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January 10, 2024 By Carol Britton Meyer The Fiscal 2025 Hingham Public Schools budget process has begun, with a presentation to the School Committee this week as the first of many more to come. As part of the budget planning process, a $2.8 million deficit was identified, including $1.6 million in increased special education costs …
January 8, 2024 By Kathy Puleo, Director of Outreach Mentor NDA Academy Robotics After months of planning, coding, building, documenting, baking, marketing, and outreach, the Notre Dame Academy Robotics Team competed in the First Tech Challenge at Needham High School on December 9, 2023. The results were the reward for all the hard work they did leading up …
January 6, 2024 – Submitted by Hingham Arts Alliance, photos by Joshua Ross On Wednesday, January 3, an impressive group of Hingham High School alumni shared their wisdom and experience studying and working in the arts. The Hingham Arts Alliance, our town’s nonprofit booster organization for the arts, hosted the Arts in Action panel which …
January 3, 2024 By Hingham public Schools The Hingham Public Schools will host a Kindergarten Parent Information Night for parents of children who are eligible to enter kindergarten in September 2024. We especially welcome families new to Hingham or those who will have children in the HPS for the first time next fall. The meeting is scheduled for …
January 3, 2024 by Hingham Public Schools Hingham Public Schools is excited to announce a series of open houses designed to showcase the Integrated Preschool and PreK programs. Knowledgeable staff will be available to provide insights into the curriculum, educational approach, and supportive services offered within these programs. The Integrated Preschool offers a unique educational environment where children …
December 13, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Marybeth White, representing The Hingham Interventionists, referred last night to a petition signed by teachers in all four elementary schools supporting Hingham Public Schools interventionists’ request to join the Hingham Education Association Unit A union. “We’re the only group that isn’t a member, and we don’t have fair …
December 12, 2023 By The Hingham Education Association Over 400 members of the full Hingham Education Association participated in a vote of no confidence in Superintendent Adams’s leadership of Hingham Public Schools. The vote passed with 96% voting in favor. Staff across Hingham’s six schools gathered to vote on the statement today and express deep concerns on behalf …
December 12, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham Education Association President Jacqueline Beaupre announced during a well-attended hybrid meeting of the School Committee Monday night that more than 400 members of the full HEA participated in a vote of “no confidence” in Supt. of Schools Margaret Adams’ leadership of Hingham Public Schools earlier that day. …
December 12, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer A screening committee will be created in early 2024 to assist in the hiring of a new principal for South School to replace Mary Eastwood, who will retire at the end of the current school year. Supt. of Schools Margaret Adams expressed appreciation for Eastwood’s “long career here …
December 12, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer In response to the recent incident involving the arrest of a substitute teacher at the Middle School related to a probation violation of a trespass order in a neighboring town, the Hingham Public Schools district contracted with educational consultant Dr. Pamela Gould to perform an analysis of its …