CONWAY — November is “I Am College Bound” Month, and for the third year in a row, Kennett High students took part in the program.
They were among 1,850 New Hampshire high school seniors (1,672 took part last year) at 50 public high schools (42 in 2018) who submitted 4,600 college applications (4,442 last year) during the initiative.
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