The first Friday of each month, NJSHS has a Good News assembly to highlight some of the good things that have happened involving our students. Here is the latest news, presented by Principal Andrew Korman.
Purpose of Good News Assembly
Goal 2: Foster a positive and collaborative culture characterized by cohesion, morale, and a caring, respectful, and trusting environment for all.
Core Values: kindness, respect, perseverance, responsibility, integrity
As I mentioned last month, good news happens all around Newmarket, not just within our walls. I’ve been told that we have at least two new students who recently got their driver’s licenses: Negash Denoncoeur and Dexter Mcguirk, stand up and take a bow!
Also happening in town, senior David Butterfield was recently promoted to Shift Leader at his place of employment. David has worked really hard within his position through coaching other employees and ensuring everyone stays on task during scheduled shifts which helped him earn this big accomplishment. Congrats David!
A different David from the senior class also has some good news to share…senior David Bond, please stand up…David has officially signed with and started the enlistment process with the U.S. Air Force. His send off date is July 21, which is the same day his grandfather did many years ago.
And we have another official signee with the U.S. Air Force from the senior class. Ms. Olivia Keith, please stand up and be recognized. Olivia has also signed and will send off on July 7. Congratulations and thank you to you both!
Since we’re talking about seniors’ plans after high school, through a new program called Niche.com, high school seniors can get accepted to participating colleges and get scholarships based on the information in their Niche Profile. Senior Connor Carey was recently accepted to 5 different colleges through this new program. Connor, stand up and wave. Congratulations!
On the topic of college acceptances, Kierra Souphakhot was accepted early action to St. Anselm's College for her academic accomplishments and with an offer to play softball. Congrats Kierra!
This assembly can’t be all about seniors so let’s mention a few juniors. The following juniors have been selected by the senior class to serve as their graduation ushers. When you’re name is called, please stand up to be recognized: Spencer Bozek, Kaiden Doucette, Sawyer Hill, Matt Napoletano, Amaya Beckles, AJ Mulligan, Magnolia Redmond, and Lily Thompson
Members of the National Honor Society who volunteered at the Making Strides Walk, please stand up. These students helped contribute to the $130,000 fundraised towards Breast Cancer Research! Members of the National Honor Society also hosted a Red Cross Blood Drive this past Tuesday with over 40 donors who attended.
A huge shout out and thank you to student council, SALT, and National Honor Society for trick or canning Wednesday evening. The greater Newmarket community truly appreciates your leadership and participation in this meaningful event! Literally, hundreds of food items were collected to be donated to the Newmarket Community Church food pantry.
And we have a freshman shout out this month from Ms. Rice’s PE class. Liam Day…stand up. Ms. Rice wants to throw a shout out to you for taking the time to teach, explain and practice skills during your football unit. She said that you were encouraging and supportive of your teammates and that’s what our core values are all about so thank you and congrats!
While we’re on the topic of football…senior Zach Buzard scored a touchdown in his senior game to help Epping-Newmarket win against Kearsage. Zach, stand up and take a bow!
In other sports news…
Will our boys’ soccer team, please stand up. Our boys’ played in the postseason tournament and lost a tough battle against Moultonborough Academy in penalty kicks, 4-3. Congratulations on your season and thank you for representing Newmarket out on the soccer fields this fall.
Will our girls’ soccer team, please stand up. Our girls beat Littleton this past Tuesday by a score of 6-1 to advance to the next round against Linwood.
Will members of both Cross Country teams come on down. These folks competed last weekend and were the Granite State Conference Champions. They qualified for this weekend’s Meet of Champions!
We had three girls finish in the top ten of the girls’ race:
Eilis McKenna
Magnolia Redmond
Rhiannon Lewis
And we had four boys finish in the Top 10 of the boys’ race:
Jaron Labranche
Melkato Swanson
Sawyer Hill
Will Clark
Good luck to both teams moving forward, and congratulations to all our student athletes!