February, 2014 Valley Patriot, Edition 124 – TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN
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Haverhill High Graduation Rate is Highest in Eight Years at 75.3%
Superintendent James F. Scully announced last month that the four-year graduation rate of Haverhill High School has increased to the highest rate it has been since the state began calculating graduation rates in 2006. In 2013, Haverhill High School graduated more than 75.3% of the students that entered as ninth graders in 2009-2010. This is […]
The Democrat’s Poverty Preservation Program and What We Should Do to Fix It
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – February, 2014 Fifty years ago this month, in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an all-out War on Poverty. He vowed “to not only relieve the symptoms of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it.” To date we’ve spent over $20 trillion on this boondoggle, […]
Now is the Time for the University of New Hampshire to Bring Back Baseball
By: DJ Bettencourt – January, 2014 The founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Fredy, once observed that, “those who find themselves first in physical exercises are also first in their studies because serious commitment in one area promotes the desire to be first throughout.” By first eliminating the national sport of baseball from its […]
Perspectives on Being Gay – YE GAY OL’ VALLEY by Dani Langevin
By: Dani Langevin – January, 2013 Last month Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan posted an article on Facebook about a gay teacher who had been fired from his position at a Catholic school. Just as Tom hoped, the comments came flooding in fast and furious and with a great deal of misplaced passion. The perspective […]
What Would Pope Francis Do? – By Jeff Katz
By: Jeff Katz – January, 2014 I may be a Jewish guy but I notched a few credits at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, so I am familiar with the Jesuits’ worldwide focus on helping the disabled. I’m only an Eagle by marriage, but I’ve got to weigh in on something happening at the Jesuit […]
The Paying Attention Radio Program with Tom Duggan on 980WCAP, January 18, 2014
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 CLICK TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 With Co-Host Paul Murano off saving the world at a pro life rally today it was Tom and George Papoulias in the studio. In the first hour they talked about: abortion, local artists, why Dan Rivera should rehire Tom […]
January 2014 Valley Patriot Edition #123 – A NEW DAY IN LAWRENCE, Maloney to be Fired
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EMPTY CHAIR SHOW Exposing Addiction
By: Phil Lahey – December, 2013 Well the elections are over and I would like to congratulate all the winners. It’s now up to you to fulfill all the promises you made during your campaign. Being so involved in the world of addiction, I couldn’t help but notice many candidates in Methuen had the issue […]
An Assignment on “Forbidden Love” – TEEN TALK WITH ANA DEBERNARDO
By: Anna DeBernardo – December, 2013 This past week, my Spanish teacher required the class to write an essay about amor prohibido, or “forbidden love”. The assignment was given after we read a story about a prince and a princess from different lands who fell in love but were unable to live out their lives […]
The Merrimack Valley Sandbox -Creating a Path For Entrepreneurs
By: Cheryl Hajjar – December, 2013 As the Yuletide spirit is among us, and the frenzy of holiday shopping has begun, 17 budding entrepreneurs from the Merrimack Valley are preparing to participate in a 12 week program called the 2014 Winter Accelerator Program. Hosted by The Merrimack Valley Sandbox, this is their third program since […]
Support for Common Core’s Fuzzy Math Doesn’t Add Up
By: Sandra Stotsky – December, 2013 Unless high school students can prepare for a calculus course in grade 12 or as college freshmen, they are unlikely to become science, engineering, or mathematics majors. Common Core doesn’t let them. James Milgram’s analysis in Lowering the Bar makes that very clear. Interestingly, Jason Zimba, the lead writer […]
New Hampshire School Choice Scholarship Act: Good for Students and Parents
By: DJ Bettencourt – December, 2013 The vast majority of Granite Staters know from experience that New Hampshire public schools offer an outstanding education for most students. But while many flourish in their assigned school, some students need a different educational environment. Every child learns differently, and all children hold within themselves their own particular […]
Dying to Teach – Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – December, 2013 In 1927, fifty-five year old Andrew Kehoe, school board treasurer in Bath, Michigan shot his wife, fire-bombed his own barn then set off a bomb at the Bath Consolidated School killing thirty-eight school children, six adults and injuring fifty-eight others. It was and still remains the deadliest act against […]
The December, 2013 Valley Patriot (Edition #122)
The December 2013 Valley Patriot, Edition #122