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PHOTO GALLERY: Last Day of School

From start to finish, there was plenty of excitement, song, and a flash mob at Hopkins School.

There was plenty of excitement for teachers and students on the last day of school in Hopkinton. Photographer Vicki Francis and mom and Hooray for Books owner Mary Murphy took photos at Hopkins and Hopkinton Middle School. Make sure of you haven't already read Lisa Stukel's story (and more photos) about the hopkiins All-School Meeting to check that out too. Have your own last-day-of-school photos? Send them to gene.cassidy@patch.com and I'll post those too. Finally, we encourage Hopkinton Patch readers to give a shout out to the men and women their children had as teachers this year. Sign up if you haven't already, and make your comment on the right-hand side of the home page where it says "What do you have to say?"

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Vicki Lee Francis

9:07 am on Wednesday, June 22, 2011

We would love to see some pictures from Elmwood if anyone has any to upload. The Hopkins meeting was really special. The children were so creative. The videos they produced and the songs they wrote were just amazing. Kudos to the teaching team of Feldman & Saunders for a great academic + fun year and Principal Greg Martineau who has taken Hopkins to a new and greater place! All you incoming 4th …   more ›

Hopkinton PTA Holds its End of the Year Celebration

Numbers were crunched, ribbons and trophies were distributed and a Colella's donation was received!

The Hopkinton Parent Teacher Association gathered earlier this month to finish this year's business and celebrate student accomplishments. The group approved next year's $165,000 budget, chose a board of directors and honored student achievements, including 25 students who took part in this year’s PTA Reflections program, Together We Can. Eleven students advanced to the national competition and two, Hopkinton High's Helen Gao and Hopkins School's Zachary Ritterbusch brought home prizes in Visual Arts and Film Production.   Dale Danahy of Colella's Market presented HPTA President Cindy Bernardo with a check for $1,804 as the Colella’s/Guida Dairy Donation for 2010-11. Over the past 16 years Colella’s and Guida Dairy have donated more than $…

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Construction Career Day in Hopkinton May 4 and 5

Students from across the state will learn hands-on skills and about the variety of career paths available to construction professionals at the Laborers Training Academy on East Street.

Massachusetts Construction Career Day will take place on Wednesday, May 4, and Thursday, May 5 at Hopkinton's New England Laborers Training Center at 37 East St. The day is intended as a chance for high school juniors and seniors to have a look at opportunities in the construction field. Volunteers from different aspects of the construction business will offer students a taste of  the skills they will need to enter the profession, and also a look at what types of skills they can expect to learn in the construction business. On May 4,  students from western Massachusetts will spend the day at the Laborers Training Academy and on May 5, students from eastern Mass. schools will arrive. Organizations participating include the Mass. Highway …

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