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Our series of videos to help families learn more about the first year of school continues with the addition of two segments focused on math skills. Check out those and others on the  "Ready, Set. . .Kindergarten!"  page.

West Steam S cience T echnology E ngineering A Rts M ath Open House For Future Steamers Engineering the future! Higher Learning Opportunities Earn early College Credits    All Current 8th graders and their families are welcome! 6:00-7:30pm Thursday, November 13th Location: Cafeteria    Student presentations                    tour of the school & Meeting the teachers!

Granite State Driving School has been selected to begin operations of the driver education program in the Manchester School District. GSDS will begin classes during the week of November 10 and is in the process of contacting all of the students who had originally signed up with the district program for this session. The cost is the same as the previous price, $525 per student.

The Verizon Foundation and Technology Student Association are looking for middle and high school students that have great mobile app ideas that could solve problems in their schools and communities as part of the Third Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge . Teams of five to seven students and a faculty advisor have until  November 24  to enter their app concepts for a chance to be one of eight teams named 'Best in nation'.   Each winning team will receive up to $20,000 in cash and a Samsung tablet for each team member. Teams are judged on whether their ideas solve challenges in their communities, include STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) principles and are creative, unique and innovative. No coding experience or mobile devices are required to enter. 

There's no school on Tuesday, November 4. Get out the vote!

Central and Memorial high schools are part of a new program for sophomore English Language Learners. Fifty students in Manchester have been named STEM Ambassadors as part of the UNH STEM Discovery Lab , which has partnered with Comcast's Internet Essentials program.The program builds and supports science, technology, engineering and math pathways for talent currently underrepresented in the STEM fields. Senator Jeanne Shaheen was at the program's kick-off. Read more!

The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is still accepting applications for this year's EducatorLeadership   program . Now in its second year, Educator Leadership seeks to create closer alignment between business and education by providing educators with personal access to business leaders, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. Armed with a stronger understanding of business and workforce trends through this program, educators will be able to apply this knowledge in the classroom and help prepare and inform students for careers in high growth industries. Sessions are held from 3:30-5:45 p.m. once a month (third Wednesday of each month) until May. Each session focuses on a new industry with presentations by business leaders through lectures and discussions at on-site visits at some of the most innovating and exciting businesses in Manchester. The 2014 curriculum includes the following learning modules: ·          Creative Economy (...