A Hopkinton High School student was elected president of the Massachusetts chapter of the Business Professionals of America organization, and 10 of her classmates earned spots to join her at the National Leadership Conference in May. HHS junior Tiffany Ramsarran was...
Melissa Orff
Changes ahead for HHS schedule
Administration seeks to alleviate stress with more flex periods Hopkinton High School will be making some changes next year, ones that school officials hope will have an effect on students’ social and emotional well-being. During the March 28 School Committee meeting,...
Hopkinton students key to Spotters Network
By Melissa Orff, Contributing Writer Close to 40 Hopkinton High School students will be an integral part of this year’s Boston Marathon on April 15 as they volunteer for the WBZ-TV Spotters Network. The Spotters Network, known as “the eyes of the Boston Marathon” for...
Local volunteers key to race-day success
It takes a great deal of planning and coordination to host more than 30,000 athletes who flock to the starting line of the Boston Marathon every April. Luckily the Hopkinton Marathon Committee has had a lot of practice. Established in 1979, the Hopkinton Marathon...
Schools move forward with bus parking plan
Hopkinton Public Schools officials are one step closer to alleviating the current traffic and parking issues at the high school/middle school campus after presenting their recommendations during the March 21 School Committee meeting. For the past two years, the...
HHS robotics teams head to worlds
The hard work and perseverance have paid off for two Hopkinton High School robotics teams that qualified for spots at this month’s international tournament. HHS Hopkinetics Team 2602A (Jake Chirco, Nate Krozy, Jacob Mauro, Alex Clark, Riccardo Negri, Krutarth Parmar)...
Spike in school enrollment will require additional staff, services
An unanticipated spike in enrollment in the Hopkinton Public Schools for the upcoming school year has created a need for additional staff at several schools in the district. With the projected enrollment for the first day of school of 3,586 students, Hopkinton is...
New assistant superintendent aims to support school district’s vision
Jen Parson, the new assistant superintendent for Hopkinton Public Schools, is feeling very fortunate to be back working for the district. “Hopkinton has such an incredible sense of community,” she said in an interview with the Hopkinton Independent before the start of...