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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...
The MetroWest-Westborough Regional Vaccination Collaborative will host a private vaccine clinic on Saturday, May 8, from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. for high school students ages 16 and older, using the Pfizer vaccine. The clinic will be open only to students residing in...
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...
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect five more cases reported Tuesday. One day after reporting two new cases of COVID-19 in the Hopkinton High School community, HHS principal Evan Bishop emailed families to announce there were five more cases reported...
The Hopkinton High School Class of 2022 is hosting another Hillers face mask fundraiser. "With our HHS and HMS full return upon us, we have decided to reopen our face mask fundraiser," the class officers wrote in an email to classmates and their families. "We have...
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...
Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop emailed the HHS community Sunday afternoon to announce that a student had died, and to make students and staff aware there will be in-person grief counseling Monday. "It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the death...
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...
Hopkinton High School students took home a haul of awards from the Business Professionals of America (BPA) state competition. Winners included Cindy Yang (first place in Advanced Desktop Publishing, first in Graphic Design Promotion, third in Fundamental Desktop...
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....
The Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Special Olympics, was held Friday behind Hopkinton High School. According to HHS junior Bianca Pal, who led the organizing effort, the event has raised almost $5,000, with donations still being received. [gallery...
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...
The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced its dean’s list recipients for the fall semester, and a number of Hopkinton residents were recognized. Those receiving honors included Freeman Alfano, Morgan Allen, Molly Andrews, Julia Annenberg, Hayden...
There is nothing trivial about these students’ accomplishments, even if they do involve trivia. A five-member team from Hopkinton High School has qualified to compete in the 12th season of High School Quiz Show, a popular academic series broadcast annually by GBH2....
By Deanna Law Special to the Independent Editor’s note: The following is from Deanna Law, a longtime teacher/administrator at Hopkins School who recently submitted her resignation after taking a leave of absence prior to the 2019-20 school year and moving to Montana....
The district may need to spend $157 million in construction costs over 10 years to accommodate a projected long-term enrollment increase of 700 students, finance director Susan Rothermich told School Committee members Thursday. A facilities study group will be created...
