Haverhill Schools Celebrate National Literacy Month with $150K in Added State Aid to Boost Reading

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School Committee member Gail M. Sullivan discusses how reading brings success as School Committee member Richard J. Rosa, Mayor Melinda E. Barrett and Rep. Andy X. Vargas listen in front of Golden Hill School. (WHAV News photograph.)

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Haverhill and state officials celebrated National Literacy Month Monday by highlighting $150,000 in state money received to adopt early literacy curriculum in Haverhill Public Schools and help Haverhill Promise deliver early literacy interventions and tutoring.

Officials gathered in front of Golden Hill Elementary School to demonstrate how efforts as early as pre-school have been shown to reduce dropout rates later and deliver lifelong success. Golden Hill Principal Paula Rodriguez explained how students are using the school’s outdoor little library and other the resources made possible by the state earmark…

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