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College & Financial Planning Night
Planning for life after high school? We’ve got you covered!
Haverhill High School invites all upperclassmen and their families to join us for College & Financial Planning Night! This event features two valuable presentations to help guide your family through the next steps:
Event Schedule: • 5:30 – 6:00 PM: College Planning Presentation with the HHS Guidance Department • 6:00 – 7:00 PM: Financial Planning Presentation with Kevin Fudge
Date: Thursday, November 19th
Location: HHS Library (Enter through the library doors)
Parking: Lot E
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Spanish Guiding Good Choices
Exciting News for Our Community!
We are thrilled to share that our Spanish Guiding Good Choices workshop is kicking off this October!
This interactive virtual workshop is designed to help families build strong relationships, strengthen communication, and guide youth toward healthy choices.
When: Tuesdays from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Start Date: Tuesday, October 13
Where: Virtual (Join from the comfort of home!)
There's still time to get involved! If you or someone you know would like to join this wonderful cohort, reach out today to secure your spot. Let’s work together to empower our families and youth! 💙
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November Counseling Newsletter
The Haverhill High School Counseling Department November Newsletter is here!
Stay up-to-date with everything happening this month, from important academic milestones to upcoming events:
Important Dates & Reminders:
Nov. 1 & 15: Common Early Action deadlines
Nov. 13: Term 1 Report Cards issued
Nov. 16–20: Grade 10 SBIRT screening (parental/guardian approval required)
Nov. 18: Early College Assessment (7:30 AM–10:00 AM)
Nov. 19: Financial Aid Night (Note the date change!)
Nov. 25: Half-Day for Thanksgiving Break 🦃
Highlights Inside:
Post-Secondary Updates:
Mid-November PSAT results, Common App recommendation info, and Wellness Committee volunteer opportunities.
Family Tours:
Middle school tours have wrapped up, and we can’t wait to welcome families on Dec. 9 (5:30–7:00 PM)!
Anti-Bullying Campaign: This month's focus is "Let Gratitude Grow"
Scan the QR code on the flyer or visit :November School Counseling Newsletter to view the full newsletter organized by grade level!
Junior/​Senior College Planning
Haverhill High School will be hosting an SATs throughout 2026-2027. Students are expected to arrive at 7:30am and sit for 2 hours for the exam. Students are released at approximately 11am. Students are expected to bring their fully charged chromebooks (since all HPS devices already have Bluebook installed), their testing ticket (print or photo) and one form of identification. Students who are interested should sign into their college board account to register. Students who do not have an account can create one on collegeboard.org. Use this link to register: College Board SAT Dates/Deadlines
Please sign up as soon as possible as space is limited. The cost is $68 to register. There are other local schools that will be offering the SATs. Please contact your school counselor if you have any questions.
College Planning
Calling Junior & Senior Parents/Guardians: Although necessary, Information on financial aid can be dull. Join us for a fun night of finances! One hour devoted to learning the ins and outs of managing how to pay for college. Our School Counseling Department at HHS put a spin on it this year and hosted Kevin Fudge, an MEFA representative. He is an entertaining presenter and provides the ins and outs of FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
High School Performances
Let’s work together so the treatment of one becomes the prevention of many.
HC Media taping of Drug Story Theater performance
Drug Story Theater’s Mission Statement: Drug Story Theater (DST) takes teens in the early stages of recovery from drugs and alcohol, teaches them improvisational theater, and helps them craft their own unique stories into a play about their seduction of, addiction to and recovery from drugs and alcohol. They then perform this play to middle, high school and college audiences so “the treatment of one becomes the prevention of many.” Incorporating brain science with slides in between scenes, DST teaches how young people get addicted and how the adolescent brain is neurologically wired for addiction.
Drug Story Theater is an innovative, evidence-based, peer-to-peer treatment and prevention program. Surveys show that after seeing a 40-minute play, the audience overwhelmingly believes marijuana is addictive, and that drugs and alcohol have an adverse effect on relationships and the ability to succeed in school. In the talk-back portion of a show, one of the main points Dr. Joseph Shrand (the creator of Drug Story Theater and a leading expert in adolescent addiction) addresses is how marijuana is a gateway drug to opioids. https://www.drugstorytheater.org
Sponsored by the City of Haverhill Mayor’s HOPE Task Force, Grade 9 students had the opportunity to see this performance in November after it was also presented to the Haverhill community in October. It’s back for 2025-2026 for Grade 8 Consentino students- date in November TBD.
Teen Center Activities
