PARENT TESTIMONIALS

Last Friday, Kindergarten and First Grade students worked on projects and sang songs to honor and thank our U.S. veterans.

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Last Friday, students across the school participated in Veterans Day activities to learn more about its history and engage in projects to honor and thank our veterans. Pictured are the Second, Third, and Fourth Grade students.

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On Friday, we had the privilege of welcoming two members of the New Hampshire Army National Guard to our K-8 Shaker Meeting: Lieutenant Colonel Nick Griffiths, Senior Army Advisor to the New Hampshire Army National Guard, and Warrant Officer Candidate Brittany Nervik. They talked to us about how serving in the military is about upholding the Constitution and helping others. They also spoke about their military jobs and answered our many questions. We are deeply grateful for their service, and for spending time with us. Thank you!

This month’s Shaker Meeting was organized and led by our Third Grade students, who spoke to the assembly about Veterans Day and explored the theme of friendliness through engaging skits and discussions. The meeting wrapped up with an exciting Blue vs. White cone relay race!

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Thank you to the parents, faculty, and staff who helped plan Wednesday night`s "The Anxious Generation" book discussion, and to everyone who participated! It was inspiring to see parents from across grade levels come together to discuss the challenges of technology use and share strategies for navigating it in their own lives and their children`s lives. These conversations highlighted that we are not alone in our desire for healthy technology habits and our deep commitment to our children`s safety. We look forward to this being just the start of many more community discussions on this topic!

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We`re excited to continue our Middle School Enrichment Spotlight series, and today’s feature is on tap dance! The class kicked off the year by exploring the origins of tap dance and learning about influential dancers who shaped its history. Students also learned how to count music in 8 counts.

Each session starts with a warm-up, focusing on different tap sounds. The class discusses the names of various steps—like "paradiddle"—and how these names reflect the sounds their feet create.

Students have been creating their own 8-count patterns, which they share with the class. They practice each other`s 8-counts as a group.

After listening to different songs, the class chose one to use for their group dance routine. Each student’s 8-count is being woven into the group choreography.

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Continuing our series on Middle School enrichment classes, today we’re spotlighting filmmaking! This class is working with an original student script from a few years back, titled "Banana Robbery," a story of family ties and greed that never got filmed—until now.

The students have divided into crews: actors, cinematographers, prop masters, costume designers, and directors. Everyone is learning the vital role they play in bringing a film to life and the importance of delegating responsibilities. Together, they’re developing critical eyes and ears, learning to recognize the perfect shot that lets them say, “Print it!”

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Patti Hicks recently bumped into former Shaker Road School student Annie Rowell at Target in Concord. We were thrilled when Annie reached out to us afterward through the SRS alumni page! Hear what Annie has to share about her experiences at SRS and beyond!

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I am reaching out as a former student of Shaker Road School. I attended Shaker from 1993-2000. The other day I was at Target in Concord when I ran into Patti Hicks and was thrown for a loop because she recognized me! I left Shaker when I was 10 so you can imagine how surprised I was to hear my name from across the registers.

At the time I was so surprised I didn`t get a chance to ask Patti about Shaker and its growth or share with her much about what I have been up to since I left in 2000. Shaker was an incredibly important part of my childhood and still think back on my time there fondly. Back when I was a student we would take a day off from school to go skiing at Sunapee—I don`t know if that is still the case but those were some of my favorite memories growing up. I also see that Ms. Samantha Daniels is still working at SRS. She was my 4th-grade teacher and was still Ms. Hicks then! She was one of my favorite all-time teachers!

When I was a student at Shaker I was Annie Rowell, but in 2018 I married my husband Doug Clark, and took his last name. We are both teachers at Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, NH. Cardigan is an all-boys junior boarding school. In addition to us both being dorm parents and advisors, I am a teacher in the Gates Program, which teaches innovation and invention to students in grades 6-9. Doug is the Head Mountain Biking Coach and ski coach and works in our student life office. Doug and I have a 3-year-old daughter Tess and we are expecting a little boy in February.

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Photos: Annie with her daughter and husband, and with her SRS Kindergarten class (second row, second from the left, wearing a black bow). The class photo is divided into two sections, with the second half shown in the last image.

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We absolutely love the annual SRS Halloween Parade! The costumes were fantastic, and the weather couldn’t have been better!

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The annual Pumpkin Stroll was truly magical! A huge thank you to all the families who carved so many amazing pumpkins and joined us Wednesday evening to see them glowing along the decorated pathways, courtesy of the SRS events committee. Stay tuned for video highlights! Here are some photos captured just before the Stroll.

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Middle School spent some time on Wednesday afternoon carving pumpkins for that evening`s Pumpkin Stroll. Thanks to all the parents who came out to help assist with carving and to ALL the SRS families for their support of the Pumpkin Stroll by bringing in such creatively-carved pumpkins. Big thanks to the generosity of Moulton Farm and Apple Hill Farm for donations of pumpkins for our event. We are so grateful!

Stay tuned for photos of the Pumpkin Stroll and today`s parade!

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In this mini series, we’re spotlighting our Middle School enrichment activities. These enrichment classes meet each week and give students a chance to either dive into a new topic or explore a favorite interest in more depth.

Today, we`re highlighting MATHCOUNTS. So far this term, students in this enrichment have learned about tic-tac-toe strategies including analyzing possible opening and second turn moves; practiced mental math with the Alphabet Arithmetic Challenge; learned about `fun` functions and practiced evaluating them; completed various practice problem sets; and played and reflected on math games like Dice Duel and The Multiplication Game.

MATHCOUNTS provides engaging math programs to US middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes about math and problem solving.

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