Thirty-seven Gilford High School students were honored as New Hampshire Scholars at a luncheon in the school's library on May 29. Gilford High has been a scholar school since 2008. Since then, over 500 students have graduated from Gilford High as NH Scholars. "It's very exciting," Audra Warre, assistant to the principal, said. "This is a very smart and competitive class." NH Scholars is a partnership between the New Hampshire College and University Council, Campus Compact for New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Department of Education. The program promotes collaboration between educators, policy makers, and business and industry leaders to encourage students to take a more rigorous core course of study in high school. The Gilford High School NH Scholars in the class of 2026 are Landon Akerstrom, Olivia Albert, Molly Alessandro, Athena Booth, Connor Brough Payton Brown, Aidan Burnham, Meghan Caldon, Julianna Decesare, Isabelle Dow, Dustin Gerry, Finnian Greene, Addison Guyer, Kylie Hall, Willow Harrington, Dalton Houle, Sarah Kahn, Piper Keith, Kylie Kelly, Grace Laurent, Taryn Limanni, Kendall Madon, Skye Maltais, Callie McKay, Jade Nicolas, Allyson Onos, Celia Plourde, Emerson Plourde, Raelyn Richardson, Henry Sleeper, Noah Suranyi, Abby Strickland, Maria Tilley, Isabelle Walton, Abigail Watson, Lucas Wheeler, and Ava Wilson.
— Kelly Egan
Thirty-seven Gilford High School seniors are honored as New Hampshire Scholars on May 29. Pictured, in the back row from left, are Lucan Wheeler, non-NH Scholar student, Landon Akerstrom, Grace Laurent, Henry Sleeper, Noah Suranyi, Taryn Limani, Piper Keith, Isabelle Walton, and Isabelle Dow. In the middle row, from left, are Kylie Hall, Finnian Greene, Julianne Decesare, Maria Tilley, Ava Wilson, Abigail Watson, Allyson Onos, Jade Nicolas, Skye Maltais, Meghan Caldon, Molly Alessandro, and Athena Booth. Front row, from left, are Sarah Kahn, Willow Harrington, Connor Brough, Kellie Kelly, Peyton Brown, Emerson Plourde, Olivia Albert, Kendall Madon, Callie McKay, Emerson Plourde. Not pictured are Aidan Burnham, Dustin Gerry, Addison Guyer, Dalton Houle, Raelyn Richardson, and Abby Strickland. (Kelly Egan/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
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