Pelham-Windham News 11-27-09

Pelham - Windham News
November 27, 2009 - 3
Rocks and Minerals Presentation Town Report - A Winner Again
submitted by Rosemarie Kelly
by Barbara O’Brien
During October 6 to 8, the second
With great pride, Windham Town Administrator David Sullivan
grade classes at Golden Brook School
announced, once again, that the annual Town Report has won ﬁ rst place
enjoyed a fantastic Rocks and Minerals
in statewide competition.
presentation by the NH Massabesic
Sullivan gave the majority of the credit for this most recent
Audubon Center, and sponsored by
accomplishment, as he has in years past, to Assistant Town Administrator
the Windham PTA. The program was
Dana Call and Administrative Assistant Wendi Devlin, who did the
a perfect supplement to their current
majority of the work putting together the 2008 edition of the Windham
classroom science unit. The presenters
Town Report.
were very informative and did a very
According to Sullivan, this is the fourth year in the past ﬁ ve years that
good job at teaching the information
Windham has earned the number one place in this statewide competition
to the second graders at the right level.
among municipalities.
This hands-on presentation was highly
interesting and fully engaged the children
in the topic from beginning to end.
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texture of a variety of rocks from a very
presenter shared examples of igneous,
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