Haverhill High School
Newsletter
January 19-30, 2026
Upcoming Events
For all district related events please visit the District Calendar!
For Sports related events please visit the Haverhill Hillies Calendar!
2025-2026 – BUS Schedule and HHS Late Bus Schedule
Do you live too close to qualify for a school bus (within 2 miles), consider taking the free MEVA! Routes 15 and 16 will get you to school on time. They stop where you are along the route (as long as it’s safe to do so), and drop you off on Monument Street in front of the school! No more excuses, take the public transport! They are also going to stop at the end of the day and wait until 2:15 to depart, to give the kids time to get to their bus.
Route 15 (Loops with route 16)
Route 16 (Loops with route 15)
- Do you attend an afterschool club or sport? Are you staying after school for extra help? Please join us after your activity in the cafeteria for a free hot meal from 2:30pm till 3:30pm. Your late bus pass will give you entrance. Don’t go home hungry.
Monday, January 19, 2026
- NO SCHOOL – MLK observance day
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
- ACCESS Testing for all multi-lingual students
- Reverse Half Day – Students who are not taking the ACCESS test are expected to report to school by 10:15 a.m. Students with Lunch 1 will report to the Cafeteria, while the rest will report to their respective classes.
- The last three blocks of the Wednesday schedule: B, F, AND G, at their regular times.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
- Night School Graduation
Thursday, January 22, 2026
- ACCESS Testing for all multi-lingual students
- Reverse Half Day – Students who are not taking the ACCESS test are expected to report to school by 10:15 a.m. Students with Lunch 1 will report to the Cafeteria, while the rest will report to their respective classes.
- The last three blocks of the Thursday schedule: C, G, AND F, at their regular times.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- Early Release ALL students / Staff professional Development Day
- A – Block 1 7:25 – 8:48 am. (Attendance & Announcements)
- Transition
- E – Block 2 8:53 am.- 10:15 am.
COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
It is course selection time! Students should communicate with their teachers if there are electives in a specific department they are interested in taking. Once teachers have made all recommendations in our system by January 23rd, school counselors will begin meeting with students from January 27th- February 13th to ensure all graduation requirements are satisfied and change these recommendations into course selections. Here are the links to the course selection guide for students in Grade 9 moving to Grade 10.
School counselors may meet with students again in April-May to review any potential conflicts within student schedules and make adjustments so we do not have a rush to schedule in August/September. There is no guarantee that your student will get into any class after the start of the school year. Schedules are not released until late in August.
Selecting what you want to take now, is key to ensuring you get an appropriate schedule for next year, which in turn limits unnecessary disruptions to student schedules in the fall.
Grade 10 & 11th grade students – Whittier Tech and Essex Tech (and our own CTE Program) is now lottery based. This means that acceptances are at random and there is no specific criteria to be accepted.
The deadline to transfer to Whittier Tech:
Grade 10 & 11 transfers February 1, 2026.
Please see your counselor if you have any questions!
CLASS of 2026
CLASS of 2026 ~ Calendar of Events
Monday, April 6, 2026
- Senior Class Trip – Red Sox Game – Fenway Park 4:30pm
Week of April 13, 2026
- Spring Spirit Week
Weeks of May 4,2026 and May 11, 2026 – AP EXAMS
Thursday, May 14, 2026
- Early College Graduation 5-6:30pm – NECC Campus
- Arts Alive Showcase 4-7pm – Haverhill High School
Monday, May 18, 2026
- Civics Showcase 5:30pm-7pm – Haverhill City Hall
Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Night of Stars 6pm, HHS Auditorium (invite only)
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- Senior Prom 6-10pm – Castleton Banquet & Conference Center, Windham, NH
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- Last day of Classes for the class of 2026
- Express Senior Sign Out – HHS Courtyard starting at 10:14am
Thursday, May 28, 2026
- Chapel Practice – Auditorium (need to be in the library courtyard by 8:30am)
- R. Elaine Croston Poetry Reading Contest 1030am – HHS Auditorium
- Senior Sign-Out – HHS Auditorium and Gym
Friday, May 29, 2026
- Senior Chapel HHS Auditorium – Students and Staff ONLY!
- 10am – Seniors report in mall area CAP AND GOWN REQUIRED
- 1045am – Procession begins
- 11am – Chapel Program begins – program lasts about 90 minutes
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- CTE Celebrations HHS Auditorium – 6-7:30pm
Thursday, June 4, 2026
- Graduation Practice/Senior Cookout Haverhill Stadium – 10:30am
- Senior Farewell Night HHS Circle – 6pm
Friday, June 5, 2026
- Class of 2026 Graduation Haverhill Stadium – graduates report at 4:45pm
JROTC 2025 Recap
Your Marine Corps JROTC did very well in their first drill competition of the year earning 3 more trophies for their tropy table and bringing their total to 32 trophies for the months of October, November and December. Congratulations to the commanders Cadet GySgt Hannon, Cadet SSgt Gomez and Cadet Sgt McGrath. We also had 50 Cadets participate in the Wreaths across America Event on Saturday. Thank you for the continued Support.
