HEADMASTER'S BLOG

By Ellie Hyvonen, Faculty It was a beautiful Friday evening at the Rairdon home as the Dignified Girls Ministry gathered for one of its most memorable nights yet. Dignified meets two to three times each semester, usually on a Friday evening, and is a time of fellowship over food and fun and also learning how to apply God’s Word to our lives. Each month has a different theme. In the fall, Miss Ellie and Mrs. Piper Loveless led a discussion on anxiety and how to have practical

By Carter Martens This past Friday, our Almost Men ministry group gathered at the Woodrow home for an evening rich in fellowship, games, food, and devotion. Special thanks to Matt and Bethany for their warm hospitality and outstanding meal. The night was filled with laughter, camaraderie, and plenty of delicious burgers and snacks. A particular highlight was a guest appearance by Matt Lourdeau, pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Chester, NH. He spoke on the importance of pre

By Emma Cross and Meredith Higgins, both in the Class of 2026 This basketball season was a great success! At the beginning we only had four girls willing to play. However, as a community we worked hard and recruited nine girls to join the team. This allowed us to have a fun and fruitful season!  Despite having almost a completely new team, we came out strong, only losing one game during the season. By the time we reached the playoffs, Coach Anna and Coach Bess worked very har

By Andrew Carlson, Class of 2026 For the past three years, the JRHS boys basketball team has competed in two leagues: the New Hampshire Small Private School Athletic League (NHSPSAL) and the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO). In the NHSPSAL regular season, the team remained undefeated and capped it off with a championship victory over Mt. Zion on Saturday, March 7. The road to victory in the CYO league was not quite as smooth. The team had a slow start as the roster dynamic s

Honoring Dan Burgher | March 20, 2026 At Jesse Remington High School, we are proud to recognize members of our community who live out the values that define us. The Jesse the Sentinel Award celebrates those—faculty, staff, board members, coaches, and volunteers—whose work reflects empathy and understanding, proactive hard work, orderliness and self discipline, resilience and grit, and honor and respect . These are not just ideals we talk about; they are qualities we strive to

By Emmi Rairdon (Class of 2028) Currently in our Project-Based Learning class for Stained Glass, we are all working on a variety of projects. For the first few classes, Mrs. Krewson had everyone make a butterfly so we could learn the basics and get the hang of how everything works. Now we each have moved on to larger, more detailed projects. I am currently working on a tulip design, which I have nearly completed. It has been fun learning the process and seeing everyone’s diff

The second round of our Winter Enrichment program was a huge success! Thirteen students in grades 6–9 enjoyed time on our beautiful campus while learning new skills such as martial arts, painting, drama, and, for the first time ever, cinematography. This was an especially exciting project, as students participated in every layer of producing a parody news broadcast—from script writing and scene development to acting and filming. Students also enjoyed classic activities like t

By Susan Sicard & Jeff Philbrick Our Maple Sugaring class, a time-honored part of our Project-Based Learning program, is in full swing as the warm days and cool nights of March begin. Our team is formed and working hard: Sarah Burgher, Mathias Clark, Emma Cross, Tim deRose, Josh Hyman, Nolan Jeanes, Ben Landry, Connor Palmquist, and (last alphabetically but first in charm) Dylan Woodrow! In February, this solid team finalized the installation of the new equipment, visited a l

Part of our Entrepreneurial Education Program teaches that failure is truly an opportunity to grow. This is an important lesson because setbacks are not only a part of building a business, it’s a part of our everyday lives. Learning to respond with perseverance, humility, and a willingness to improve helps us grow not only in skill, but also in our walk with Christ. Our last few pizza days have been more challenging than we expected and didn’t quite turn out the way we planne

This year, we are very excited to share that our boys won the CYO High School Championship! They also brought home several team and league awards. Team Awards Most Valuable Player Andrew Carlson, Class of 2026 Best Defensive Player Mathias Clark, Class of 2026 Sportsmanship Dylan Woodrow, Class of 2028 Most Improved Kam Wing, homeschool student  League Awards League Best Defensive Player Mathias Clark, Class of 2026 League Most Points Per Game Mathias Clark, Class of 2026 Lea

By Ellie Hyvonen History was made on Friday in Outdoor Education at Jesse Remington High School with the battle of the century of snowballs and dodgeballs! Mr. Samuelson, along with the help of school mom Kim Rairdon, came prepared with buckets and bins for building snow forts, colors to dye our forts, and two snowball catapults for the teachers to launch snowballs at the competing teams. There was plenty of laughter, friendly competition, and flying snow as students battled

Each year, JRHS brings Project-Based Learning to life with a full-scale stage production. Last spring, students delivered a charming and heartfelt adaptation of Little Women . The year before, they took on the wit and whimsy of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream  with boldness and imagination. This spring, our drama crew turns its talents to G. K. Chesterton’s The Surprise . The cast is deep in the craft, shaping scenes and refining movement as they bring Act II to life.

By Eli Chapman ('28) While Crew is my primary sport, I really enjoy playing basketball for JRHS. I’m building skills, making closer friendships, and having fun. For me personally, playing basketball has built endurance and stamina which helps me stay on track with exercise during the off-season of Crew. We are losing our top scorers who graduate in June, and I plan to practice a lot this coming summer to be ready for the challenges of next year’s basketball season. Come see a

By Ellie Hyvonen, In the ninth grade College and Career class, our freshmen have been working hard on their January portfolio analyses and grit presentations. In this moment, Nathan Hodges explains how author Angela Duckworth defines grit and reflects on how his own “grit score” shows the growth he has experienced as a student this year. I am incredibly proud of our freshmen for the thoughtfulness they brought to these presentations and for their honest reflections on their f

By Jeff Philbrick, Headmaster In these last few quiet days before the sugar starts to run in our Candia area trees, the JRHS Maple Sugaring Team invested an afternoon at a local sugar house, gleaning wisdom and experience from Mr. Ken St.Pierre at Big Lake Maple. Ken owns the same equipment that we have just purchased and installed. He gave us a “start to finish” tutorial of each component. By adding knowledge to our desire, we now have more confidence in our ability to best

By Jeff Philbrick, Headmaster The days are getting longer, the sun is higher in the sky, the temperatures are getting a little more mild. What does that all point to? The sap is going to run! The Maple Sugaring Team is preparing for a great season, just around the corner. The team went to the home of Dan and Erika Burgher this week to learn some of the new equipment and techniques. Students experimented with the new Memprotech 200 reverse osmosis machine, getting familiar wit

By Jacob Samuelson, Campus Life Director Mr. Philbrick and Ms. Ellie introduced key ideas from Jonathan Haidt and Justin Earley, two leading voices researching how technology shapes our habits, attention, and relationships. Drawing from Haidt’s research, students explored how many hours different generations spend on their phones each day and discussed how constant screen use is changing the way we think, learn, and interact. The seminar also introduced Justin Earley’s Hang 1

Creativity and hard work is in full swing in our third-quarter project classes! In Maple Sugaring , students are preparing to put our brand new equipment  to good use. Along with the upgrades comes responsibility, so they are thoughtfully revising policies and procedures to ensure the safety of both students and equipment while maintaining the highest quality syrup. Before long, you may notice buckets hanging from trees, a sure sign that sugaring season has arrived. In Drama

By Jeff Philbrick, Headmaster JRHS is a program of knowledge-rich curriculum, coupled with our unique and signature Project Based Learning.  With the introduction of “Maple Sugaring 3.0” the students of the future are going to take the maple project to a whole new level, the marriage of hard work with modern science – the Jesse “Both And!” Maple Sugaring is one of the very earliest projects at JRHS:  It all began in the early 1990’s when entrepreneurially minded student Natha

By Ellie Hyvonen Our annual Tech Challenge begins today! We encourage students to consider how they steward their use of technology, utilizing resources from Justin Earley's Hang Ten Movement . The aim is to impart a set of ten technology practices for Christian communities that want to receive the gifts of technology while resisting its evils. Today, Miss Ellie and Mr. Philbrick led a special assembly to usher in this year’s challenge: each JRHS student will choose one of th