You know how I love reading about my favorite place – Waterville Valley – in the news, right?  Well, there’s a great story in the Union Leader newspaper about the Waterville Valley Elementary School, which is once again tops in the state academically.

By John Koziol, Union Leader Correspondent

It takes a valley to raise an academically-successful student, says Gail Hannigan, who credited parents, educators and the community for again helping Waterville Valley Elementary to earn top marks in the NECAP math and reading tests.

The principal of WVES for 13 years, Hannigan on Tuesday found herself in the familiar position of explaining how the school — which has 34 students in grades K-8 — keeps coming out on top with the highest math and reading results in New Hampshire on the New England Common Assessment Program tests.

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The staff poses Tuesday afternoon in front of Waterville Valley Elementary School whose students recently placed first in both reading and math in New Hampshire on the NECAP standardized tests. From left to right are Judy McChesney, Kate Smartz, Principal Gail Hannigan, Tonia Orlando, David Poole, Jenn Souza, Amy Ulrichson, Laurel Dodge and Clair Larsen. (John Koziol Photo)