From the halls of Houlton Junior & Senior High School

The Halls of Houlton seem fairly empty with the seniors graduated. Many are still involved with working on the yearbook and tennis, baseball and softball, so we still see them occasionally. Last Chapel and graduation are highlights of the end-of-the-year events, but other awards events will also take place this week. The Senior High Recognition Assembly will take place on Wednesday, June 10, at 9:15 a.m. and the Middle School Awards Assembly is on Friday, June 12, at 8:30 a.m.  Parents are welcomed to attend both events. We know parents would like to know the schedules for final exams.  They are listed below:
Senior High exams start Thursday, June 11: white block 1, 8:15-9:38 a.m. and white block 2 9:48-11:08 a.m.
Friday, June 12: black block 1, 8:15-9:38 a.m. and black block 2,  9:48-11:08 a.m.
Monday, June 15: white block 3, 8:15-9:38 a.m. and white block 4, 9:48-11:08 a.m.
Tuesday, June 16: black block 3, 8:15 -9:38 a.m. and black block 4, 9:48 -11:08 a.m.
Lunch will be served from 11:08-11:28 a.m. all days.
Wednesday, June 17: test makeup day – no lunch.
Junior high exams start Friday, June 12: 8:15 a.m. for attendance, Middle School Awards Assembly 8:30-10 a.m.; block 1 test, 10-11:25 a.m. and lunch is served from 11:25-11:45 a.m.
Monday, June 15: block 2 test, 8:15 – 9:40 a.m. and block 3, 9:44 –11:08 a.m.
Tuesday, June 16: block 4 test, 8:15 to 9:40 a.m. and block 5, 9:44 to 11:08 a.m.
Lunch will be served from 11:08 to 11:28 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 17: test makeup day – no lunch.
Junior high students may leave at the end of testing each day.
The staff at HHS would like to recognize the generosity of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, local businesses and organizations, and friends of the school. Each year, the Houlton Lodge of Elks donates their building for Project Graduation, which was a huge success this year with many gifts of money and prizes given to the seniors. Donations to Project Graduation, class and club fund-raisers, Dollars for Scholars, Sports Boosters, the music department fund-raisers – the list goes on. Without your help, so many of the activities the students enjoy and depend on would not be possible. We hope everyone has a safe, relaxing and fun-filled summer.
Houlton High School photograph/Scott Emack
NAMED – Named as Houlton High School’s Student of the Month of May are, from left, eighth-grader Marina Cameron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Cameron; senior Sarah Cowett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Cowett for: “Excellence in Academic Studies” and seventh-grader Cecil Gogan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Gogan.
Junior high news:
The seventh- and eighth-grade teams would like to say thank you for the amazing support given to our students during our “read-a-thon” this spring. Because of your help we were able to raise over $3,000 and made possible our trip to the Penobscot Theatre in Bangor to see a production of “Sherlock Holmes.”
Senior high news:
Class officers for next year’s senior class have been elected and are as follows: President, Vanessa Sanderson; vice president in charge of the senior trip, Jared Tapley; vice president in charge of finances, Martha McPartland; vice president in charge of the prom, Ariel Foss and vice president in charge of graduation activities, Hiba Bilal.