![Paola Diaz-Adorno wearing Santa hat and making peace sign](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_e6cbb37a-02b5-47b0-811c-7e210acce4d6.jpeg)
January 3, 2023
Paola Diaz-Adorno is a 4th grade English language arts teacher at Peck school. She was nominated for a Superintendent's Excellence Award by her colleague and school counselor Maur...
![HPS mobile app offers news feed and calendar](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_8072d145-f329-4d1a-a4b8-b6e2e6c7133b.png)
January 3, 2023
HPS has launched a new mobile app to help students, parents, and community members know what is happening at our schools, right from their cell phones.
Many people use their ph...
![Calendar page says December 23 with 3 Hours Early Release](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_0210b86a-366b-4e97-8621-5459ae9e785b.png)
December 22, 2022
Holyoke Public Schools will release students three hours early on Friday, December 23 for the start of the holiday break. Exact release times for each school can be found at the b...
![HHS Drummers start out the concert in front of the stage](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_8be26ded-2949-4f14-8df0-7f35c56e561a.jpg)
December 21, 2022
Holyoke High School North held its annual winter concert on Thursday, December 15. Family and friends were treated to a variety of music, including the Madrigal Singers and Be...
![STEM Beats musicians are silhouetted on stage with colored lights](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_c8c8e062-b9fa-43c9-b272-9fd06a3108aa.jpg)
December 20, 2022
Holyoke STEM Beats held its annual winter concert on Friday, December 16. Student musicians ended the concert with their first-ever Drum-Off competition. It was a standing room on...
![Teddy bear holding a tissue and thermometer, with a medicine bottle nearby](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_a4244b9a-bc74-4d16-ab17-6e01669d7861.png)
December 19, 2022
Viral and bacterial infections are on the rise: Precautions advised
RSV, Flu, COVID-19, and Group A streptococcus infections also pose combined risks
Like schools and ...
![Kalista Wiggins smiling on a background showing tiger paws](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_e6fa6219-543e-4885-bc20-b403db5f763d.png)
December 16, 2022
Kalista Wiggins read about 100 books this past summer, averaging five books a day for 20 days. Now a second-grader at E. N. White School, Kalista said she loved reading Superman a...
![Head and shoulder shots of five math educators](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_aa3a5692-6504-4153-be60-99de0287e3e2.jpg)
December 16, 2022
During the month of November, Holyoke educators shared their expertise during three different conferences!
E.N. White Math Coach Odalis Amparo presented on Culturally Sustai...
![Two hands demonstrating how to drop solution into COVID-19 test kit](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_14a1dc59-9a82-4cdc-81bd-90c09ef20705.png)
December 15, 2022
Every U.S. household is eligible to order four free at-home COVID-19 tests now that the federal government has made more test kits available. Prior allocations had been depleted,...
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December 6, 2022
HPS releases details of Phase 2 rezoning decisions
Holyoke Public Schools has concluded Phase 2 of a six-month rezoning planning process that will allow the district to tr...
![HPS Receives Updated Square Footage Figures for Donahue, Kelly, and Sullivan](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_8359275d-bc00-4849-bc85-feb9f9251dba.png)
November 8, 2022
An architectural firm recently hired by the district to work on a project unrelated to rezoning has recalculated the square footage sizes of Donahue, Kelly, and Sullivan schools u...
![Phase 1 of Holyoke Public Schools’ rezoning efforts now complete; Phase 2 begins](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_80924cbf-48fc-4197-9899-8655b91747dc.png)
November 7, 2022
Holyoke Public Schools has completed Phase 1 of its rezoning efforts that will allow the district to transition to separate elementary (PK-5) and middle (6-8) schools and redraw s...
![Drop off and pick up routes changed for several weeks at Peck and Holyoke Middle School](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_e76d1799-8bb2-4026-878e-7e2686e0ae25.png)
November 7, 2022
The student drop off and pick up routes at Peck School and Holyoke Middle School have been changed while an underground sewer pipe is replaced in the school parking lot as part of...
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November 7, 2022
Pending changes will affect more than half of all HPS students in grades PreK-8
Holyoke Public Schools kicked off a listening campaign this week to gather feedback from staff...
![Rezoning will affect more than half of all HPS students in grades PreK-8](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_19d2a1e4-ab05-4cd7-a6cc-44ba1989051a.png)
November 7, 2022
As part of Holyoke Public Schools’ rezoning efforts, more than half of all students in grades PreK-8 will attend a new school next year when the district completes its transition ...
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November 7, 2022
Holyoke Public School’s Opportunity Academy has been awarded a $600,000 Barr Foundation Beyond Engage New England grant that will allow the district’s alternative high school to c...
![Our schools will be rezoned: What options do you think would be best? Nuestras escuelas serán cambiadas de zona: ¿Qué opciones cree que serían las mejores?](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_eb8de0f0-74e9-4c3c-a022-2dd25c7e6090.png)
November 7, 2022
Holyoke Public Schools will complete the transition to separate elementary (PK-5) and middle (6-8) schools and redraw school boundary lines for fall 2023. This big-picture decisio...
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November 7, 2022
Have you moved this year?
It is very important that Enrollment Services has updated information for you and your family. If you have moved over the last year please make sure...
![Holyoke Public Schools’ 2022 MCAS results show mixed progress](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/holyoke_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_faaebc3e-0c94-4186-a3f3-ab917f1a5f1d.png)
November 7, 2022
On Monday, October 17, HPS Superintendent Anthony Soto will lead a presentation for the Holyoke School Committee about the district’s most recent MCAS scores, including a review o...
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November 7, 2022
On Monday, August 22, Holyoke Public Schools released a complete, multi-year strategic plan that articulates the district’s focus for the next several years.
The strategic pla...