‘Student Life’ Archives
Major Mathematics Changes Coming to HHS
By Jamie Horrigan Hopkinton High School Principal Alyson Geary along with Director of Secondary Education Robert Berlo and fourteen curriculum team leaders gathered at the High School Athletic Center to discuss several drastic curriculum changes with the parents of the incoming ninth grade students this past March. The most significant change is [...]
Political Guest Speakers at Local Government Breakfast Address HHS Students
By Blair Guild Along with some very special guest speakers, the junior class and local town government officials gathered together at the seventeenth annual Student Government Breakfast on Friday, March 23, in the Hopkinton High School cafeteria. The special guests in attendance were Senator Karen Spilka, Representative Carolyn Dykema, and [...]
Intramural Sports Get Cancelled
By Connor Engstrom Hopkinton High School traditionally hosts intramural sports for students in the month of March, between winter and spring sports, yet this year the sports were canceled. With only a couple teams signed up, the games could not be run. These sports allowed kids to stay competitive and active in the three weeks [...]
“B+” Day Honors Spirit, Message of Tom Weaver
By Jessica DePatie and Marissa Gross On March 21st, Hopkinton High School will remember and honor the memory of Tom Weaver through "Be Positive Day," and as part of the event students and faculty will wear their B+ shirts around school. Tom Weaver, senior of the class of 2010, developed a brain tumor in his junior year. He underwent [...]
“The Truth About Marijuana” presentation to be held on March 19th
By Erin Ryan On Monday, March 19th at 7:00pm, the Hopkinton Public School Wellness Advisory Committee, in collaboration with Main Street Pediatrics and the beFree! organization, will hold "The Truth About Marijuana" presentation in the high school auditorium, open to all students, teachers, and parents. The Wellness Advisory is bringing in [...]
AT&T Texting and Driving Assembly
By Jamie Horrigan Massachusetts State Senator Karen Spilka, Massachusetts State Representative Carolyn Dykema, and AT&T Vice President Dave Mancuso presented the AT&T “It Can Wait” campaign to Hopkinton High School juniors and seniors on Monday February 27th to raise awareness about the dangers of texting and driving. “The [...]
Alexis Stefano wins HHS Science Fair
By Blair Guild Alexis Stefano of the class of 2013 won the HHS Science Fair on Wednesday March 1st with her project entitled "The Effects of Road Salts on L. Perenne and Corrosion of Iron." In addition to the honor of winning first place and a small cash prize, Alexis qualifies to move on to the Regional Science Fair. If she[places at the [...]
The Film Club Paints With Light
By Sydney Lauro The film club at Hopkinton High School is a new club where students with a love of film can learn, create, and act in films. The club meets on Wednesdays in the film and television room from 2:15-3:30 after school. There is a broad range of clubs at Hopkinton High school, but until now there was no club for students who [...]
Welcome to HHS, Mr. Brody
By Rebecca Plunkett and Rhea Shinde Isaac Brody, the talented new choral and strings instructor at Hopkinton High School, has sky-high goals for the 2011-2012 school year. The variety of expectations and standards he has for each of his classes is his top priority. Overall he would like to "get to know the students, teach the curriculum well, [...]
Club Profile: Yearbook Club’s Collapse
(Editor’s Note: This article is part of a weekly series of HHS club profiles.) By Emily Coburn Due to an unusual lack of interest this year, HHS no longer has a Yearbook Club. Although in the past the yearbook has been put together by both a Yearbook class of seniors and a club open to all grades, this year it has been up to the small [...]