Haverhill SEPAC Meetings
2023-2024 Meetings
Date: Monday, October 16, 2023
Agenda: Basic Rights Workshop with Holly Vietzke, Esq.
Location: Haverhill High School Library, 137 Monument St. – Lot E
Time: 6:30 PM
Please note, a Spanish translator will be available.
2021-2022 Meetings
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022
Agenda: Kindergarten Readiness & Haverhill Promise Register
Location: Zoom meeting
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Monday, January 10, 2022
Agenda: Basic Rights Training Register
Location: Zoom meeting
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Agenda: Attainable Webinar (ABLE Accounts) Register
Location: Zoom meeting
Time: 6:00 PM
2020-2021 Meetings
Date: Monday, January 11, 2021
Agenda: Meet the new Special Education Director and Assistant Special Education Director
Location: Zoom meeting
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Agenda: Basic Rights Training and Q&A
Location: Zoom meeting
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021 (POSTPONED)
Agenda: Attainable Webinar (ABLE Accounts) Register
Location: Zoom meeting
Time: 6:00 PM
2019-2020 Meetings
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Agenda: Understanding Public Benefits and Managing Resources Through ABLE Accounts
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Monday, October 21, 2019
Agenda: Meet Superintendent Margaret Marotta and Director of Special Education Pamela MacDonald.
Location: Bartlett School
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Monday, November 18, 2019
Agenda: Basic Rights Training presented by the Federation for Children with Special Needs. Vote on new Haverhill SEPAC bylaws.
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Agenda: "Transition to Adulthood" hosted by the Haverhill Public Schools and the Arc of Greater Haverhill/Newburyport. Matt Scanlon, HPS transition coordinator, and Andrea Morris, from the Arc, will present.
Location: Haverhill High School Main Conference Room
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020
Agenda: "Effective Communication" presented by the Federation for Children with Special Needs.
Location: Haverhill High School Main Library
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Agenda: "SafetyNet" presented by SPED director Pamela MacDonald and the Haverhill Police Department.
Location: Haverhill High School Main Library
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Special Meeting – Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Agenda: HPS Superintendent Dr. Margaret Marotta to hold Student Opportunity Act forum for SEPAC parents, guardians, and caregivers.
Location: Haverhill High School Main Conference Room
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Agenda: "Kindergarten Readiness" presented by Kristi-Lynn Craig; Colleen Pelczar will present on "Organizing Your IEP Binder;" Jenny Arndt, campaign director of Haverhill Promise, will give an overview of Haverhill's grade-level reading initiative.
Location: Moody School
Time: 6:00 PM
Date: April 7, 2020 (POSTPONED due to COVID-19)
Agenda: Haverhill SEPAC Resource Fair (more information to come).
Location: Haverhill High School Mall
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Date: May 12, 2020 (POSTPONED due to COVID-19)
Agenda: Election of officers and meeting topic TBD.
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
2018-2019 Meetings
Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Agenda: Kickoff SEPAC 2018-19 / Basic Rights Training presented by Attorney Holly Lynch.
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
• Haverhill SEPAC Meeting Minutes – October 30, 2018
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Agenda: Meet Superintendent Margaret Marotta and Director of Special Education Pamela MacDonald.
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
• Haverhill SEPAC Meeting Minutes – November 27, 2018
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Agenda: Elf for a Night – Celebrate the holidays, and please bring an unwrapped toy.
Location: Smith's Tavern, 124 Essex Street, Haverhill, MA 01832 ($10 suggested donation = 1 beverage ticket)
Time: 5:00 PM to 8 PM
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Agenda: Basic Rights Training in Spanish presented by Olga Lopez from the Federation of Children with Special Needs (FCSN).
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
• Haverhill SEPAC Meeting Minutes – January 22, 2019
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 (rescheduled to February 26th due to weather)
Agenda: Amy Weinstock will discuss the Act Relative to Insurance Coverage for Autism (ARICA). The law, passed in 2010, requires private health insurers in Massachusetts to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Assistant Special Education Director John Demanche also will attend to answer related questions.
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
• Haverhill SEPAC Meeting Minutes – February 26, 2019
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Agenda: Organizing your IEP binder (Colleen Pelczar) and transition to kindergarten (Kristi-Lynn Craig).
Location: Haverhill High School (Room K17)
Time: 6:00 PM
• Haverhill SEPAC Meeting Minutes – March 12, 2019
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Agenda: Transition Planning 101: Speakers will include Andrea Morris, education and outreach manager at The Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport; Aisha Nakazibwe, a senior vocational rehabilitation counselor at the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, and John Cruz from the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services.
Location: Haverhill High School Library
Time: 6:00 PM
• Haverhill SEPAC Meeting Minutes – April 9, 2019
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Agenda: Dr. Tiffany P. Hogan, who is Director of the Speech and Language (SAiL) Literacy Lab and Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute, will present Reading Development and Struggling Readers, Including Those with Dyslexia.
Location: Haverhill High School (Main Conference Room)
Time: 6:00 PM
• Haverhill SEPAC Meeting Minutes – April 23, 2019
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Agenda: Haverhill SEPAC Resource Fair
Location: Haverhill High School (Mall Area)
Time: 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM