Pelham - Windham News | September 30, 2011 - 17


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“Thumbs up to Jack R. for shooting a 250 lb. black bear! Now I can’t wait for the delicious bear steaks to come. I decide which you are better at . . . hunter or gourmet chef! You could charge your hunting buddies TZ, DH, and MC a sizeable fee for getting to see your expertise in action. Now go get a buck!”


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“Thumbs down to the Pelham Memorial Field Hockey Coach, you are not playing for the national championship, let all the players who are dressed play! Then maybe you wouldn’t have lost 8-1. Stop holding grudges!”


“Thumbs down to the speaker at the recent meet and greet. Your comment, ‘They got what they deserved,’ when referring to the state of Vermont and the destruction of Hurricane Irene was very offensive. A woman from my hometown lost her husband and son in a flash flood while they were out trying to help others. Did they get what they deserved?”


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Fire Station. Here’s how it goes. It is not a warrant. It is placed in the general budget, you don’t see it at all. But, everyone finds out and starts the rally and votes no on the budget. Now we have to rely on a default budget. The Town Hall knows that no one comes to the deliberative session. Gleason, being shamed out again for the second time goes to deliberative and motions to increase the budget enough for the Fire Station. He won’t be around and will be thrown under the bus. The Selectman make sure they have enough votes there and we have a new fire station. Now that is how to communicate. And I want a fire station.”


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“Thumbs down to Windham Middle School for not being able to keep the students safe at the first dance. For five girls to get punched by one kid in only two hours is inexcusable. Our kids won’t be going to the dances until we are sure that they are safe. Where were the chaperones?”


“Thumbs up to Pelham and the PERC. As a vet


of two wars, every time I go to the dump, I am so proud. That place makes me proud. They are the most patriotic joint in the town. They have more flags than the whole town. I am ashamed at the way our flags are displayed on the main streets. Such a terrible mess. You have to go to the dump to feel good. If the flags are a disgrace, take them down. Thank you PERC, good job.”


“Thumbs down to the anti- education crowd. They’re starting early with their campaign to shot down any attempt to solve the towns school problems. Everyone needs to remember that it’s not just the High School that has issues. Renovating the High School only (attempts) to address those issues, without doing anything for issues with the Memorial, Elementary or Kindergarten. And for everyone who keeps trying to compare


renovating the High School with a family adding onto their house: Once we try to renovate the High School we will have to fix all the out-of-code issues with the building. This makes renovating much more expensive than you think. If a family needed more room in their house, but they would have to update the rest of the house at the same time, would lose much of their yard (playing


fields) and would have no place to live (school to attend) while it was being renovated, they would probably re-think adding on.”


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“Thumbs down to the PSB and there constant attempts to focus on technology and a better atmosphere of learning! Bring back the Martyrs! We need more useless land purchases with out voter consent! More field trip dress code reform! More true leadership, like when Salem heard that State funding was going away, they supported plans to take advantage of it. How stupid was that? I mean building and renovating at 30% off. We showed them. Our ‘speculation sisters’ brought back the ‘anti Co-op Poster child’ to run for SB and told everyone that would listen that there was no proof of the aid going away. Put a parking lot on the ballot and we will be all set! Yes indeed, now they are back on TU/TD showing us again what they are truly made of. Paid for by the committee to drive every young family out of Pelham.”


“Thumbs up, I love it! Trash


talk. What a name for a paper. Perfect for a dump. You guys at PERC are the best. Very nice articles. I now have a place for my compost. Great job.”


“Thumbs down to the


Windham Middle School girl’s soccer coach for a disgusting display of sportsmanship in last week’s game against Fairgrounds. I can see how frustrating it must have been


for you that we held your team to under 20 goals. Better luck next year.”


“Thumbs down to the


majority of parents on Hudson’s 4th grade football team last Sunday. That was the most despicable and disgusting actions I have ever seen by any parents! These are 4th


grade


kids you’re talking about. Not bad enough that they were up by 25-7 at the half time. It just made it that much sweeter that we came back in the fourth quarter and smoked them. So we were nice and quiet on the Pelham side, while you’re over there ranting obscenities on the Hudson side. Real class act, Hudson! Real class act.”


“Thumbs down to the selfish anti-smoking


whiner. While you’re idling in traffic, the rest of us are being poisoned by your exhaust. Get off your rump, ride a bicycle or walk. Even better, shut yourself up in a soundproof plastic bubble so that the rest of us are spared the noise pollution on your self-righteous whining.”


NECAP Science Test Results Released


submitted by NH Department of Education Results of the New England Common Assessment


Program (NECAP) science test, administered to students in grades four, eight, and 11, were released today by Commissioner of Education Virginia M. Barry, Ph.D. The science test, administered in May 2011, measured what students know and are able to do in the areas of Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, Life Science, and Inquiry. NECAP


is a collaborative partnership involving three states: New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island. This partnership was established in response to the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which requires that states annually measure the achievement of all students in grades three through eight, and in one grade in high school. Reading and mathematics assessments have been required since 2005. Science was required to start in 2008.


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The NECAP scores in reading and mathematics for grades three through eight and 11 are used in the calculation of school and district AYP determinations. Science is not included in AYP determinations at this time. These tests marked the fourth year of NECAP science assessments. New Hampshire scores have improved at all three grade levels since the initial 2008 assessments. Fifty-five percent of New Hampshire students tested scored proficient or better in science at grade four (up one percentage point from 2010). In grade eight, 28 percent scored proficient or better (up one percentage point from 2010), and in grade eleven, 27 percent demonstrated proficiency in science (up three percentage points from 2010). It is important to note that the NECAP is only one measure of academic progress and a single annual assessment is not a sufficient way of measuring overall student success.


“Score results show improvement in science proficiency at all three grades tested,” said Commissioner Barry. “This is an indication that schools and districts are working to improve their science instruction, as well as align their professional development plans to support this work. We need to continue to help schools and districts so that all educators have the resources and knowledge they need to teach science effectively.” The NECAP Science Assessment brings


advancement in science assessment to New Hampshire by focusing less on what students can remember (facts and figures) and more on how students can use their understanding of science concepts. Because of cost savings realized by working with Rhode Island and Vermont, the NECAP Science Assessment includes an Inquiry Task at each grade which evaluates the way students make connections between science content knowledge and the nature of science and scientific thinking – an important 21st century skill.


The remainder of the test includes both multiple choice and constructed response items in the three core areas of Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, and Life Science. The NECAP science tests are based on a common set of standards known as Science Assessment Targets, developed by teams of educators from the three states. Together, the teachers identified the critical elements of the domains of science represented within their already established state science standards. The Science Targets articulate the skills, concepts, and content knowledge a student should be able to demonstrate across the grades in order to be scientifically literate by the end of high school. The Science Assessment Targets are embedded in the New Hampshire Curriculum Frameworks for K-12 Science Literacy. These revised science standards and assessment focus on preparing our students to think scientifically and become scientifically literate. The complete set of NH Curriculum Frameworks can be found at www. education.nh.gov/instruction/curriculum/science/ index.htm. NECAP results are reported using the same four


achievement levels as the other content areas. These levels describe a student’s proficiency on the content and skills taught in the grade spans K-4, 5-8, and 9-11. Performance at Proficient (Level 3) or Proficient with Distinction (Level 4) indicates that the student has a level of proficiency necessary to become scientifically literate by the end of their high school experience. Performance at Partially Proficient (Level 2) or Substantially Below Proficient (Level 1) suggests that additional instruction and student support is needed on content and skills. NH Alternate Learning Progressions Assessment results were also released today. Both the NH-ALPs results and NECAP results and analysis, as well as released test items from each grade level assessment can be found at www.education.nh.gov/instruction/ assessment/necap/results/index.htm.


“Thumbs up. Not having any building aid from the state means any proposed high school project will be a 100% tax burden on the town’s tax payers. We should consider expanding the same way that colleges expand their campuses. Don’t add on to the school, add-on to the high school site. Take the $20,000 kindergarten plan that failed last March and add and move that idea over to the high school site. If we don’t add on to the old high school, we won’t have to do all the new code requirements. That’s why colleges add new buildings to their campuses. We could have a new Math Department or a science department, or whatever we decide.”


“Thumbs up to another feasible school expansion solution. My son graduated from Pelham High and is now a Junior and third year in a row dean’s list student at UNH. At our last campus visit we noticed that we are now expanding their school site with new school campus buildings. I guess you have to have ‘two college size brain cells’ to understand and accomplish their solutions on their own site.”


“Thumbs up to Salem’s school addition completion, and they used Windham’s tuition money to pay for it. Seams like all surrounding towns add on to their schools but not Pelham. But listening to Pelham’s board, Pelham will pay for your next addition. Oh by the way, what’s going to happen to all the unemployed teaching staff from the high school. What happened to ‘we’re all about the teachers and the students.’


I’d like to


know how much tuition was paid for the school board’s education. Talk about a waste of money.”


“Thumbs down to people who go hiking in the green mountains alone and without the proper equipment. (A cell phone is not proper equipment.) Hiking is a wonderful way to get up close and personal with nature and good for your health as well, but do it with a friend and carry the equipment you need to protect yourself in bad weather, enough food and water to sustain yourself and bring a map and compass to find your way back out to the place you left your car. A GPS would be nice, but have the map and compass as a backup. Do it for yourself and for your loved ones. People should not have to search for you if you are stupid.


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