By Win Damon |
January 8, 2021
Haverhill Promise campaign director Jenny Arndt during a 2019 appearance with WHAV s Win Damon. (WHAV News photograph.)
The grade level reading program known as Haverhill Promise is promoting good school attendance habits as a means to bolster all forms of learning.
Haverhill Promise Campaign Director Jenny Arndt, who recently appeared on WHAV’s morning show, said attending every day of school is critical.
“Good attendance habits, and this is something we are trying to help parents of young children understand. They start in pre-school. Start those good attendance habits right away. Don’t let your kid make excuses not to go to school because they just don’t feel like it. I don’t know if you ever missed a few days of school when you were a kid, but those days that you come back are missed learning opportunities too because you’re having to catch up from the days that you weren’t there,” she said.
December 14, 2020
Officials gather to cut the ribbon at the mural, “Reading Takes Us Places.” From left, Haverhill Promise Campaign Director Jenny Arndt, City Councilors Timothy J. Jordan and Joseph J. Bevilacqua, state Rep. Leonard Mirra and City Council President Melinda E. Barrett. (Jarvi Productions photograph for WHAV News.)
A five-panel mural, designed to encourage daily reading, was formally dedicated Friday in downtown Haverhill with a cross section of public officials, business leaders, educators and others joining in for a ribbon cutting.
Called “Reading Takes Us Places,” the mural below the Railroad Bridge in downtown Haverhill depicts children floating down the Merrimack River reading. It was painted by more than 50 children who demonstrated a commitment to daily reading during the COVID-19 spring school closures. Haverhill Promise Campaign Director Jenny Arndt recently appeared on WHAV’s morning program and explained the mural’s simple purpose.