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End 68 Hours of Hunger is a public, non-profit program in the ConVal School District that provides backpacks with meals to children for the weekend when they cannot rely on school breakfasts and lunches. The food bags contain two breakfasts, two lunches, two dinners, and two snacks. The program serves all the towns of the ConVal School District.

End 68 Hours of Hunger is holding a food drive from now through the end of September and has partnered with local businesses to serve as collection sites. The suggested items for the drive include canned chicken and tuna, canned pastas, fruit cups, as well as macaroni and cheese. Monetary donations are tax-deductible. Donations can be made by check to ConVal End 68 Hours and mailed to ConVal End 68 Hours of Hunger, c/o SAU 1, 106 Hancock Road, Peterborough.

For more information on End 68 Hours of Hunger at ConVal, including a list of donation dropoff locations, click [**here**](https://www.end68hoursofhunger.org/find-your-community/new-hampshire/conval-sau-1/).

End 68 Hours of Hunger at ConVal

As part of the Professional Development Day sessions, attendees from across the district completed mandatory training on suicide prevention. This training covered best practices in suicide prevention and crisis response related to suicidal behavior in schools. Training topics include risk and protective factors and warning signs for suicide; skills for intervening with students at risk; insights into suicide data and factors that impact suicide risk; a review of best practices for reducing access to lethal means; steps to promote help-seeking behavior; and strategies to increase suicide prevention efforts through collaboration with community services.

Professional Development Day

During her visit to Temple Elementary School, Superintendent Dr. Ann Forrest joined in a warmup exercise with the students in Mrs. Harris' Wellness class. Both the students and the adults clearly enjoyed their participation in the race!

Superintendent Visits Schools

The ConVal School Board would like to share the following information regarding the warrant articles approved and filed by two member communities, Dublin and Francestown, to study withdrawal from the school district. 

As part of this process, a committee was formed to study the feasibility and suitability of withdrawal. The committee consists of one school board member from each of the nine ConVal towns and one Select Board member from each of the nine ConVal towns. The makeup of the committee is dictated by state statute. 

In the coming weeks, the feasibility and suitability of Dublin and Francestown withdrawing from the ConVal School District and forming their own school district will be evaluated separately and reported on separately. The committee must report its findings for each town to the State Board of Education by October 22, 2024, indicating whether withdrawal from the school district “is recommended, not recommended, or whether more time and information are needed to make a determination” (RSA 195:25, II).

If the committee recommends withdrawal for both towns, the committee must develop a withdrawal plan for each town and file the plans with the State Board of Education by November 1, 2024. Should the State Board of Education approve the withdrawal plans, residents will vote on the issue on March 11, 2025.

Should the committee recommend withdrawal for one town but not the other, the committee must file a report with the State Board of Education for each town, but it would only develop and submit a plan for the town for which withdrawal was recommended. 

Should the committee not recommend withdrawal for either town, it must file reports for each town with the State Board of Education, as well as the ConVal School Board, and the committee is then dissolved (RSA 195:25, IV). 

When withdrawal is not recommended by the committee, members of the committee who voted to recommend withdrawal may file a minority report with the ConVal School Board and the State Board of Education recommending withdrawal. This report must be filed by October 22, 2024. They must also develop a withdrawal plan and submit the plan to the State Board of Education by November 1, 2024. If the State Board of Education approves the withdrawal plan, residents will vote on the withdrawal plan on March 11, 2025.

More information will follow after the withdrawal committee makes its findings. The withdrawal committee meets in the SAU Boardroom at 6:00 PM on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. These meetings are open to the public, and minutes from the meeting can be found on the School Board’s website [**here**](https://schoolboard.conval.edu/en-US/minutes-agendas-56ef752d/2024-2025-88f0da2b).

Withdrawal Study: Process and Timeline

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers suicide prevention training as part of its broader mission to support mental health and improve the quality of life for those affected by mental illness. NAMI's training aims to reduce stigma, increase awareness, and enhance the ability of individuals to respond effectively to those in need, ultimately contributing to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of mental wellness. The photo on the left shows the NAMI Suicide Prevention Trainers for the school district. For more on Suicide Prevention Month, please click [**here**](https://afsp.org/national-suicide-prevention-month/).

September is Suicide Prevention Month

> Originally posted on Aug 23, 2024



If you are looking for bus route information, please click on the black floating menu that can be found on the right side of each school website page and click on the bus icon. This will take you directly to the website maintained by [Student Transportation of America](https://cvsdtransport.wixsite.com/mysite) and contains the most current route information.

School Bus Route Information Online

In her first speech to a district-wide audience as the interim Superintendent of the ConVal School District, Dr. Ann Forrest emphasized the personal connections that she has enjoyed while attending ConVal as a student and over the 17 years of her career as an educator here. "Within the last week, I have run into three current high schoolers who were in elementary school when I was a principal at Antrim Elementary School and Pierce School in Bennington. I was so moved by, and excited for, the young adults they have become," Forrest noted. "Many of you have played an integral role in their development, and all of you here will play an integral role in the development of the students with whom you will work this year." It is these personal connections between teachers, staff members, and administrators who live in the ConVal towns and interact with the families on a frequent basis that make the ConVal School District such a special community.

Interim Superintendent Emphasizes Connections

In his address to the district-wide assembly in the ConVal High School Gymnasium on Monday, August 26, School Board Chairman Dick Dunning emphasized the critical role that all employees — teachers, paraeducators, staff members, and administrators — play in the education of the children in the District. "ConVal is not only #1 in the school administrative unit numbering system," Dunning noted. "It is #1 because of all of you and the difference that you make in the lives of students every day."

School Board Chairman Addresses District Assembly

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Grey Wolf Gazette

To read the August 30th edition of the newsletter from Principal Hilliard, please click [here](https://secure.smore.com/n/gczt3-ges-grey-wolf-gazette)

GES Grey Wolf Gazette

To read Principal Hilliard's Welcome Back Newsletter, please click [here](https://secure.smore.com/n/0z5fk-welcome-back).

Welcome Back Newsletter

Our 4th grade play, How Democracy Came to the Beehive, was a huge success! Students practiced for months and it showed.  After the play, we had a special celebration to honor their transition to middle school. We all wish them the best!

4th Grade Play

Click [here](https://secure.smore.com/n/6jryax) to read the June 14, 2024 edition of Principal Shawne Hilliard's "Grey Wolf Gazette".

Click [here ](https://secure.smore.com/n/zf13m)to read Principal Shawne Hilliard's June 7,2024 Edition of "The Grey Wolf Gazette".

We couldn't have asked for a better weather day!  Students had a blast experiencing 12 different field day stations and some of them even included water! Thank you to Mrs. Parker for planning this amazing day and to all of our GES volunteers for making it so much fun!  We appreciate you!

Field Day 2024 was a huge success!

Students did a wonderful job performing during our music night! 4th graders worked hard to learn how to play "Eye of the Tiger" on their recorders. Families left with a bag of fun math activities to enjoy at home.

Music and Math in May

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4th grade celebrations begin!

Garden Art

Words we know in kindergarten

Solar Eclipse viewing

NHDI smiles!

Tea with Lady Sapphire

Coding with Mr. DeWItt

Making Solstice Glitter Jars

Spreading Joy in Greenfield

Storyteller Len Cabral at GES

Our own Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Celebrating Halloween

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