Quarter 2 Newsletter

We are pleased to announce the release of our Quarter 2 Newsletter. You may download and view it as a PDF.

Winter Arts Festival 2014 at CBNA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 21, 2014

Contact: Elizabeth Lent
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
603-942-5531
elent@coebrown.org

Winter Arts Festival 2014 at CBNA

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Logo Designed by Abigail Ahern

The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Department of Fine and Performing Arts is pleased to announce that this year’s Winter Arts Festival will take place on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, in the main building on the CBNA campus. The festival will open at 6 pm to a student exhibition of entries to The Scholastic Art Awards in the Multi-Purpose Room. At 7 pm the CBNA Select Chorus will formally open the evening followed by a presentation of visual art award certificates. The Poetry for Performance class will next present a dramatic reading followed by vocal selections by the CBNA Concert Chorus and a performance by the Acting class. The evening will conclude with the CBNA Concert Band. Students, faculty, friends and community members are all invited. As in the past, this special evening in the arts helps provide additional financial support for supplies and repairs that cannot be planned for in advance. Your continued generosity is greatly appreciated. Admission is free to all participating students, while general admission is $5 per person or $20 for a family of four or more.

CBNA To Host Winter Financial Aid Night

Contact: Elizabeth Lent
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
603-942-5531 ext. 237
elent@coebrown.org

CBNA To Host Winter Financial Aid Night

Maris Madden from the University of New Hampshire, a volunteer of the New Hampshire Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, will be conducting a Winter Financial Aid Night on Wednesday, November 12 at 6:30 pm for students and families of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy.   Ms. Allen will be providing information about the financial aid process, forms that will need to be completed, various programs that the government offers, and other available options that families can use to cover the cost of education. All parents and students who are going on to any level of post-secondary education are encouraged to attend.

CBNA ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF “TRICK OR TREAT SO KIDS CAN EAT” FOOD DRIVE

November 5, 2014

Contact: Elizabeth Lent
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
603-942-5531 ext. 237
elent@coebrown.org

CBNA ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF “TRICK OR TREAT SO KIDS CAN EAT” FOOD DRIVE

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and its student honorary organization, the International Thespian Society, are pleased to announce the results of Coe- Brown Northwood Academy’s participation in the International Thespian Society’s Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat program, a national community service initiative for ITS-member schools to help communities by collecting food for local charities and food banks. On October 30 and 31, CBNA Thespian Troupe #5976 collected 1665 pounds of canned food and dry goods which were donated to the Northwood Food Pantry. Senior Hannah Grady chaired the collection drive as her senior project and 40 CBNA students assisted her with the collection, sorting and delivery. Troupe #5976 would like to thank everyone who contributed canned goods during the drive. Students would like you to know that you’ve made a huge difference for people in need throughout the community.

The International Thespian Society (ITS), founded in 1929, is an honorary organization for high school and middle school theatre students. There are more than 3,900 affiliated secondary schools across America, Canada, and abroad. The mission of ITS is to honor student achievement in the theatre arts. ITS is the student honorary organization of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), a national nonprofit organization with approximately 90,000 student and professional members. EdTA’s mission is shaping lives through theatre education by: honoring student achievement in theatre and enriching their theatre education experience; supporting teachers by providing professional development, networking opportunities, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills. EdTA operates the International Thespian Society (ITS), which has inducted more than two million theatre students since its founding in 1929. EdTA also publishes Dramatics, a monthly magazine for high school theatre students, and Teaching Theatre, a quarterly journal for theatre education professionals.

CBNA FBLA 2014 Fall Activities

November 4, 2014

Contact: Elizabeth Lent
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
603-942-5531 ext. 237
elent@coebrown.org

CBNA FBLA 2014 Fall Activities

CBNA's Pink Out Event

CBNA FBLA Members Cara La Plante, Alandra Beaver, Meghan Percy, Brittany Guillemette, Daphne Jordan and Katherine Hyland help hand out breast cancer awareness materials at CBNA’s “Pink-Out” day.

The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) has been extremely busy during the first part of the school year. Members Nicole Beaupre, Meghan Percy, Andrew Shultz, Alex Yonchak, Brittany Guillemette, and Daphne Jordan, along with advisor Dr. JoAnn Zylak, attended the annual FBLA Fall Leadership Workshop on Thursday, October 9 at Southern NH University. These six members got a chance to meet the State Officer team, had a workshop by an inspirational speaker on “It’s Up to You!” and attended workshops on Team Building/Leadership Training and on Law Enforcement/ Leadership in the community. The chapter participated in Breast Cancer Awareness on October 22 at CBNA—wearing all pink, giving out pink ribbons, and sharing breast cancer statistics (awareness) through announcements during the week. Members have already been taught to juggle by faculty member Greg Samuel to learn the concept of juggling life activities at an FBLA workshop here at CBNA, and are participating in the LifeSmarts competition online. In the future, the chapter will be Helping Veterans through awareness on Veteran’s Day, by walking in the Veteran’s Day Parade in Manchester, and by volunteering to help serve at a veteran’s breakfast in Manchester. CBNA FBLA also participates in the Multiple Sclerosis Walk and Awareness every April in Manchester and collects throughout the year for the MS Society and the March of Dimes to help find cures, and will have guest speakers at the FBLA Induction Ceremony on Nov. 10 to get more information about these debilitating conditions. FBLA members are also collecting for Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, and have already donated all their “tip” money earned by working at the Farmer’s Market Booth at Deerfield Fair and will continue collecting for CHaD until March of next year to help children in need. Members have made a children’s piggy bank which is available for donations at CBNA. In addition, members are involved with Diabetes awareness activities and hope to have a Virtual Business Challenge going throughout this year. More guest speakers and conferences as well as a spring competition in various business, computer, math, and economic areas are planned.

The Harlem Rockets Comedy Basketball Team Is Coming to CBNA

November 3, 2014

Contact: Elizabeth Lent
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
603-942-5531 ext. 237
elent@coebrown.org

The Harlem Rockets Comedy Basketball Team Is Coming to CBNA

Rockets Team Picture

Members of the Harlem Rockets Showtime Basketball will be coming to Coe-Brown on Friday, November 21, 2014 to benefit CBNA Hoop.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy will be hosting some very special guests on Friday, November 21, 2014 at 7 pm at the Smith Hall gym on the CBNA Campus. The Harlem Rockets, a talented group of basketball entertainers who combine incredible show time basketball skills and family-friendly comedy, will face the CBNA Faculty All-Stars in a game benefiting the CBNA Basketball Program.

Having played over 2500 games in 16 years without a single defeat, the Harlem Rockets offer something for everyone to enjoy. Sports enthusiasts will be intrigued by the athleticism and size of the Rockets. Basketball aficionados will be dazzled by the ball-handling wizardry of Clarence “Mugsy” Leggett. Mugsy is one of the world’s extraordinary dribblers and a former Harlem Globetrotter, satiated by the game of Devon “The People’s Choice” Curry and left awestruck by high-flying dunks of Cliff “Jet Blue” Malone, who was featured in the Nike commercial released on Super Bowl Day. Since this is comedy basketball, the Harlem Rockets present to you the All Time Funny Man and one of Show Basketball’s Greats……. James “Speedy “Williams, who was featured in the movie, “Above The Rim” starring Tupac Shakur and Duane Martin. Speedy was also one of the “Original Nike Free-Style Ballers in the Nike Commercial, he performed live at the MTV Music Awards while Jay Z did his thing, and is better known as The “Crowned Prince of Laughs”. The Harlem Rockets incorporate the audience, especially children, into the show and are always available to meet the fans and give autographs at halftime and after the game.

In this special event to raise money for the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy boys and girls basketball programs, the CBNA Faculty All-Star “Dream Team” has graciously agreed to face the Harlem Rockets.

Advance tickets for what promises to be a fun-filled evening for the community are $8 for students and seniors and $10 for adults and are available from basketball team members or at the CBNA Main Office. Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the game at a cost of $10 for students and seniors and $12 for adults. Get your tickets early. This is a special event you don’t want to miss.