The New Hampshire Public School Infrastructure Commission awarded $8 million to fund school safety projects at at 149 schools across the state, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Education. The funding comes from the Security Action for Education (SAFE) grants program and this round of funding focused on projects that “enhance surveillance, emergency alerting and access control” at schools.
Those projects include installing exterior cameras, camera monitors, locks, bollards, gates, fencing, blue light emergency alerting systems, public address phone systems and exterior door alarms, according to a description of the grant application process.
The following Upper Valley schools received grants: Claremont Middle School, $17,400; Disnard Elementary School, Claremont, $17,400; Maple Avenue School, Claremont, $16,400; Stevens High School, Claremont, $11,200; Sugar River Valley Regional Technical School, Claremont, $43,400; Newport Middle School & Newport Middle High School, $20,000; Richards Elementary School, Newport, $20,000; Canaan Elementary School, $70,738; Indian River School, West Canaan, $71,400; and Cornerstone Chartered Public School, Lebanon, $130,217.
Post-secondary accomplishments
The following Upper Valley residents made the dean’s list at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass., for the fall 2025 semester: Bryce Wimer, New London; Ethan Jacobson-Goodhue, Hartland; Lanie Thayer, Randolph; Cora Peters, Canaan; and Tanner Crane, Perkinsville.
The following Upper Valley residents made the president’s list at Plymouth State University for the fall 2025 semester: Stevie DeFelice, Canaan, adventure education; Cary Mengle, Canaan, criminal justice; Miranda Dunn, Charlestown, psychology; Emelia Jewell, Charlestown, police studies; Madi Shaw, Chelsea, history and social studies education; Kyle Dessert, Enfield, sports management; Owen Hearne, Enfield, business administration; Kailee Langenberger, of Enfield, elementary education and youth development; Elizabeth Hastings, Grantham, environmental science and policy; Erynn McCutcheon, Grantham, information technology; Rapha Scheller, Grantham, environmental biology; Andrea Abiera, Lebanon, nursing; Olivia Cook, Lebanon, mathematics; Bret Johnson, Lebanon, communication and media studies; Madison Labbie, Lebanon, social work; Vickie Ni, Lebanon, political science; Aidan McCullough, New London, allied health sciences; Samuel Corti, Newbury, Vt., environmental science and policy; Calla Baker, Newport, nursing; Baillie Mako, Newport, marketing; Sedona Guaraldi, Orange, elementary education and youth development; Colleen Underhill, Piermont, psychology; Zach Hodge, Springfield, N.H., allied health sciences; Izzy Correa, Sunapee, elementary education and youth development; Hannah Laflamme, Sunapee, physical education; Vanessa Pollari, Sunapee, marketing; Melanie Reed, Sunapee, tourism management and policy; Bret Salvitti, Sunapee, marketing; Nicholas Lamontagne, West Lebanon, interdisciplinary studies; and Samuel Nichols, West Lebanon, social work.
The following Upper Valley residents made the dean’s list at Plymouth State University for the fall 2025 semester: Joseph Christian, Canaan, environmental biology; Hannah Conrad, Canaan, social work; Marshall Yorke, Canaan, marketing; Dominic Wood, Charlestown, exercise and sport physiology; Seth Moody, Claremont, psychology; Connor Premo, Claremont, environmental science and policy; Lydia Stevens, Enfield, history and social studies education; Gabrielle Lamb, Grantham, biology; Emma Hillner, Haverhill, business administration; Nat Abiera, Lebanon, nursing; Camille Castellini, Lebanon, art and design; Ella Harvey, Lebanon, undeclared; Devin McCullough, New London, physical education; Keegan Murphy, Norwich, exercise and sport physiology; Kylee Betz, Piermont, social work; Cheyanne Pero, White River Junction, art and design; and Coda Scott, White River Junction, exercise and sport physiology.
The following Upper Valley residents made the dean’s list at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., for the fall 2025 semester: Meghanne Cheevers, Lebanon; Isabella Hastings, Lebanon; Ava Reed, West Lebanon; and Mark Van Der Schoot, Woodstock.
Finch Shepherd, of Norwich, made the dean’s list at Simmons University in Boston for the fall 2025 semester.
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