
October 27, 2025
Holyoke families who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance may find their benefits no longer available on November 1 unless the federal ...

October 27, 2025
Having a shared common background is a good way for students and staff to connect, said Jacob Rodriguez-Rivera, a junior at Opportunity Academy. Izaiah Calderon, a recent gradua...

October 24, 2025
As part of their Senior Night celebration on Thursday October 23, HHS North’s varsity football players presented their football jerseys to teachers and staff who were selected as ...

October 23, 2025
HPS students and staff are preparing for fun classroom and school activities as part of Halloween celebrations in the coming week. “While costumes are always optional, for childr...

October 21, 2025
The Holyoke High School Theater Company invites the community to an evening of mystery, laughter, and suspense with “The Final Act”—an original murder mystery dinner theater. The s...

October 16, 2025
These second grade students aren’t just learning neuroscience at an early age—they’re learning neuroscience in two languages. College students and faculty from Mount Holyoke host...

October 16, 2025
Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics. These four subjects together make up “STEM,” a shorthand acronym for the academic fields that drive progress and innovation. All HP...

October 9, 2025
The Holyoke School Committee is in contract negotiations with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) to support the search process for a new superintendent, now...

October 8, 2025
A tall fourth grade student in a bright blue hoodie is the first pick-up of the morning for Morgan School’s walking school bus on a recent Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. sharp. “There...

October 6, 2025
“We’ve been listening,” answered Chief Human Resources Officer Beth Gage when asked why Holyoke Public Schools’ teacher retention rate is the highest it's been in more than a deca...

October 3, 2025
Over the summer, students in grades K-8 participated in the district’s summer reading challenge , organized in partnership with the Holyoke Public Library. Students were challenge...

October 2, 2025
Holyoke Transitions Academy’s recent fall open house connected students, family, staff, and community members with a celebration of the school’s new location and National Hispanic...

October 2, 2025
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released the accountability results for all schools and districts, which includes MCAS (Massachusetts Com...

October 1, 2025
Victor Piñeiro stopped by Sullivan and Peck this week to talk to students about his new book, “The Island of Forgotten Gods,” a fantasy-adventure novel set in Puerto Rico that fea...

September 30, 2025
Holyoke Public Schools employs multilingual staff members in every building who work with students and families in their native and acquired languages every day. An estimated 150 ...

September 25, 2025
SEPAC, the Special Education Parent’s Advisory Council, is preparing for the first meeting of the 2025-26 school year on October 1, 2025 from 6-7 p.m. via Zoom . The meeting will ...

September 24, 2025
Holyoke Public Schools recently released an update for the district’s Strategic Plan , which documented recent progress in key areas and the path forward from here. “As I reflect...

September 22, 2025
For the past several years, students at Holyoke’s Opportunity Academy (OA) have started off the new school year by interviewing and photographing classmates and school staff throu...

September 19, 2025
This week, the district’s 11 fine arts educators took center stage for National Arts in Education Week , a congressionally established, annual celebration that takes place each ye...

September 15, 2025
September 15 officially marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual celebration of the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose anc...
