Maurice A. Donahue School

Holyoke Public Schools is gathering suggestions for possible names and mascots for the new middle school building. If you have ideas you’d like to share, please complete this shor...

This week’s Together for Holyoke newsletter has been released. Check your email inbox, your text messages, or follow this link for the news behind our latest headlines. What's...

School may be out for summer, but the hallways are as busy as ever at Donahue, McMahon, and Lawrence schools as new windows are installed there, along with other construction an...

Holyoke Public Schools offers a wide range of employment opportunities that “speak to the heart” for many job seekers throughout the region. Working for HPS has many r...

On a recent Friday afternoon, a work crew of about 20 people poured more than 350 cubic yards of concrete to form the second story deck of “section B,” or the northern side of th...

Holyoke Public Schools has adopted new procedures to help ensure students are prepared to advance to subsequent grade levels for the following school year. “We know that students...

The district's Summer Eats program offering free meals for kids kicked off on Monday, July 1, with a family fun day that included games, face painting, and free carousel rides at ...

Elementary, middle, and high school students recently received recognition for their strong, improved, or perfect attendance for the fourth quarter during a districtwide celebrat...

Although school is out for the summer, healthy meals are available at no cost for kids and teens starting July 1. The Summer Eats program in partnership with Sodexo has added addi...

The City of Holyoke this week is marking the next milestone in its plans to build a new two-story, 107,475-square-foot middle school for 550 students that will meet the needs of a...

A topping off (or topping out) ceremony is a customary way to celebrate a significant milestone during the construction of a new building—when the final and highest steel beam is ...

Students in grades PreK-8 are encouraged to read for at least 30 minutes every day from June 21 through August 25 as part of a city-wide summer reading challenge organized by Holy...

Governor Maura Healy's Council on Latino Empowerment has scheduled a listening session beginning at 6 p.m., Monday, June 24 at Holyoke City Hall, 536 Dwight Street. Community m...

Congratulations to third grade student Anthony J. Carrasco for winning the excellence award from Superintendent Anthony Soto. Nominated by Principal Marc Swygart, Anthony's excell...

This week’s Together for Holyoke newsletter has been released. Check your email inbox, your text messages, or follow this link for the news behind our latest headlines. Superinte...

Metcalf Middle School and the HPS Transitions Academy will soon have new leadership, with current Metcalf Principal Kate Ritchie leaving at the end of June to accept a position i...

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch from Tuesday morning through Friday evening, with dangerously hot conditions and heat index values up to 106 deg...

For 25 HPS staff members, a celebration held at Nueva Esperanza on June 12 was the culmination of 6 months and 60 hours of study. These staff members—counselors, family and commu...

The Holyoke High School Opportunity Academy Class of 2024 graduated Friday, June 14 2024, in an emotional ceremony held in the Holyoke War Memorial. Some of OA’s 88 graduating se...

The longer you look, the more you might notice in the patterns of the newly painted mural on an outside wall of Donahue School. A colorful abstract of shapes and curves, the mura...