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The Elementary School Building Committee on Monday voted unanimously (7-0) to choose a preferred schematic option called Hayden Rowe Village East, featuring three stories and three wings, for the Elmwood School replacement project. The committee has been weighing the...
Juniors Abigail Baskin and Aditya Machiraju will represent Hopkinton High School at the 69th annual Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Festival on March 3-4 at the Westford Regency and Symphony Hall in Boston. Baskin plays the cello while Machiraju...
The University of New Hampshire announced its fall dean’s list, and it includes a number of Hopkinton residents. Alexandra Lee, Lia Brossi and Samuel Lozeau were recognized with highest honors, Grace Joy and Olivia O’Connor received high honors, and Kathryn Callery...
Hopkinton High School and Hopkinton Middle School students took home a number of awards in the Scholastic Arts Awards and Scholastic Writing Awards competitions. On the writing side, HHS students won four gold keys, 11 silver keys and 11 honorable mentions. Sophomore...
A traffic consultant told the Elementary School Building Committee on Tuesday that building a three-grade school on Hayden Rowe Street was doable and would not significantly impact traffic there. However, he said it likely would add an additional 150-200 cars during...
Hopkinton High School’s student literary magazine, Marginal, recently won honors in two national competitions. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) recognized the publication as a REALM First Class magazine, the contest’s highest distinction. Only 38...
A divided Select Board on Tuesday agreed to approve a graduation car parade for Hopkinton High School’s Class of 2023, but with the understanding that this will be the final year for the event. A vote simply to approve the parade failed, 3-2, leading to a second...
The Hopkinton Area Land Trust (HALT) is offering a scholarship of up to $1,000 to a graduating high school student or students from Hopkinton whose intent is to major in conservation, ecology, natural resources/wildlife management or the environmental sciences....
The Hopkinton School Committee on Thursday voted to have a Grades 2-3-4 configuration for the proposed Elmwood School project, citing cost savings and the ability to address needs system-wide to address growing enrollment. However, member Holly Morand abstained from...
Traffic could be the single most challenging issue facing the Elementary School Building Committee, with members acknowledging the need for more detailed analysis and communication with the public. At Tuesday’s meeting, the committee reviewed the various possible...
Tickets are being sold for the Class of 2024 Calendar Draw. Proceeds benefit the junior class post-prom event. Tickets can be purchased from Feb 1-28, and the 31-day draw starts March 1. Anyone who is a Massachusetts resident can participate. Tickets are $10 for a...
The Marathon Fund Committee will award six $1,500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Hopkinton. Applications are available at the Town Manager’s Office in Town Hall and the Hopkinton High School Guidance Department as well as on the...
The Hopkinton Garden Club is soliciting applications for its $1,000 scholarship. Preference is given to graduating high school seniors pursuing the fields of horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, forestry, conservation, environmental sciences and related...
About 20 people attended Tuesday’s forum for the Elementary School Building Committee, with a few neighbors of potential sites voicing concerns that existing traffic problems will get worse. Before a question-and-answer period, Project Manager Jeff D’Amico explained...
Due to expected snowfall Wednesday evening, the Hopkins School concert has been postponed to Thursday (Jan. 26) at 7 p.m. All fifth-grade ensembles — band, orchestra and chorus — will perform at the Hopkinton High School athletic center. For more information, visit...
Marginal, the student magazine at Hopkinton High School, received highest honors in a national competition, while junior Emily Jiang won an art honor. The organization REALM (Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines) recognized Marginal as First Class, a...
A team from Hopkinton Middle School was selected as one of 60 winners in the NASA TechRise Student Challenge. Members of the team are Aditi Khiste, Dharshna Karthick, Sahasra Ramabhotla and Sanya Bhagat. The team’s experiment was titled “Corrosion of Metal in Outer...
The district announced Monday morning that all Hopkinton schools would have an early dismissal and there would be no afternoon or evening activities due to the weather. About 4 inches of a wintry mix is expected during the day, with early rain followed by snow until...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnGKoPiDFd8&list=PL8WekT6kxX1B3xlP6fIr3QmhJButK4GkU&index=1 The School Committee on Thursday voted 4-1 to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget totaling $60,172,752, a slight change from the proposal members had been working with...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksTQEpNN05E Members of the Elementary School Building Committee on Tuesday saw a number of possible site and floor plan designs and also heard about potential mechanical design options. Perkins Eastman Senior Project Architect Dawn...
