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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH1NaJLAe-0 The Hopkinton School Committee met Thursday and discussed the progress on the high school addition, which now is expected to be mostly complete by the beginning of the school year after corrections to the work were made. The...
Emma Griffiths graduated from MIT with a degree in material sciences and engineering with a concentration in Mandarin Chinese. She is spending the summer in Denver while working remotely for a medical company based in Hong Kong. … Elisabeth Kistner graduated magna cum...
The School Committee met Thursday to review the successes of the year during the pandemic, elect new leadership and discuss the administrator vacation policy. Nancy Cavanaugh was unanimously elected chair. Previous chair Amanda Fargiano was unanimously elected to...
The second Hopkinton High School car parade was held Saturday...
(Editor's note: For photos from Saturday's graduation car parade, click here. For photos from Wednesday's Senior Gala, click here.) The Hopkinton High School Class of 2021 — which at 328...
Following the Senior Gala on Wednesday, Hopkinton High School held its Senior Recognition Night on Thursday. Among the awards presented Thursday were the Principal's Leadership Award to Mahdi Maymandi-Nejad and the...
Boston College held its graduation ceremonies on May 24, and a number of Hopkinton residents were recognized. Most notably, Hopkinton’s Hariharan “Harry” Shanmugam received the Edward H. Finnegan, S.J., Award, the school’s highest undergraduate commencement honor. The...
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...
Editor's note: This story was submitted by Boston College. Hariharan "Harry" Shanmugam of Hopkinton, a member of the Boston College Class of 2021, was presented with the university’s most prestigious graduation honor at commencement on May 24: the Edward H. Finnegan,...
Hopkinton Public Schools students will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors, as the School Committee voted unanimously at Thursday's meeting to rescind the mandatory mask policy after reviewing vaccination data and guidance from both the Department of...
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...
