High School Celebration to Include Discussion of 'History and Future of the District'

The 50th anniversary celebration for Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School next weekend will now include a discuss with current and former school officials.

The event will be held on Friday and Saturday to celebrate 50 years since the first class graduated from the Regional. A complete schedule of events is attached to this story as a PDF.

Christopher Campbell, a teacher at the school and a gradaute, is helping organize the weekend of events. He said this week that on Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m., in the high school library, an "unofficial discussion" will be held with town and school officials.

"We hope that past and present selectmen, school committee members and school administrators would enjoy sharing experiences and perspectives on both the history and future of the district," Campbell said.

Campbell said that at least one of the original school committee members - he did not say which one - plans to attend the discussion.

Also, a new group has been added to Friday night's acapella concert. SoundWaves from Manchester-Essex Regional High School will perform in addition to the Hamilton-Wenham based Dell Belles and Kings of the Beach and the Harvard Opportunes, which includes 2008 Regional graduate Michael Zhang.

Organizers are also looking forward to former high school physical education teachers and coaches Cliff Mello and Sally Woodsom Anderson attending on Saturday morning where they will "check out the project adventure course elements which will be open to guests."