Family and Community Engagement:

Our Family and Community Engagement Center is our families' main entry point to Holyoke Public Schools and a key gateway for information about HPS programs and initiatives. Each school is served by a Family Engagement point person who works to support families and schools to build and strengthen their relationship with each other, help them access information and resources, and develop their leadership and voice. You can find their contact information, along with a list of other resources, on the Family and Community Engagement Center page.

District website:

Holyoke Public Schools’ website offers a wealth of information right at your fingertips, including regularly updated news, photos, and videos that can be found on the district home page or each school’s home page. The Live Feed section of the website provides quick updates about what’s happening at our schools—think of it as a social media feed right on our homepage or each school’s home page.

Mobile app:

HPS also offers a mobile app so families can sign up for push notifications that will be sent directly to their cell phones. Subscribers choose which types of notifications they would like to receive, and these preferences can be changed at any time. The app also offers a scaled-down version of the full website, so users can easily see upcoming cafeteria menus, read the latest news and announcements, locate needed contact information, learn about upcoming events and add them to their personal calendars, find important documents, and more.

Look for “Holyoke Public Schools” in the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store to download the district’s mobile app. If you need assistance, please email communications@hps.holyoke.ma.us.

Email, text messages, and telephone calls:

Holyoke Public Schools regularly sends emails and text messages to families that include important district and school information, including weather delays and cancellations, as well as information about their individual children. We store family contact information securely in our SchoolBrains platform, so it is important for families to provide updated contact information every time a home address, phone number, or email address changes so we can be sure to reach you. 

Together for Holyoke electronic newsletters

Holyoke Public Schools produces twice-monthly e-newsletters throughout the school year and monthly editions during July and August. Each edition shares stories and inspiration from our schools. The e-newsletters are emailed to all HPS families and staff, typically on Monday afternoons. Archived copies are always available on the HPS website.

Social media

Holyoke Public Schools maintains a social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. HPS  views its social media platforms as important two-way communication tools. The posted content highlights district and school achievements, events, activities, and other information intended to build connections within the Holyoke school community. HPS social media guidelines can be found here.

Channel 12

HPS maintains Channel 12 as an educational television channel for city residents who subscribe to Comcast cable TV. Channel 12 broadcasts school information via “bulletin board” style announcements, as well as original programming produced by the HPS Communications Department and others. This includes information about student programs and success stories, assessment and accountability results, district accomplishments, college financing, early childhood education, vocational and technical education, graduations, drama productions, enrichment programming, athletics, HPS School Committee meetings, and much more. Many of the broadcast videos can also be accessed on the HPS Youtube channel.

• Students are at the center of everything we do.

• Every child can and will learn.

• School is a joyful place of discovery, support, and belonging.

• Students and staff hold high expectations for themselves and each other.

• Trusting relationships lead to successful partnerships.

• Our equity commitments are enacted in our daily work.