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Voting in the state primary election will take place from 7 a.m.-8.p.m. at Hopkinton Middle School's Brown Gym. Those who are enrolled with a political party may obtain that party's ballot only. Unenrolled voters can request the ballot of any party participating in...
KryptoKnights, a team of eighth graders from Hopkinton Middle School, beat thousands of robotics teams from around the world to win the Excellence Award at the VEX IQ Robotics Competition World Championships earlier this month in Dallas. The winning team is comprised...
Hopkinton Public Schools Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh reached out to the schools community Monday to share that a middle school student had been struck by a car in the morning. The student was in the crosswalk of the high school driveway, Cavanaugh stated, and the...
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...
Following the recent revelation that students at Hopkinton Middle School have made “racist comments to one another,” Hopkinton Public Schools Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh and HMS Principal Alan Keller reached out to the community to share their plan to combat the...
There have been multiple issues at Hopkinton Middle School where students have made “racist comments to one another” this school year, Principal Alan Keller said Thursday during an appearance before the School Committee. Keller was appearing before the committee to...
Hopkinton Middle School principal Alan Keller emailed HMS families Monday evening to announce that "a person in the HMS community has tested positive" for COVID-19. "The Hopkinton Public Schools are working closely with the Community Tracing Collaborative (CTC) and...
Hopkinton Middle School principal Alan Keller emailed the school community Tuesday to announce that grief counselors would be available Wednesday following the death of a middle school student. "It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you of the death of one of...
Girl Scouts (from left) Isabella Kopczynski, Lorelei Johnson, Naima Robinson and Kayla Pappalardo work on a project offering support for those affected by the Australian bushfires during Martin Luther King Day activities at Hopkinton Middle School on Jan. 20....
Marathon runner’s idea is garbage Hopkinton Middle School science teacher Matt O’Connell has a number of fundraising ideas as he prepares to run the Boston Marathon on behalf of the school’s Desire to Inspire Foundation. He was looking for a creative idea during a run...
Students will have the day off on Monday, Jan. 20, to commemorate Martin Luther King Day. Members of the Hopkinton Youth Commission hope they will view the observance as a “day on” at the Martin Luther King Day of Service at Hopkinton Middle School. Participants in...
At the annual Family Fun Day, held Sept. 14 on the field behind the Hopkinton Middle School, third-grader Boden Mick played bean bag toss while Select Board member John Coutinho coaxed a participant from the dunk tank. PHOTOS/JERRY SPAR
Public invited to Oct. 2 meeting Members of the Upper Charles Trail Committee (UCTC) continue to make progress on the Campus Trail Connector initiative, a 2.5-mile path connecting Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton Middle School and Marathon Elementary School. When...
By Kary Noble, Special to the Independent I have been a teacher in this district for 20 years, but when this school year ends I will be moving on to Vermont where I have a home teaching sixth-graders there for what I hope is the rest of my career. Leaving this...
Almost every student has a favorite teacher, one with whom they feel a connection and who inspires them. For Tom Coburn, that teacher was Evren Gunduz. “Evren was my eighth-grade teacher at Hopkinton Middle School [in 2004-05],” said Coburn. “He was by far the best...
Thirteen Hopkinton Middle School students earned acceptance to the 2019 Central District Massachusetts Music Educators Association Junior Festival, which was scheduled for April 27. The students were selected from more than 600 who auditioned in early February. The...
Hopkinton Middle School teacher Charles Rockwood was named Teacher of the Year by Medway VFW Post 1526. Rockwood, who teaches Grade 7 English, supervises the Patriot Pen Essay Contest at HMS, holding workshops for his students to help with their essays. Said Medway...
