Spring concerts start this week at Hopkinton schools

Oct 2024 31

Student leads effort to improve grief support at HHS

Sidharth Nair, a junior at Hopkinton High School, knows about grief firsthand. When he was 7 years old, his father passed away. That experience inspired him to help spread the message that loss hits people in different ways, and support is available. As a freshman,...

Hopkinton High School student Sidharth Nair

Oct 2024 30

School shooting concerns prompt parent to advocate for safety assessment funding

A Hopkinton parent concerned about student safety in the Hopkinton Public Schools is planning on submitting an article for the May 2025 Annual Town Meeting to call for a safety assessment, potentially leading to the use of metal detectors in the schools to deter...

Hopkinton High School front entrance, Hillers H sign

Oct 2024 30

ESBC selects smaller Charleswood mock-up for testing

Revisiting a topic that came up in September, the Elementary School Building Committee on Tuesday voted to use a two-sided, L-shaped mock-up structure for testing. At a previous meeting, Vertex vice president and project director Jeff D’Amico relayed the...

Oct 2024 29

SEPAC launches Little Library with resources for SPED parents

Located adjacent to the Marathon School playground is a new, free community resource called the Little Library. It is the latest effort by Hopkinton’s Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) to create a welcoming space for parents and caregivers to pick...

Oct 2024 25

Police understaffing underpins ‘angst’ over school safety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aVlIucXFPo In her report to the School Committee Thursday night, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh spent time describing the district’s training in school safety during intruder incidents. The information came following an episode...

Oct 2024 25

‘Good stuff is happening’ with Hopkinton’s MCAS performance

https://www.youtube.com/live/-aVlIucXFPo?si=dRQEpeePwbahmLWq&t=1518 Recent news about Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) results show a decline across the state post-COVID in English/language arts and flat rates in mathematics. In Hopkinton,...