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During the busiest and loudest times of the day at Holyoke High School North, one room is designed to remain calm. During the 2024-25 school year, staff members Gosia Murray and ...

Inspired by similar efforts for Peck Middle School , Lawrence Elementary School recently developed an inclusive process to select a new mascot, colors, and logo. “The identity o...

This aerial view of the new Peck Middle School construction site shows how the landscape around the new building has changed over recent months. In a few weeks, some community me...

While students are enjoying a well-earned break, the HPS Operations and Facilities team is hard at work managing a wave of improvements across district buildings, parking lots, an...

With extremely high temperatures in the forecast for the next few days , the district's Summer Eats locations will offer only Grab-n-Go meal options today, tomorrow, and Thursday....

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory from Tuesday morning through Thursday evening, with dangerously hot conditions and heat index values up to 105 degrees po...

Although school will soon be out for the summer, healthy meals are available at no cost for kids and teens (ages 18 and under) during the week, starting on Tuesday, July 1. The S...

Summer is a great time to pick up a book and read—especially for students on summer break. Families are encouraged to read together and enjoy their favorite novels, stories, books...

The Holyoke Public Schools community was saddened to learn of the passing of Mary Colon on July 1, 2025 at the age of 43, following a short illness. Mary worked with Holyoke tea...

When the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted on April 28, 2015 to take receivership of Holyoke Public Schools, there was no clear path back to local governan...

Holyoke Public Schools is exiting “chronically underperforming status” one week from today—on Tuesday, July 1, 2025—after 10 years under state governance. Education Secretary and ...

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced on Monday, June 23, that Holyoke Public Schools will exit chronically underperforming status on July 1...

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch from Sunday through Tuesday evening, with dangerously hot conditions and heat index values up to 110 degrees pos...

Holyoke Public Schools is ending the 2024-25 school year celebrating significant accomplishments at every grade level in every school. “Proud. Grateful. Amazed. Energized. Hopefu...

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There were tears of joy, cheers and applause, and some moments of quiet reflection as Holyoke High School’s Opportunity Academy Class of 2025 graduated on Friday, June 13, 2025 du...

Opportunity Academy Principal Phelipe Johnson opened the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2025 acknowledging Mayor Joshua A. Garcia, the School Committee, Superintendent Antho...

HPS families and staff will be saying goodbye to SchoolBrains and saying hello to PowerSchool effective July 7. Like SchoolBrains, the PowerSchool online platform offers an inte...

A group of STEM Beats musicians recently traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to take part in the Association for Popular Music Education Live Conference—a gathering of non-traditional...

Teachers and staff from Metcalf School and Holyoke STEM Academy recently toured the new Peck Middle School , getting a feel for the layout and features of the building where they ...