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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
The School Committee on Thursday night rated Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh as “exemplary” in many areas of performance and noted that she exceeded expectations in achieving established goals. School Committee member Amanda Fargiano said the superintendent did an...
Community members in Hopkinton should be on the lookout in late summer/early fall for public forums where they’ll be asked for input on what a new elementary school should look like to replace Elmwood School. An option of renovations or changes to grade configurations...
More than half of the three-hour School Committee meeting Thursday night was devoted to the issue of dyslexia and the various programs the district offers to address it and other learning disabilities. During the public comment period, several mothers spoke about the...
In the 2022 U.S. News and World Report rankings, Hopkinton High School is the 11th-ranked high school in the state and 371st nationally. Massachusetts’ top 10 consists of Boston Latin School, Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, Sturgis Charter Public...
Jahnavi Prudhivi, a senior at Hopkinton High School and member of Robotics Team 2602H Hydra, said it is exciting to anticipate talking to judges about the process of transforming “just a bunch of metal pieces into a fully functioning robot.” “We’ll reminisce about the...