Good Morning PMHS Parents/Guardians:
First and foremost, with Thanksgiving around the corner, PMHS wanted to remind everyone of the resources available out there should there be any issues related to food insecurity, which include:
A) Parents/Guardians can apply at any time for Free/Reduced lunch for their child by completing the application form HERE; this application becomes fillable once it is downloaded.
B) If your family would like assistance with the holidays this year, please complete the attached Thanksgiving Box Sign Up and/or the Staff Santa Sign Up forms and return them to our school social worker, Alli Bortz by dropping them off at PMHS or emailing them to abortz@pmhschool.com.
C) For Alton residents, the food pantry at Alton Community Services is open on Saturday mornings from 9:30am-1:00pm. Food can also be delivered during hours of operation.
D) For Barnstead residents, the Barnstead Food Pantry is open by appointment. Call, or text, Dawn at 603-848-7648 to make an appointment.
E) If you are interested in signing up for End 68 Hours of Hunger, please reach out to our school social worker, Alli Bortz at abortz@pmhschool.com so she can connect you to your town’s team.
F) Prospect Mountain High School’s PAWsitive Impact Club is committed to keeping our Community Closet stocked with food and clothing items for our school community (e.g. students, teachers, and families). Your students are able to access food from our closet during the school day, and we can help supplement food for families outside of food pantry hours if needed. Please reach out to school social worker, Alli Bortz at abortz@pmhschool.com, or teacher Kerry Grella at kgrella@pmhschool.com if you’d like to make an appointment to come in after school.
G) For short-term, emergency needs - you can contact St. Katherine Drexel Parish Office (603-875-2548 or office@stkdrexel.org) and ask for Deacon Rick.
Additionally, HERE is some recent Good News that Parents/Guardians should check out! There are also some other important FYI’s and dates related to the 2025-2026 School Calendar as well:
11/4/25- Teachers’ Work Day: NO SCHOOL.
11/4/25- Pops Concert (i.e. Jazz Band & Contemporary Lab Performance) at 7:00PM.
11/7/25- End of Quarter 1- Early Release Day. Buses leave after lunch at 12:51PM. Students driving, or being picked up, can leave after the last academic period at 12:23PM; staying for lunch is optional on Early Release Days.
11/11/25- Veteran's Day: NO SCHOOL.
11/14/25- POSTED Term 1 grades will be available for parents to view on Infinite Campus on Friday, November 14th.
11/25/25: the window for Winter Sports Sign-ups ends. Go to search.finalforms.com to sign up! Tryouts begin 11/24/25, and will be communicated by the Coach through Final Forms.
11/21/25- TRI-M Movie Night at 6:00PM, PMHS.
11/26/25-11/28/25- Thanksgiving Break: NO SCHOOL.
OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE:
https://www.altoncommunityservices.org/ - Alton Community Services - The mission and purpose of Alton Community Services is to provide relief to the poor, the distressed or underprivileged throughout Alton and the surrounding area by meeting their physical and spiritual needs through the provision of food, clothing, furniture or referral services to other charitable organizations, local churches and federal, state and local government sponsored assistance programs.
https://www.alton.nh.gov/resource/social-services - Town of Alton Social Services - Our mission is to provide interim assistance with basic needs for those who do not have the resources to meet these needs and encourage community involvement in addressing issues to help break the circle of poverty. We provide interim, emergency assistance with basic needs for those unable to provide for themselves. Basic needs include shelter, food, medications, rent, utilities, etc. Assistance is issued in the form of vouchers for these items paid directly to a vendor. We will also refer you to other programs that will help you to meet these basic needs.
https://www.altoncommunityservices.org/resources - Alton - Outside Resources - Lists various shelters and organizations that may provide assistance
https://capbm.org/ - Community Action Program Belmont / Merrimack Counties - The agency sponsors and manages over 70 programs and services designed to meet the needs of children, families, single parents, elderly, and the disabled.
https://www.lrcs.org/about-lrcs/fsc-resources/ - Numerous resources and funding for amilies.
https://nhfoodbank.org/ - NH Food Bank - The New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, serves as the only food bank in the state, working to provide nutritious food and resources to the hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire residents that are food insecure.