A lack of outbreak reporting by nurses at Hopkinton Public Schools has resulted in responses and attention from both the Hopkinton Health Department and state agencies. Health Director Shaun McAuliffe first brought the issue to the Board of Health’s attention during a...
Updates on the Hopkins School and Charleswood School construction projects were among the items on a packed School Committee agenda Thursday. On the Hopkins project, the School Committee approved a $101,404 contract with BCM Controls, a security vendor that will...
Hopkinton High School’s annual Science and Engineering Fair was held Wednesday. First place went to Aarush Naik and Dylan Striek for “The GlycoCharge: A Translational Spectrophotometric Apparatus for Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring in Type II Diabetics.” Taking second...
On Tuesday, the Elementary School Building Committee approved a contract with ADS Environmental Engineering, LLC (through Vertex) not to exceed $41,030 for soil testing and removal on the future Charleswood School site. Vertex project manager Chris Eberly noted that a...
A group of students at Hopkinton High School is hoping to spread awareness about the dangers of anemia, particularly among youth and teenage girls. Calling themselves CARE (Campaign for Anemia Research and Education), the four juniors are working through the HHS HOSA...
Fairfield University announced its dean’s list recipients for the fall semester, and it includes Hopkinton residents Luke Beaudet, Tyler Bois, Emma Canestrari, Derek Crowe, Nicholas Dieter, Frank Incutto, Gregory Kovacs, Michael Liptak, Robert Liptak, Luke Scanlon...
The conversation will continue at the Feb. 27 School Committee meeting about how to reduce the fiscal year 2026 school budget by $415,000 as requested by the town manager’s directive. The School Committee previously approved a budget of $67,190,630, and this change...
According to two estimators, the Charleswood School project is under budget at the 90% construction document phase by $8.7 million, averaging $116.2 million. That estimate includes building construction and roadway costs. The Elementary School Building Committee on...
A number of Hopkinton High School students successfully auditioned and were accepted to the 2025 Central District Massachusetts Music Educators Association Senior Festival, which took place Jan. 18 at Mechanics Hall in Worcester. Aritro Chatterjee (viola) and...
Ahead of an impending snowstorm, Hopkinton Public School officials have notified parents and caregivers about the potential for a snow day on Thursday. "At this time, I am not prepared to make a decision about whether school will be open tomorrow," Superintendent of...
During a brief Zoom meeting Thursday night, the School Committee voted to sponsor a warrant article for an adaptive playground to be located at Marathon School. With its current wording, the article would ask the town to “vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from...
At the University of Wisconsin, Cathryn Leighton (School of Business) was named to the dean’s list, Spencer Smith (School of Business) was named to the dean’s list and Prithvi Venkatesh (College of Engineering) was named to the dean’s honor list for the fall semester....
The School Committee on Thursday approved the competency determination (CD) for high school graduation proposal as presented by Principal Evan Bishop at the last meeting. The board also adopted a fiscal year 2026 budget of $67,190,630, a plan reviewed at four previous...
The Elementary School Building Committee working on the proposed Charleswood School expects to meet with the Conservation Commission on Jan. 28 to discuss road improvements for the project. At ESBC’s Tuesday meeting, Vertex project manager Chris Eberly said an earlier...
In November, Massachusetts voted to remove MCAS test results as a requirement for high school graduation. Hopkinton High School Principal Evan Bishop on Thursday appeared before the School Committee to talk about competency determination (CD) going forward to comply...
Students from Hopkinton High School are among 17 Massachusetts teams to compete on Season 16 of “High School Quiz Show.” The award-winning academic tournament on GBH2 premieres Feb. 8 at 6 p.m., while Hopkinton’s opening-round match against Mansfield High School airs...
Mike Wilander, advisor to the South Asian Affinity Group at Hopkinton High School, wants the community to know that its members “feel school spirit, feel like a part of the community — both at school and in town. They are Hillers,” he said. Wilander has been...
Another look at the proposed fiscal year 2026 school operating budget was taken by members of the School Committee, Select Board and Appropriation Committee on Thursday. Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh and Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Susan...
Hopkinton Public Schools administration sent a message to families Wednesday to alert them that a cyber hack has compromised the district’s student information system, reflecting reports of similar incidents across the country. “Unfortunately, we have confirmed that...
The Search Committee that will recommend finalists for the superintendent position “does the heavy lift” and is the “absolute engine that moves this process along for you,” David DeRuosi told the School Committee on Jan. 2. DeRuosi is executive director of the New...
