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
May 2025
Starting off with our seniors, who are attending their last good news assembly of high school…
Senior Matt Hurteau has been tearing up the tracks at Star Speedway! Matt is behind the wheel of his 1985 Chevy S10 #18 Mighty Truck. Matt has shown success and they look forward to seeing what he can accomplish within the mighty truck division in 2025.
Senior Emma Boucher has been part of the Vet Tech program at SST for the past two years and was recently accepted into the Vet Tech program at Great Bay Community College. Congratulations to Emma.
On the topic of senior SST students, the following seniors have successfully completed their ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification through SST's Culinary Program: Chloe Roberge, Charlie McLaughlin, Dan West and Cian Bruton.
In the last bit of SST news, we have three students in the Animal and Plant Science program who qualified for the National Future Farmers of America Convention to be held this coming fall.
- Norah Boudreau qualified for Marketing
- Bea Hegarty qualified for Dairy Quality
- Arlo Marshall qualified for Food Science
In other news, Mr. Leavitt, 3 chaperones, and 19 students had a successful trip to Ireland and Scotland during April vacation. Mr. Leavitt said that “Never before has traveling with a large group been so easy and fun.”
Thank you to all of Ms. Boisvert's and Ms. Blake's art classes who submitted sculptural pieces for the Bedrock Gardens Student Art Exhibit, which is running through May 22 at Bedrock Gardens. The art classes will be taking a field trip to the garden on May 22 and taking part in outside watercolor painting that day.
Irish Geary will be starting volunteer work at Meals on Wheels and helping residents in need within the community. Thank you, Irish, for helping out the Newmarket community.
As part of our Good News assemblies, some teachers recognize students for their contributions related to our Vision of the Graduate and Core Values. Mrs. Emery wanted me to mention a few students today who have done just that:
- Evan Sheehan: Evan is a person of character- even though he has been injured he is showing up and actively participating in class and continues to go to baseball practices, all with a positive attitude.
- Paige Stefanowicz: Paige is also a person of character - showing grit and determination to get through difficult projects.
- Lydia Edgerly, Olivia Semprini, Paige Sweitzer: These three young ladies are effective communicators — in a spirited way, they work through difficult group dynamics to have successful lab outcomes.
Congratulations to all of you, and we appreciate you modeling characteristics of our Vision of the Graduate
If you were part of the musical "Little Shop of Horrors" please take a bow. They put on several successful shows a few weekends ago and showcased a lot of theatrical and musical talent. I enjoyed seeing it and look forward to seeing what’s next.
If you are participating in the upcoming band and chorus concert, please take a bow. Good luck to our music department. And congratulations to our high school band earning Gold at last week’s Great East Festival.
In athletics, our girls’ softball team is currently 8-1. And the boys’ baseball team is 8-3. Track and Field busy running and throwing, with the next meet Saturday at Oyster River High School.
Upcoming news
The Newmarket Improv Club will be hosting its Spring Improv Show with a "Back to the 60s" theme on Friday, May 30, 7-9 pm! This laugh-out-loud audience participation event will be a great time for all! There will be great prizes, T-shirt giveaways and cake raffles!! Tickets are available online or at the door.