Welcome to the latest edition of the SAU 50 Sensation. We are thrilled that our students are off to such an excellent start to the new year and are fully engaged in their education. In this edition, we wanted to share some important updates with our families and community members. If you have any questions regarding these updates, please do not hesitate to contact our Central Office.

Portsmouth High School Updates This year we will be featuring some news and the latest updates from Portsmouth High School. Please see this linkfor the most recent update.

First Student School Bus Update We are pleased to officially announce that the potential bus drivers strike has been successfully averted. Negotiations have been successful. There is no further need to explore community vans, daily Uber rides, hitchhiking routes, or any other alternate methods to get to and from school 😀.

SAU 50 Strategic Plan We are pleased to announce that the SAU 50 Joint Board has adopted the SAU 50 2024-2029 Strategic Plan. This document represents the framework for our actions to embed the Portrait of a Learner into our daily practices. Each school will use this framework to develop building based plans to detail actions and strategies over the next 3-5 years. This work has already been very affirming to the great work being done by our staff across all districts.

Parent Corner On October 16th at 6:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room, Greenland Central School will be hosting a special showing of the upcoming documentary, “Screenagers Elementary Age Edition”. Created by Dr. Delaney Rolston, the film is one of four movies that address the issues that our students are facing, i.e. cell phones, smart watches, video games, and social media. Additionally, Dr. Delaney and her team have created the “Away For The Day” (AFTD) initiative to help transform schools into cell phone-free spaces. To learn more please visit the website:

https://www.screenagersmovie.com/To RSVP for the showing, please click this link.

It is a pleasure to announce that David Hobbs will be the next Assistant Superintendent of Schools for SAU 50.

David is the current Assistant Superintendent in SAU 21 and brings a wealth of experience in curriculum, assessment and instruction.

We were incredibly fortunate to have a strong pool of candidates and three very strong finalists. Thank you to the search committee and everyone who took the time to meet the finalists and offer feedback. We look forward to David joining our amazing SAU!

Check out the May edition of the SAU 50 Sensation!

The Newington School Board invites interested citizens to apply for an open School Board seat. The appointment is for the term until the election in March 2025. The Board is particularly interested in candidates who would intend to run for the seat in the next election. If you are interested, please send a letter of interest expressing why you should be considered to Superintendent Steve Zadravec at szadravec@sau50.org  by Monday, April 29, 2024.

Welcome to the eighteenth edition of the SAU 50 Sensation.

This edition features some exciting accomplishments in our schools, an announcement of an Assistant Superintendent search, as well as the release of our 2024-2025 Academic Calendars, which can be accessed here.

Check out the latest edition of the SAU 50 Sensation.

Check out the latest edition of the SAU 50 Sensation highlighting the new SAU 50 Portrait of a Learner.

Kate Morrison, Digital Learning Specialist for the Rye Schools, received the 2023 Pat Keyes Technology - Using Educator Award at the Christa McAuliffe Conference.

Each year NHSTE recognizes and honors two individuals (one leader and one teacher) who, through their extraordinary work and accomplishments, have made a significant impact in the field of educational technology.  

Winners will be recognized at the Christa McAuliffe Transforming, Teaching, & Technology Conference (CMTC22) and will receive a $1000 cash prize, a one-year Premium NHSTE membership, and acknowledgment from NH's Governor

NHSTE Pat Keyes Technology - Using Educator Award

The NHSTE Technology Using Educator Award is named in memory of Pat Keyes; a former secondary teacher in the Keene School District who served NHSTE in many capacities including editor of the NHSTE Connections.  The nominee for this award will be an educator who exemplifies the following:

• Functions as a public or private PreK-12 teacher providing direct instruction in a New Hampshire school(s).
• Developed effective units integrating educational technology.
• Demonstrated improved student performance with application of technology.
• Shared ideas/initiatives in formal and informal arenas using traditional and electronic methods.