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April 22, 2024
HPS students and staff met with state and district leaders as they toured the school earlier this month to learn more about the positive initiatives, culture, climate, and achieve...
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April 16, 2024
Holyoke elementary school students are learning about food justice from the ground up—literally planting seeds and then watching them grow into familiar vegetables that they t...
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April 12, 2024
All HPS schools will be closed next week, April 15-19, for April break. Classes resume on Monday, April 22. Reminder to families that April Vacation Academy is in session April ...
![Commissioner Johnston and Principal Garcia-Mailloux look at a Morgan school classroom](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_b835cb2a-ceca-4af1-8484-595492440dae.png)
April 12, 2024
This week's Together for Holyoke newsletter has been released. Check your email inbox, your text messages, or follow this link for the news behind our latest headlines. HPS pl...
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April 12, 2024
Superintendent Anthony Soto shared an encouraging budget update to School Committee members when they met on Monday, April 8, noting that he plans to present a balanced budget for...
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April 12, 2024
It’s been about a month since ground was officially broken for the new 550-student middle school now under construction at the site of the former Peck School—and already the lands...
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April 9, 2024
Do you or a member of your family use translators and interpreters to communicate with school staff? If so, you should have received an email with a link to a short survey so you ...
![Three high school seniors smile in front of a Holyoke Community College backdrop after enrolling in classes](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_fd24a5e3-cd5e-4c07-b9cc-6edbaf6fc27e.jpeg)
April 4, 2024
Seniors at Holyoke High School North recently had the opportunity to enroll in college classes for the fall, just by dropping by a second-floor classroom during their regular scho...
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April 4, 2024
Holyoke elementary school students are learning about food justice from the ground up—literally planting seeds and then watching them grow into familiar vegetables that they then ...
![Cast of "My Fair Lady" rehearses a dance scene](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_a068d5a6-808e-4791-b2f6-1a611273ae6d.png)
April 4, 2024
The Holyoke High School Music Department proudly presents “My Fair Lady” playing April 4-7 in the HHS North auditorium. In Learner and Loewe’s classic musical, Cockney flower gi...
![The cast and crew of My Fair Lady present information about the musical at the school committee meeting](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_b9833557-89d2-4120-9add-4133d5fde95a.png)
March 28, 2024
This week's Together for Holyoke newsletter has been released. Check your email inbox, your text messages, or follow this link for the news behind our latest headlines. DESE...
![Cast of My Fair Lady rehearses on stage](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_8df02ddf-8b21-4d63-b060-06c7be421330.png)
March 28, 2024
It’s nearly showtime for the cast and crew of “My Fair Lady,” and there’s something they want you to know: This musical may be a classic, but HHS North’s production is just as lig...
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March 28, 2024
Social-emotional learning activities are continuing this spring across classrooms for Holyoke students in grades K-9, teaching students important skills such as understanding, inc...
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March 26, 2024
On Monday, March 25, Massachusetts Acting Education Commissioner Russell Johnston met first with members of the Holyoke School Committee’s Local Control Subcommittee and then lat...
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March 26, 2024
Holyoke Public Schools and union leadership are continuing to meet with a state mediator as both sides continue their efforts to find a fair and sustainable contract proposal for ...
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March 15, 2024
This week's Together for Holyoke newsletter has been released. Check your email inbox, your text messages, or follow this link for the news behind our latest headlines: Ground...
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March 14, 2024
The Teacher Retention Working Group shared its recommendations report with the HPS School Committee during a presentation on Tuesday, March 12. The group previously shared the fu...
![Chris Smidy in front of colorful mural depicting Holyoke scenes](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_45003a5e-558b-44e2-82fb-3f854b747553.png)
March 14, 2024
What does "a good life" look like for high school students? A recent study and report produced by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) and the Center for Public Re...
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March 13, 2024
Chief of Strategy and Turnaround Erin Linville interviewed Morgan’s Dean of Students Carmen Lopez to learn more about how the Morgan team supports students to be their best selve...
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March 13, 2024
Second grade student Evan Santiago is a testament to the power of inclusion. He has been a student at Donahue Elementary since preschool, beginning in the Applied Behavioral Learn...