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,...
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School Committee approves Special Town Meeting article wording; enrollment numbers rise
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...
Middle school principal among new hires announced by district
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...
HMS teacher takes ‘amazing’ educational trip to Greece
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...
Hopkins team wins state chess title
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,...
Mehta makes mark in chess tournaments
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...
School committee hears from assistant superintendent finalist, anticipates Special Town Meeting for Marathon project
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...
HPS turnover includes departures of HMS principal, assistant principal
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...
HHS teams excel at state science fair
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...
Safety prime topic at School Committee meeting
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...
Photos: Graduation car parade
One day after Hopkinton High School commencement exercises, the senior class rode through town during the third annual car parade Saturday morning. The route took graduates past all of the Hopkinton schools.
Time woven through HHS graduation ceremony
The concept of time was woven through the speeches at Friday’s graduation ceremony at Hopkinton High School. Class president Manoli Barris reflected on the various periods of high school life. Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh talked about the emphasis placed on time and...
Art Memory Project connects art students with children worldwide
According to founder Ben Schumaker, the goal of the Memory Project is to promote intercultural understanding and kindness between children around the world. Since its establishment in 2004, the youth arts nonprofit organization in Wisconsin has involved 300,000 youth...
Students interested in health care careers qualify for international competition
A dozen Hopkinton High School students with aspirations of health care careers will be in Nashville, Tennessee, from June 22-25 to compete at the International Leadership Conference for the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA). The students earned the honor...
Police to have increased presence at Hopkinton schools after Texas shooting
Following Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school in Texas, Hopkinton will have an increased police presence at its schools, the superintendent and police chief announced Friday. "We are devastated and sorrowed by the heartbreaking events that occurred in Uvalde,...
School Committee roundup: Repairs continue after flood at middle school; protocols adopted
At Thursday’s School Committee meeting, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh shared details about a flood earlier this week in the basement at Hopkinton Middle School that resulted in 3-4 inches of water consistently and water up to 4 feet high in the elevator shaft. The...
HPS administrators ‘heartbroken’ following Texas school shooting, plan to review safety protocols in Hopkinton
An email from Hopkinton Public School administrators was sent out to schools families on Wednesday, one day after 19 students and two adults died in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. "We are writing, heartbroken, for the educators, students and families of Uvalde,...
Superintendent ‘strongly recommending’ face coverings for students, staff during COVID surge
In an email to Hopkinton Public Schools families Friday, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh urged the use of face coverings during the COVID surge in town. Cavanaugh indicated that she met with the town's Emergency Management Group earlier Friday and was informed that the...
Destination Imagination team heads to Global Finals
A five-member team of Hopkinton fourth-graders qualified to compete at the Global Finals for Destination Imagination, to be held in Kansas City from May 21-24. Founded in 1999, Destination Imagination is a volunteer-led, educational nonprofit organization that teaches...
School Committee roundup: Testing rescheduled for many students due to COVID surge
The impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt in Hopkinton Public Schools. At Thursday’s School Committee meeting, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh reported the number of students and staff with COVID at each school as follows: 19 students and six staff at Marathon, six...