
July 17, 2025
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...

July 15, 2025
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....

July 14, 2025
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...

July 11, 2025
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...

July 8, 2025
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...

June 27, 2025
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...

June 24, 2025
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 ...

June 23, 2025
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...

June 20, 2025
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...

June 16, 2025
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...

June 16, 2025
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 ...

June 12, 2025
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...

June 11, 2025
Families looking for fun, rewarding, engaging—and free!—activities for their children this summer should consider enrolling them in a variety of educational summer opportunities f...

June 4, 2025
What do packages of cinnamon raisin oatmeal and macaroni and cheese have in common? The way the Feed The Kids team makes them, each is a complete, balanced, and nutritious meal f...

June 3, 2025
After a chilly rainy spring, temperatures are expected to rise to the lower 90s later this week, according to the National Weather Service . While these temperatures are not unusu...

June 2, 2025
The Holyoke Public Schools communications team has earned national recognition for their work on key initiatives tied to some of the district’s highest priority focus areas, inclu...

May 29, 2025
Signing up for a first library card is an exciting milestone for many children, but it’s not every day that a young reader also gets to celebrate the occasion with games, crafts, ...

May 23, 2025
Holyoke students, teachers, staff, and families will perform random acts of kindness on Tuesday, May 27 as part of Shine On Day to honor the memory and lasting legacy of former SH...

May 22, 2025
The last day of the 2024-25 school year for students will be June 18, presuming there are no additional school closures for weather or other emerging reasons. Note : Schools will...

May 20, 2025
Holyoke Public Schools offers a variety of educational summer opportunities for district elementary, middle, and high school students. Registration is open now for summer learnin...