Holyoke High Opportunity Academy

Families are reminded that the 2025-26 HPS Family Handbook provides a wide range of helpful information about the school year, school policies and procedures, and about their chil...

Tuesday’s Veterans Day ceremony at the Holyoke War Memorial will feature the singing talents of Transitions Academy second-year participant Aniya Gomez. She will open the program ...

As the end-of-year holidays draw near, families are reminded of the importance for their children to be in school on time every day that classes are in session. “We encourage ev...

From new playgrounds to waterway-friendly parking lots, the HPS maintenance and facilities team was hard at work over the last five months completing various construction, re...

Holyoke residents elected two newcomers to the Holyoke School Committee when they voted in citywide elections on Tuesday, November 4. Residents also re-elected seven current ...

Every October, school communities come together to celebrate National Principals Month. This recognition honors the leadership, hard work, and “many hats” of school principals—who...

As of Friday, October 31, the federal government is not planning to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in November during the government shutdown. This d...

Six athletes, one coach, two teams, one contributor, and two athletic legends were welcomed into the Holyoke Public Schools Hall of Fame during a banquet in their honor at Holyoke...

Having a shared common background is a good way for students and staff to connect, said Jacob Rodriguez-Rivera, a junior at Opportunity Academy. Izaiah Calderon, a recent gradua...

Holyoke families who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance may find their benefits no longer available on November 1 unless the federal ...

HPS students and staff are preparing for fun classroom and school activities as part of Halloween celebrations in the coming week. “While costumes are always optional, for childr...

The Holyoke High School Theater Company invites the community to an evening of mystery, laughter, and suspense with “The Final Act”—an original murder mystery dinner theater. The s...

The Holyoke School Committee is in contract negotiations with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) to support the search process for a new superintendent, now...

“We’ve been listening,” answered Chief Human Resources Officer Beth Gage when asked why Holyoke Public Schools’ teacher retention rate is the highest it's been in more than a deca...

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released the accountability results for all schools and districts, which includes MCAS (Massachusetts Com...

Holyoke Public Schools employs multilingual staff members in every building who work with students and families in their native and acquired languages every day. An estimated 150 ...

SEPAC, the Special Education Parent’s Advisory Council, is preparing for the first meeting of the 2025-26 school year on October 1, 2025 from 6-7 p.m. via Zoom . The meeting will ...

Holyoke Public Schools recently released an update for the district’s Strategic Plan , which documented recent progress in key areas and the path forward from here. “As I reflect...

For the past several years, students at Holyoke’s Opportunity Academy (OA) have started off the new school year by interviewing and photographing classmates and school staff throu...

This week, the district’s 11 fine arts educators took center stage for National Arts in Education Week , a congressionally established, annual celebration that takes place each ye...