Hopkinton High School Science Fair students are eager to connect with local experts to get feedback on their ideas and brainstorm next steps. Anyone with a science or engineering background who is interested in mentoring can take part in a casual evening of short,...
The School Committee met on Thursday night to discuss several issues, including progress on the high school addition, the need for more staff to prepare school lunches, and the implementation of the test and stay program at the district’s schools. In her...
There have been some COVID cases at the Hopkinton Public Schools, but overall, the first few weeks have gone well, according to Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh. In an email to school families on Friday, Cavanaugh wrote that the schools "have enjoyed a strong return to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 —...
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...
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,...
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...
