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HPS students will be on holiday break beginning Monday, December 23 through Monday, January 6. Schools will reopen on Tuesday, January 7. Schools will operate on their regular f...

HPS eighth graders can soon apply for admission to Holyoke High School’s Dean Tech campus for the 2025-26 school year. Applications will be accepted from January 9 through Februa...

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...

Beginning in January, HPS eighth graders will have opportunities to learn more about Holyoke High School’s North and Dean Tech campuses—including taking tours and speaking with sc...

Holyoke Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Monday, December 16 due to weather conditions. For safety reasons, no students should arrive at school prior to the dela...

Holyoke’s new middle school will launch a new chapter for about 550 students in grades 6-8 when it opens next fall—but with a name and mascot that are already quite familiar to r...

Holyoke Public Schools has been awarded a $65,000 grant to continue improving environmental conditions in district buildings, with a focus on asthma, extreme heat, and overall ind...

Holyoke Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, December 5 due to weather conditions. For safety reasons, no students should arrive at school prior to the del...

Any time there is a change to school schedules caused by weather or other circumstances, Holyoke Public Schools will announce the schedule change on the district website —both as ...

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...

Holyoke Public Schools’ annual Panorama survey remains open through Friday, December 6. The district conducts this survey each year to measure how stakeholders feel about the dist...

This year, 25 local families will have Thanksgiving dinners with all the fixings—turkey, stuffing, corn, potatoes, mac and cheese, dessert, and more—courtesy of Dean students, sta...

¿Cómo se dice “constitutional convention” en español? Students in Jonathan Soto’s ninth and tenth grade U.S. History classes are learning the same content as their peers in other...

Holyoke is moving closer to selecting a name, mascot, and school colors for the new middle school now under construction , thanks to feedback provided by 1,859 students, family me...

Holyoke lost a beloved community member with the passing of Betty Jett Thompson on Sunday, November 13. She dedicated 37 years of service to the children and families of Holyoke a...

Coming to school every day is a feat to be celebrated—and so is making significant improvement in attendance over the course of a term. More than 50 students from across district...

Holyoke Public Schools follows specific protocols when determining whether to keep schools open or to close because of weather conditions. “While delays, early releases, and scho...

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 19, in the auditorium of Holyoke High School North, drawing edu...

Dozens of tables representing trade labor unions and potential employers lined the walls of the gym at Holyoke High School’s Dean Tech Campus on Tuesday, November 19 for the Massa...

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 ...