
April 17, 2025
Five HPS elementary school students spent an hour stirring, mixing, cooking, and baking their favorite main dishes as part of the 15th Annual Future Chefs competition, facilitated...

April 17, 2025
Families and staff are encouraged to make note of the following dates as we head into the last three months of the school year: Friday, April 18—Schools are closed for Good Fri...

April 14, 2025
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. What's ...

April 7, 2025
Join Holyoke Public Schools, Sodexo, and FoodCorps of Massachusetts and Rhode Island at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 at Donahue School for the second annual Holyoke Fun Fair. The ...

April 7, 2025
Holyoke Public Schools has scheduled Acceleration Academies for Monday, April 21 through Friday, April 25, designed to provide enriching learning experiences as well as math supp...

April 2, 2025
In the four months since the Ignite Reading program launched at four of the district’s six elementary schools, first-grade students are seeing significant gains in their skills—a...

March 31, 2025
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. What's ...

March 31, 2025
UMass Amherst and its University Without Walls program have partnered with Holyoke Public Schools to offer HPS paraprofessionals and teachers of record a pathway to earn early-c...

March 31, 2025
When Justin Smart walks down the hall between classes at HHS North, he greets every student he sees, offering high fives, hellos, and words of encouragement. This might be expecte...

March 25, 2025
Holyoke Public Schools is conducting its annual survey to gather feedback and suggestions from families who have received written information from HPS in the language they speak a...

March 24, 2025
HPS students in grades 3-8 and 10 began taking Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS ) exams in late March. These tests will continue to be administered through earl...

March 21, 2025
On the last Wednesday of each month, area families have been meeting at the Holyoke Children’s Museum for engaging “Family Talks” discussions for parents and guardians, free meals...

March 20, 2025
Holyoke students participated in a wide range of “Read Across America ” activities in their classrooms this Month—including guest readers sharing some of their favorite storybooks...

March 17, 2025
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. What's ...

March 13, 2025
Zoë Moynihan graduated from Holyoke High School North thinking she wanted to be a police officer—but that didn’t turn out to be her path. Her real passion lies in working with chi...

March 4, 2025
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. What's ...

March 3, 2025
Six Holyoke Public Schools educators were surprised and honored on Monday, March 3 when Superintendent Anthony Soto entered their classrooms bearing flowers and balloons to let th...

February 28, 2025
Lawrence School hosted a special literary event—and special guests—during Friday’s “United States of Readers” event. The event, part of a national literacy program from Scholas...

February 13, 2025
Families interested in enrolling students in the district’s Dual Language Program should complete the dual language lottery application form . Applications will be entered into t...

February 13, 2025
Holyoke Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay today due to weather conditions. For safety reasons, no students should arrive at school prior to the delayed opening. Brea...