Time: 8:30am – 2pm
The HPTA collects redeemable bottles and cans (glass, plastic and metal) on the last Saturday of every month at the Collela’s parking lot.
Clean out your garage or basement of those old cans and bottles and help out the HPTA.
For more information, contact Karen Bograd at ktbograd@gmail.com or 508-435-1026.
The HPTA is beginning to create baskets for its popular Children’s Gallery Family Fun Event.
Classes at Hopkinton schools create gift baskets with specific themes, which will then be auctioned off at the HPTA event on Saturday March 24.
The baskets are always popular, and it’s a successful fundraiser for the HPTA. But we need your help to create the baskets and make this event as successful as ever.
Donations will be collected from January 20 – February 18.
This year, we are using Amazon to make it easier to donate items and gift cards. You can buy items from the wish list below.
Click here to download the flyer to learn more about how to donate.
For more information about this year’s Basket themes and how to donate, contact
Erin Graziano:
emgraz@gmail.com or 508-544-2872
Kristy Willadsen:
kristykemper@yahoo.com or 508-435-7779
If you would like to volunteer and be part of the Annual Online Auction please contact:
Jane Wojcik at jane.wojcik@yahoo.com or
Karen Bograd at kthayerbograd@alumni.middlebury.edu
The Children’s Gallery Family Event will be held on
Saturday, March 24
12-4 pm
Hopkins Gym & Cafetorium
Due to a conflict in scheduling, the Jan. 18 presentation “Finding the Right Fit for College” has moved to Jan. 25.
Join us for a one-hour, interactive presentation for parents of college-bound high school students.
When: Wednesday, January 25, 7 – 8 p.m.
Where: Hopkinton Middle School Library
Linda Katz, OTR/L of Right Fit College Coaching in Hopkinton will help you and your child get on the right track as you navigate the college planning process.
This presentation will be most helpful to parents of students in grades 9, 10 and 11.
You are invited to sign up for her free monthly newsletter with practical insights for college planning at her website: www.RightFitCollegeCoaching.com
bFit Yoga, bCalm Studio Instructors Lesley Reilly & Colleen Allen
Our children live in a hurry‐up world of school pressures, incessant video games, and competitive sports. The bustling pace of our children’s lives has a profound effect on their innate joy. Yoga provides a counter balance to these pressures and teaches techniques for self‐health, relaxation and inner fulfillment. bFit Yoga encourages selfesteem and body awareness with physical activity that’s non‐competitive. Benefits include: increased core strength, enhanced flexibility, improved concentration and calmness. Yoga is great for both boys and girls. Mats will be provided.
Grades: 2-3
Dates: Early Release Days, Wed., Feb 1 and/or Wed., March 14 @ 12:15-1:15pm in the Elmwood Gym
Cost: $10/day
Click Here to Register – The deadline to register is the Sunday before each class.
Welcome spring with a multi‐media art exploration! This class will explore: 2D Jasper Johns numbers sculpture, Kandinsky modern art watercolor painting and Chagall surrealism oil pastels. Feel free to send your child with an old t‐shirt or smock to wear over school clothes, if desired.
Grades: 4-5
Dates: Tuesdays 4/3 and 4/10 @ 3:10‐4:10pm in the Hopkins Cafeteria
Cost: $70 for two days
Last day to register -March 27, 2012
Entries, reviewed by community judges, were placed by how well the “Diversity Means…” theme was interpreted and delivered.
Reflections recognizes and awards preK – grade12 students’ artistry & creativity at the local, state and
national level. Entries are accepted for the following categories:
Dance Choreography, Film/Video, Production, Literature, Musical Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.
Competition takes place in four grade divisions – primary, intermediate, middle/junior, and senior.
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Place: Middle School Cafeteria and Gym
Cost: $5 per person
Sponsored by the HPTA, the 6th grade KNO will have a variety of games and a DJ who will entertain students at this very popular event.
Hopkins school raised just over $800 from the October collection which helped purchase additional leveled readers for the book room, and library books to connect with literary instruction undertaken in the school.
This was fantastic, so please continue to help the purchase of these valuable resources, by snipping your box tops and sending them in with your child by February 10.
Box Tops for Education
www.boxtops4education.com
We need volunteers! Join the fun and be part of the Annual Online Auction.
For more information contact:
Jane Wojcik at jane.wojcik@yahoo.com or
Karen Bograd at kthayerbograd@alumni.middlebury.edu
There will be no evening event this year.
The auction website, www.biddingforgood.com/hopkinton, will be live soon!
Don’t forget – The Children’s Gallery Family Event will be held on
Saturday, March 24
12-4 pm
Hopkins Gym & Cafetorium
The film Two Million Minutes helps students, teachers and parents better understand how other countries are educating their young people. It shows how a high school in Joliet, IL, uses two million minutes to help their kids understand the importance of making the most of their 4 years of high school.
See more here: http://www.2mminutes.com
The film will be shown on Monday, March 12 at 7pm at High School Auditorium.
Date:March 10, 2012
Time: 10 am – 2pm
Place: Hopkinton HS
This year’s event will be held in coordination with the HPTA Wellness Fair, chaired by Danielle Petrucci, Hopkinton High School Wellness Director, along with Deb Dionne and Mary Mann, HPTA Wellness Coordinators.
Day camps, overnight camps and family camps will have the chance to connect with families from Hopkinton and surrounding towns. The event will be advertised to the Metrowest community, from Hopkinton to Southborough, Westborough, Holliston, Ashland, Framingham and beyond. Hopkinton has received national coverage, including being ranked in Boston Magazine’s Best High Schools in the Commonwealth, Money Magazine’s “Best Places to Live 2009″ and the 2010 Newsweek’s “America’s Best High Schools.”
Contacts:
Margaret Powers: mbpowers@yahoo.com or (508)435-0030
Sue Potas: suepotas@verizon.net or (508)414-5599
The new Hopkinton Public Schools web site was unveiled at the school committee meeting on January 5, 2012.
The site will be open for community feedback until Feb 4
and will then go live on Feb 4.
The preview site is http://hopkinton.schoolwires.net
To provide feedback click on the feedback form located on the District Announcements tab, provide your name, email address and your feedback.
The HPTA and Hopkinton School District have created a new Note From Home to better coincide with each school’s pick up and drop off policies.
The form has been modified to accommodate after school events, bus changes and more.
You can download the form by clicking here.
You can also pick up at Note from Home pad at Action Copy for just $3 per pad, or 2 for $5.
Each year our Hopkinton schools provide a wish list of items they could use in their classrooms. It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide some of these items.
Want to volunteer in your child’s school or an event around town? Volunteering comes in many different forms, from town-wide HPTA run programs, school specific activities, to individual classroom needs. Our Hopkinton schools need YOU!
Each year a new form needs to be filled out. Even if you filled out one last year, we still need a new one this year. Thanks for your help!
Volunteer for your School:
Please contact Shelly Carbonneau at support@hptaonline.com or 508.544.9897 with any questions or concerns about using the HPTA’s Online Registration System.
To support the enrichment and betterment of the Hopkinton Public Schools through direct volunteers and donations and by providing a forum of communication between parents, teachers, administrators and community.
Produced by HPTA and SPEAC – An essential quick reference document with useful information for Hopkinton parents!
We are now accepting memberships for 2011-12!
Join now and your membership is good until the end of the next school year. Stay connected with other parents using our HPTAConnect Discussion Forum and Classifieds Network for HPTA members only. Members are also eligible for discounted and priority enrollment in our popular extracurricular classes. Become a HPTA member today to take advantage of these programs! Annual dues are $15/family or $7.50/teacher.
At our general meeting on June 6 we officially voted in the new slate of board members and our final budget for 2011-12. You can view them both online:
2011-12 HPTA Budget – Approved 6/6/11
2011-12 HPTA Board – Voted in 6/6/11
2010-11 Annual Report – Posted 6/24/11
There are still a few positions open for next year. If you or someone you know would like to fill an opening, please contact HPTA President, Beth D’Alleva at president@hptaonline.com or 508.435.7393.
Want to know how to download the Hopkinton Public Schools online calendar to your personal online calendar or smartphone?
To read our tips please visit
hptaonline.com/webcalendar/sourcebook-tips.html.
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