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Each day last week, HPS students expressed their thanks and appreciation for the teachers and staff of Holyoke Public Schools through a series of brief videos posted on the distr...

The number of HPS students who earned a Seal of Biliteracy more than tripled this year, from eight students earning this distinction in 2023 to a total of 26 students in 2024. L...

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. Superinte...

For five school days beginning on Friday, May 10, HPS classrooms will focus on age-appropriate mental health awareness lessons and activities as part of National Mental Health Awa...

Significant progress has been made in recent weeks as construction crews continue their work building a new 550-student middle school at the site of the former Peck School. The pr...

If you’ve spent time outdoors lately, you may have noticed more ticks crawling through the grass or bushes—or perhaps even on or attached to your skin or on your family, friends, ...

Holyoke Public Schools will release students one hour early on Wednesdays as part of a pilot for the coming school year. This change is intended to better support teacher developm...

Holyoke community members will soon have opportunities to ask questions and provide suggestions for what to name the new middle school that is currently under construction on the...

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) this week announced more than $4.2 million in awards to help electrify school buses in five school districts—including Holyoke Publ...

More than 160 students, from third grade to high school, spent April break week in the classroom learning math, science, language, and art with Holyoke Public Schools staff. Acros...

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 w...

Holyoke Public Schools is conducting its annual survey to gather feedback and suggestions from families who have worked in the past with the district’s translators and interpreter...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...