Rochester School Department Blog

The snow day notification from the Honeywell Instant Alert didn’t work correctly today.  It was activated at 5:30 a.m. but didn’t go out immediately.  We talked with the Honeywell help desk and sent out two more alerts.  Then the system finally worked and everyone received three instant alerts. 
We are talking with Honeywell about this issue.  [...]

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The following Spaulding High School students have been recently named Granite State Scholars…  Jessica Kierstead, Lydia Ferland, Derek Bado, Zachary Towle, Jennifer Gustafson, Sara Hussey, Spencer Pallas, Gina Roussos, and Sarah Scott. 
This recognition honors seniors who are in the top 10% of the their class and who have scored at least a 1200 on the SATs [...]

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The 2008 NECAP results have been published by the State.  Grades 3 to 8 and Grade 11 take these assessments in Reading and Math.  Grades 5, 8 11 take the assessment in writing.  They are high stake District assessments that are used to determine Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act.  Rochester [...]

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Press Release
Rochester School Department Budget
The Rochester School Board had its first look at the School budget on January 26th at a Special Board meeting. Mrs. Linda Casey, Business Administrator, and Mr. Michael Hopkins, Superintendent, presented the information about the budget proposal to the Board. The Board will begin reviewing portions of the budget in sub-committees [...]

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Last night John Shea presented the Big Step Forward study to a group of parents and community members.  Mr. Shea presented the proposed study during the first 20 minutes.  A question and answer session  followed.
Some of the ideas involved using part of Spaulding High School or the Community Center as another school instead of another [...]

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