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Hopkinton High School senior Kevin Gu’s way with words has taken him all the way to the national stage. Gu is one of only five high school poets to earn the designation of National Student Poet, the nation’s highest honor for youth poets presenting original work. He...
For people with mental health struggles, visiting a therapist can help provide vital insight and support to help them work through their challenges. But with some 4,500 licensed mental health counselors in Massachusetts, many of them with appealing but limited online...
On Aug. 5, 2009, Avery Toole was lying in a hospital bed at Boston Children’s Hospital, battling a heart condition. That was an all too familiar location for the Hopkinton 5-year-old. The day after she was born, in April 2004, she was diagnosed with hypoplastic left...
There’s a science behind the success of Hopkinton High School students who took first-place honors in the 2021 Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair, also known as MSEF. A formula of hard work, determination and passion for their projects has led to not only...
Even when watched by the most attentive caregivers, children, pets and people with neurodivergent disabilities can wander. Tragedy sometimes can result. Rylee Blair, a 15-year-old Hopkinton High School freshman, experienced that firsthand. A neighborhood dog got loose...
Eight-year-old Aanya Soni loves taking walks with her dad and her dog, hoping to catch a glimpse of her favorite animal, a turtle. “They’re very cool to me,” she said. But some of her turtle sightings have been troubling. She was sad to see some of her beloved turtles...
A student loves math but doesn’t know how to make a career out of it. Another student enjoys writing but also shares an affinity for technology and wonders if the two interests can somehow combine into one job. A program at Hopkinton High School aims to answer...
Women often face a long daily to-do list. Falling to the bottom, all too often, is their own well-being. Hopkinton resident Sue-Ellen Anderson-Haynes owns a business that aims to change that. Her venture, 360 Girls & Women (360girlsandwomen.com), provides holistic...
The schools had a good day Saturday. Town Meeting voters unanimously approved going forward with expansion plans for Marathon School, which requires additional space to house a growing student population, school officials have said. With only one voter raising...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XokGxsmsBm8 The investigation into Mikayla Miller’s death is being handled thoroughly and could take three months or more to finalize, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan told the Hopkinton School Committee at Thursday’s meeting....
No one person can solve all the world’s problems. But every person can make a difference, said Anna Noroian, an eighth-grader at Hopkinton Middle School. “Small ripples can make a big wave,” she said. “Every step we take to be a better community together, I think...
A growing number of COVID-positive cases at Hopkinton High School could put in-person graduation in jeopardy and require mandatory pool testing for students in extracurricular activities, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told School Committee members Thursday....
School officials are encouraging Hopkinton students to register for pool testing in an effort to quickly identify potential cases of COVID-19, according to information sent to the school community this week. Pooled testing processes specimens from multiple people in a...
Hopkinton schools met or exceeded target goals at all educational levels, according to a report card recently released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). That designation was the sixth of seven possible achievement levels for...
A website posting that ranked freshman female students at Hopkinton High School based on their physical appearance has been removed from the site and received sharp criticism from school officials. The rankings were posted on Challonge.com, a website that uses an NCAA...
Special Town Meeting voters could take the first step toward a potential new Elmwood School. By a unanimous vote, School Committee members agreed Thursday to place an article on the May 8 Special Town Meeting warrant seeking money for a feasibility study to look at...
School Committee members on Thursday unanimously supported a memorandum of agreement with the Hopkinton Teachers Association that agrees on conditions to reopen the schools on a full-time basis. The vote was taken at a special meeting with only two items on the...
Hopkinton High School junior Connor Grady was attending a car show a few years ago when an attendee asked an unexpected question. “Do you have a business card?” the person asked. “Which was kind of weird, because I was 12 years old,” Grady said. But there was a sound...
School personnel have experienced a “dizzying week’’ as they prepare for students in kindergarten through Grade 5 to return to school full-time Monday, April 5, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told members of the Hopkinton School Committee at Thursday's meeting....
In an unusual year filled with unprecedented obstacles, the Hopkinton Public Schools Music Department was determined that one thing would not occur: silence. Working in concert, Hopkinton music students, faculty and administrators kept the music playing, even if in a...
