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Our view: Kudos for swift action on Pride Night
Here is a round of applause for Haverhill High School Athletic Director Garin Veris and the leadership of Team Haverhill, who took an idea from the Jan. 25 Possible Dreams event and made it come true an astonishing eight days later.
Veris stood up during Possible Dreams to ask for more support and excitement surrounding Haverhill High athletics.
Before the week was out, Veris and Team Haverhill had planned Tuesday night's Hillie Pride Night.
Team Haverhill stepped up with a financial donation to have T-shirts printed with the words "Hillie Pride" to be given to the first 400 students to show up at the game.
Veris lowered ticket prices for students to just $1, organized some activities for half-time and got the word out to the community.
The Gazette caught the spirit and had "cheer cards" printed to match the T-shirts, with the phrase "Hillie Pride" emblazoned on a gold background. One of the city's most civic-minded businesses, Pentucket Bank, covered the cost of the printing job.
The speed with which Veris and Team Haverhill turned thought to action helped to stir the excitement that Veris so desires for his athletes.
There were no subcommittees appointed to study the idea, no lengthy discussions about the best ways to plan the event.
As every athlete knows, momentum can make or break a team's effort. The momentum behind this effort was strong from the start and bodes well for continued success.
There is nothing like time to kill a good idea. Kudos to Veris and the Team Haverhill leaders who knew a good idea when they heard one and moved quickly to make it happen.
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Our view: Haverhill's schools can learn from Whittier's success
Rather than asking Whittier Vo-Tech's school board to reduce or eliminate some of its screening procedures to let in more city students, the Haverhill School Committee ought to be asking how it can best emulate the vo-tech's successes.
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Poor Tom's Almanac: Threat to school bands hits a sour note
You may have seen the headline in last week's Gazette. In case you didn't, it read, "School cuts put end to band revival."
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The news sent a chill through me, like a sour note.
What's more, the story points out art and music instruction is being reduced to one period a week in the lower grades. At that rate, our students may be able to play a kazoo and paint by numbers once they graduate. -
Letter: Legislature must act to save municipal budgets
Legislature must act to save municipal budgets
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To the editor:
This is an open letter to legislators and candidates:
The cities and towns of Massachusetts are caught in an acute dilemma - a severe revenue squeeze with continued cuts in local aid on the one hand, and a relentless increase in the costs of employee and retiree health care and pension benefits on the other. - Thanks for the Memories
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Our view: Haverhill's schools can learn from Whittier's success
