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November 30, 2004

The following column, written by an ERCSD staff member, appeared in the November 30, 2004 edition of The Exeter News-Letter. Future columns will appear in The Exeter News-Letter on alternating Tuesdays. Each column will be archived for future reference on this website.

The Co-op Beat

School District Websites

For anyone with an internet connection, there is a wealth of information at your fingertips. Check out the SAU 16 website for current news, information, school data and much more. The SAU site is your first stop and provides links to the individual school websites (all 7 elementary schools, CMS, EHS, SST, and GBeCS)! Kathy Weise is webmaster and oversees and supports the individual school websites. A sample of the information that can be found follows:

Visiting the SAU website is well worth your time. Take a tour or make it your homepage - see instructions on the right side of home page! Contact the webmaster@sau16.org if you have questions or comments.

EHS Model United Nations (UN) Students and Advisors Travel to NYC

Twenty-four model UN students, with their two advisors, Mrs. DeSimone and Mr. Doucet, experienced a whirlwind tour of NYC. Departing on Friday, November 18th from EHS at 6:00 AM, they traveled to NYC to visit the UN Headquarters by 11:00 AM and toured the UN Building, passing through the Security Council, General Assembly, the Trusteeship Council, and viewing all the exhibits and incredible pieces of art donated to the UN from around the world. The tour was followed by a UN Briefing on Iraq by Hamid Abdeljaber, Chief of Middle East Radio Unit (Radio and Television Service- News and Media Division). The advisors reported that our students asked great questions. Next on the tour was a trip to the Empire State Building, a view of the Statue of Liberty and the Twin Towers site. From there it was back on the bus and off to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner, passing Carnegie Hall, and Radio City Music Hall, as well as the constant busy streets of NYC. After dinner the group left for home and arrived back at EHS at 11:10 PM.

The EHS Model UN club is a co-curricular, year-long activity open to all EHS students. The Model UN program is found in many high schools across the country and internationally. Model UN activities are designed to increase participants knowledge of, and engagement in the goal of the United Nations, to “bring all nations of the world together to work for peace and development, based on the principles of justice, human dignity and the well-being of all people.” For more information about the EHS Model UN program, contact one of the advisors: Elizabeth DeSimone or Eric Doucet.

It’s Budget Season

Interested members of the public are welcome to attend the budget development meetings of the Exeter Region Cooperative School District or meetings related to the SAU 16 Budget. If you cannot make a meeting, check out the minutes on the SAU website (see how in the above section.) Upcoming meeting dates are:

Wednesday~12/1/04~5:00 PM~SAU Office~ERCSD Finance Committee
Thursday~12/16/04~5:00 PM~SAU Office~ ERCSD Finance Committee
Monday~12/20/04~6:30 PM~SST Culinary Arts Dining Room~Public Hearing on SAU Budget
Wedensday~1/5/04~5:00 PM~SAU Office~ ERCSD Finance Committee
Saturday~1/8/04~8:00 AM~SST Culinary Arts Dining Room~Full School Board Annual Budget Work Session
Thursday~1/13/04 ~7:00 PM~CMS Library~Public Hearing on the Budget
Thursday~2/10/04~7:00 PM~EHS Talbot Gym~ERCSD Deliberative Budget Session
Tuesday~3/8/04~ELECTION DAY!

Contact Nathan Lunney by phone (775-8669) or email for more information or with any questions.

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