Senior Trip to Boston  This was funded primarily by the HAC. Mr. Upton applied for a grant to fund the transportation for an educational trip for the seniors both as a reward for their hardwork and as a class relationship building exercise. The educational component was also very important. It was open to all seniors with absolutely no cost to them at all. The senior class paid for their admission to the museum and the expense of seeing a film entitled "Ring of Fire" about volcanic activity, the film was in the Mugar Omni Theater. We also attended a presentation on Electricity. We left WHS at 8 am and returned shortly after 6pm. It was a great trip! In the News! Thanksgiving at the Horse Meadow Senior Center  Courtesy of the Bridge Showcase Weekly. See Full Article Here Photovoice: Using Photography and Twelve students in Mrs. Farr’s Woodsville High School Mentoring class have been working with Dr. Anna Adachi-Mejia, a research assistant professor from Dartmouth Medical School, on a research study called “Fruits, Vegetables, Activity, and Sleep: A Dartmouth Photovoice Study.” Photovoice is a research technique that uses participantinitiated photography and researcher-guided discussions with participants. Words to Explore Healthy Living  Through this process, students photograph their challenges, successes, and other observations of a specific problem and what they photographed and why. Photovoice has been used as a key tool for community-based participatory research and has been successfully used with all age groups, from children as young as age eight to seniors. Photovoice is an effective tool for facilitating participant empowerment and for framing potential policy solutions. Over 188 studies using Photovoice have been published. It has been used to elicit perspectives from breast cancer survivors and from tobacco users. Photovoice studies have also included identifying health-related themes such as: children’s perceptions about road traffic safety, community members’ insights on the influence of their town environment on physical activity, and seniors’ views of cardiovascular health. For this study, Dr. Adachi-Mejia is interested in learning from students their perspectives on what makes it easy and hard for them to eat fruits and vegetables, be active, and get enough sleep. They have 1-2 weeks to take photographs and write notes in a log, and then discuss their work as a group in class. Student work will be displayed in a community showcase this Winter. In the News! Our winning Scarecrow! From Mr. Edward's & Mrs. Holden's Advisories.  “The kids were so excited about doing this,” Holden says. “It was one of the best things we’ve ever done!” TBWS Photos/Trish Griswold Click here to see the full article!   Driver Education Golf Cart Experience Check out the Video! | If you are interested in having one of the photos in these slideshows, please click on the icon on the lower left of any of the slideshows, and a blue link will take you to Picassa, where you can download the picture.
Check out Mrs. Beaudin's Blog! Mrs. Beaudin's British Foundations of Literature CP went on a Canterbury
Tales style pilgrimage on October 5. All the students shared their
Student Tales and Allison Hirschman's story of Sue, the less than
honorable girl, was chosen as the best story. An Excerpt From Mrs. Beaudin's English 12 Class:Check out Student work in Mr. Nichols' Class Check Out the NEW FBLA Website! Check Out What JAG is Doing! WHS JAG partners with NH Audubon Society
In 2007 the NH Audubon Society launched Project Nighthawk which is designed to test the potential for re-establishing nesting sites for the threatened Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor.) Once fairly abundant along the Connecticut River, this urban-nesting bird is actually a member of the same family as the Whip-poor-will (Family Caprimulgidae) and is not a raptor as its name would imply. Woodsville High School JAG students have partnered with the Society and on Wednesday April 22, under the guidance of Audubon volunteer and Upper Valley Project Nighthawk Coordinator Lou-Anne Conroy, constructed 3 nest patches on the roof of WHS. The Nighthawk does not use what we think of as traditional nesting materials. Using the age-old bucket brigade method, the students and Mr. Wayne Dickey(WHS Maintenance) hoisted nearly a ton of pea stone to the upper-most roof of the school and raked the gravel into the nest patch configuration. Within the next week another trip to the roof will be scheduled in order for shelters to be placed on each nest patch for any chicks that may be born. JAG participants will
then be responsible for monitoring and reporting any activity or lack
of activity at least 3 times over the course of the summer. The birds
usually nest between late May and early August. If any activity is
documented, more frequent observations will be made.
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