New Hampshire and the Nation: Teachers’ Workshops
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Discover how to integrate substantive state history into U.S. history courses in this pair of workshops presented by the New Hampshire Historical Society. Workshop 1 covers early N.H. history, and Workshop 2 covers modern N.H. history. Both workshops provide compact, content-rich overviews of state history that connect with national themes. We will also be introducing a new open-access, online database of primary and secondary sources that the Society will launch for educators in the summer of 2026.
This is a regional professional development opportunity, presented by the New Hampshire Historical Society and hosted by school districts around the state for educators and administrators in grades 8 to 12 in preparation for implementing the State of New Hampshire’s revised 306 requirements. The new 306s specify all students must complete a half credit of state history at the high school level beginning in the fall of 2026.
There is no cost to teachers or administrators to attend these workshops, and each host location welcomes educators from other schools.
North Country Education Services (Gorham, NH) is hosting:
- Wednesday, May 6, 2:00 - 4:30: Workshop 1 (1600 to 1865). Register here.
- Tuesday, May 12, 2:00 - 4:30: Workshop 2 (1865 to 2001). Register here.
If you are unable to attend these workshops, please check for alternative times and locations on the New Hampshire Historical Society’s website: https://www.nhhistory.org/Educate/Adult-Programs/Workshops.
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iCivics NH Educator Convening
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Level up your spring and your civic teaching at the iCivics Educator Convening at the Sheraton Tara in Nashua on Friday, May 8 -- and a welcome reception on the evening of Thursday, May 7, 2026.
This in-person gathering will bring together practitioners working with iCivics to provide professional development and community-building opportunities with fellow educators across New England in partnership with NH Civics.
The Educator Convening is designed for you to leave with a deeper understanding of iCivics instructional resources, strategies for implementation, and a community of colleagues who share your passion for civic teaching.
Sessions will include:
- We Can Teach Hard Things: Civil Discourse
- Supreme Decision
- Foreign Policy & Gaming
- Inquiry Accessibility
- Through Inquiry
- Connecting History & Civics
- Ethical AI
- Media & Information Literacy
Free to participate. Limited spots are available. Hotel and travel scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register by FRIDAY, MAY 1ST
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College Essay Prep for Students Graduating in 2027
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Learn the role the college essay plays in the college admission process, participate in essay topic brainstorming activities, and gain insight on drafting your own college essay during this free two-hour workshop. Join members of our Granite Edvance team and college admission professionals as they share their best advice to make your college essay count.
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Paraeducator Series with Jeanine Fitzgerald
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Starting in the fall of 2026, NCES will be offering a monthly series for paraeducators focused on the behavior titled, Why Do They Do That?
Everyone misbehaves and misbehavior is not the problem, nor is the person. Behavior is a symptom of an unsolved problem and a form of communication. This series is designed To answer the two most frequently asked questions, “Why do
they do that?” And “What do I do when they do that?”
Session topics:
- Turning Misbehavior into a Teachable Moment
- Why Do They Do That?
- Surfing the Emotional Waves
- Draining Off High Intensity Behavior and Emotions
- Not My Opposition
- Brains@Risk
- Freeing Children from Worry
- I Want it NOW!
Cost: Free to paraeducators employed by NCES full and associate member school districts. A school-issued email address must be used during the registration process. This series is currently anticipated to be available to only districts with active NCES membership for the 2026-27 school year.
Dates: Tuesdays September 22, October 20, November 17, December 15,
2026, January 19, February 16, March 16, April 13, 2027
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom
Register: Registration will open in August 2026.
 Jeanine K. Fitzgerald draws on more than 35 years of professional experience to empower teachers and parents to achieve more with children “at risk.” With experience as a certified teacher, mental health professional and mother of three grown children, she understands the promise of every child, as well as the diversity of their needs.
As a certified Human Behavior Consultant and Specialist, and Owner of The Fitzgerald Institute of Lifelong Learning, Jeanine specializes in research-based strategies in educational leadership, relationship-building, motivation, preventing the factors that compromise the fulfillment of a child’s maximum potential and implementing positive interventions in “real life” settings. She understands the daily struggles and frustrations of educators and parents, and honors the “hero within” each individual she has the privilege to work along side.
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Food as Medicine Portable Teaching Kitchen
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Where Food Meets Health, Learning, and Community!
ACHS excited to share a fresh new way they are bringing health, wellness, and community together—one delicious meal at a time.
This hands-on program is designed to help individuals, children, and families discover how simple, affordable meals can support better health outcomes—especially when navigating conditions like diabetes, obesity, hypertension, or even just the everyday challenges of feeding a family on a budget.
Meet the ACHS Food As Medicine Portable Teaching Kitchen (FMPTK)!
Through fun, engaging cooking lessons, participants learn to plan, prepare, and enjoy tasty meals in under 30 minutes—all while building lifelong skills and confidence in the kitchen. From one-on-one coaching to group demonstrations, we’re bringing this experience wherever it’s needed most—schools, community centers, medical practices, and more.
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Grow Your Future, through Root to Rise
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Root to Rise is a North Country based non-profit connecting and supporting schools, classrooms and farms in various ways. Whether informal farm field trips or long term relationships and curriculum development, these connections are essential in introducing schools to local agriculture and strengthening our communities. In connecting and supporting farmers and teachers, R2R encourages students to understand the potential and benefits of local agriculture from a health, science, economic and community lens. This includes potential agricultural employment as well as economic development opportunities.
For schools, funding is available for field trips to farms, teacher trainings and PD with local agricultural themes and content. There is also funding to help develop/incorporate agriculture into current curriculum standards and classes. For students, funding is available to attend conferences related to local agriculture, or any other creative ideas students wish to pursue relating to local agriculture. For farmers, funding is available to cover time spent with schools, both on the farm and in the classroom.
For more information and to apply for funding, please visit http://www.roottorise.net/ or email nhroot2rise@gmail.com.
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School-to-Farm Days for Fourth Graders
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This event brings together 4th grade students from different elementary schools throughout the county for a day of learning about the importance of agriculture. Farmers and other professionals are on hand to present mini-lessons and demonstrations on topics such as beekeeping, sheep raising, wool carding and spinning, dairy cows, oxen, maple sugaring, vegetable production, soil ecology, chickens and more. Students visit the stations, meet the experts, see the animals and experience a taste of farm life.
Cost: $6 per student, chaperones are free.
- Grafton/Coos, the Rocks Estate, Bethlehem, May 19th (Register)
- Carroll, Remick Country Doctor Museum, Tamworth, May 28th (Register)
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NH Regional Cyber Defense Training
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 To better serve school districts and municipalities across the state, the ATOM Group will be hosting two regional events: one for Southern and Central NH, and a smaller, more focused session for Northern NH (north of the Lakes Region).
IT Departments and Managed Service Providers are invited to join this training, a technical deep-dive for network defenders, led by The ATOM Group. The session will cover the successful attacks that thwarted network defenders in NH during the winter season and will map those attacks to uncover the lessons learned.
This training will include ideas for cyber defense, recommended changes to defense strategies, and incident response plans updated from NH's most recent cyber attacks.
Northern NH Event
Southern & Central NH Event
Questions should be directed to Emily McGovern at emily@theatomgroup.com.
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Forests of NH Teacher Tour
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AMC Summer Trips for Coos Youth
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Community-Based Community of Practice:
Conscious Discipline and Social and Emotional Learning
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When navigating complex challenges and it's easy to feel like you're doing it alone. But you're not. Imagine a space where we come together to share insights, build skills, and support one another through the lens of Conscious Discipline and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). That’s the heart of our Community-Based Community of Practice (CoP).
Research shows that when we feel connected and supported, our resilience grows. Shared experiences and learning in a trusted group not only reduces stress but also strengthens our confidence and capacity.
This CoP is a place to grow, reflect, and co-create change. Together, we’ll explore practical tools and compassionate strategies that build a culture of safety, belonging, and connection for the adults and children in our communities.
For: Educators, paras, and other staff from community- or family-serving organizations in Coos, upper Grafton, or upper Carroll who have participated in Conscious Discipline's Building Resilient Homes & Schools or other multi-session CD training.
Cost: Free
Dates: Third Thursday of the month. Join on months that work for you.
Time: Online from 6:30-7:30 PM
Facilitators: Anne-Marie Gagne, SEL Program Manager, North Country Health Consortium and Crystal Reed, Behavior Intervention Facilitator, Littleton School District
Register: Online or contact Anne-Marie Gagne for more information at agagne@nchcnh.org. Rolling/ongoing registration.
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NHSCA Arts Project Grants
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The Arts Project Grants category supports initiatives that use the arts to strengthen communities and individual wellbeing, enrich K–12 learning, and promote values that encourage creativity and positive impact for the project participants, ultimately helping to build stronger communities across New Hampshire. The intended program recipients are individuals across New Hampshire, including students, families, older adults, individuals with disabilities, military and veterans, law enforcement, and those experiencing physical or mental health challenges.
Deadline: May 22, 2026 for projects occurring between July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027.
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CASA Volunteers Urgently Needed
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Hampshire is a statewide nonprofit that recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers to serve as advocates for children throughout the state who have experienced abuse or neglect.
CASA volunteer advocates get to know a child and the important people in that child’s life to provide vital information to help a judge make decisions based on the best interests of the child.
In this story, three volunteers share how they were nervous to begin this work and how they overcame their concerns to change their lives and the lives of children; plus, learn more about CASA and how to get involved from this WMUR story.
More volunteers are needed in the North Country. Please consider attending a virtual information session where CASA staff and current advocates will provide details about this volunteer opportunity and answer all of your questions: casanh.org/virtual-info-sessions/
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Generate! Solutions for Curriculum, Climate, and Community
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Longing to connect with a community of like-minded educators on Squam Lake this summer to super-charge both yourself and your teaching?
For this year's VEEP/NHEEP Summer Institute we will "Generate! Solutions for Curriculum, Climate and Community" and are thrilled to be hosted by Rockywold Deephaven on Squam Lake in Holderness, NH June 22-26, 2026.
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Behavior Bridge for Parents and Caregivers
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Behavior Bridge offers a series of free, online programs to support children's mental health. With a team of experts including mental health professionals, caregivers, kids and teens, Dartmouth Hitchcock Department of Psychiatry has created a place to learn skills and gain knowledge through short videos, handouts, resources, and more. Grounded in real-world strategies and compassionate understanding, we will help you build confidence, reduce stress, and create positive, lasting change.
Learn more at https://behaviorbridge.dartmouth-health.org/sign-in
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Getting to "Y" NH Student Showcase
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NH Drinking Water Festival and Science Fair
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250th Anniversary Contest
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To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the New Hampshire Secretary of State is asking NH teachers, community members, or peers to nominate NH public, nonpublic, or homeschool students in grades K-12 who have applied foundational civic knowledge to a civic engagement activity that enhances the lives of others.
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School Chemical Safety Training
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There are nine different webinars scheduled for teachers, chemical safety officers, facilities managers, and administrators over the next several months. Learn what to look for, how to deal with it safely, and how to meet State and Federal regulations to keep students and staff safe.
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NH Student Assistant Network
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The New Hampshire Student Assistance Network exists to strengthen and expand the presence and impact of Student Assistance Programs in New Hampshire schools.
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Prevention Training for SROs
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NCES Job Opportunity:
Special Education Teacher
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North Country Education Services is seeking a Special Education Teacher to work at Heartwood Public Charter School in Jefferson, NH. This position will start immediately and run for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year, with the possibility of renewal for future years.
Heartwood Public Charter School utilizes a place-based education model, providing opportunities for our students to build valuable relationships within their community through service, experiential learning, and an integrated curriculum. Students attend grades K-8 and come from towns across the region. Heartwood operates on a four-day week for students (Monday-Thursday) with Fridays dedicated to collaborative and independent planning, professional development, and other related tasks.
Competitive salary and benefits package. NH special education certification or eligibility required. To apply please send a letter of interest, resume, and 3 references to NCES Executive Director Chuck Patterson at cpatterson@ncedservices.org or 300 Gorham Hill Rd, Gorham, NH 03581.
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This free program will be held at 178 Meadows Road, Jefferson, NH. For more information or questions, contact Adele Woods woods.in.nh@gmail.com.
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CMTC 40th Anniversary Event
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The online Call for Presenters and Proposals is now open for CMTC26 ~ the only New Hampshire conference that brings together school and district leaders, technology directors, curriculum developers, library media staff, classroom educators, and students to discuss topics that matter NOW!
The conference will take place Wednesday, December 2nd & Thursday, December 3rd, 2026 at the Grappone Center, Concord NH.
Proposals are due by May 31, 2026.
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Disclaimer: The content provided in this newsletter is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement of any organization, individual, products, or services mentioned herein.
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Coos Coalition for Young Children and Families
Family Centered Early Supports & Services
Every day across New Hampshire, infants and toddlers are learning new skills, but they learn and grow at their own pace. Parents or other caregivers who have concerns about an infant’s or toddler’s development can get coaching and support through the New Hampshire Birth to 3 early intervention program.
Anyone can refer a Family Centered Early Supports & Services.
Learn more at dhhs.nh.gov/BirthTo3 or call 603-271-4488.
North Country Neighbors - Stronger Together
Family Resource Center of Northern NH
Resources available through FRC include:
- Prenatal and infant care
- Parenting and Co-Parenting education
- Infant growth and child development
- Childcare and preschool services
- Ages and Stages Developmental Screenings
- Growing Great Kids
- Positive Parenting Program Curriculum
- Budgeting skills to increase financial awareness and stability
- Positive discipline
- Life and stress management
- Community Resources
The Family Resource Center offers programs that are voluntary and confidential with the mission to build healthier families and stronger communities in the North Country of New Hampshire.
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Friends of Aine: Center for Grieving Children & Families
In addition to providing bereavement support services and resources to children and families who have suffered the death of a loved one, he Friends of Aine Center for Grieving Children and Families recognizes the importance of working with and educating our community about grief, what it looks like in children and teens, and how to best support those grieving. They offer resources, workshops, trainings, and consultations that include curriculum development for community workers, school staff, and students that provide essential information about acknowledging grief, making space for it, and offering concrete help.
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Court Appointed Special Advocates of NH
CASA volunteers change the stories of children who have experienced abuse or neglect by advocating for their best interests in court.
To learn more about volunteering and get your questions answered by CASA staff members or current advocates, please join a virtual information session. Learn more.
North Country Arts Calendar
Interested in arts related events in the North Country? You can view a calendar of events by clicking here. If you would like to add that calendar to your Google calendar, you can do so by clicking "Add to Google Calendar" (bottom left of the calendar).
To have an event added to the calendar, contact Lynne Grigelevich at lynne@theatreupnh.org.
Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country
Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country offer a wide range of programming options including:
- Push-in programs and services
- As part of physical education to access the general curriculum
- Push-in stand-alone programs and services
- After school programs and services
- Community-based athlete scholarships
Examples of types of adaptive and accessible programs for all ages:
- Adaptive biking, including “learn to bike”
- Climbing
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Kayaking
Learn more about Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country.
Most districts in the NCES catchment area will be eligible for free programming either through support to ASP through CMF Kids and/or the Tillotson Fund. Contact ASP more details.
2026 North Country
Outdoor Career Expo
Save-the-date. the next North Country Outdoor Career Expo for middle and high school students will be held on September 15, 2026 at the Lancaster Fairgrounds.
For more information, contact Michelle Gross, Career and College Pathway Coordinator at WMRHS at mgross@sau36.org or Ray Berthiaume, UNH Extension Field Specialist, at Ray.Berthiaume@unh.edu.
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Support the mission of NCES
NCES collaborates with public schools and community partners to support excellent and equitable educational opportunities throughout the North Country. NCES believes that thriving public schools are at the heart of thriving communities. Your donation to support NCES' operations or a specific programming area are essential in NCES' efforts in supporting schools to provide exceptional educational experiences for all students. Whether a one-time donation, recurring monthly gift, or support through a donor-advised fund (DAF), your support of NCES will lift up public education in the North Country.
Donate or learn more at https://ncedservices.org/donate.
NCES believes that thriving schools are at the heart of vibrant communities!
The core values of NCES:
Contact Information
North Country Education Services
300 Gorham Hill Road
Gorham, NH 03581
ncedservices.org
603-466-5437
nces@ncedservices.org
NCES is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
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