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Sad Time for Alumni Association as RSU

#29 Loses Two Great Administrators

By Jon A. McLaughlin ’73

The Association relies on information and guidance from
the high school principal and obviously with the director
of the Guidance Department. We have had a wonderful
relationship with the school’s current principal and guidance
administrator for the past several years. Unfortunately, this is
ending as current Principal, Tim Tweedie and his wife, Erica
McGary Tweedie ’00, Director of Student Support Systems
in guidance, are leaving at the end of this school year to
pursue new interests.

Tim has been with the Houlton Middle-High School
since 2007, first as a high school social studies teacher
and department chair and working his way up to building
principal in 2020 after receiving his Master of Science in
Educational Leadership in May 2018.

Tim came in as principal at one of the most trying times in She is a board member of the Houlton High School Alumni
education, historically, the start of the Covid-19 pandemic Association and is chair of its newly formed scholarship
with all the difficulties in teaching styles and missed committee.

Tim has taken a job with the Veazie, ME school system, a
... we are also glad for them and K thru 6 school, as its Principal and Superintendent. Erica
wish them the best in their new is looking at returning to a school system in the region.
They have bought a home in Orono, ME. Their boys will be
life adventures. attending school in that area.

While the Association is sad to lose them as great supporters,
schooldays that it has caused over the last three school we are also glad for them and wish them the best in their new
years. As “Captain of the Ship”, he helped it weather the life adventures.
many storms graciously and professionally and his students
were always first in his decision making. Tim was a strong
advocate of the HHSAA.

His wife, Erica, has been with the school since 2004, starting
her career as an ELA teacher in grade 8. Continuing in her
career, she became a Gifted and Talented teacher in grades
3 thru 8, a seventh grade ELA teacher, Houlton Middle-
High School Counselor and since 2020 has been Director
of Student Support Systems. In this latter position, she has
been instrumental in giving guidance and input into the
Association’s annual scholarship program and monitors the Stock Photos
disbursement of funds to students’ colleges, as necessary.

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