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From the HALLS
By Tim Tweedie, Principal
earned a Silver rating at the State This season was the inaugural season
Jazz festivals as well as two middle of boys’ and girls’ lacrosse at Houlton
school students earning Outstanding High School. Our student-athletes
Musicianship awards in Hampden. competed on a co-op club team with
Modern Band students have held two students from Hodgdon and the
live concerts and their setlist includes Greater Houlton Christian Acade-
Greetings from the Halls of Houlton two original songs written by senior, my. There are approximately sixty
Middle-High School! As always, it is Ellie Grant. Band-o-Rama and other total lacrosse players (boys and girls)
incredible to think about how quickly spring concerts were well attended in grades 6-12. The teams are very
this year has gone by. We have and once again provided an oppor- much enjoying their opportunities to
enjoyed many successes this year and tunity for our students to showcase compete.
I am happy to share with you some their talents. In addition, our middle
of the amazing things that have been and high school chorus students per- And lastly, Houlton Middle-High
accomplished. formed a number of 80s songs at the School continues to be a high achiev-
annual spring concert. ing academic institution that has
In most ways, things are resembling built upon its tradition of scholarly
a sense of normalcy after two years of While we have been happy to re- excellence. This spring, our beloved
Covid related interruptions. We have start several activities that have been school was once again recognized by
multiple in-person assemblies/guest missed, we have also found opportu- US News & World Report as one of
speakers scheduled for the end-of-the- nities to incorporate several new op- the very best in the State of Maine.
year, students have been able to enjoy portunities. One of the highlights of As evidence, not only do we continue
a normal Winter Carnival, and our the year was the introduction of Uni- to have strong graduation rates and
commencement ceremony will once fied Basketball. For those that may state test scores, but we also continue
again be held in the John Millar Civic be unfamiliar with Unified Basketball, to prepare our students for some of
Center. its intent is to partner students with the very best post-secondary options
developmental disabilities with stu- our nation has to offer. As of the
Speaking of normalcy, after two years dents without developmental disabil- time of this article, we currently had
of canceled plans, we were tremen- ities to train, compete, and represent alumni enrolled in Harvard, Brown,
dously excited for the 15 students their school. Our students competed The University of Pennsylvania, The
who traveled abroad for a twelve against Orono, Hampden, and had a US Naval Academy, Boston College,
day tour of Spain and Portugal. Black/White game. The support and Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, Tufts, Clark
Highlights of the trip, organized by enthusiasm for this activity was very University, and many, many more.
teachers Traci Storti (Class of ‘88) inspiring and we cannot wait to see We also take immense pride in our
and Shelly Bouchard, included a visit what unfolds next season. students who choose to attend our
to Lisbon and the Algarve region of great University of Maine system
Portugal, an excursion to Gibraltar, Throughout the year, Ms. Lura Grif- schools, our community colleges, and
and a tour of important Spanish land- fin has been working with a group of those who answer the call to a branch
marks like the Cathedral of Sevilla, nearly a dozen middle school students of the United States Military.
Granada’s Alhambra, and Park Guell to learn more about Lego Robotics.
in Barcelona. This year’s team competed in the We thank you for your continued
spring competition, which was held support and hope to see you all at this
Our music students have loved having in May in Oakland, ME. This STEM summer’s reunion.
opportunities to once again perform activity focuses primarily on robotics
in front of live audiences and have but involves multidisciplinary cover- Best regards,
made every opportunity available to age of science and technology. Each
make up for lost time. The middle year thousands of Maine students Tim Tweedie, Principal
and high school jazz bands performed in over one hundred Maine schools Houlton Middle-High School
exceptionally well this spring, and participate.
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