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September 14, 2023
From September 15 through October 15, Holyoke Public Schools will join with schools and communities nationwide in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month through a variety...
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September 13, 2023
This fall, the district’s Health Services and Facilities teams are joining together and engaging with the Massachusetts Asthma Action Partnership (MAAP) and Health Resources in Ac...
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September 12, 2023
Holyoke Health Center’s dental team is back in Holyoke Public Schools continuing to provide safe, quality preventive dental care and education to students through the free Oral He...
![Student at Morgan School Counting With her Hand](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_bc874869-4622-46c1-b1f4-62ae28bcdc99.jpg)
September 8, 2023
The district’s after-school program formerly known as the Connections program will be offered again this year beginning Monday, October 2 under a new name—Beyond the Bell—for stud...
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September 5, 2023
With school back in session this week, the weather still feels like the height of summer with daily high temperatures expected to be in the low to mid 90s all week. The National W...
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September 1, 2023
The 2023-24 school year was off to a strong start on Wednesday, August 30 for Holyoke’s elementary, middle, and high school students in grades 1-12. Across all of the district’s 1...
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September 1, 2023
All students at Holyoke Public Schools’ three middle schools and three high schools will be using Yondr pouches to store their cell phones during the school day for the 2023-24 sc...
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August 24, 2023
Superintendent Anthony Soto, Mayor Joshua Garcia, and Ken Williams from Unfold the Soul kicked off the new school year for staff members during the SY23-24 Convocation.
Holyok...
![Two Extended School Year students from Donahue smiling as they line up sided to side for a picture.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_7cec4ae9-3ecb-4952-be94-e1651c225d37.jpg)
August 23, 2023
Holyoke Public Schools offered six Extended School Year programs this summer that offered a wide range of learning and social activities for qualifying students from mid July thr...
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August 21, 2023
Thanks to the hard work of HPS custodial, maintenance and facilities employees and outside vendors this summer, the district’s school buildings are undergoing some extensive repai...
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August 18, 2023
American Environmental Inc.—a Holyoke-based company—submitted the lowest of five bids to the City of Holyoke for abatement, demolition, and filling and leveling work at the Willia...
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August 18, 2023
Holyoke community members got a first-hand look at what Holyoke Public School’s new food truck has to offer as Sodexo staff served up free meals for children and teens as part of ...
![Scissors, book, paint, pencils and HPS logo](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_e76ee5f6-3910-45cf-a48e-037e71d85101.png)
August 17, 2023
This summer has been a whirlwind of activity as Holyoke Public Schools’ six elementary schools and three middle schools prepare for the changes that rezoning is bringing for the ...
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August 17, 2023
Holyoke Public Schools Transportation Department plans to post the 2023-24 bus route schedules on the transportation page of the district website on Wednesday, August 23.
Fami...
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August 1, 2023
If you ask Holyoke’s string teacher Adrienne Wade which of the past 17 years as a string teacher in Holyoke is her favorite, she will simply say this: “This year is my favorite!” ...
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July 31, 2023
Dr. William Cepeda —the creator of Afro-Rican jazz and four-time Grammy nominee—joined Holyoke High School North’s instrumental music students for a series of workshops in June....
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July 27, 2023
For families looking for inspiring books for their children to read this summer or later in the year, consider these children’s books selected to receive Septima P. Clark Book Awa...
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July 26, 2023
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory beginning Thursday morning and lasting until Friday afternoon. Heat index values from 95 to 104 degrees are expected Thurs...
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July 25, 2023
For families looking for inspiring books for their children to read this summer or later in the year, consider these six children’s books selected for Carter G. Woodson Book Award...
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July 24, 2023
Many Holyoke elementary and middle school students will be assigned to new schools when they return to the classroom at the end of the summer as part of the district’s recent rezo...