A website posting that ranked freshman female students at Hopkinton High School based on their physical appearance has been removed from the site and received sharp criticism from school officials. The rankings were posted on Challonge.com, a website that uses an NCAA...
Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop emailed the HHS community Sunday afternoon to announce that a student had died, and to make students and staff aware there will be in-person grief counseling Monday. "It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the death...
Special Town Meeting voters could take the first step toward a potential new Elmwood School. By a unanimous vote, School Committee members agreed Thursday to place an article on the May 8 Special Town Meeting warrant seeking money for a feasibility study to look at...
School Committee members on Thursday unanimously supported a memorandum of agreement with the Hopkinton Teachers Association that agrees on conditions to reopen the schools on a full-time basis. The vote was taken at a special meeting with only two items on the...
Hopkinton High School junior Connor Grady was attending a car show a few years ago when an attendee asked an unexpected question. “Do you have a business card?” the person asked. “Which was kind of weird, because I was 12 years old,” Grady said. But there was a sound...
School personnel have experienced a “dizzying week’’ as they prepare for students in kindergarten through Grade 5 to return to school full-time Monday, April 5, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told members of the Hopkinton School Committee at Thursday's meeting....
The Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Special Olympics, was held Friday behind Hopkinton High School. According to HHS junior Bianca Pal, who led the organizing effort, the event has raised almost $5,000, with donations still being received. [gallery...
In an unusual year filled with unprecedented obstacles, the Hopkinton Public Schools Music Department was determined that one thing would not occur: silence. Working in concert, Hopkinton music students, faculty and administrators kept the music playing, even if in a...
There is nothing trivial about these students’ accomplishments, even if they do involve trivia. A five-member team from Hopkinton High School has qualified to compete in the 12th season of High School Quiz Show, a popular academic series broadcast annually by GBH2....
The district may need to spend $157 million in construction costs over 10 years to accommodate a projected long-term enrollment increase of 700 students, finance director Susan Rothermich told School Committee members Thursday. A facilities study group will be created...
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh and town health director Shaun McAuliffe issued a joint statement Wednesday to address the surge in COVID cases at Hopkinton High School. "We are finding that students are testing positive for the virus at rates that have not occurred...
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, in an email to schools families Monday, stated that there are no plans to switch to a temporary all-remote learning model at Hopkinton High School despite a run on COVID-19 cases there. In the past week there have been 12 cases at HHS:...
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh emailed schools families Friday afternoon requesting that they check their children for symptoms of COVID-19 and hold them out of school if any exist. There have been 16 confirmed cases in the district over the past 10 days — 13 of which...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPlglTcx0vU Hopkinton elementary schools will reopen full-time April 5 and the middle and high school on April 26, School Committee members agreed Thursday. Remote learning will be available through the end of the year, but remote...
An email Wednesday from Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop to HHS families indicated three members of the HHS community tested positive for COVID-19. This comes on the heels of an email Tuesday noting there were two cases. This makes a total of seven known...
On the right, Carolyn Fitzpatrick appears to glow with health, donning dangling earrings and a striking exotic necklace. On the left, she is clearly weary, dressed in pajamas and wearing no makeup. The images appear starkly different, perhaps taken weeks or months...
School Committee members raised concerns about several issues, including potential class sizes at the middle and high school and crowded conditions in the high school hallways, during a discussion on school reopening plans at a working session Sunday. The issue of...
The School Committee could officially determine a school reopening plan next Thursday, committee chair Amanda Fargiano said at a public forum Thursday night to discuss issues related to the reopening. A School Committee working session to further discuss the issue...
Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh sent an email to schools families Tuesday indicating that late last week the district had its first confirmed case (by the Hopkinton Health Department and Massachusetts Department of Public Health) of student-to-student transmission of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXIPlWITAOQ&feature=youtu.be Schools could reopen on a full-time basis in Hopkinton on March 29, according to a proposal presented to the School Committee on Thursday. The proposal, prepared by the reopening planning team tasked...
