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High school participants in the School the World service program are referred to as “world changers.” But if you ask Hopkinton resident Wheatley Evarts, it is more the other way around. The experience of helping to build a school in Panama last year was eye opening...
Following a tour of Hopkins School, School Committee members gathered in the library Thursday night to talk about plans for an addition and renovations. Town Meeting will vote in May on the proposed $49.7 million project. Dan Colli, senior project manager for the...
During an unusually short 15-minute meeting on Tuesday, the Elementary School Building Committee approved invoices and announced an upcoming community forum. The committee authorized total payment of $651,151.35 to Vertex and Perkins Eastman for costs associated with...
Hopkinton Public Schools spring concerts start this week. The Hopkinton High School orchestra, chorus and bands will perform Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in the HHS auditorium. The community is welcome to attend, free of charge. The HHS Jazz Ensemble will perform at...
A group of Hopkinton High School sophomores has made it their mission to spread awareness about the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and the inequities that exist in economically disadvantaged areas. It’s called the Medical Equity for Noncommunicable Diseases...
During a first review of the school district’s weapons policy at Thursday's School Committee meeting, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh spoke about the necessity to include a section on “religious artifacts that resemble weapons.” She said that students baptized Sikhs...
Since its inception 30 years ago, the Hopkinton Parent Teacher Organization has raised $2.75 million in support of the Hopkinton School district, for preschool through 12th grade, organizers said. Not only is it unusual for a PTO to exist for three decades, it is rare...
More than 40 donated books relating to special education recently were delivered to the Marathon School library, where they are on display in time for March’s Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Erica Seekell, a member of the Special Education Parent Advisory...
More than 60 students presented their original research to a team of judges at the 2024 Hopkinton High School Science and Engineering Fair, held in late February. HHS chemistry teacher Kristen Murphy was the science fair coordinator. The science fair offers students a...
Kristen Santos insists she is not special or different from any of the other teachers at Hopkinton Middle School. But the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, for one, would disagree. The nonprofit organization (which uses...
The Hopkinton School Committee announced Thursday that is seeking community input to narrow the list of names for the new elementary school via a survey. Since the district issued a press release in January requesting suggestions for potential names, nearly 50...
Speaking about potential design themes for the new Elmwood School that could be connected to curriculum, Robert Bell, educational programmer for architect Perkins Eastman said, “the simplicity of marsh, meadow, forest was something that was appreciated” by teachers....
Srilakshmi Venkatesan, a senior at Hopkinton High School, recently was named a top 300 student researcher in the national Regeneron Science Talent Search. Venkatesan and HHS each were awarded $2,000. The Regeneron Science Talent Search is the oldest science and math...
The Hopkinton Public Schools Music Department announced that Aritro Chatterjee (viola), Aman Kumar (tuba), and Aditya Machiraju (tuba) were accepted into the Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Festival to take place March 22 and 23 in Worcester and...
The School Committee at its Thursday meeting awarded a pre-construction contract of $140,000 to Commodore Builders for the Hopkins School addition/renovation project. The funding comes from the $3 million previously appropriated for the feasibility phase of the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0d8ZkWPqVc At a public hearing Monday on the Hopkins School addition project, some questions from a handful of residents in person and online centered around costs and anticipated disruptions. The proposed $49.7 million Hopkins project...
A number of Hopkinton residents earned spots on the fall dean’s list at the University of Rhode Island. Those recognized include Delaney Augsburg, Quentin Barnes, Trinity Birtwistle, Sydney Capello, Lauren Nordling, Lily Pete, Emerie Peterson, Eliza Worrell and Josie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sViTNG4YiPc&list=PL8WekT6kxX1Br0cSnDo2TGMdCfeMGnuFg&index=1 Plans to drill a test well for the Elmwood School replacement project were derailed when weather impacted creation of a temporary road to the site. Chris Eberly, Vertex...
Hopkinton High School sophomore May Chen has a way with words — specifically, poetic ones. For the second consecutive year, Chen was named winner of the school’s annual poetry contest. Her poem will be published in the award-winning school magazine, Marginal. She also...
At Thursday's School Committee meeting, members met with representatives of the Special Education Parent Advisory Council to review where things stand following last year’s volatility. Last March, working with a mediator, the School Committee and SEPAC mapped out a...
