Announcements
Testing in the Library
Due to testing, the library will be closed during the school day on March 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, and 19. The Library will remain open in the mornings from 7:00am to 7:35am every school day. |
Picture Day @ Central
Geskus photographers are coming to Central, for student and staff pictures, on Monday, March 15th and Friday, March 19th. More information about this will be posted soon. |
February Vacation Feb. 22-26
February Vacation: All Manchester schools are closed for February vacation the week of Feb. 22-26. The Manchester School District understands that some may plan to travel. Please remember that we are still seeing a substantial level of transmission of COVID-19. Please be safe so we can keep schools open. If you do travel outside of New England, you must quarantine upon your return. |
Google Chat disabled by the IT Department
From the Manchester IT Department: (Thu, Feb 11, 3:02 PM via email) "Due to continued misuse of the Google Chat feature, The IT Department will be disabling Google Chat for all Students in the district. Teachers can continue to communicate with students using Google Classroom and Google Meet as well as through Gmail. These changes will take effect on Friday, 12 February 2021 at 3:00 PM." |
A Service to provide free classroom videos on demand
The username for all
Central's InfoBase products is: mancentral Classroom
Video On Demand—created for high schools—is a curriculum-focused video
subscription providing unlimited access to thousands of videos for ALL
departments. This multi-subject solution features a wealth of material
appropriate for basic through AP courses. Videos are added regularly
from outstanding educational producers and programs. Please click here for even more description.
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NH Teen Poet Laureate
Applications are being accepted for the NH Teen Poet Laureate from NH high school students. To be eligible the student must be:
![]() February 5, 2021: Call for Nominations June 1, 2021 deadline to submit nomination June, 2021: NHTPL selection is announced |
Travel the globe with CIA’s World Factbook
From the Central Intelligence Agency: "The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people,
government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation,
military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities." Use the CIA’s website to explore over 255 locations broken
down by 'The World and its Regions' and 'Oceans'. Also presented are World Travel Facts, One-page summaries for essential
information on each country, Flags of the World, and Country Comparisons. |
Updating Chrome Browser
Keeping your Chrome browser updated, has been known to solve performance issues. Everyone
should check periodically to make sure their Chrome browser has been updated
to the most recent version. It usually updates automatically, but
sometimes it doesn't, especially if you don't fully close your browser
or restart your computer. To update the Chrome browser on a Chromebook, follow the simple steps found here. Tech support during remote learning is available from the Manchester School District Information Technology (IT) department. To submit a help ticket to the IT department.... ![]() |
New and updated content has been added to EBSCO
New and updated content has been added to EBSCO’s school reference databases during the last year, with more coming later this month. See below to see what’s new (as of Jan 2021) in Literary Reference and Points of View Ebsco databases and to check future updates, check here. Literary Reference Center Plus
Points of View Reference Center
Coming in late January:
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