School Overview

We pride ourselves on being an open and inclusive community committed to providing the highest quality learning experience for all of our community members.

Nelson Elementary School is a community that cares about its children, their families, and its staff. As a school community we enjoy learning, working together, and providing Nelson students with experiences that will help them grow and develop in ways that will make the community proud and the students confident in their ability to succeed in all endeavors they pursue.

Nelson School is nestled in the small rural community of Nelson, New Hampshire. The school is surrounded by mountains and Granite Lake is within a five minutes' walk. Nelson School is a Kindergarten through Grade 5 elementary school that serves the communities of Nelson and Sullivan. After 5th grade, our students then attend Keene Middle School and Keene High School.

Although we are a small school, we are fortunate to be able to provide a multi-faceted educational program for our students because of the strong support of the Nelson and Sullivan communities. We have a standards-based academic curriculum and an experienced and seasoned staff who create rich, meaningful learning opportunities for all students that help develop their talents and skills. In addition to traditional academic programs, Nelson students benefit from art, music, physical education, world language, and various support services tailored to student needs. Technology is embedded into our curriculum and we have Promethean Boards as well as Chromebooks in every classroom.

Students with identified needs are supported to the extent necessary by our Student Services teacher. Additionally, we provide Title I services three days per week in reading and math. Nelson School staff support the development of the whole child, and understand that an elementary education includes academic, physical, and social-emotional growth.

Families are our students’ first teachers, and recently we have renewed our efforts to develop positive relationships with our parents. Students are most successful when home and school are working together to support them, and we pride ourselves on our communication and new initiatives to provide information about what we are doing here at school. Our students experience the most success when families form partnerships with their child’s teachers, volunteering if possible when opportunities arise, attending parent conferences, and communicating when concerns or issues arise. We also pride ourselves on our strong community relationships, with programs such as First Friday Friends and an involved volunteer base.

Thank you for visiting Nelson School's web site. It is one additional tool through which we are able to communicate the wonderful happenings at Nelson School. Our vision is that this website will be beneficial to parents, teachers, students, the community in which we reside as well as the global community and prospective new families.