Community Interest
The Ray School is contacted by local businesses and non-profits to make our parents aware of upcoming opportunities. We publish information that directly supports or enhances our K-5 population. Please note that these are not school sponsored events.
If you have a program you'd like featured, please contact Gwyn in the front office. Items will be featured for the month with updates each Friday.
Most Recent Post:
Week of October 21 - 25
Modern Dance Class
Fundamentals I - Date: Wednesdays, September 25-November 13
Time: 3:45-4:45pm - Instructor: Hailey Swett
Ages: 8-11 years, No experience necessary.
Price: $18 drop in,. Register here>
This introductory class will explore fundamentals of modern dance through floor work, standing center work, traveling phrases and creative exploration of concepts. We will work toward healthy, skeletal alignment, greater strength and flexibility, and attend to both our inner and outer experience of moving through space. This class is a blend of creative movement and introductory modern technique. No experience necessary. New students welcome at anytime!
For questions, email Kelly at Kelly.opendoorwrj@gmail.com
Health Research Live!
Communities and researchers discussing health priorities. Join us for community discussions on health research being conducted in New Hampshire and Vermont. Hear from scientific researchers, community members, and organizations - all providing their perspectives on important health issues. Be part of the conversation to influence health research being conducted in your local community. These events are FREE and open to the public. We especially encourage parents to attend.
- November 19th - Vaping and e-cigarettes - RSVP to tinyurl.com/MontshireVaping
Montshire Museum of Science 6:30-7:45pm
(These programs are produced and organized by Dartmouth Synergy, the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Montshire Museum of Science, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Population Health.)
Music and Movement
Preschoolers, come dance and sing with us! Local dance and music instructors, Nelleke Wooten and Sarah Slater, are holding a class for preschoolers who love to dance, move and sing! Children will learn basic building blocks of song and dance while exploring movement and music in a warm and welcoming creative space. This is a drop-off class and children should be potty-trained.
Music and Movement (MnMs)
Preschoolers ages 3 - 5
Fridays from 11 - 11:45 am
Four sessions: 11/1, 11/8, 11/15/ 11/22
Cost: $60
Hanover Parks and Rec's Richard Black Center, Room 206
Questions? Email us at: and5x6x7x8@gmail.com!
To register, click here: MnMs Registration
Rock Climbing
Does your child love to rock climb? Consider joining the elementary climbing team! We are a casual team that meets Fridays 5-6:30pm at the Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center in Quechee, VT. There are several friendly "competitions" in the winter and spring, with plenty of time to learn some basic skills beforehand. The team is free to join, but kids must have a climbing membership at GMRCC that costs $275 for the whole year. If interested, please contact: Kari Gleiser, kari.gleiser@gmail.com.
Etna Library Story Time
Stories, songs and a craft for young children. Tuesdays & Fridays at 10:00am etna.library@hanovernh.org
Montshire Museum of Science Programs
Through the Montshire’s Warm Welcome program, eligible individuals can purchase a 6-person Montshire Membership for $20 or a single-day admission for $3 per person.
https://www.montshire.org/warmwelcome
Afterschool Adventures
Grades 3-5
Learn the basics of programming by using iPads to create code that controls the motion of small, spherical robots called Spheros. These fun whimsical robots can be programmed to create art, run mazes, or be choreographed to follow a dance routine.
https://www.montshire.org/afterschool
Young Scientists
PreK-K
This weekly preschool/kindergarten program will foster your child's natural curiosity by learning through hands-on experiments and fun projects as we explore the physical and natural sciences. A different topic is presented each week. Learn More
Montshire Makers
Grades 6-8
After a short introduction to the project, get making! You’ll have an hour to make, tinker and create something amazing to take home. We provide tools, materials, know-how, and snacks! Learn More
Whaleback Ski and Snowboard Programs
Whaleback Wednesday's are Back!
After-school ski/ride program for beginners-experts. Bus transportation from Ray School and back. Online registration is open! https://www.whaleback.com/hanover
Attention 3rd graders!!!
All 3rd graders are eligible for an UNLIMITED SEASON PASS for only $45 at Whaleback Mountain (includes Freedom Pass, Killington, and Ragged Mtn benefits)!
https://shop.whaleback.com/collections/season-passes/products/3rd-grader-season-pass
Freestyle, Freeride, Snowboard Programs
Whaleback Core Team is a freestyle, all-mountain ski and snowboard youth development and competition club. Ages 5 and up! Early registration and multiple child discounts! http://www.whalebackcoreteam.com/ for registration and information.
Ford Sayre Ski Programs
Alpine, Nordic, Recreation, and Jumping
Online registration is open at www.fordsayre.org
Think Snow!
Ford Sayre Ski Sale
Sunday November 3, 12:00-2:00
Richmond Middle School
Hanover NH
Ski Consignment
Friday Nov. 1, 6:00-7:30 and Saturday Nov. 2, 9-11:00
Think Snow! www.fordsayre.org
LISTEN Community Services Holiday Basket Program
Holiday Gift Baskets are a wonderful tradition that unites our community during the holiday season.
- Our holiday baskets provide warm clothing and a food certificate for a complete holiday meal.
- Receiving families fill out a wish list for warm clothing requests for children and senior citizens. Sponsoring families, businesses and religious organizations fulfill these requests.
- The donated items are delivered to a central location by the sponsors. Volunteers assemble each bag, ensuring each is complete. Recipients pick-up their completed holiday “baskets” on their assigned pick up date in early December.
How to apply - call LISTEN at 603-448-4553 to make a Holiday Basket appointment. Appointments will run from October 1st through November 18th.
Learn to Play Hockey
Boys and girls ages 4-8 on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:10am-9:10am. Two sessions, October 26-December 29 and January 4 - March 1. No prior hockey experience required. Should be able to balance on skates and move forward unassisted. For more information contact Tracy Purcell, Learn to Play Coordinator, at hha.learntoplay@gmail.com.
Girl Scout Recruitment Rally
Saturday, October 26 from 1:00 - 3:00pm at Civic Memorial Park West Lebanon, NH
Make new friends? Discover new passions? She’ll do all that and more at Girl Scouts! Whether she’s exploring nature and the outdoors, expressing herself through art or music, designing robots or board games, or helping her community through service projects, she’ll have a blast as she earns badges in just about anything that piques her interest. Get ready, because she’s going to make the world a better place—today and for the next generation! For further information, please contact GSGWM Customer Care
888-474-9686 or customercare@girlscoutsgwm.org
Norwich Bookstore Events
- Tomie dePaola's annual visit on November 30
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
The New England Music Festival Association (NEMFA.ORG) organizes an annual weekend of choral, band and orchestra concerts featuring the most talented high school musicians throughout New England. Hanover High School will be hosting the event on March 19, 20 and 21, 2020. The students attending the event stay with local families who provide accommodation, meals and transportation over the course of their stay.
We need local host families for 400+ participants from pick up at 8pm Thursday through final drop off Saturday morning. The hosts’ responsibilities include giving two or more students a place to sleep Thursday and Friday night, a breakfast on Friday and Saturday morning, a dinner on Friday evening, and transportation at the following times (schedule is subject to change):
- Attend a mandatory host family meeting at 8pm at Hanover High School, Thursday March 19th,
- Pick up students Thursday evening at 9pm at Hanover High School (following the host family meeting); curfew 11pm,
- Ride to Hanover High School on Friday morning to arrive by 8am,
- Pick up students at 5:15pm on Friday evening for dinner and evening activities at host family home (pick up is Hanover High School for chorus students and Dartmouth’s Spaulding Auditorium for band/orchestra students). No evening rehearsal. Curfew 11pm.
- Final ride to rehearsals/performances Saturday at 9am. All students will need to drop luggage at Spaulding Auditorium in Alumni Hall upstairs and then band/orchestra members will need to be dropped off at Hanover High School with their instruments and dress clothes (chorus students stay at Spaulding). This will complete your responsibility.
Host volunteers must complete a Housing Form and provide names, social security numbers, birth dates and phone numbers for all adult members of the household for a background check.
If you are interested in supporting New England teen musicians in this way, please email 2020nemfahousing@gmail.com to request a Housing Form. Also, please share this request with anyone you think may be interested.
Thank you for supporting our young musicians!
Save the Date!
Lynn Lyons is hosting a six-hour parents' seminar to help families manage anxiety. More details to come soon. November 2nd, North Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA