Monday, November 25th: A Day

Tuesday, November 26th: B Day

• Flex Block

Wednesday, November 27th: C Day

• Early Dismissal
• Homework Free Weekend!

Thursday, November 28th: NO SCHOOL

• Thanksgiving

Friday, November 29th: NO SCHOOL

HHS.TODAY

Hello Hopkinton High, HHS-TV here with a new episode of HHS Today. We talk about Thanksgiving (naturally), have a quick peek at The Addams Family Musical starting today, and more info and fun. We hope you enjoy it!

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The following students auditioned for and were accepted to the 2025 CDMMEA Senior District Festival. Auditions were this past Saturday at Medway High School

Aritro Chatterjee, Viola, Orchestra
May Chen, Oboe, Orchestra
Josh Kim, Clarinet, Band
Alper Rozy, Bari Sax, Jazz Band
Pranav Lakki-Reddy, Mallets, Band
Alexander Luter, Violin, Orchestra
Caroline Rowe, Alto, Chorus

In addition, the following students' high scores earned them a recommendation to audition for the MMEA All-State Festival.

Aritro Chatterjee
May Chen
Josh Kim
Alper Rozy
Pranav Lakki-Reddy

Congratulations to all!

The following is part of a list of colleges that will be visiting HHS this fall. All visits will be held in the Counseling Office. You can sign up for the meetings in your Naviance Student account. You MUST ask permission from your teacher beforehand if you will be missing a class. You are also responsible for making up any missed work. If you sign up for a visit but are unable to attend the meeting, please notify Mrs. O'Loughlin.

Fitchburg State University 11/26/24 11:45 AM

Salem State University 12/3/24 11:45 AM

Check Naviance for a complete schedule.

Celebrate Your Senior's Achievements! Parents of the Class of 2025, order your grad a custom yard sign using the link below!

Signs are full color, two-sided, and include an H-stake. Orders will be taken through Friday, December 6th, 2024. Signs will be delivered and distributed by the school in the spring.

Class of 2025 parents… We hope that SENIOR YEAR is off to a great start! The Friends of the Class of 2025 parent volunteers are hard at work planning for the end of year Senior Parent Celebration at Gillette Stadium. This event, tentatively scheduled for May 28, helps kick off the countdown to Senior Week and graduation. Stay tuned for more details!

In January, we will begin collecting photos for the senior slide show, which will run during the Gillette event and be shared with all Class of 2025 families. Please be sure to keep an eye out for information on how to submit your photos.

There are many ways that you can help!

• Make a donation right now to help subsidize tickets and make Gillette unforgettable! https://hopkintonpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/264918

• Sign up to volunteer. https://forms.gle/scc9f6rJY9Yt5kwV7

• Stay informed by visiting our website for updates. https://www.hopkinton2025.com/

• Read our full letter at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CoZ7WVrcFcaaP-b9D0PYEbiRXCaMvCRCFyd4xdPKcEI/edit?tab=t.0

• Send us your questions or great ideas at hillerprom@gmail.com.

This Football season, the Senior Class needs your help to volunteer and help us run our 50/50 raffle. There are four home games this season, which can be found in this spreadsheet. Please consider the dates and sign up if you can! More details will be provided by email to those who sign up.

ATTENTION CLASS OF 2026 PARENTS

As Junior Events are nearing, the 2026 class parents are creating a list of parent emails. Please fill out THIS FORM with your child’s name and your email. Thank you!

Muslim Student Association Bake Sale!

Order Now: https://forms.gle/Qhit7dEnBgS2XjK59

Cookies, Brownies, and Halal Rice Krispies!

Check your email for a pickup date after your order!

Join The Drone Club! Come to the drone club if you’re interested in Drone Photography, Drone Racing, or having fun! All skill levels are welcome! Meetings Thursdays in Room C203. Contact Evan Mathur or emathur1@hillers.org for more info. Fill out this Google Form if you're interested.

Provide and Protect Against Parkinson's Disease by helping raise money for Parkinson's Foundation!

Click this link for ordering your baked goods! You can also buy them on Monday and Tuesday but first priority will go towards those that order on the form.

The American Cancer Society Club is planning a Christmas movie night! We have decided on showing "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". We're going to be selling concessions at the movie, so let us know what you all would like to be available! Feel to to bring your friends! Let us know here!

Join us in strengthening our community to support those living with Parkinson's Disease

Follow our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkinsons_strength/profilecard/?igsh=MXU2N21rNXBqcXl0Zg%3D%3D&scrlybrkr=bc2741d9

Email scharkam@hillers.org and tpichuka@hillers.org

The Community Service Club is planning a blanket fundraiser on December 6th from 2:30 - 3:30. We hope that you can join us and bring friends as well! You also receive volunteer hours, and the blankets will be donated to the Serenity House. Please join us for a fun filled afternoon of blanket making!

Marginal presents.. The 2024 Short Story Contest

Marginal is currently accepting all submissions to a short story contest

All entries will be considered for publication

DEADLINE: Wednesday November 27

All are welcome, multiple submissions encouraged. Submit your stories to marginal@hopkinton.k12.ma.us

Top entries will win prizes including gift cards to Amazon and Donut Stand

We ask for knowledgeable adults and students willing to share information about neuroscience and neurological diseases and how their work creates a better future! Please email scharkam@hillers.org and tpitchuka@hillers.org to speak at the TEDxHopkintonHighSchool Event!

SPORTS MEDICINE INTERNSHIP APPLICATION: DUE MONDAY 11/25

THIS APPLICATION IS FOR THE 2024 WINTER SEASON ONLY! Applications Spring will open in March 2025.

An internship with the HHS athletic trainer, Amanda Magier, is a rewarding and exciting opportunity for any student looking to explore the fields of healthcare, athletics, or education. Athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of sports-related injuries and illnesses. We prevent and treat chronic musculoskeletal injuries from sports, physical and occupational activity, and provide immediate care for acute injuries.

Athletic trainers offer a continuum of care that is unparalleled in health care. As an intern you would be responsible for assisting Amanda with a variety of important tasks that help her do her job, while gaining knowledge and experience in the field of sports medicine.

More information about the internship and application process can be found in this google form.

Registration for Winter Middle School and High School Athletics is now open!

Registration will be open until Monday 11/25 at midnight. Complete Registration includes an updated physical (within 13 months of last physical) uploaded into your FamilyID account. Please use the link below to register!

Winter 2024-2025 Athletics Registration

We are excited to offer the following High School Sports:

Basketball: 9th-12th Grades

Boys - Varsity, JV, Freshman - Cut Sport

Girls - Varsity, JV - Cut Sport

Ice Hockey: 9th-12th Grades

Boys - Varsity, JV - Cut Sport

Girls - Varsity Co-op w/D-S, Nipmuc, Millis - *8th Graders may be allowed to play pending league approval

Co-ed Wrestling: 9th-12th Grades

Varsity, JV - Non Cut Sport

Co-ed Cheer: 9th-12th Grades

Varsity - Cut Sport

Boys and Girls Indoor Track & Field: 9th-12th Grades

Varsity, JV - Non Cut Sport

Boys and Girls Alpine Ski: 9th-12th Grades

Varsity - Non Cut Sport

Boys and Girls Swim and Dive: 9th-12th Grades

Varsity - Non Cut Sport

All Tryouts/Practices begin on Monday December 2nd (Cheer tryouts will be 12/9)

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We also offer the following Middle School Sports:

Basketball: 8th Grade Only

Boys and Girls - Cuts possible

Wrestling: 6th-8th Grades

Boys and Girls - Non Cut Sport

Tryouts/Practices for Middle School Basketball will begin Monday, 12/2.

MS Wrestling will begin Tuesday, 12/3

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Click here for the Practice/Tryout Schedules.

See below for a directory for all of our Winter Varsity Head Coaches. If you have any specific questions about tryouts, please reach out to the coaches below.

Winter Athletics Coaches

Please reach out to the Athletics Department staff if you have any other questions!

Visit the HHS Athletics Booster Store on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday during lunch time (11:45-1:15) when school is in session. The store will also be open for the Hopkinton Basketball Association's Tap Off Tourney weekend. Store hours will be 11/22-24, Friday 5:30-7:30, Saturday 9:30-3:30 and Sunday 11:30-3:30. Gear up your Future Hiller basketball players and fans or start your holiday shopping early! Become a member and get 10% off your total purchase all school year, get your family's name on the store window and receive a membership gift. Here is a link to sign-up https://hopkinton-boosters-club.square.site/. Go Hillers!

On August 3, 1990, U.S. President George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as "National American Indian Heritage Month", now more commonly known as Native American Heritage Month.

Cool Science is a free and public art competition held each fall for all K-12 artists. Cool Science is a collaboration between the UMass Lowell, UMass Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, University of Kansas, and Kansas City Art Institute. In 2019, Cool Science received a National Science Foundation grant that helped it expand the project beyond Massachusetts to Kansas, Missouri, and Southern New Hampshire. However, students from any location around the world are welcome to participate.

Challenge Questions
This year, we are asking young artists to answer one of the following challenge questions with a visual work of art:

1) What will your community look like when we are not using fossil fuels for energy in 20-30 years?

2) What jobs will be needed to adapt to more extreme weather?

3) How can plants and animals adapt to a warmer ocean?

Competition Winners

During this winter, we will select the best entries for display on public buses in Massachusetts and Kansas in 2024. The honorees will be recognized at our art exhibit celebrations next year.

To Learn More
For further information about the contest, please visit: https://www.coolscience.net/artwork-guidelines-rules
You can also join our community on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. You can also visit our website for further information about the program (www.coolscience.net).

We look forward to receiving lots of creative entries from your community by January 10, 2025!

Exciting Announcement!

New England Medical Group is thrilled to announce our collaboration with Drug Story Theater to launch a new troupe for kids aged 12-19!

This is a unique opportunity for young people to share their real-life stories about their struggles with addiction or living with someone who is facing challenges.

Join us for weekly meetings on Monday evenings from 4-6 PM at NEMG Milford, located at 100 Medway Road, Milford, MA.

If you’re interested in being a part of this empowering initiative or want to learn more, please reach out to:

Kathleen: 781-267-5745 kathleen@drugstorytheater.org

or

Kevin: 774-406-6765 krosario@nemgp.com

Let’s come together to support each other and create positive change!

Hi HHS! If you're looking to make a difference in your community through a student-led non-profit, check out the website for T.F.A.C.(The Fight Against Cancer). We raise money in various ways, such as coaching sports, holding lemonade stands, and partnering with other Hopkinton organizations. Don't miss an opportunity to combine volunteering with one of your passions, and make sure to check out the website.

eScout Academy is at the forefront of extracurricular STEM education, dedicated to sparking curiosity and innovation in young minds. Our mission is to make learning both fun and impactful through activity-based classes that resonate with students.

Winter Session online classes start January 13, 2025. You can sign up Hopkintonrec.org.

We invite you to take this opportunity to recognize your child(ren)’s teachers in a unique way -- by making a donation to the Hopkinton Education Foundation. Each teacher honored by a donation receives a personalized card with artwork from a Hopkinton student, thanking the teacher for their work and including the name of your child (although not the amount of the contribution). Contributors receive an on-line receipt for tax purposes.

The Hopkinton Education Foundation has been advancing innovation in the Hopkinton Public Schools for over 30 years. During that time, we have awarded over $1,500,000 to fund over 350 grants to Marathon, Elmwood, Hopkins, HMS and HHS. Some recent examples are listed below.

To participate in the Thank-A-Teacher program and to find out more about how you can help support Hopkinton’s teachers and schools, donate online at hopkintoneducationfoundation.org. Please complete your donation by December 13. Thank you for your support!

HYFS and HOP invite you to participate in a: FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION

Topic: Substance Use and Perceptions on Mental Health

Dates: December 2, 9, 15

Sessions run from 2:45-4pm and are held in the HHS Library

Come and let your voice be heard! All participants will receive a gift card for their time!

What to Know: HYFS and HOP are updating their strategic plans and need the community's feedback to ensure everyone is considered.

To register, click on this link.

Join HYFS for a viewing of My Ascension: Suicide Prevention Film.

A suicide attempt left 16-year-old varsity cheerleader Emma Benoit paralyzed but propelled her on a mission to use her painful experience to help find hope and stay alive.

December 5, 2024

2:45-4:30 pm

HHS Auditorium

Pizza will be served to those who register!

Register using the link here.

Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) is continuing to sponsor a free Parenting Solutions Library. MPY is offering this valuable resource in partnership with Peace At Home Parenting Solutions, a non-profit organization located in Mansfield, Connecticut. Through this partnership, MPY is providing proven resources to help students’ families thrive.

Peace At Home Parenting Solutions specializes in empowering parents with evidence-based strategies to foster nurturing connections that safeguard their children's mental well-being. The Parenting Solutions Library is easily accessed using the link on MPY’s home page. No log in or passcode is needed.

Please contact MPY Executive Director Margie Daniels at margie@mpyinc.org with questions.

Hit the slopes with us! The Parks and Rec Department is thrilled to bring back our popular ski program for Hopkinton students! Join the fun this season!

Ski at Wachusett Mountain on Sunday evenings, January 5 - February 9, 2025

Bus passes are available through Parks and Recreation for $130

Lift ticket purchases and equipment rentals are made directly through Mt. Wachusett after purchasing a bus pass at hopkintonrec.org

The invoice for the bus pass will contain the access code needed to purchase your discounted lift badge

The required lift ticket is $189 until December 1st when price increases to $219

Registration Deadline is December 11th

Please email parksandrec@hopkintonma.gov for more information

2024 Massachusetts Lions Youth Speech Contest

Topic: The Best Advice I Ever Received was…

Hopkinton Lions Club Level Competition

Date: Monday, December 2, 2024

The Youth Speech Competition provides an opportunity for students to speak publicly and freely on a designated topic of general interest. It starts at the Hopkinton Lions Club level and proceeds through several levels of competition ending several months later with a state-wide competition. In between there are zone, region, and district levels of competitions where the winner of each level has the opportunity to proceed to the next level.

Each contestant will be judged on delivery, effectiveness and text of speech. Each speech should last no less than five (5) minutes and no longer than eight (8) minutes.

Prizes:

Hopkinton Lions Club level Winner - $200 / Runner-up - $100

Zone, Region, and District levels of competition - at the discretion of District Governor.

State Competition level - $1,500 to the winner and $500 to each runner up.

To be eligible:

Student must be in 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade

Reside in or attend school in Hopkinton

Speech given in English

To register for the contest, email hopkintonlions@gmail.com with the following information:

Name

School

Grade

Town of Residence

For more information on guidelines and rules, please visit the Hopkinton Lions website at hopkintonlions.org, Facebook at @hopkintonlions or lionsyouthspeech.org.

Come join the Hopkinton Freedom Team and Hopkinton Center for the Arts the 3rd Thursday of each month for an evening of "Artful Connections" at 6:30 p.m. Consider sharing at Open Mic.

Open Mic, Poetry, Music & Storytelling

Free events - RSVP using the link below

December 19, 6:30pm

A Holiday Soiree

Bring any story that fits through a social justice lens - Artful Connection's mission! Host to be determined.