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American Printing House for the Blind (APH) Scholar, Adrienne Shoemaker pictured with Commissioner of Education Virginia M. Barry, Ph.D. and Administrator for the Bureau of Special Education, Santina Thibedeau.

(pictured above from left to right: Santina Thibedeau, Administrator, Bureau of Special Education; Adrienne Shoemaker, APH Scholar; and Virginia M. Barry, Ph.D., Commissioner of Education)
The New Hampshire Department of Education is pleased to announce that the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) has chosen Adrienne Shoemaker as a 2012 APH Scholar. An APH scholar is chosen for their outstanding dedication to students who are blind and visually impaired. She has been a vision teacher in the Concord School District since 2008. Ex Officio Trustees from around the country nominate candidates for this award. The Department worked in conjunction with Kim Stiles, the New Hampshire Ex-Officio Trustee for APH to nominate Ms. Shoemaker due to her dedication to working with families, students, districts, and the community at large. She is the first recipient in NH and will be honored at the 2012 APH Annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.

 

News

May 10, 2012
New Hampshire Joins Nine Other State and Jurisdictions as the Top Performers on the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment

May 1, 2012
New Hampshire Receives the Education Commission of the States (ECS)
Frank Newman Award for State Innovation and the announcement of the “Commissioner’s Circle of Excellence” Recipients

April 3, 2012
Release of the 2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Reports

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Spotlight

Special Olympics New Hampshire provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Announcement of a Technology Readiness Tool to support states’ planning as they transition to next-generation assessments.

Applications are being accepted for the Inventioneers Patent Scholarship

Report on the New Hampshire Accountability System

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