The Hopkinton High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Jeremy Dodge, performed at the Massachusetts Association of Jazz Educators (MAJE) Festival on March 25 at Norwood High School. The Jazz Ensemble was awarded a Gold Award at the 2023 MAJE Central District...
As plans progress for a proposed Elmwood School replacement, Robert Bell, educational programmer/principal for architectural firm Perkins Eastman, provided an update on tweaks that were made following three more meetings with faculty and staff as well as community...
Police confiscated a toy gun from a student on a school bus and searched students following an incident Wednesday morning, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh shared. In an email to the schools community Wednesday, Cavanaugh explained that at approximately 7:42 a.m. on the...
MassBay Community College esports participant Blake Briner was named to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 21 Academic Honor Roll for his achievement in the classroom during the fall 2022 semester. … At Bates College, Alex Kovacs, a senior...
Hopkinton High School is one is six host sites for the Massachusetts Instrumental & Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) 2023 Concert Festival. Throughout the weekend, up to 35 outside school groups will perform in front of highly qualified adjudicators. The...
David Brauninger, principal of Lt. Peter M. Hansen Elementary School in Canton, was selected as the new principal at Elmwood School, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh announced Friday. He will succeed Anne Carver, who is retiring in June. Brauninger and the other...
School Committee members on Thursday agreed to send a letter to legislators outlining their concern about a 14 percent increase in costs to send students to private special education schools. The tuition hike was imposed by the Operational Services Division and goes...
Visually seeing what is possible at the proposed Elmwood School replacement is exciting for teachers, according to Elmwood Principal Anne Carver, “especially those who are at Hopkins School trying to wrap their heads around making a shift.” Carver was speaking at...
Members of the Hopkinton HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) team took part in the State Leadership Conference on March 18 at Worcester State University. A total of 28 Hopkinton High School and Hopkinton Middle School students finished in the top three in...
Following a budget presentation Monday, members of the Hopkinton Appropriation Committee told the School Committee that looking at long-term capital needs should be a priority. First, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh reviewed the district’s proposed $60.1 million...
Two finalists for the principal’s job at Elmwood School met with faculty, community members and the School Committee on Thursday to answer questions during several forums. Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh said the replacement for retiring principal Anne Carver will be...
Hopkinton residents named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Clark University included Natalie Beck, Sean Cahill, Callie-Rose Ronan and Afnaan Syed. All received first honors. … At Bryant University, Dennis Field was named to the president’s list, while...
The Hopkinton Middle School Drama Club will perform “Charlotte’s Web” at the HMS auditorium on Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or online (showtix4u.com/event-details/71859). Charlotte's Web is based on E.B. White's...
The Hopkinton School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to “reaffirm” support of the $60.1 million fiscal year 2024 budget it originally passed on Jan. 19. Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh reviewed the process thus far, noting the proposal began as an 8.3 percent...
Hopkinton High School’s Business Professionals of America club members participated in the state leadership conference March 4-5 in Norwood, and 22 students qualified for the National Leadership Conference on April 26-30 in Anaheim, California. Dhruv Shah was elected...
Following their first-place finish in the Hopkinton High School Science Fair on March 1, the team of Dylan Striek, Rylee Blair and Disha Mudenur captured second place at the March 10 regional Science Fair at WPI with their project titled “Electrolytic Extraction of...
The budget still has many moving parts, noted Town Manager Norman Khumalo during a joint meeting Thursday night with the School Committee. While he acknowledged that people want definitive answers and numbers, Khumalo said the immediate need is to continue...
Consultant Amy Rebecca Gay led members of the Hopkinton School Committee, administrative staff and the Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) through a two-hour working session on Wednesday to see if they could repair their communication issues and work...
Hopkinton residents earning spots on the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at UMass Amherst were: Morgan Allen, Molly Andrews, Julia Annenberg, Kendal August, Julian Bianchi, Angela Bonnell, Tess Bouvier, Shivali Chandrasekar, Alan Chen, Jordyn Cheverie, Jake...
When asked what advice she would give to her successor, retiring Elmwood School Principal Anne Carver said, “Be true to yourself, and when you make decisions, keep kids at the forefront. If you make a decision that is right for kids, then it is the right one and you...
