Thursday, January 2nd: E Day

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Hello HHS, it's time for one more in 2024! This HHS Today episode is full of holiday trivia and more! We hope you enjoy it. Have a safe and fun winter break. We'll be back in January, see you then!

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Please check out the website below for more information about the Senior Capstone Experience.

Hopkinton High School Student Council is holding elections for the class of 2028 over the next month. If you are interested in running for a position on the Student Council, please take a look at this document for more information.

If you have any questions about the process, or the Student Council in general, please reach out to Mr. Collins (dcollins@hopkinton.k12.ma.us) or Ms. Pucci (mpucci@hopkinton.k12.ma.us).

We look forward to working with many of you!

Ms. Pucci & Mr. Collins (StuCo Advisors)

Seniors: Are you suffering from senioritis? The cure is SENIOR-WRITE-IS!

Enter your best writing to Marginal's Senior-Writs-Is contest. The top entries will receive gift cards to Amazon ($40 & $20). Send your work to Mr. Lally.

Multiple submissions allowed

All submissions are eligible for publication in Marginal

All writing topics are welcome

DEADLINE: The Monday After Midterms

Come join Drone Club! Are you interested in Drone Photography, Drone Programming, or Drone Racing, come join Drone club. All levels welcome! Meeting every Thursday!

The human brain is a powerful organ. To learn more about Neuroscience, please join us on January 9th from 5 PM to 8 PM to listen to our extensive guest list from juniors in high school to Harvard Graduates!

UPCOMING AUDITIONS FOR THE SPRING PLAY!

PETER AND THE STAR CATCHER

"Peter and the Starcatcher" is a prequel to Peter Pan, telling the origin story of how a nameless orphan boy, later known as Peter, becomes the boy who never grows up, through his adventures with a young Starcatcher named Molly as they try to protect a magical trunk filled with "starstuff" from falling into the hands of the villainous pirate, Black Stache, on a perilous journey across the high seas, ultimately leading to Peter's transformation and connection to Neverland."

Auditions are January 7th & 8th with Call backs on the 9th (Snow Date- January 10th)

Who can audition? Anyone!

When are the performance dates? March 6-8

What do I need to do?

Prepare a 45 sec-1 min comedic monologue.

Questions? Email Kara Sullivan at kcsullivan@hopkinton.k12.ma.us

UMass Lowell is thrilled to invite High School students in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to submit artwork for our regional high school exhibition. Accepted work will be on display in the University Gallery, a professional contemporary gallery on UML's beautiful South Campus.

The dates of the exhibit are March 20-27, 2025

Entries Due: January 30, 2025

Students notified: February 14, 2025

Work delivered: Thursday March 13 - Saturday March 15

Awards: Thursday March 27

Students take their work home with them at the end of the reception. Work must be picked up by Saturday March 29th. We do not have storage. You may ship your work here, but return shipping is not available.

Click here for the application.

Unified Strength and Condition

8 week fun competition for Athletes and Partners to say active during the winter.

2 days a week, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:34 to 3:45

Starts 12/18/24 and ends 2/13/25

Sign up using this link

Stop by the library to explore our book display! If you can’t find what you’re looking for, just let Mrs. Abraham know, and we’ll help you discover the perfect read.

We have two boys that are looking for host families for the Spring semester. Below is information about them. If you would like more information about becoming host family and/or interested in possibly hosting either of these outstanding exchange students, please contact Andrew Longoria at alongoria@hopkinton.k12.ma.us or call Andrew at the high school 508.497.9820 ext. 6523

Max from Germany:

My name is Max and I have been living in southern Germany for my whole life. I was born in Munich on the 19th of May 2008 which now makes me 16 years old. I live in a house with my mom, dad and normally with my 18 year old sister Paula who is currently studying in the US.

Our house is located in a small town 20 minutes away from Munich. We have a yard which not only us humans enjoy but also our two cats. Right now I'm attending the 11th grade at a local high school. My favorite subjects at school are english, history and sports. What I love doing is sports and meeting friends. My favorite sport is tennis which I have been playing for twelve years now. I do play in team tournaments and solo tournaments. I’m also in a ski club. I generally love to be around and going swimming with my friends in a nearby lake in the summer. I also used to play the piano for a couple of years but unfortunately I had to give it up because it was no longer possible because of all my tennis training (I play four times a week).

Rodney from Brazil:

I decided to study in the United States because I think it’s a really good experience for anyone, you can make new friends, improve other languages, have contact with other cultures and families, live a different life than you have in your country, discover more about the universities in USA and become more mature by living far from home. I know I will live many other things in my American life, but at this time I think these are the main points that influenced me to make this choice. At the end, I think this program will be really good and important to me and my life, so I hope to conclude all my objectives, to live all the experiences I can in USA, to learn how to solve my own problems without my parents and I also hope to make the most of this period, because I know I’m a lucky guy to have this opportunity and this will be the best experience of my life.

HHS students are invited to participate in Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation competition. The contest will be sponsored and run by the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. Any student who is interested needs to memorize and recite two poems from the Poetry Out Loud webpage (poetryoutloud.org), and the winner will move on to the state semifinals.

Please inform Mr. Frey either via email or in A209 by January 8th if you wish to compete! He can also help with poem selection if you need some help.

The competition will be on Thursday, January 16th at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.

Want to take a FREE college course and receive college and high school credits?

The Massachusetts Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Partnership (CDEP) provides opportunities for Massachusetts high school students to take college-level courses for free and earn credit toward high school completion and their future college degrees.

MassBay Community College is offering FREE college-level courses this spring for juniors and seniors only at our identified partner high schools – Bellingham, Brookline, Framingham, Hopkinton, Keefe, Medway, Milford, Millis, Natick, Needham and Waltham. Classes will be held after school or fully Online from January 21, 2025 - May 18, 2025.

Learn More! | Information sessions will be held remotely on:

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 4:00 PM

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 6:30 PM

Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 6:30 PM

Register for information sessions at: CLICK LINK

Classes Offered:

Drugs and Society | Fully Online - No schedule class meetings

Criminal Justice | MassBay Framingham Campus – Tuesdays 6:00-8:45 PM

Critical Thinking | MassBay Wellesley Campus | Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 PM

Health Careers Exploration | MassBay Framingham Campus, This course will meet in-person

on select Thursdays: 1/23, 2/6, 2/27, 3/13, 3/27, 4/10 and 5/8 | 6:00-9:00 PM | The rest of the

course is online.

Marketing | MassBay Framingham Campus, Mondays & Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 PM

Nutrition | Fully Online, No scheduled class meetings

Questions? Contact: Elaine Rosenburg | erosenburg@massbay.edu

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!

Parents and caretakers are invited to a Q&A and feedback session about the new IEP with Abby Hanscom, Director of Student Services. The new Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is now in effect, and we want to hear from you! Share feedback, Ask Questions, and help us improve!

Visible Mending Workshop on Sunday, January 5th at Hopkinton Public Library: Visible mending uses many approaches to restore old, used or torn clothing and fabric items. It’s both a creative process and a way to demonstrate a commitment to sustainability by reducing waste and pollution. You are invited to bring your own items to repair. All materials will be supplied, but you are welcome to bring your own scissors, needles, threads and fabric scraps. Space is limited for this workshop, so registration is required. This program is open to adults as well as young adults ages 12 and up.

Midterms Study Hall at Hopkinton Public Library: on January 21st, 22nd, and 23rd from 12-8pm the library's large event room will be open to high school students. Free refreshments will be provided and Hula the therapy dog will stop by for visits.

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.