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During a joint meeting with the School Committee and Appropriation Committee on Thursday, the Select Board adopted a budget message with an option for a 5.1 percent capping increase. That adoption occurred following a presentation by Town Manager Norman Khumalo and...
As part of the town’s work on developing a plan for a potential replacement for Elmwood School, there will be a second community forum on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton High School auditorium. The agenda for this meeting includes an initial assessment...
About 18 participants joined an online kickoff meeting Monday night to learn more about the process going forward for the Elmwood School replacement project. In addition to introducing the key players from Vertex and Perkins Eastman, who will plan and design the...
The Elmwood School replacement project, school enrollment and the attendance policy were among the topics of discussion at the Hopkinton School Committee meeting on Thursday. Elementary level administrators also presented improvement plans for the board to review....
The School Committee on Thursday approved changes to the middle school and high school student handbooks involving cell phones, hoods and hats and personal searches, among other things. Hopkinton Middle School Principal Matthew Lefebvre pointed out a new cell phone...
On Wednesday morning, Hopkinton High School's Class of 2023 continued the school's tradition of having seniors walk into the building together for the first day of classes.
When Hopkinton High School rising senior Vihaan Agarwal and some friends noticed a lack of offerings related to finance and entrepreneurship at the middle school level, they decided to do something about it. They founded the Hopkinton Youth Business Academy, which...
Grade configurations and a timetable for public forums related to the Elmwood School replacement project were topics of discussion during Monday’s School Committee meeting. The schedule was featured during a further review of Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh’s goals,...
Patrick Nash, the new assistant principal at Hopkinton Middle School, believes that role has changed significantly over the years and said he is excited to take on the challenge. “There’s a lot more to the assistant principal’s job [than handling discipline], and a...
Having recently taught at the elementary level remotely during the pandemic, Michelle Tynan believes she can relate to teachers and bring that understanding to her new role as assistant principal at Elmwood School. “I was in the trenches and know how they are feeling...
A three-year special education staffing proposal was the focus of Monday night’s School Committee meeting. The presentation, given by Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, Director of Student Services Karen Zaleski and Marathon Elementary School Principal Lauren Dubeau,...
The School Committee on Thursday approved the language for a Special Town Meeting warrant article asking for an additional $850,000 for the Marathon School addition project. The money for the project could be taken out of the department’s Legacy Farms Fund allocation...
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh on Friday announced the hiring of a new principal for Hopkinton Middle School. Matthew Lefebvre has been hired after serving as an assistant principal at Westborough High School for the past decade. Lefebvre, who began his career as a...
Participating in The Examined Life educational program enabled Hopkinton Middle School Grade 8 civics teacher William Mingace to make a life-changing trip to Greece, a journey he believes allows him to better understand what he teaches. From April 14-23, he traveled...
For the first time ever, a team from Hopkins Elementary School won the Hurvitz Cup State Scholastic Team Championship, a chess competition run by the Massachusetts Chess Association. The team representing Hopkins consisted of four fifth-grade boys, Dattasai Kilari,...
On his fifth birthday, Dhairya Mehta was gifted a chess board. The box stayed unopened in his house for months. Bored one day, Mehta asked his father, Mitul, to teach him how to play. His father showed him the basics and later enrolled the boy in chess classes. At 6...
Jeff LaBroad, a candidate for assistant superintendent for the Hopkinton Public Schools, said he is “beyond ecstatic” at the prospect of joining the district. LaBroad, currently principal at Josiah Haynes Elementary School in Sudbury, also has experience as a...
The end of each school year brings with it staff changes, and this year's changes are more significant than usual — especially at Hopkinton Middle School, where the top two administrators have taken positions in other communities. HMS Principal Alan Keller will become...
Ten Hopkinton High School teams earned prizes at the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair, including a group of Grade 9 students who brought home numerous awards. Additionally, sisters Eva and Esha Bennet qualified to compete at last month’s Regeneron...
School safety, the contract for nurses and the Elmwood School building project were among the topics on the Hopkinton School Committee agenda on Thursday night. With the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, still weighing on people’s minds, Superintendent Carol...
