Hello SAU 34 School Community,

Our sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the recent school district budget and election process.

Please scroll down to access a wide range of information and links about what is happening all across SAU #34.

If you have trouble opening any of the links, please scroll to the top and click on the picture of the SAU sign. That will bring you out of the email preview and into the actual newsletter, all the links will work from there.

• April 10 Washington School Board meeting 6pm
• April 17 Hillsboro-Deering School board meeting 6:00pm HDHS Media Center
• April 24-28 April Vacation No School
• May 1 Hillsboro-Deering School board meeting 6:00pm HDES Media Center
• May 8 Washington School Board meeting 6pm
• May 10 Early Release for students
• May 10 FunFest 4:45pm-6:00pm
• May 15 Hillsboro-Deering School board meeting 6:00pm HDES Media Center
• May 29 No School Memorial Day

H-D Lower Elementary School Principal Robin Whitney recognized Hazel Bryer

• She is kind to her friends and plays nicely with everyone. Hazel has been caught helping others to learn their ABC's, spell their name, and including others in playing. Hazel will help the teacher pass out the activity of the day and is always mindful of using the bathroom before leaving school. Hazel is so sweet and kind and a role model to her classmates.
  

H-D Lower Elementary School Principal Robin Whitney recognized Patrick Lehtola

• Patrick is a very happy 2nd grade student. Every morning as he gets out of the car he greets us with a big smile. He is a great friend to his classmates. Patrick always tries very hard and is excited about learning. He loves to do experiments and research!

H-D Middle School Principal Marc Peterson recognized Marshall Brien, Sidney Christensen, Christopher Gordon, and Noah Welch

• These student musicians will represent H-DMS in the NHMEA Southwest District Middle School Festival on May 6th in Keene.

H-D Middle School Principal Marc Peterson recognized Anabelle Sutelman

• Anabelle is extremely kind and caring and hardworking. She is always looking out for her friends and is a model student.

H-D Middle School Principal Marc Peterson recognized Holli Hargreaves

• Holli is a wonderful student with a great sense of humor. She is a model student and never fails to make her teachers and friends laugh.

H-D High School Principal Jim O'Rourke recognized Ash Webb

• For her kindness and support with our neurodiverse students every chance she gets.

H-D High School Principal Jim O'Rourke recognized Andrew Stokes

• For his continual acts of kindness in every setting at H-DHS. He is kind to students and adults and always looks for ways to be helpful.
  

Please join us on the Hillsboro-Deering Main Campus for the 2nd Annual BBQ & Fun Fest on Wednesday, May 10th from 4:45 - 6:30pm. Join us for lots of fun and exciting activities for the whole family!

If your community organization would like to have an information table at Fun Fest please contact Terese Rheault at 603-464-4466 or trheault@hdsd.org to make arrangements.

Students at Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School celebrated Celebrate Reading Day on Friday, March 17th. Throughout the day students celebrated reading by having buddy reading time with another grade level, receiving a book from the Hillsboro Lions Club during RIF (Reading is Fundamental), and dropping everything to read together as a whole school in the afternoon.

Belle gives a Hillsboro Lions Club member a thank you card for her new book.

Mackenzie was excited to find a book during RIF on Celebrate Reading Day at Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School

Mason 3rd grade (left) shared a book with his buddy Dante 2nd grade (right) during Celebrate Reading Day at Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School.

Grayson 3rd grade (left) and Brayden 2nd grade (right) enjoyed reading a book together during Celebrate Reading Day at Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School.

Second graders at Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School are learning about the properties of matter. Dante observed solids and focused on the following properties: flexible, rigid, smooth, rough, soft, hard, pointed, flat or has color. He then recorded his observations in his data table.

On Friday, March 31st, Hillsboro-Deering Middle School (HDMS) held their first annual College and Career Fair for all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Twenty-six different entities came to the school to help students explore post-secondary options. The school welcomed four New Hampshire Colleges (Keene State, New England College, NHTI, and Franklin Pierce), the National Guard, Concord Regional Technology Center, and people from all different careers and backgrounds.

College and Career Readiness is a growing focus for Hillsboro-Deering Middle School. Having students think about their future helps them develop the skills they need to be successful in our ever-changing world. HDMS looks forward to growing this event and has already begun planning it for next year.

The Hillsboro-Deering School District Approved the 2023-2024 Calendar on March 6, 2023.

The New Hampshire Department of Education wants to hear from staff, families, and community members in every school community. The 603 Bright Futures Survey is available now through April 28. This survey will gather actionable feedback around learning models, school climate, family and community engagement and other topics in order to understand the successes and challenges of the recent school year and plan for the upcoming school year.

Survey Links: To access the surveys, please visit the appropriate link(s) through Friday, April 28, 2023.

• Families in K-12, Preschool, and Private Schools: bit.ly/nhedfamily

• Staff in Public and Private Schools: bit.ly/nhedstaff

• Community Members*: bit.ly/nhedcommunity

* Please note that "Community Members" are those who do not have students enrolled in New Hampshire public schools

We continue to have multiple upper respiratory and stomach viruses circulating. We ask the community to remain diligent in order to keep our school buildings well and open.

Students or staff experiencing new onset of symptoms should stay home and rest until they are fever free (without fever reducing medication), and are experiencing improvement of symptoms. Anyone who demonstrates symptoms while at school will be dismissed by the school nursing team and asked to remain home until return criteria is met.

Students and staff should stay home for an extra day of rest if they are experiencing any of the following symptoms.

• Fever or chills (including subjective fever)

• Cough

• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

• Sore throat

• Nasal congestion or runny nose

• Fatigue

• Muscle or body aches

• Headache

• Nausea or vomiting

• Diarrhea

Students and staff staying home when sick is one of the strongest mitigation strategies in stopping the spread of infections and viruses in the classroom. If you are unsure if you should send your child to school, we ask that you keep them home and contact the school nurse. School nurses have COVID tests available to support our staff and students. Please contact your school nurse with any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

The calendar on the SAU website has been updated to be more user-friendly and to provide selectable event views by building. In addition, the individual school calendars have also been updated to include events that are occurring in the other schools. These changes enable a single view for everyone to see what is happening across the SAU and District.

By clicking on the calendar name on the left-hand panel, you can hide that particular calendar's events from the larger view. You also can subscribe to a calendar to receive updates and changes to events.

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Our district has moved to an online registration process and it is so very important for parents and guardians to log in to https://hdsd.web2school.com/ and update all information. DO NOT click on the new student registration button. Simply log in with your username and password and follow the prompts. If you have any issues or do not remember your login information, please contact the school office below for assistance:

• Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School, PreK-5, alemkau@hdsd.org , 603-464-1122

• Hillsboro-Deering Middle School, 6-8, sbelida@hdsd.org, 603-464-1120

• Hillsboro-Deering High School, 9-12, pkallander@hdsd.org , 603-464-1184

• Washington Elementary School, K-5, dbilski@hdsd.org , 603-495-3463

The document links below, which are also in Web2School under Announcements, will be helpful for you to review prior completing your information update:

H-D – Washington Student Electronic Device Agreement

Notification of Video and Audio Recording

Opt-Out of SORA Digital Library

HDSD Annual Parent Guardian Notice of Policies

Washington SD Annual Parent Guardian Notice of Policies