Hopkinton Middle School teacher Charles Rockwood was named Teacher of the Year by Medway VFW Post 1526. Rockwood, who teaches Grade 7 English, supervises the Patriot Pen Essay Contest at HMS, holding workshops for his students to help with their essays. Said Medway...
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Wojcik wins writing award
HHS senior Alex Wojcik took first place in the annual Will McDonough Writing Contest, sponsored by the New England Sports Museum. Winners (one each in Grades 4-12) were chosen by sports editors from The Boston Globe. Wojcik and the other winners were honored in a...
HHS Destination Imagination team advances
A Hopkinton High School team advanced at the Destination Imagination state tournament last month and will represent Massachusetts in the global finals in the engineering challenge. The team consists of juniors Michael Giusti, Mihika Abraham, Akila Sanjay and Ananth...
Vijay 11th at state GeoBee
Hopkinton Middle School student Abnishek Vijay finished 11th out of 100 students in the National Geographic GeoBee state championship on March 29 at Elms College in Chicopee. Vijay won the HMS competition and then had to take a test to earn a spot in the state GeoBee....
HHS students honored with state writing awards
Three Hopkinton High School students, led by multiple award-winner Emma McNamara, received state-level recognition in the 2019 Scholastic Writing Awards last month. McNamara, a senior, won a gold key and silver medal in the critical essay category for her work titled,...
Hopkinton students on Keefe Tech honor roll
Keefe Tech announced its honor roll for Term 2, and it includes a number of Hopkinton residents. Senior Juliet Jacobs, sophomore Gabrielle Buentello and freshman Jake Shepard received high honors. Junior Aidan Shepard and freshmen Michael Duffy and Jeremy Fogarty...
Changes ahead for HHS schedule
Administration seeks to alleviate stress with more flex periods Hopkinton High School will be making some changes next year, ones that school officials hope will have an effect on students’ social and emotional well-being. During the March 28 School Committee meeting,...
Hopkinton students key to Spotters Network
By Melissa Orff, Contributing Writer Close to 40 Hopkinton High School students will be an integral part of this year’s Boston Marathon on April 15 as they volunteer for the WBZ-TV Spotters Network. The Spotters Network, known as “the eyes of the Boston Marathon” for...
Business Profile: Miss Tanya’s Nursery School summer camps
Children between the ages of 2 years, 9 months and 6 years are in for an amazing learning experience at Miss Tanya’s family of nursery schools, and many can’t wait for summer camp programming to begin. What child could possibly resist a themed two-week (either three-...
HHS students qualify for state science fair
By Melissa Orff, Contributing Writer Hopkinton High School had an excellent showing at this year’s regional science fair at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on March 8. Seven HHS projects scored in the top 40 out of 130 projects in the region and qualify to move on to...
Schools move forward with bus parking plan
Hopkinton Public Schools officials are one step closer to alleviating the current traffic and parking issues at the high school/middle school campus after presenting their recommendations during the March 21 School Committee meeting. For the past two years, the...
HHS robotics teams head to worlds
The hard work and perseverance have paid off for two Hopkinton High School robotics teams that qualified for spots at this month’s international tournament. HHS Hopkinetics Team 2602A (Jake Chirco, Nate Krozy, Jacob Mauro, Alex Clark, Riccardo Negri, Krutarth Parmar)...
Blackstone Valley Wealth Management Scholarship
Blackstone Valley Wealth Management, a financial planning and advisory firm located in Hopkinton, is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a Hopkinton High senior this spring. The student must be planning to pursue a higher education at a college or university immediately...
Canty’s Underdog Scholarship
Canty's Underdog Scholarship is being offered in memory of Brad Canty, HHS Class of 2018. There will be 10 $1,000 scholarships awarded to qualified seniors from Hopkinton who have been accepted to a post-secondary program. Brad had to work harder than most due to...
School bus applications available
The school bus application period is open, with a deadline of May 1. This is for students in Grades 7-12, who must pay a fee if they use the bus. Students in Grades 6 are free and do not need to apply for busing, although those will not ride the bus should notify the...
HPS to add Seal of Biliteracy
Hopkinton Public Schools announced last month it will participate in the Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy program. Graduating seniors who meet the requirement of the program will earn a Mass. Seal of Biliteracy or the Mass. Seal of Biliteracy With Distinction, affixed...
Schlussel wins national award
Sierra Schlussel won an Aspirations in Computing Award from the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). Schlussel, who received an honorable mention from NCWIT last year, is a member of HHS’ Girls Who Code club and is an AP computer science...
HHS magazine ranked third in state
The HHS magazine Marginal earned a rating of superior from the National Council of Teachers of English and was rated as the third-highest magazine in Massachusetts in the REALM contest (Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines). Superior is the highest...
HHS jazz ensemble takes gold
The Hopkinton High School jazz ensemble, under the direction of Jeremy Dodge, earned its first-ever gold medal at the Massachusetts Association of Jazz Educators State Festival on March 23. As a result, the group will be featured in a concert at the Hatch Shell in...
Choruses head to state festivals
The Hopkinton Public Schools Music Department once again is serving as one of the host schools as well as taking part in the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association Festival the weekend of April 5-7. “We have become one of the sites that music...