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From the HALLS

By Tim Tweedie, Principal

ic excellence. In the past few years, in Belfast, and we are very excited to
we have added to an already robust see if they can bring a state champi-
list of challenging high school course onship back to the Shiretown. The
offerings with the additions of AP school’s football team has had their
Language and Composition and AP most successful season in program
Principles of Computer Science. We history. They finished their abbrevi-
Greetings from the halls of Houlton have also been intentional about add- ated regular season with a record of
Middle-High School! It’s great to ing new courses that are relevant to all 3-1, good enough for third place in
have our students return to in-person students, including Applied Math for the 8 on 8 Small School Division.
instruction this fall. While challenges the Trades, Graphic Design, Modern They too hope to make a deep run
related to Covid still persist, we are Band, Intro to Statistics, and several in the playoffs. The golf team fin-
choosing to focus on all of the amaz- others. In the middle school, we have ished 5th overall at the Class C State
ing, positive things taking place at 7 added courses in Digital Citizenship Championship, which was the top
Bird Street. Here are a few highlights: and Jobs for Maine Graduates. We place for any public school. Collin
take pride in offering interesting Moody ‘22 was named PVC Player of
One of the newer events happening courses that challenge and prepare the Year and Coach David Grant ’67
in the school is a weekly segment ti- our students. was named PVC Coach of the Year.
tled “Fifteen Minutes of Your Time”. The varsity girls’ soccer team recent-
These fifteen-minute videos consist In the arts, this year’s fall production ly concluded a strong season and
of interviews with various guests who is "Elf The Musical". More than thirty are preparing for the playoffs. They
have an interesting, educational mes- students are involved in the show and finished 5th in Class C Girls and the
sage for students. The topics discussed they are excited to display all of their playoffs begin this week. Lastly, the
vary by week, but some of those hard work to the greater Houlton high school boys’ soccer team and fall
covered thus far include the dangers community. Shows will take place on cheer team had good participating
of vaping, the opening of the new November 19, 20 and 21 and tickets numbers and enjoyed overall success-
Houlton school in Rugby, England, will soon be on sale in the school’s ful fall campaigns. Our middle school
the college admissions processes, and main office. You are encouraged to soccer teams also had good seasons.
the upcoming municipal elections. come out and support these young
Several of our guests have been HHS thespians as they look forward to per- As always, we appreciate the support
alumni, including Nancy Ketch ’82, forming in front of a live audience! In of our alumni. We look forward to a
who spoke about the Houlton High addition, our fall concerts have been successful school year as we continue
School Alumni Association, Albert recorded and will be shared on the to strive for greatness here at Houlton
Putnam III ’94, who spoke about his Music Boosters Facebook page and Middle-High School.
career as a structural engineer, and the district website.
Erica Fitzpatrick Peabody ’98, who Best regards,
spoke about the local potato indus- On the athletic side of things, our
try/harvest. I am always looking for fall teams have been very successful Tim Tweedie
new topics or interesting people to with several teams competing for Principal
interview, so if you have a suggestion, championships at the state level. Our Houlton Middle-High School
please don’t hesitate to reach out to girls’ cross country team won the
me at tim.tweedie@rsu29.org. first Northern Maine Championship
in the program’s history. At the time
In the classrooms, we strive to contin- this article was written, the team was
ue HHS’s strong tradition of academ- preparing for the State Championship

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