The School Committee at its meeting Thursday night unanimously approved the student improvement plans for each of the district’s five schools. The common thread among all the presentations was weaving a focus on social and emotional learning (SEL) with education on...
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Schools Notebook: Locals honored at Worcester Academy; residents graduate from URI
Worcester Academy held its 187th commencement exercises June 4. Among the 129 graduates were Hopkinton residents Lauren Gray, Yixin Huang and Emma Potas. For the second semester, Potas received first honors, while Huang and Gray also were named to the headmaster’s...
Mass. education commissioner announces statewide mask requirement for K-12 students, staff
The state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education — after previously indicating each district would make its own determination — on Tuesday announced a statewide mask requirement for all public K-12 students and staff through at least Oct. 1. Education...
School bus routes finalized, available for viewing
The Hopkinton Public Schools Transportation Department announced Monday that bus routes for the 2021-22 school year have been finalized and are available at the transportation page on the schools website. Parents can find their child's pickup and drop-off location by...
School Committee votes unanimously to start school year with universal mask policy
The School Committee voted 5-0 at its meeting Thursday night to open the school year with the requirement that all students and staff wear masks. The policy will be reviewed on a monthly basis as new information on COVID-19 comes available. The committee made the...
Board of Health recommends masks in Hopkinton schools
Masks should be worn in the Hopkinton Public Schools when students return to class as part of “a layered approach” to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Board of Health recommended to the School Committee in a joint meeting Wednesday night. The School Committee is...
HHS senior runs so others can have water
Growing up in Hopkinton, Aryan Shah has enjoyed many privileges that most people of the world are unable to experience. Following a conversation last year with his father, Jinal, the rising senior at Hopkinton High School began to take stock of the many blessings in...
Math coach Moran adds fun to summer learning
Shelly Moran, the math coach for the Hopkinton Public Schools, never figured she would be teaching the subject to which she once had an aversion when she was in school. “I was a reluctant math student,” explained Moran, who has been teaching in the Hopkinton school...
Schools Notebook: HHS duo honored at Invention Convention
Hopkinton High School students Nicolette Buonora and Lauren Strechay won two awards at the sixth annual Invention Convention U.S. Nationals, hosted by The Henry Ford Museum online this spring. The girls were waiting for the results from the global level of...
School Committee roundup: Mask use for upcoming school year debated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjYXDhiAmhs The use of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 was discussed at Thursday’s School Committee meeting, with a vote expected at the next meeting on Aug. 19. Representatives for two groups — one for and one opposed —...
Superintendent to discuss return to school, face coverings at School Committee meeting Thursday
An email from Superintendent of Schools Carol Cavanaugh to district families Monday indicated that Thursday’s School Committee meeting will include a presentation — but not a vote — about the return to school and face coverings to help protect against COVID-19. The...
College Honors: Locals graduate UMass
A number of Hopkinton residents were among the approximately 5,500 students who received bachelor’s degrees at the University of Massachusetts commencement on May 14 in Amherst. Local degree recipients include Freeman Alfano, Zain Awan, Kalina Bergmann, Aayushi Berry,...
Schools Notebook: Elementary School Building Committee starts work
The newly formed Hopkinton Elementary School Building Committee-2 (ESBC-2) met for the first time on July 15 at Elmwood School. The committee, formed by a vote at the May 18 Select Board meeting, is tasked with coming up with a plan to replace Elmwood. Jon Graziano...
School Committee’s Listening Series runs Aug. 1-24
The School Committee on Monday announced the schedule for its Listening Series, which it describes as "targeted office hours to help the School Committee hear directly from specific sectors of our school community about their lived experiences, challenges, successes...
School Committee roundup: Conduct policy discussed; HHS addition work continues
The bulk of Thursday’s School Committee meeting focused on the discussion of norms for committee members, which serve as a code of conduct and policy. “Every year the School Committee looks at the norms of how we do business,” said Chair Nancy Cavanaugh. “And we...
College Honors: Ali mentors high school students
Hopkinton’s Zain Ali, an introduction to data science (IDS) curriculum and instruction major at Lasell University in Newton, was acknowledged as a mentor for high school students taking dual-enrollment college-level courses in the 2020-21 academic year. Ali partnered...
School Committee roundup: Enrollment numbers continue to rise; mask requirement debated
The School Committee on Thursday night discussed a number of issues at its hybrid meeting from the HCAM studio, including enrollment figures for the upcoming year and the importance of growing the Special Education Parents Advisory Council (SEPAC) to help address the...
College Honors: Decade after high school, Yasuna graduates MassBay, heads to WPI
After attending college for a short time after high school, then joining the workforce for more than a decade, Oliver Yasuna enrolled at MassBay Community College. Yasuna, also a single father, made the dean’s list every semester, was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa...
‘Still curious’ HHS psychology teacher Sullivan retires
Michael Sullivan, head of the Psychology Department at Hopkinton High School, has had a remarkable career over the past four decades. He is a nationally recognized expert in teaching psychology and wrote the textbook from which he taught his AP Psychology class at...
Schools Notebook: Women’s Club honors grads; PolyArts awards scholarship; Keefe Tech recognizes locals
The Hopkinton Women’s Club recently announced its scholarship winners. This year’s recipients are Riley Delaney, Aditya Dutta, Alexander Fomin, Nicholas Igartua, Alannah Miller, Megan Murchie, Charlie Nealon, Lucas Nealon, Courtney Olafsen, Mirabella Paolucci, Elana...