ConVal will host a Mini College Fair organized by the New Hampshire College and University Council (NHCUC) on September 17 in the ConVal Cafeteria from 9:45 to 10:55 am.

Participating colleges and universities will include: Colby-Sawyer College, Franklin Pierce University, Keene State College, Manchester Community College, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Nashua Community College, New England College, New Hampshire Technical Institute, Plymouth State University, River Valley Community College, Rivier University, Saint Anselm College, Southern New Hampshire University, and the University of New Hampshire - Durham.

NHCUC is a nonprofit consortium of colleges and universities that collaborate to expand education opportunities for all New Hampshire students.

During the staff meeting on Wednesday, teachers connected for a remote meeting with Steph Nichols at School Connect, where she is in charge of Program Development, Training, and Assessment. School Connect has been a leader in providing targeted lessons to improve social-emotional learning (SEL) in high schools for nearly two decades. Its curriculum includes more than 80 evidence-based lessons in 12 modules that address student social-emotional learning needs and that are being implemented at ConVal High School during dedicated TASC periods.

During the morning session of the school year's first Professional Development Day on Tuesday, September 10, Fran Kennedy gave a presentation to high school teachers, staff, and administrators about charting the school's progress through the accrediation process. As the Associate Director for Accreditation and School Improvement at New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), Kennedy helps guide member schools through the accreditation process and serves as a partner in their ongoing school improvement.

Recognized by publisher Jostens as a National Yearbook Program of Excellence, the ConVal Yearbook Club is currently hard at work refining design concepts, collecting photographs, generating text, and editing pages for the 2025 edition of the ConVal Yearbook.

From now until the end of September, the Yearbook is offered at its lowest price of the year by clicking this link.

If you are interested in placing a yearbook recognition ad for your student, there are different sizes and layout options available; for details, please click this link.

If you own a business and are interested in placing an ad, please click here. Yearbooks are being kept and looked at for years, including archival copies at the ConVal and Peterborough Town Libraries, so your investment is good for the long term.

For any general questions about the yearbook, or to find out how your student can participate in helping create the yearbook, please contact the Yearbook Club advisor Karrie Mitschmyer at kmitschmyer@conval.edu.

Are you looking for some ConVal wear to show off your school spirit? The ConVal School Store has the answer for you: visit the Fall Sales Event online! The sale features all kinds of school pride items and apparel, including old school t-shirts, long-sleeved T-shirts, Jerzees jogger pants, Gildan heavy-blend hoodies, even backpacks and fleece-nylon blankets. The sale will end on Sunday, September 15, 2024. All online purchases will be bagged and delivered to ConVal High School for pickup.

ConVal High School art teacher Karrie Mitschmyer recently was honored with the High School Division Award by the New Hampshire Art Educators Association (NHAEA) for the 2024-25 school year. The award designates her as a premier art educator in the state. 

Mitschmyer has been teaching art at ConVal High School for the past nine years. In that time, she has developed a comprehensive education for students by applying her diverse artistic skill set to the curriculum. Under her leadership, which included serving as the Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department, students have been able to learn about ceramics, 2D studio art, and 3D studio art. In addition, Mitschmyer is the advisor of the ConVal Yearbook Club where students and teachers collaborate to produce the annual ConVal yearbook. She also acts as a volunteer advisor for Extended Learning Opportunities, assisting students who seek to develop personalized plans of study in line with their artistic talents and passions. Outside the classroom, she serves as the Chair of the Children and the Arts Committee that organizes the annual Children and the Arts Festival in May.

In their letter accompanying the award, the NHAEA Committee emphasized Mitschmyer’s dedication, community engagement, and creative programming and noted especially her “creativity and enthusiasm in working with students, colleagues, and community members that enriches art education in our state.”

Congratulations, Mitschy, on this prestigious award!

On the first day of school on August 28, Principal Heather McKillop welcomed students to ConVal High School. Many of the students arrived by bus or were dropped off by their parents in the dropoff loop, while older students drove themselves. All of them received an enthusiastic "Welcome back!" from McKillop, School Resource Office Justin Hyland, and Special Education Administrator Deb Riley on the apron, as well as school counselors, staff members, teachers, and administrators in the link and throughout the building.

When students arrived for New Student Day in the morning of August 27, they were greeted by administrators, teachers, and peer mentors who helped them pick up their class schedules in the Link. The students proceeded to the Lucy Hurlin Theatre where they listened to opening remarks by Principal Heather McKillop, the Assistant Principals Rick Simoneau and Erik Thibault, Applied Technology Center Director Jen Kiley, Special Education Administrator Deb Riley, School Counseling Director Terri Drogue, Director for Athletics and Co-Curriculars Larry Pimental, and School Resource Officer Justin Hyland. The newly incoming students then had the opportunity to meet individually with their school counselors Rebecca Dunn, Amanda Haley, and Nikki Pike before going on a mini-schedule run-through of their class locations with their peer mentors. The day ended with an ice cream social and a reflection activity in the Cafeteria. Welcome new students, we look forward to having you as part of the ConVal Regional High School community!