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The problem: ninth graders seemed to suﬀer in large part because there was little continuity between middle school and high school. Ninth graders tend to struggle as the youngest students in high school. Attendance drop, grades fall and the drop out rate climbs. Triton Regional School Superintendent Dr. Christopher Farmer, no stranger to the middle school puzzle having been a principal of a middle school, has launched a proposal to merge the middle

TRITON – Every 10 years or so, educators grapple with the question of how best to teach younger teenage students. The current conﬁguration of having a separate middle school and high school was designed in about 2000 largely to allow schools to protect seventh and eighth graders (children 13 and 14 years old) at a time of life where they were considered to be emotionally fragile. The separate school allowed teachers to work with the students protected from older teenagers. The Middle School is separate today from the High School

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Restoring Two Old Stadiums By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––

REGIONAL – At the Triton Regional High School stadium the field is unplayable for days after a rain. The latex-based track is so worn out that competitive meets often have to be scheduled at the other school for safety reasons. The bleachers that seat 2,500 fans do not meet design and accessibility code and are expensive to maintain. So the Triton Education Foundation has launched a $2.5 million fundraising campaign to rebuild the stadium, originally built a half century ago. “We badly need a new stadium. We can all agree on that,” said Dan Valianti, a TEF board member who is helping lead the fundraising Photo by Stewart Lytle effort. “It is a challenge, but it is Kimberly Rock (left) and Nancy Taylor, president of the TEF, show off the doable.” design of the new Triton Regional High School Stadium. Just north in Newburyport

Restore Our Stadium continues its campaign to raise $2.8 million to rebuild the old World War Memorial Stadium. On April 14, the non-profit group will announce in a meeting at the high school that the first phase of construction will begin soon. Its plans for the stadium built in the 1930s are to demolish the condemned visitors' stands and replace it with a smaller, 1,500seat stands, make repairs to the home field side of the stadium by adding concrete handicapped ramps, widening the entrances and repairing the press box and installing a new synthetic turf. The common denominator in each stadium campaign is the local bank, Institution for Savings. Continued on page 3

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school and high school by possibly the fall of 2013. The six grades and 1,200 students from three towns – Newbury, Rowley and Salisbury – would probably be divided in half with an upper school of 10th through 12th grades and a lower school of seventh through ninth grades. “Both schools are doing well. They are doing a good job,” Farmer said. “The issue is how can we do things better. How can we improve things?” Farmer believes a merged school would benefit all the students, providing more opportunities for younger students and more nurturing for older students. The ninth graders will benefit, he believes, from having another year to mature in a more nurturing environment and by having more continuity with the high school. The ninth graders, he said, go from “an environment (in the middle school) where they are well known to one (in high school) where they are more anonymous. Some ninth grades fall through the cracks.” The superintendent believes that by merging the two schools there will be more continuity in curriculum and teachers and staff will have more time to develop longer-term relationships with the students. In the current two-year middle Continued from page 1

school, Farmer said, “One year is to say hello, and one year is to say goodbye.” He asked, “Why would you have a school of just two years?” Farmer said the proposed merger would allow upper school teachers to work with lower school students. And the high school library, which has a librarian, would be open to all students. The proposal has met with some opposition from parents. Rowley Selectman Dick Cummings sent out an email last week, saying, “Many of the Rowley parents that I have spoken to in prior years and up to this proposal have lauded the TRSD system of separating their 7th & 8th grade children from the high school students thus giving them a two year reprieve so as to mature emotionally, academically, and physically before their introduction into high school society....I have heard from many Rowley parents expressing their concerns over this proposal.” One concern is what would happen to the popular middle school principal, Jared Fulgoni. By the fall of 2013, Fulgoni's contract will have expired and he would be eligible to compete for other positions in the district, according to district oﬃcials. Schools in several states from New York to Florida are conducting similar experiments. They are hoping

they can boost student performance by merging middle and high schools. They are betting the combined schools will help younger students by providing more academic options at an earlier age. For example, some students may be able to take Algebra 1 in the eighth grade. School systems began carving out separate middle schools for grades seven, eight and sometimes six, in the 1960s and 1970s based on academic theories about how those students learn. Since then, research has questioned that model, especially in larger urban districts. Academics tend to slip during the transitions, first into seventh grade and again into ninth grade. But the benefits of merging the grades into one school remains controversial in the academic arena. Researchers maintain that it is too early to project any gains in academic performance. Farmer is presenting the merger proposal to staff and parents and expects it will be under consideration for at least a year. The superintendent stresses that it is a merger of the two schools, not a take-over by the high school. “We are creating a new school,” he said. One thing that the merger would not do, Farmer said: Save any money.

eight straight-away lanes for sprints and hurdles and six lanes on the oval for longer distance races. The field will be a high-end synthetic turf that can be played on without damage in any weather. It is expected to last at least 14 years. At issue last week was how quickly the TEF and Triton alumni and supporters could raise the $2 million. Plan A, as outlined by Assistant Superintendent Brian Forget, would raise the private funds by next January. If that is done, the stadium would be ready for the opening home football game in September next year. Plan B would have the $2 million raised as pledges and ask the towns to bond the loans to construct the stadium until they are paid off with future donations. Plan C would be to raise the funds from private sources, but at a slower pace, postponing construction of the stadium for about a year. The TEF and the school district would like to raise all the money from private sources, which would allow the stadium to be rebuilt as a private project, not a public one. Being a private project has many advantages, including lower costs and more flexibility than a publicly funded project.

And it would avoid having to ask the residents of Newbury, Rowley and Salisbury for help in building the stadium. Forget said he believes the towns, at their town meetings, would agree to bond the construction so the TEF could borrow the money and repay it as donations come in. Several in the audience were skeptical that the towns would take that risk. The planning group voted informally to push ahead now to raise the money within a year, but left open the possibility of raising the money over two years, despite a fear that the longer schedule would allow the momentum to wane. In Newburyport, Restore has attracted some large contributions. The city has pledge $150,000 from its Community Preservation funds. About $300,000 has been raised from private funds, including the $100,000 from the Institution for Savings, and $100,000 from the Mary Alice Arakelian Foundation. Donations to rebuilding the Newburyport stadium may be sent to RESTORE, P.O. Box 222, Newburyport 01950. For updates on its project, visit restoreourstadium's Facebook page. Check the Triton web site for more information. The TEF is planning a link for those who want to donate to its stadium.

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In Newburyport, the bank has donated $100,000 to help the effort headed in large part by former mayor, Mary Anne Clancy, who is the bank's vice president for communications. At Triton, the bank has pledged $525,000 to help the TEF build a new stadium, which will be named the Institution for Savings Stadium. Kimberly Rock, the executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Institution for Savings officer, is on the TEF board. The bank would have donated more to restore the Newburyport stadium, Rock said, but it had already given a much larger amount to fund the high school's science labs. The TEF held a campaign organization meeting last week to plan how to raise the additional $2 million it needs to replace the Triton track, field and bleachers. The field will be redesigned to accommodate soccer, field hockey and lacrosse as well as football. A state-of-the art bleachers for 1,500 fans will be built on the opposite side of the field. A six-foot perimeter will also encircle the field for fans to stand and watch the games and matches. The track will be polyurethane to last at least 25 years. It will have

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Bring your UFOs (Un-Finished Objects), get help on a problem you've encountered and learn some new techniques. The group is informal and drop-ins are welcome; Mothers’ Group: Toddlers Tuesdays 10-noon. Social time for moms and toddlersFor from one to three years old; German Playgroup Tuesdays 4-6. German language skills practice for you and Sale your children; Cribbage Thursdays from 10 – noon. Play this unique card game with • a lively group of fun-loving people. All are welcome, no experience is necessary to drop in; BOM: Battle-Gaming of Massachusetts for teens Saturdays from 10 am- 4 pm. Play and learn a variety of tabletop strategy battle games such as Warhammer 40k and Lord of the Rings. To join this illustrious group of gamers, simply show up. Membership is free. If you do not know how to play any of the games, one of the members will be happy to teach you. For more information visit the club website at: www.freewebs.com/massbattles. Hamilton-Wenham • • Public Library, 14 Union St., S. Hamilton, 978-468-5577 www.hwlibrary.org -----------------------------------------------------------HAMILTON-WENHAM - Join us for an evening of authentic live jazz! The Community House is honored to host New Orleans native, Henri Smith, for a concert in the celebratory style of a Mardi Gras party. A resident of Cape Ann since Hurricane Katrina destroyed his home in New Orleans, Henri Smith now shares his Creole and Cajun heritage with the people of New England through his frequent tours and his Cape Ann Cable TV show ‘Henri Smith’s N’awlins East’. Come out and experience the richness of Henri Smith’s vocals and the sophistication of his performance in the true flavours of New Orleans … Jazz, Blues, Creole, Cajun, Funk, Rhythm & Blues, Calypso, Caribbean, Latin, and Swing. Saturday, February 11 @ 7:30pm, Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, Tickets may be purchased by calling 978-468-4818 or online at www. communityhouse.org. Click the “Donate Now’ link and choose ‘Libby Fireside Concert tickets’. Please indicate the concert name in the note section. MC, Visa, and AmEx accepted. The Community House is a non-profit organization. Our facility is handicap accessible and there is plenty of free off-street parking. -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - In February, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge will launch a new initiative to develop a corps of “master naturalists” – a group of specially trained volunteer docents who will grow the refuge’s capacity for providing environmental education and interpretive programs for refuge visitors, schools, and the local community in general. Over the course of a year, Master Naturalist program participants will receive specialized classroom and field-based training in such topical areas as resident wildlife, bird migration, animal tracking, beach ecology, Plum Island history, and interpretive techniques. Training sessions will be held on one Saturday of every month. Following successful completion of the free, year-long training program, the refuge’s newly minted Master Naturalists will work with refuge staff to develop and deliver environmental and interpretive programs. The first Master Naturalist training program is scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 18th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the refuge visitor center in Newburyport. Anyone interested in participating in the inaugural Master Naturalist training program is asked to contact Matt Poole, visitor services manager, at (978) 465-5753, ext. 210. 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Ipswich ZUMI’S COFFEE HOUSE www.zumis.com 40 Market St., 978-356-1988 Mon 1/31: Kid’s Music w/Brian Doser, 4pm

Newbury PLUM ISLAND GRILLE Ironic Music Calendar appears weekly in 'The Town Common' www.plumislandgrille.com presenting local events North of Boston and Coastal / Southern NH. 2 Sunset Blvd., 978-463-2290 IMC is a production of Ironic Music Booking Agency LLC: www. Thu 1/26: EJ Ouelette ironic-production.com. Check out Ironic’s weekly picks – highlighted: Newburyport Thu 1/26: Open Mic Night, MASSACHUSETTS DAVID’S TAVERN @ THE 9pm Amesbury GARRISON INN THE BARN PUB & GRILLE Fri 1/27: DJ Scottie Mac & DJ www.davidstavern.com Vito, 10pm www.thebarnpub.com 11 Brown Sq., 978-462-8077 Sat 1/28: DMus Sound Project, Thu 1/26: Tom Courtney, 5 Ring Street, 978-388-8700 9pm Wed 1/25: Seacoast Dart 7-10pm Tue 1/31: Sea Shanty Sing-A- Fri 1/27: Starshyne w/Marianne Association League Long, 9pm Fri 1/26: Luck of the Draw Sat 1/28: Linda Pouliot Tue 1/31: Northeast Dart Sun 1/29: Linda Murray, 6-9pm THE DOG BAR Association League www.dogbarcapeann.com FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR 65 Main St., 978-281-6565 MURPHY’S RIVERSIDE THE ARTS Wed 1/25: Karaoke, 9pm-cl Find them on Facebook www.firehouse.org Thu 1/26: 3 Vibe, 9pm-cl 37 Main St., 978-834-0020 Market Sq., 978-462-7336 Fri 1/27: What Time is it Mr. Fri 1/27: New Works Festival, Thu 1/26: Karaoke Fox Fri 1/27: The Accidentals, 8pm $13-38 Sat 1/28: Professor Harp, 9pm-1am Sat 1/28: New Works Festival, 9pm-cl Mon 1/30: Game Night 8pm $13-38 Sun 1/29: Ryan Alto, 9pm-cl Beverly THE GROG GIUSEPPE'S RISTORANTE www.thegrog.com CHIANTI TUSCAN www.giuseppesma.com RESTAURANT 13 Middle St., 978-465-8008 2 Main St., 978-879-4622 http://chiantibeverly.com Wed 1/25: Hoot Night, 8-11pm 285 Cabot St., 978-921-2233 Wed 1/25: Open Mic, 7:30Thu 1/26: Battle Radical, 8pm10:30pm Wed 1/25: Arudawakening, 12:30am $5 Thu 1/26: Dueling Pianos, 9:30pm-12:30am Fri 1/27: Soundtrack to Thu 1/26: Wild Sexet, 9:30pm- 8:30pm Monday, 9:30pm-12:15am $5 Fri 1/27: Joe Thomas, 9pm-cl Sat 1/28: Joppa Flatts, 9:30pm12:30am Sat 1/28: Joe Thomas, 9pm-cl 12:15am $5 Fri 1/27: Blu-Bop, 9:30pmSun 1/29: Delvis, 6pm 12:30am Sun 1/29: Blues Party, 6-10pm Sat 1/28: Gabrielle Agachiko, Mon 1/30: Comedy Open Mic, JALAPEÑOS MEXICAN 9:30pm-12:30am 7:30-9:30pm Sun 1/29: Jeff Buckridge’s Uke RESTAURANT Tue 1/31: Steve Spungin www.jalapenosgloucester.com flamenco guitar Joint, 6:30-9:30pm 86 Main St., 978-283-8228 Tue 1/31: Tim Gearan & Tue 1/31: The Wood Peppers, THE PORT TAVERN Christian McNeill, 9:30pm7-9pm 12:30am www.theporttavern.com 84 State St., 978-465-1006 THE RHUMB LINE FIBBER McGEE'S Wed 1/25: Irish Seisuin www.therhumbline.com Find them on Facebook w/Eamon Coyne, 7-10pm 108 Cabot St., 978-232-0180 40 Railroad Ave, 978-283-9732 Thu 1/26: The Foggy Duo, Wed 1/25: Fly Amero, 8-11pm 7:30-10:30pm Wed 1/25: Karaoke Thu 1/26: Dave Sags Blues Thu 1/26: DJ Fri 1/27: Mike Tinkham, Party, 9:30pm-1:30am Fri 1/27: DJ 9pm-12am Fri 1/27: The Runaround, Sat 1/28: DJ/Live Music Tue 1/31: Stump Trivia, 8-10pm 9:30pm-12:30am Mon 1/30: Trivia, 7:30pm Sat 1/28: The Bandit Kings, Rockport 9:30pm-12:30am THE PICKLED ONION ROCKPORT MUSIC @ THE www.pickledonionbeverly.com Sun 1/29: Open Mic, 8pmSHALIN LIU 355 Rantoul St., 978-232-3973 12am PERFORMANCE CENTER Mon 1/30: Open Jam w/Dan www.rcmf.org Wed 1/25: Karaoke w/DJ J King, 9:30pm-12:30am Dubz, 10pm 35 Main St., 978-546-7391 Tue 1/31: Trivia, 7pm; Funk Thu 1/26: DJ Max Baun, Fri 1/27: Chelsea Berry, 8pm Jam w/Henley Douglass Jr. & Sat 1/28: John Hammond, 8pm 10pm-1am Fri 1/27: Tobin & Leahy, 5-9pm Soul Force V, 10pm-12:30am Mon 1/30: Stump Trivia, Salem Haverhill 5-10pm FINZ SEAFOOD & GRILL CHIT CHAT LOUNGE Tue 1/31: DJ Kevin www.hipfinz.com www.chitchatlounge.com 76 Wharf St., Pickering Wharf, 103 Washington St., 978-374- 978-744-8485 Danvers 9710 THE VILLAGE GREEN Thu 1/26: Larry & the www.villagegreendanvers.com Wed 1/25: Karaoke Bluescasters, 8-11pm Thu 1/26: Tristan Omand 225 Newbury St., 978-774Fri 1/27: DJ Julian; Duey 7270 THE GREEN LAND CAFÉ Rocks/Animal Talk Wed 1/25: Swing Dance www.thegreenlandcafe.com Sat 1/28: DJ Julian; The Happy 87 Washington St., 978-744Lessons, 6:30pm Accident Thu 1/26: Stump Trivia, 7766 Sun 1/29: Lance Briant 7-10pm Fri 1/27: Julie Dougherty, Tue 1/31: Open Mic Tue 1/31: Country Line 9pm-12am Dancing, 7pm Mon 1/30: Maureen Benson, MAL’S LOUNGE @ 8-11pm GEORGE’S RESTAURANT Essex THE FARM BAR & GRILLE www.malslounge.com THE GULU GULU CAFÉ 77 Washington St., 978-374- www.gulu-gulu.com www.farmbargrille.com 5150 233 Western Ave., 978-768247 Essex St., 978-740-8882 Fri 1/27: Roy Barboza 0000 Thu 1/26: Old English, 8-11pm Fri 1/27: Innuendo Fri 1/27: Annapalooza, 8-11pm THE PEDDLER’S Sat 1/28: Bucket of Blues Sat 1/28: Jazz Navigators, DAUGHTER 8-11pm www.thepeddlersdaughter.com Sun 1/29: Sasha De La Cruz Art Gloucester ALCHEMY CAFÉ & BISTRO 45 Wingate St., 978-372-9555 Hanging Sat 1/28: Pop Farmers, 9:30pm Tue 1/31: Cyberman Movie www.alchemybistro.com 3 Duncan St., 978-281-3997 Month, 8-10pm THE TAP/LIMELIGHT Wed 1/25: Women, Wine & LOUNGE Chocolate w/Chelsea Berry, IN A PIG’S EYE www.tapbrewpub.com 7-9pm www.inapigseye.com 100 Washington St., 978-374- 148 Derby St., 978-741-4436 Sun 1/29: Bluegrass Brunch, 1117 12-2pm Wed 1/25: Grateful Ted, 9pm Wed 1/25: Trivia, 8:30pm Thu 1/26: Girls Night Out, CAPE ANN BREWING CO. 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KELLEY’S ROW Night CAROUSEL LOUNGE RESTAURANT Fri 1/27: Rock Star Fridays www.carousel-lounge.com Tue 1/31: Industry Night 20 Oceanfront, 978-465-9045 www.kelleysrow.com Sat 1/28: King Karaoke, 8:30pm 421 Central Ave., 603-750-7081 Wed 1/25: Stump Trivia, FRATELLO’s ITALIAN O'NEILL'S PUB GRILLE www.oneillsofsalem.com HOBO'S CAFÈ & LOUNGE 6-11pm www.fratellos.com 120 Washington St., 978-740- www.chefhowieshobocafe.com Thu 1/26: Ladies Night Fri 1/27: Livin The Dream, 155 Dow St., 603-624-2022 8811 5 Broadway, 978-465-4626 Thu 1/26: Jazz Night, 6:30Wed 1/25: Sports Trivia, Wed 1/25: Karaoke & Dance, 9-11:30pm Sat 1/28: Gazpacho, 9-11:30pm 9:30pm 5-10pm 6pm Fri 1/27: Charlie Christos, Thu 1/26: DJ Sap, 11pmThu 1/26: Karaoke Contest & THE LOFT 7-10:30pm 12:30am Dance, 8:30pm Fri 1/27: Live Irish Music, 6Mon 1/30: Karaoke & Dance, www.straﬀordfarms.com/Loft. Sat 1/28: Charlie Strater, html 7-10:30pm 9pm; DJ Sap, 10pm-12:30am 6pm Rte. 108, 603-742-7012 Sat 1/28: Irish Music, 6-9pm; Fri 1/27: Sev THE SHASKEEN Champagne Toast, 10:30pm NEW HAMPSHIRE Sat 1/28: Kevin Burt Duo www.theshaskeen.com $10 Dover 909 Elm St., 603-235-9682 Tue 1/31: Trivia, 8-10pm THE BARLEY PUB RJs BAR AND GRILLE Wed 1/25: Open Comedy Mic, www.barleypub.com Find them on Facebook 9pm PEM | PEABODY ESSEX 328 Central Ave., 603-74283 Washington St. Thu 1/26: Love Whip MUSEUM 4226 Fri 1/27: Joshua Tree www.pem.org Thu 1/26: Steve Roy’s Bluegrass Thu 1/26: DJ Lil Rascal Fri 1/27: Drama Squad DJs Sat 1/28: Irish Session, 3-6pm; 161 Essex St., East India Sq., Jam, 9pm Tonebone 978-745-9500 Sat 1/28: Christina Renee Band, Hampton, Hampton Beach & Sun 1/29: Irish Session, 2-5pm Wed 1/25: PEM Pals, 10:30am 9pm-12am North Hampton Mon 1/30: Bar Trivia, 7:30pm Mon 1/31: Zach’s Trivia, 8pm BREAKER'S RESTAURANT ROCKAFELLAS & BAR @ ASHWORTH STRANGE BREW TAVERN www.rockafellasofsalem.com THE CHILDREN’S BY THE SEA HOTEL www.strangebrewtavern.net 231 Essex St, 978-745-2411 MUSEUM OF NH www.breakersattheashworth.com 88 Market St., 603-666-4292 Wed 1/25: Latin Dance Party, www.childrens-museum.org Wed 1/25: Lisa Marie 8-11:30pm 6 Washington Street, 603-742- 295 Ocean Boulevard, 603926-6762 Thu 1/26: Jeremy Dean Band Fri 1/27: Open Bar Band 2002 Fri 1/27: DJ & Dancing, Fri 1/27: Racky Thomas Sat 1/28: Pulse Wed 1/25: First Friends Play 9pm-1am Sat 1/28: Amorphous Band Group, 9:30-11am; Tue 1/31: Strange Brew All-Stars SALEM THEATRE Wee Ones Wednesday Classes, Sat 1/28: DJ & Dancing, 9pm-1am COMPANY 9:45-10:45am Milford www.salemtheatre.com Thu 1/26: Jr. Science Explorers, RON’S LANDING CLARK’s TAVERN www.ronslanding.com www.clarkstavern.com 379 Ocean Boulevard, 60340 Nashua St., 603-769-3119 929-2122 Thu 1/26: DJ D Struct Fri 1/27: Michael Troy, 7-10pm Fri 1/27: Joe Birch Sun 1/29: Michael Troy, 3-6pm Sat 1/28: Erinn Brown Sun 1/29: Eric Reardon & Friends, 7-10pm Mon 1/30: Open Mic, 9pm

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Woodsom Farm, Amesbury: Snow Bunting, American Robin Kent Street, Newburyport: American Kestrel Main Street, Amesbury: Bald Eagle, Common Loon Scotland Road, Newbury: Wild Turkey New Hampshire Seacoast: Pacific Loon, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Razorbill, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Black-legged Kittiwake, Bonaparte's Gull, Iceland Gull, Snowy Owl, Horned Lark, Cape May Warbler Atkinson Street, Newburyport: American Robin, Northern Mockingbird Cherry Hill Reservoir, West Newbury: Northern Harrier Marsh Ave., Newbury: Eastern Bluebird, Northern Harrier, Short-eared Owl Tara Lane, Newton, NH: Common Raven Island Road, Essex: Great Blue Heron, White-throated Sparrow, Belted Kingfisher Manchester-by-the Sea Harbor: Bufflehead, Ring-billed Gull, Redbreasted Merganser, Common Eider, Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk

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use the car analogy often. First, you decide that you are buying a car. It is only after you decide that you are buying a car that you pick the style, the brand, and the options. It is with that information that you make a decision on what car you are buying, based on what you want and feel is right for you. I look at dentistry the same way. Dentistry combines health care, artistry, psychology and business all into one. As in any job, there are good times and not so good times. There is always room for improvement in all aspects of the profession and the options for continuing education to improve are limitless. If you, or if you have kids in high school or college who are wondering about what to do with their life, introduce the possibility of a career in dentistry. Ask your dentist if they would talk to you or them about the profession or even do mentorship. It’s a wonderful profession. Dr. St. Clair maintains a private dental practice in Rowley and Newburyport dedicated to healthcentered family dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written about or questions you have please email them to him at jpstclair@ dentalhealthforlife.com. To view previous columns or comment, go to www.facebook.com/dentalhealthforlife or www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com/blog.

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