HHS English Teacher to speak at graduation
Kathy Chase, senior high English teacher at Houlton High School, has been invited by the Class of 2010 to be the guest speaker at their commencement exercises, which will take place Thursday evening, June 10, at 7:30 p.m. at John A. Millar Civic Center.
Chase is a graduate of Houlton High School, Class of 1977. She attended Colby College where she majored in English and Sociology and earned a teaching certificate. She graduated cum laude in 1981. After graduating from Colby College, Chase began teaching at Southern Aroostook Consolidated School. She taught four years in junior high school and four years in high school, where she was the cheerleading coach and the drama coach. She is married to Peter Chase and they have three sons, Jesse, who is a 2010 graduate of the University of Maine at Orono, Zach, a sophomore at University Of Maine at Orono, and Nick who is a junior at Houlton High School.
In 1989 she and her husband started Buildings, Etc., and in 1990 she left teaching to focus on helping with the business. She returned to teaching at Houlton High School in 2005. She has assisted in choreographing for the show choir and the annual musical and was the one-act play drama coach for three years.
Busy time
The last weeks of school are a busy time for the seniors. On Thursday, May 27, the seniors will leave for their class trip to Boston, returning on Saturday, May 29. On Monday evening, June 7, the senior banquet will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Senior Last Chapel will follow the banquet at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium, where scholarships and awards will be presented. After graduation exercises at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 10, the class will gather at the Houlton Lodge of Elks for Project Graduation. Many businesses and individuals have contributed to this program to provide prizes, food, and a safe place for seniors to celebrate after graduation. If parents or guardians have questions concerning any of the above activities, please call the school at 532-6551.
