2013-2014
Annual Report to the Community
November 2014
Dear Fellow Nashua Residents,
Following three years of intensive work, we begin the
2014-2015 school year in a good position to meet the
challenges presented by a new set of learning standards that assure our graduates are ready for college
and careers.
Our teaching staffs are working with a new curriculum
that reflects more rigorous academic standards. At
the same time, faculty committees at all three grade
levels are developing new grading and reporting methods to better measure student success against the
learning progressions set forth in the standards for
each subject area.
Our staffs have been working over a number of years
to improve the success of our students in meeting
more complex standards that promote creative thinking and problem solving. Professional development is
taking place to support instructional shifts necessary
to improve student outcomes. In related news, we had
a high degree of success in last year’s field test of
Smarter Balanced state assessment across six schools;
full implementation begins spring 2015. Curriculum
and assessment efforts will continue this year, but we
are in a good place as a district in seeing our work
come to fruition.
In September 2014, our high schools began the new
school year implementing both a new E-Block and a
pilot for competency-based grading methods. The
E-Block provides a daily 35-minute period for remediation and enrichment opportunities for every student
based on their individual needs. The E-Block is one
important strategy in preparing for full implementation
of a competency-based system in the 2015-2016
school year, pending approval from the Nashua Board
of Education.
With these new developments in teaching, learning
and assessment, we need to do what we did last year
and focus our energies on meeting our student needs
and motivating them to deliver great results in
achievement. Toward that end, we are very proud to
report that Nashua’s dropout rate is lower than the
New Hampshire average, based on the Class of 2013
graduating class, which is a great success story for
our City, particularly considering New Hampshire consistently has among the lowest dropout rates in the
nation.
In addition, The College Board announced last fall that
the District is one of eight school districts in
New Hampshire, and among 477 from across the
nation and Canada, to earn a spot on the 4th Annual
AP District Honor Roll for Significant Gains in Advanced
Placement Access and Student Performance.
Since 2011, the District has increased the number of
students participating in Advanced Placement (AP) by
17%, while improving the number of students earning
AP Exam scores of 3 or higher (out of a possible 5) by
76 students. North and South offer more AP exams
than any other high school in New Hampshire.
Two of our schools received individual recognition last
year. Amherst Street Elementary won the 2014
Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Award for their
commitment and accomplishments in establishing a
learning environment that supports healthy eating
with added opportunities for physical activity.
The Leader in Me Program honored Ledge Street
Elementary School as a Lighthouse School because of
achievement in completing the two-year training
regimen for The Leader in Me, and successfully undergoing an extensive onsite review to ensure the fidelity
of implementation. The Leader in Me is a type of
leadership development for youth that is modeled after
well-known author Stephen R. Covey’s philosophy for
leadership and project management.
We are proud of the students
and staff of the Nashua
School District, and proud to
present the 2013-2014
Annual Report to the Community to keep you up to date
with the important work
underway. We look forward to
keeping you informed of our
progress and achievements.
Sincerely,
Mark Conrad
Superintendent of Schools
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Annual Report 2013-2014
Nashua School District Operating Budget
The Nashua Board of Education manages the Nashua School District operating budget. For fiscal year 2015 the
operating budget totals $100,748,192. Additional expenditures, totaling $33,421,600, such as employee health
insurance benefits, are managed through other City of Nashua departments. Together the District operating
budget and additional expenditures total $134,169,792.
Operating Budget FY 2015
Type of Expenditure
$1,430,306
$2,371,896
$957,395
-$495,000
$4,200,000
$100,748,192
Salaries and Wages
$5,791,656
Professional Services
Property Services
$3,899,875
Transportation
$1,925,993
Special Education Tuition
Supplies and Materials
Equipment
$80,666,071
Other Services
Revenue Facility/Indirect Costs
District Officials
2014 Board of Education
George Farrington
President
Kimberly Smith Muise
Clerk
Steven G. Haas
Robert G. Hallowell
William E. Mosher
David Murotake
Dorothy Oden
Elizabeth Van Twuyver
Sandra Ziehm
Andrew Lambert
Student Member, North
Kaushil Patel
Student Member, South
Nashua High School South Graduates
Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester
Saturday, June 14, 2014
2014 Nashua School District Administrative Staff
Superintendent
Mark Conrad
Food Services
Amy Cassidy, Director
Assistant Superintendent
Karen Crebase
Grants & Community Development
Stacy Hynes, Director
Assistant Superintendent
Jennifer Seusing
Chief Operating Officer
Daniel Donovan
21st Century After-School Program
Debra Kedalis, Interim Director
Adult & Community Education
Adam Rozumek, Director
Athletics and Wellness
Lisa Gingras, Director
Career & Technical Education
Michelle Papanicolau, NHS North Marianne Dustin, NHS South
Human Resources
Dana O’Gara, Director
Plant Operations
Shawn Smith, Director
Gary Connors,
Asst. Director Maintenance
Christopher Lessard,
Asst. Director Safety & Security
Special Education
Jan Martin, Director
Janice Arcaro, Asst. Director
Kimberly Craffey, Asst. Director
Student Services and ELL
Robert Cioppa, Director
District Curriculum Supervisors
Technology
Cherrie Fulton, Title I
Richard Farrenkopf, Director
Delese Hovey, Mathematics & Science K-5
Margaret Reynolds, Secondary Schools
Transportation
David Rauseo, Director
2013-2014
Annual Report to the Community
Annual Report 2013-2014
2014 School Principals
2013-2014 Awards and Honors
Jennifer Scarpati
Amherst Street Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4385
Kyle Langille
Bicentennial Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4382
Mark Lucas
Birch Hill Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4340
Christine Breen
Broad Street Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4404
Patricia Beaulieu
[email protected]
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School
603.594.4334
Rose Franceour, Interim
[email protected]
Dr. Norman Crisp Elementary School
603.594.4390
Michael Harrington
Fairgrounds Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4318
Janet Valeri
Ledge Street Elementary School
[email protected]
603.966.2280
Kelley Paradis
Main Dunstable Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4400
Mary Frances Tintle
Mount Pleasant Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4331
Jay Harding
New Searles Elementary School
[email protected]
603.594.4309
Philip Schappler
[email protected]
Sunset Heights Elementary School
603.594.4387
Michael Fredericksen
Elm Street Middle School
[email protected]
603.594.4322
John Nelson
Fairgrounds Middle School
[email protected]
603.594.4393
Lynne Joseph
Pennichuck Middle School
[email protected]
603.594.4308
Marianne Busteed
Nashua High School North
[email protected]
603.589.6400
Keith Richard
Nashua High School South
[email protected]
603.589.4311
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The Nashua School District, in collaboration with parents and
in partnership with the community, is committed to providing
a high quality, personalized education to all students in a
safe, nurturing, and motivating environment dedicated to
helping each student become a responsible, productive
member of a rapidly changing society.
Nashua School District Mission Statement
2013-2014
Amherst Street Elementary School
Jessica Gallego, first place, Malani Langa, second place, Juanny Montesino, third place, 2014 Pennichuck Water Poster Contest.
HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) Award, 21st Annual
“ED”ies Awards, NH Excellence in Education Awards,
Manchester.
Bicentennial Elementary School
Destination ImagiNation (DI) Team placed at the DI Regional
Tournament to advance to the DI State Tournament.
Jelena Rainovic, National History Bee, Atlanta.
Birch Hill Elementary School
Destination ImagiNation (DI) Monium Monkeys Team placed
at the DI Regional Tournament to advance to the DI State
Tournament.
Brooke Yabroudy, first place, Ethan Teris, second place,
Shantae Boucher, third place, 2014 Pennichuck Water Poster
Contest.
Broad Street Elementary School
Connor Giroux, fifth grade, Grand Prize Winner, 2014
Pennichuck Water Poster Contest.
Gianna Beatrice, first place, Alana Vautour, second place, and
Matthew Urrea, third place, 2014 Pennichuck Water Poster
Contest.
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School
Jordan Cifra, first place, Daniel Dockrill, second place, and
Autumn Pinsonneault, third place, 2014 Pennichuck Water
Poster Contest.
Ledge Street Elementary School
Lighthouse School, for completing The Leader in Me youth
leadership and project management training program.
Jonathan Pinto, first place, Britnney Martinez-Abreau, second
place, and Jonathan Carranza, third place, 2014 Pennichuck
Water Poster Contest.
Main Dunstable Elementary School
Destination ImagiNation (DI) Going to Extremes Team,
Renaissance Award, DI Regional Tournament.
Destination ImagiNation (DI) The Tension Builds Team placed
at the DI State Tournament, Nashua High School South, to
advance to the DI Global Finals, University of Tennessee.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School
Levity DeBow, first place, Dania Saquer, second place, and
Keirstin Kirchner, third place, 2014 Pennichuck Water Poster
Contest.
Sunset Heights Elementary School
Destination ImagiNation (DI) Pitch & Play Team placed at the
DI Regional Tournament to advance to the DI State Tournament.
Destination ImagiNation (DI) Pitch & Play Team placed at the
DI State Tournament, Nashua High School South, to advance to
the DI Global Finals, University of Tennessee.
Elm Street Middle School
Boys Basketball Team, Division I Tri-County League
Championship.
Pennichuck Middle School
Dallas Kastens and David Vorbach, National History Bee,
Atlanta.
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Suraj Shroff, Class of 2014, Jacqueline Chea,
Sean Fitzgerald, Sean Vigeant, Class of 2015, Aryton Hoi,
Nashua High School North
Class of 2017, New Hampshire Chamber Festival.
Priyanka Satpute, Class of 2014 Valedictorian
Ethan Kraus, Sean Fitzgerald, Sean Vigeant, Class of 2015,
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Christina Higginson, Christopher Simard, Class of 2016, and
Olivia Powell, Class of 2014 Salutatorian (Dartmouth College).
Joshua Tramack, Class of 2017, 2014 Jazz All State Music
Olivia Powell, Class of 2014 (Dartmouth College), and
Festival, Pinkerton Academy, Derry.
Priyanka Satpute, Class of 2014 (Massachusetts Institute of
Michelle Palmieri, Alexander Peters, Samantha Ricard, SuTechnology), 2013 College Board National AP Scholars.
raj Shroff, Class of 2014, Jacqueline Chea, Sean
Brandon Gillis, Class of 2017, 2013 NHIAA Division I
Fitzgerald, Ethan Kraus, Sean Vigeant, Amelia Wagner,
Individual Golf Championship.
Class of 2015, Ryan Belair, Christina Higginson,
Girls Basketball Team, won Nashua North Holiday Basketball
Christopher Simard, Class of 2016, Nisha Devasia,
Tournament at NHS North.
Aryton Hoi, Class of 2017, 2014 All-State Music Festival,
Joseph Chimelski and Marcel Laplante, Class of 2014, won
Concord High School, Concord.
their weight class, George Bossi Lowell Holiday Wrestling Tour- 85 Juniors and Seniors inducted National Honor Society.
nament, Tsongas Center, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Anna Merkurev and John Zhang, Class of 2014, selected as
Sarah Eaton, Class of 2014, Matthew Curran, Class of 2015,
candidates for the US Presidential Scholars Program,
Simon White, Class of 2017, New Hampshire Chamber Festival. US Department of Education.
Molly Mellott, Class of 2014, Matthew Curran, Kathryn
Joshua Norman, Class of 2014, state wrestling championship,
Curtis, Janelle LaFlamme, Class of 2015, Ruthrajeevi
Meet of Champions, Pinkerton Academy, Derry.
Govindaraj, Class of 2016, Benjamin Gorelick, Class of 2017, Kevin Smith, Class of 2015, Gold Medal, and Tyler
2014 All-State Music Festival, Concord High School, Concord.
Vartabedian, Class of 2015, Bronze Medal, Annual NH
68 Juniors and Seniors inducted National Honor Society.
SkillsUSA State Skills and Leadership Conference at the
Joseph Chimelski and Marcel Laplante, Class of 2014, state
Seacoast School of Technology, Exeter.
wrestling championship, Meet of Champions, Pinkerton
South Math Team, state championship NH-SMASH League
Academy, Derry.
New Hampshire Southern Mathematics Association of Senior
Oliver French, Class of 2015, two NHIAA Division I swimming
High. Individual awards: Class of 2014 John Zhang, first
championships, University of New Hampshire.
place, Christine Yu, third place; Class of 2015 Jacqueline
Carolyn Marquis, Academy of Science and Design Class of
Chea, second place; Class of 2016 Neha Prasad, first place,
2015, and member of the NHS North Ski Team, placed ninth at Aditi Srinivasan, second place, Ankur Sundara, third place;
the NHIAA Division I Alpine Ski Championships, Sunapee
Class of 2017 Ria Das, first place, Nisha Devasia, second
Mountain, Newbury, to qualify for the Alpine Meet of
place.
Champions.
South History Bowl Team, second place, New England
Destination ImagiNation (DI) Purple Cupcakes Team placed Championships of the National History Bowl, ConVal High
at the DI Regional and State Tournaments to advance to Global School, Peterborough.
Finals at the University of Tennessee.
Deepika Kurup, Class of 2016, 2014 US Stockholm Junior
Samuel Riley, Class of 2014, Silver Medal, and Aryana
Water Prize for water purification project.
Forman, Class of 2015, Bronze Medal, Annual NH SkillsUSA
State Skills and Leadership Conference at the Seacoast School
Nashua High Schools North and South
of Technology, Exeter.
NHS North and NHS South students and staff Penguin
Ashley Phillips, Class of 2014, and Sam Reed, Class of 2015,
Plunge teams raised $20,000 for Special Olympics to support
Gold Medal, Special Olympics 2014 NH Basketball Tournament, the high school Special Olympics Unify Program.
Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, Derry.
83 NHS North and NHS South Student-Athlete Scholars
Caitlin Chisholm, Class of 2014, placed in the top 16
recognized by the NH Directors Association (NHADA) and the
Restaurant and Food Service Management, 2014 DECA
NH Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) through the
International Career Development Conference, Atlanta.
annual Scholar/Athlete Recognition Program.
Awards and Honors Cont.
Nashua High School South
Bhavana Kaki, Class of 2014 Valedictorian
(University of North Carolina).
Elaine Kwan, Class of 2014 Salutatorian
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Paige Belliveau, Class of 2013 (Duke University), Bhavana Kaki, Class of 2013 (North Carolina State University), Toshit
Panigrahi, Class of 2013 (Boston University), Sohil Shah, Class
of 2013 (Carnegie Mellon University), Suneer Sood, Class of
2013 (Boston College), Martin Zhu, Class of 2013 (Brown University), 2013 College Board National AP Scholars.
Sydney Cookshaw, Andrea Dimitrova, Rucha Gor, Aaron
Hutchins, Parthiv Patel, and Christine Yu, Class of 2014,
College Board National Merit Scholarship Program Commended
Scholar.
Stephen Frechette and John Zhang, Class of 2014, College
Board National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists.
South Boys Basketball Team, won Chick fil A Tournament at
NHS South.
2013-2014
Three NHS North and NHS South Biotechnology Teams
placed at the annual New Hampshire SEE (Science and Engineering Expo), New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord.
2013-2014 District Staff
Nashua School District, College Board District Honor Roll for
Significant Gains in Advanced Placement Access and Student
Performance.
Robert Hallowell, Nashua Board of Education, selected to the
New Hampshire Governor’s STEM (Science Technology
Engineering Mathematics) Education Task Force.
Lisa Saunders, fifth grade teacher at Bicentennial Elementary
School, 2014 Project Learning Tree Teacher of the Year.
Jacalyn Lesser, NHS South mathematics teacher,
2014 Lions Club Teacher of the Year.
Andrew Otocka, NHS North social studies teacher,
2014 Donald R. Marquis Memorial Teacher of the Year.
Michael McQuilkin, NHS South psychology teacher,
2014 No Bell Award, NHS South Honor Society ♦
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