelia, however, refuses to engage in
Lear's game, and replies simply that she loves him as a daughter, according to her bond. Her lackluster
retort, despite its sincerity, enrages Lear, and he disowns Cordelia completely. When Lear's dear friend, the Earl of Kent, tries to
speak on Cordelia's behalf, Lear banishes him from the kingdom. The downward spiral begins.
For weeks the student technicians and Mr. Ross were busy painting the large white ramp and the red and blue stage that comprise
the show's set design. Ms. Fleck worked tirelessly on many production aspects of the show, and her director is grateful. Mr. Jim
Gleich, our fiercely talented fight director, worked with the students over a number of rehearsals to choreograph the many mo-
ments of staged violence in the show, while Mr. Kosanovich attended to the students' acting and stage movements.
Our fantastic production manager, Dakota Hines, kept all aspects of the show coordinated and moving forward smoothly. At
our technical rehearsals, always held during the weekend before show-week, the students and faculty will hang and focus the stage
lights, gel them with an assortment of colors, and then design the many brilliant looks that illuminate our scenes, deepening and
enriching the colors of the set and costumes.
This production will be participating in the New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild's One Act Festival, held at Kingswood
High School on Saturday, March 25th. This forty minute play will challenge a broader audience to examine Shakespeare’s play
through the lens of modern America, drawing parallels between the politics of that earlier time and ours. It takes a closely knitted
community to turn out a show as challenging as this one. We hope that you will consider joining us for our forty minute version of
this vaunted tragedy.
Music Department
Happy “Music in Our Schools Month!” We are excited to have a wide array of perfor-
mances this month to share with our community and thank everyone for their support of
the music program. The Concert Band and Concert Choir have been preparing for the
Large Group Music Festival at Bow High School on March 18th. This is an annual adjudi-
cation that allows us to perform, grow, reflect, and participate in a clinic from a profession-
al musician. We will share part of this program at our annual Cultural Arts Night on
March 22nd.
The PRHS Jazz Ensemble will be performing at Plymouth Elementary School on March
27th and collaborate with the PES Jazz Band with their new music teacher, Mr. Jake Ste-
vens. We will also be performing that same program for a luncheon at the Plymouth Senior
Center on March 29th.
We have several students attending honors festivals this spring. Lilly Friedman, Karnar
Ueland, Gretchen Dodge, Chris Bramer, Caitlyn Irish, and Sam Ebner will be performing in the NH All State concert on April 1 st
in Concord. Sam Ebner and Karnar Ueland will also be performing at the All Eastern Music Festival in Atlantic City, NJ on April
8th. Finally, we have two students who were accepted to the All New England Jazz Festival on March 28th at PSU, Peter Templeton
on piano and Christian Stewart on tenor sax.
Lastly, the chamber singers have been preparing the Faure Requiem, a choral masterwork, that they will be performing with the
Pemigewassett Choral Society on May 14th at 3:00 p.m. They will also be singing accompanied by a professional orchestra! Please
come support them and start a new Mother’s Day tradition of experiencing some excellent choral music!
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Culinary Students Participate
in Pro Start
The following culinary students competed
at the ProStart Invitational on Saturday,
March 11th at UNH. The participants from
Plymouth Regional High School shown
here from left to right are Ethan MacDon-
ald, Bethany Eames, Keigan Leavitt, Skye
Calnan and Kailee Smith. Our Culinary
students competed against seven high
schools. The winner on March 11th will
move on to Nationals in Charleston, SC in
April.
Congratulations to Literary Magazine’s
‘Artist of the Month’, Kat Legier!
SPORTS PHYSICALS
In the Nurse’s Office
March 28
9:00– 11:00 a.m.
PRHS Art Exhibit Awards
Plymouth Regional High School had nine art students’ art work accepted into
the 2017 Regional Juried High School Art Exhibit sponsored by the Friends
of the Arts and the Plymouth State University Art Department. Four of these
students received awards in media specific categories. Jack Friedman’s Digi-
tal Art drawing received Best in Show, Emily Miller received Best in Paint-
ing Award, Skye Decato received Best in Photography Award, and Gwen
Hoyt received Best of Sculpture Award. Additionally, Camryn York, Ursula
Hoyt, Sylvie Donnell, Karnar Ueland, and Lauren Bolton also had artwork
accepted into the show. The artwork was on display at the Silver Center for
the Arts at Plymouth State University from February 2- 26th. The opening
reception was on Sunday, February 12th from 2-4 pm.
Best in Photography Award - Skye Decato
Best in Show Award- Jack Friedman
Best in Painting Award- Emily Miller
Best in Sculpture Award - Gwen Hoyt
CADY Corner...
Preventing Youth from Recreational Marijuana Use
Getting the facts and knowing the risks of marijuana use is a first step in preventing youth from using.
Starting the conversation early with your child about the risks of using marijuana is a powerful prevention
tool. Below are some tips; for more help on age-appropriate talking tips, visit www.drugfreenh.org.
Talk often, listen carefully and stay positive. Adjust your conversation to the age of the child. To
have the message stick, when a teachable moment arises, take advantage of the situation and talk about it.
Explain how marijuana damages a growing and healthy brain. Using mar ijuana makes it hard to learn and remember infor -
mation. Learning and memory problems increase as more marijuana is used. This increases the risk for poor grades. Marijuana addic-
tion happens more often if use begins at a younger age.
Stay focused on goals and the future. Discuss cur rent and future goals. Help youth stay focused by being a good role model,
guiding decision making, teaching accountability, praising them for doing well in school, and rewarding them for staying out of trou-
ble.
Talk about consequences:
Be clear on family, community, school and after-school rules.
Breaking school rules may result in suspension, being ex-
pelled or arrested.
Educate youth on NH marijuana laws.
Breaking the law may lead to criminal charges as a minor.
Criminal charges can lead to fines, loss of a driver’s license
and a misdemeanor or felony charge.
Some employers will not hire people with a felony charge.
Marijuana is illegal under federal law.
Financial aid for college may be withheld for students with
drug charges.
To access New Hampshire’s 24/7 Addiction Crisis Line, call 1-
844-711-HELP (4357). Visit the CADY website for more infor-
mation at www.cadyinc.org.
Upcoming Events/Activities Facilities, Policy & Budget and Program & Staffing Committee Meetings – 5:00 p.m. Mon., March 20
National Honor Society Induction – 6:00 p.m. Tues., Mar. 21
School Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m. Tues., March 21
School Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m. Tues., April 4
Grades Close Quarter 3 Thurs., April 6
Facilities, Policy & Budget and Program & Staffing Committee Meetings – 5:00 p.m. Mon., April 17
Student Directed One-Act Plays April 18 and 19
Spring Break April 24-28
The 2017 yearbook is officially
completed and 225 copies are
being printed to be dispersed at
the May 25th yearbook assem-
bly. The book sells for $50 and
has sold out over the last 5
years, and this year is sure to be
no different. The yearbook also
features an incredible cell
phone “tie in” app called Aurasma, where you can see linked vid-
eos that relate to the pictures on the page. So, as you pass your
phone over certain yearbook photos, they come to life as a video.
This allows us to have portions of this year’s homecoming or
musical performances actually captured in the yearbook. We also
take all the senior pictures and create a morph feature that allows
you to watch them age through their freshman to senior year,
right before your eyes.
Only 135 books remain for the entire school to purchase! Before
they sell out, they can be purchased by cash or check through
Mrs. Prescott or using a credit card at www.jostens.com. Get
your’s now!
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