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Members of the Hopkinton High School robotics team are no strangers to building and creating. They also are familiar with winning awards, a tradition they have continued this school year. During this season, the teams won an impressive slate of awards at this year’s...
At a public hearing during Monday’s Hopkinton School Committee meeting, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh presented a tentative FY22 budget of $54,153,911, an increase of a little less than 6 percent from the...
The Hopkinton High School Code Club, along with Girls Who Code, is organizing a 24-hour Inventathon for Hopkinton high school and middle school students this Friday and Saturday (Jan. 15-16). Registration ends Tuesday. A theme/topic will be announced at 4 p.m. on...
Hopkinton students involved in asynchronous learning will be required to spend one hour of virtual contact time per day with a teacher starting Jan. 19, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh said Wednesday. This hour could include a variety of options, including morning...
Hopkinton School Committee members will decide at an upcoming meeting whether to request $500,000 from the Legacy Farms host community agreement to bolster the Fiscal Year 2022 budget. The request, if approved by the committee, would be made in the form of a warrant...
Hopkinton assistant superintendent Jennifer Parson was named one of three finalists for the superintendent position in the Wayland School District, and she was interviewed by the Wayland School Committee on Tuesday night. "I feel that at this time it may be the right...
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh emailed the schools community Tuesday with an update regarding Massachusetts' new requirement that all students must show proof of vaccination for influenza immunization. The deadline — originally Dec. 31 — recently was extended to Feb....
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, in an email to the schools community, stated that there are no plans to switch to a fully remote model the first week after winter break. The schools went fully remote the week after Thanksgiving, prompting some to speculate that a...
Superintendent of Schools Carol Cavanaugh has agreed to a new five-year contract with a starting salary of $205,000. In making the offer, which is just over $11,000 more than her current salary of $193,725, School Committee members praised her “incredible work ethic,...
A working group to develop plans for the full-time reopening of the Hopkinton Public Schools is scheduled to begin meeting in January, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told the Hopkinton School Committee Thursday. “The goal is to have full-time, in-person reopening of...
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh emailed the schools community Sunday with a reminder that all students must show proof of vaccination for influenza immunization by Dec. 31. Only those with a medical or religious exemption are excused. Wrote Cavanaugh: “This vaccine...
Hopkinton Public Schools superintendent Carol Cavanaugh announced Wednesday afternoon that all classes for Thursday have been canceled due to a pending storm that is expected to drop between 8-18 inches of snow on town. The snow is predicted to start late Wednesday...
The Hopkinton High School Music Department announced that the following students have been selected to participate in the 2021 Central District Massachusetts Music Educators Senior Festival: senior Andrea Liu (violin), juniors Caroline Ozmun (cello), Aaditya Saini...
The Hopkinton school district presented a tentative budget of $54,307,442, an increase of a little over 6 percent from the current budget, at a joint meeting Thursday with the Select Board and Appropriations Committee. This was the first look at a projected school...
The Hopkinton Lions Club is hosting its annual youth speech contest virtually on Thursday, Dec. 17. The topic is: Is winning everything? The competition, which is part of a statewide program, provides an opportunity for students to speak publicly and freely on a...
Keeping the Fiscal Year 2022 school budget to a 2.5 percent increase over current spending will be “mathematically impossible” without eliminating positions, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told School Committee members Thursday. A major obstacle to staying at a 2.5...
A quick return to full-time, in-school education is not feasible because of logistical and scheduling issues, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told School Committee members Thursday. The issue of how and when to return to school full-time will be the task of a group...
School Committee members may form a group to consider returning students to school full-time, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh said Wednesday during an appearance on HCAM's Hopkinton Hangout Hour. That group, which is scheduled to be discussed at the Dec. 17 School...
On Wednesday afternoon, for the second time this week, Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop emailed families to inform them that a person in the HHS community has tested positive for COVID-19. Families with students who were in close contact with the individual...
As Hopkinton High School heads into the Thanksgiving break, principal Evan Bishop emailed families to inform them that a person in the HHS community has tested positive for COVID-19. "The Hopkinton Public Schools are working closely with the Community Tracing...
