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LURGIO NEWS
March 31, 2017
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Dear Parents,
Can you believe this weather? The bad news is that we had to cancel the Lurgio’s Got Talent event for this evening. The good news is that all our talented acts will have the opportunity to perform at the rescheduled event on April 13th at 6PM in the BHS Theater.
Sincerely,
Ed Joyce
Important Dates
April 3 (Monday)
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Track Begins
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April 6 (Thursday)
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iRules Presentation 6PM BHS Theater
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April 6 (Thursday
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Shorty’s Fair Share Program
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April 7 (Friday)
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Lurgio Midnight Madness (7PM-Midnight)
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April 10 (Monday)
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Tennis Begins
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April 11 (Tuesday)
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Stand By Me hosts speaker Ed Gerety 6:30PM BHS Theater
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April 11 (Tuesday)
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Golf Begins
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April 13 (Thursday)
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Lurgio CBY Talent Show 6PM
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April 24 - 28
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No School - Spring Vacation
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Cub of the Week
Each week, teachers nominate students for the Cub of the Week Award. Nominated students are those who have shown exceptional kindness, tolerance, and respect during the week. Each Friday, the Lurgio administration and guidance staff will review all nominees and will select the the “Cub of the Week.”
This week’s Cub is Ibrahim Hammad. Ibrahim is kind, thoughtful, and generous. He is commended for his willingness to go out of his way to help out a fellow classmate. This week when a fellow student was struggling with a project, Ibrahim sprung into action to assist the student. His teachers were very impressed. Way to go, Ibrahim!
iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up
The Bedford High School Counseling Department is thrilled to welcome international speaker, Janell Burley Hofmann, to campus on Thursday, April 6th! The author of the original iRules Contract will workshop with high school and middle school students throughout the day and will present “Parenting Generation Tech: Educate, Empower, Engage” to parents that evening. This free event will begin at 6:00pm in the BHS Theater and is open to the community.
Janell Burley Hofmann is the author of the book, iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up. She is also a speaker and consultant on topics like technology, media, health, relationships and personal growth. Janell Burley Hofmann engages readers, clients and audiences in relevant and meaningful conversations igniting personal empowerment, awareness and purpose. Janell serves families, schools and communities in a partnership that will positively impact the lives of children and teens. She is a two-time TEDx presenter and was a featured speaker with SxSW. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Good Morning America, USA Today, National Public Radio and thousands of international media outlets.
Important News Regarding Overdue Library Materials
On Monday, April 3, overdue notices will only be sent out by email to students and their parents. Remember, students can check their account 24/7 by logging into it to see what they have checked out and when their books are due. Please check your email for any notices from the library.
Lurgio Tech Corner Update
If your child is having issues with their chromebook, please have them come and see us in the Tech Corner in the back of the Media Center and Mrs. Dennis or Mrs. Manley will help to resolve their issue. Students whose chromebooks are out being repaired should check their school email for updates on the status of any repairs.
Lurgio’s Got Talent - POSTPONED
The talent show scheduled for tonight (March 31st) has been postponed to Thursday April 13th from 6-8:30pm in the BHS theater. Please join us to see students and teachers perform.
IHOP Fundraiser for Coalition for Bedford Youth (CBY):
Who doesn't LOVE pancakes? Friday April 7th from 4pm-9pm, IHOP in Bedford will donate 20% of sales when the attached coupon is presented. Please join us for breakfast at dinner time! See you there.
PTG - Shorty’s Fair Share Program
Shorty’s is helping us put the FUN back in fundraising with their “Fair Share” Program. Please join us at Shorty’s on Route 101, Bedford, NH the first Thursday of the month (April 6) OR take out from the location listed for lunch or dinner, and we will receive 15% of the total sales (including beverages). Please be sure to tell your server that you’re there on our behalf.
It’s Midnight Madness Time Again!
Let the Madness begin! We need some (A LOT!) of volunteers to make this event a great success for all! This is one for the Dads, as well as the Moms. Click on this link to volunteer!
Friday, April 7 from 7:00pm - MIDNIGHT
There will be inflatable obstacles, a mechanical bull, large tricycles, movies, and lots of yummy treats! There are 2 shifts of volunteers needed: 6:30 - 9:30 pm or 9:00 - midnight. Volunteers will be supervising in the gym at the inflatables, at the bull, serving pizza and drinks, making cotton candy, popcorn and sno-cones. Have an area of expertise? Let us know! Torn between cotton candy and mechanical bull? We will rotate positions so you can supervise more than one!
And, while the hours of 7:00 - midnight are for the kids, I have it on good authority that the gym will open at 6:15 for volunteers to try out the fun.
Yearbook Order Time!
The 2016-2017 Lurgio Yearbook will be on sale Friday, March 24th until Friday, April 14th for $25*.
Cash or check orders will be collected in homeroom Monday, March 27 through Tuesday, April 4. Order forms will be sent home with students on Friday, March 24.
Online orders can be placed Friday, March 24th through Friday, April 14.
To placed online orders:
- Click on the purple Parent's: Buy Your Student's Yearbook button in the upper right corner.
- Search for Lurgio
- Enter Your Student's last name and select your student from the list. If your student does not appear, follow the instructions on the screen to add them.
* A limited number of yearbooks might be available for sale when the books arrive in June for $30.
Questions? Contact Donna Dennis (dennisd@sau25.net)
Science Professionals Wanted
Do you have a science career you want to share with students? We are looking for science professionals to run a workshop sharing their career experience with 7th grade students at our annual science career day on Friday, April 21 from 9-12. As a guest speaker you will be asked to present to a small group of students for two rotations, each approximately 45 minutes in length. In the workshop you will provide an overview of your profession along with an activity or demonstration for the students using the tools or materials you typically work with. Come join us for a fun-filled day and get students excited about science!
If you are interested, please contact Amy Rockwell at rockwella@bedfordnhk12.net.
Destination ImagiNation State Tournament
Bedford DI welcomes New Hampshire Destination Imagination (NH-DI) State Tournament to Bedford High School on Sunday, April 2nd, 8am - 6pm.
Please check website for up a schedule of events. www.nh-di.org
NH-DI will be hosing the event where the top scoring teams will be competing for a chance to go to Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, TN, with almost every state and 20 countries. Destination Imagination is a fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic Challenges in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), fine arts and service learning. Participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process.
Good Luck to the Lurgio teams, Eat your Greens and The Sit Down Comedians, along with the 5 other Bedford DI teams.
PTG ColorBlast 5K Registration is OPEN
The PTG is excited to announce that registration for our first annual ColorBlast 5K Run/Walk is open! Register today and mark your calendar, Sunday, June 4th @ 10:00am, for a super-fun, family event! Not a runner? That’s OK. You can walk, skip, hop, twirl, dance or stroll your way through six color stations along the 5K route that starts at Lurgio Middle school on the BHS/RAL campus. Be sure to wear white for maximum color affect (you will be blasted with food safe colorful powder). All funds raised from this event will go back into our schools!
We are looking for volunteers and sponsors for this great event. If you or your business are interested in sponsoring the event or volunteering, please contact us at bedfordcolorblast@gmail.com, or for more information please visit www.bedfordptg.org. This event is presented by Derry Medical Center.
Spring Sports Began March 27
Both baseball and softball will begin on Monday, March 27. For more information regarding all spring sports, please click [HERE].
Book Buzz
This week’s Book Buzz is from Julia from 8 West:
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I like how Marissa Meyer's ties in the fairytale aspect of Alice in Wonderland into a completely new plot in her book Heartless. It is meant for girls more because of the romance conflict. It's not Alice but a girl named Catherine who is supposed to marry the King of Hearts, as her mother wishes. But she falls in love with Jest who has saved her. This is a great conflict in the story where Marissa Meyers uses long chapters and I love that. I never wanted the chapters to end and I always kept wanting to read more. I read this book in 3 days! Read how Catherine wants to open a bakery and lead her own life but her mother has completely other plans!
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BHS Senior Projects
Art Supplies Donation
For her senior project Bedford High School student, Julie Vyhanek, is accepting donations of new/lightly used art supplies. The supplies will be donated to the Elliot Hospital and will be used for Art Therapy. For information about her project, click here.
Guidance Corner
RAL Guidance Counselor, Donna LaRue, MA, MLADC, LCMHC posts a weekly, helpful parenting newsletter article, as well as other relevant material on her website. This week she focuses on Boundaries. Check out Ms. LaRue’s web page for weekly Asset newsletters by clicking here.
Executive functioning skills are developmental, meaning that each of these skills develop with age, and not on a set schedule. Just as children learn to walk and talk at different times, it is normal for our brains to learn to organize, inhibit, and plan at different times. More information can be found at Mrs. Stone's Website--Executive Functioning Skills.
The Executive Functioning “Skill of the Week” is Working Memory. This is the ability to hold information in your head while performing multi-step tasks. This is more than just remembering something, but rather using that information while also completing a complex task. If you find your child has difficulties remembering to pack his water bottle and mouthguard in his gym bag for basketball practice or often forgets to bring her completed math paper back to school, there are tried-and-true strategies that you can introduce to him or her to help. For more information and specific strategies on how to help your son or daughter develop stronger Working Memory skills, visit Skill of the Week: Working Memory.
Custom Lurgio Wear Available
Did you know that you can order custom Lurgio wear in our new school colors? Check out the BedfordWear website to see all they have to choose from.
Bedford High School Graduation Set for June 10
We are proud to announce that the students in the class of 2017 at Bedford High School will be graduating on June 10, 2017.
PTG Corner:
Its Midnight Madness Time! This fun event is for both 7th and 8th grade students. We are looking for lots of volunteers to help make this a successful event. Please check out our signup here. Lots of slots still open!
The Bedford PTG is proud to co-sponsor an upcoming community presentation featuring professional speaker Ed Gerety. Ed Gerety, one of the top professional youth speakers in the country, will be doing a 60 minute program for parents and their child focusing on how you can work together in your families to help your child reach their full potential, have the right mindset, and achieve their goals. Ed Has been a part of the Lurgio Middle School Stand By Me program from it's beginning and his programs have always received rave reviews. This program, geared to middle school families, will take place on April 11th in the BHS Theater 6:30 - 7:30p.m.. Save the date for this energetic and inspiring program!
COLOR BLAST 5K Fun run/walk, Sunday, June 4th @ 10:00a.m.
The PTG is excited to announce that registration for our first annual ColorBlast 5K Run/Walk is open! Register today and mark your calendar for a super-fun, family event! Not a runner? That’s OK. You can walk, skip, hop, twirl, dance or stroll your way through six color stations along the 5K route that starts at Lurgio Middle school on the BHS/RAL campus. Be sure to wear white for maximum color affect (you will be blasted with food safe colorful powder). All funds raised from this event will go back into our schools!
We are looking for volunteers and sponsors for this great event. If you or your business are interested in sponsoring the event or volunteering, please contact us at bedfordcolorblast@gmail.com, or for more information please visit www.bedfordptg.org. This event is presented by Derry Medical Center.
Bedford Food Pantry – Items Needed for Children
Food Insecurity is a growing concern across the nation and right here in our own backyard. Nearly 350 adults and children in Bedford qualify for food stamps and more than 167 families in Bedford meet the income standards for the government’s free school lunch program.
In light of these numbers, the Bedford Food Pantry has started a new program, School Lunch Plus, to provide students in Bedford who face food insecurity two lunches each weekend (with complete privacy/anonymity). In order to provide two lunches for each student in need, the Food Pantry is looking for donations of these specific items.
If you are able to donate these items (these are ongoing donations), please bring them by the Bedford Food Pantry at the Bedford Presbyterian Church, 4 Church Road, Bedford, NH.
Parents/guardians, please contact the school guidance counselor or school nurse if you would like your child to participate in this program.
UPDATED 2017-2018 School Calendar
There is one change in the calendar and the updated 2017/18 calendar is now attached 2017-18 School Calendar. The first day of school for students is Tuesday, August 29.
Bedford Community Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame Committee, consisting of ten school personnel and community members, is seeking nominations for Bedford’s inaugural class of the newly formed Bedford Hall of Fame.
The mission of the Hall of Fame is to recognize and honor those residents who have attended the Bedford School District (including West High) who have made truly exceptional contributions to the school, community, or society in general.
We are planning a formal recognition dinner at the high school for the induction of our inaugural class on the evening before the Homecoming football game in the fall of 2017. Each inductee will also be recognized during half-time announcement at the Homecoming football game. Inductees will be honored for their unique contributions, awarded a plaque recognizing those contributions, and have a permanent commemoration placed in the “Hall of Fame” located in the main hallway at the High School.
You can access the Hall of Fame nomination information and application on all school and SAU websites under the “Community” tab. There is also a button on the front page of the BHS website. There you will find more specific information about the process. Nomination applications can be submitted online or in hard copy and sent care of Chip McGee Superintendent of Schools in Bedford. Applications must be completed in full and received by the end of May 2017 to be considered for this inaugural class. Applications not chosen this year will be kept on file and automatically considered for subsequent classes along with all new applications.
We are excited to have this recognition program in place and look forward to reviewing the many applications we hope to receive. Should you have questions please direct them to Bill Hagen at hagenw@sau25.net or Mark Elmendorf at elmendorfm@sau25.net.
BHS Summer Course Registration
If you elected to take one of the Summer In Writing courses (Enrichment or Hybrid Enrichment), please register for summer school! This is the second step of registration, after selecting a summer course during course selection in February. Course dates, times, payment information, and the online registration form can be found here.
Registration for BASE Camp (a week-long orientation program at BHS) is also live. This summer, BASE Camp will be the week of 7/31-8/4. Please visit the BASE Camp website for more information.
