While Mascoma Valley Regional High School completed its multimillion-dollar renovation more than a year ago, this week its students and staff and supporters will put an artistic exclamation point on the project.
On Thursday night at 6 in the school’s new media room, the Friends of Mascoma will hang a 24-square-foot, student-designed tapestry, entitled Seasons of Growth, that Enfield resident Becky Powell spent more than a year and a half weaving in the lobby of the school, in West Canaan.
“It occurred to me that rather than simply complete and donate a piece, it would be more meaningful if it could be created on-site, with the participation of the school community,” Powell said last week.
The Friends of Mascoma initiated the project, for which high school art teacher Chris Morse arranged a visiting-artist grant that allowed Powell to work with one of his classes on designs for the tapestry.
“I had a number of students stop by to learn a bit and try their hand,” Powell recalled. “As something of a fixture in the hallway for a year and a half, I got to interact with many students and staff members. They were always supportive and encouraging.”
Industrial arts teacher Dave Shinnlinger estimated last week that 15 of his students made the pieces of the loom and then assembled it to Powell’s specifications.
In addition to the hanging of the tapestry on the wall of the media room, the Friends of Mascoma will host an exhibition of artworks by students. Thursday’s gathering runs from 6 to 7:30.
By the Book
The TLC Family Resource Center will host readings of a biography of autistic scientist Temple Grandin at six locations around Claremont on Thursday.
The readings of Julia Finley Mosca’s book, The Girl Who Thought in Pictures, are part of the resource center’s diversity reading program. Readings are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the All-4-One Family Space on Main Street; noon at River Valley Community College’s Puksta Library; 3 p.m. at the family resource center on Pleasant Street; 3:30 at Maple Avenue School; 4:15 at Disnard Elementary School; and 6 at the Fiske Free Library.
Scholarship-Shape
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is offering $500,000 in scholarships to Granite State residents planning to attend community colleges in the state.
In 2017, almost 30 students from the Upper Valley received a combined $63,000 in tuition assistance from the foundation. To learn more about applying for scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year and beyond, visit nhcf.org/scholarships.
Dartmouth College’s former dean of admissions and financial aid will offer tips to college-bound students and their families during a session at Lyme’s Converse Free Library next Tuesday night.
The session begins at 7 with Lyme resident Karl Furstenberg. To learn more, call 603-795-4622.
Community Service
Students at Woodsville High School raised almost $700 worth of cash and food, during the annual food drive of the school’s G. Hampton McGaw chapter of the National Honor Society.
Woodsville’s seniors led the way by soliciting $450 worth of donations, to $150 from the freshman class, $50 from the sophomores and $40 from the juniors. All donations went to the Good Shepherd Ecumenical Food Pantry in Woodsville.
Behavioral Strategies
Child-education specialist Megg Thompson will talk about ways that teachers and parents can respond to problematic children, during a gathering at the Lyme Nursery School on Saturday night from 6:30 to 9:30.
For tickets ($27) to the gathering, and to donate items to a silent auction benefiting the school, email director@lymenurseryschool.org or call 603-795-4567.
Collegiate Recognition
Grantham resident Samantha Jones and Springfield, N.H.’s Patricia Jewell were named to the fall semester dean’s list at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, in Great Barrington, Mass.
The New York state chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honor society recently awarded a Class of 2019 prize to Enfield resident Mhairi Holmes, for Holmes’ academic performance at Elmira College.
Holmes also was one of 26 Elmira students inducted into the school’s chapter of the Omicron Delta Kappa honor society.
Springfield, Vt. resident Zekiel Cammarata was inducted recently into Elmira College’s chapter of the Psi Chi honor society for students majoring in psychology.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Achievements
Lebanon resident James Weatherly is one of 29 undergraduates scheduled to present research in their fields in Iowa’s state capital at Des Moines today, during an annual showcase of student work.
Weatherly, who is majoring in community and regional planning at Iowa State University, collaborated with two other students on the topic of “Quality of Life in Iowa’s Thriving Small Towns.”
High School Honors
Citing his academic and athletic versatility and his concern for other students, the faculty at Lebanon High School recently named senior Chris Nulty as the school’s student of the month for April. Nulty serves on the student council, and recently earned a spot on the first team of New Hampshire Division-II all-stars in boys basketball.
David Corriveau can be reached at dcorriveau@vnews.com and at 603-727-3304. Education news also can be sent to schoolnotes@vnews.com.