300+ Students Perform at Annual All-Town Band Concert

March 14, 2023 – Story and photos by Joshua Ross One of the most anticipated nights of the year did not disappoint.  The annual all-town band concert took place last week with more than 300 5th-12th graders rocking out to Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin and Queen.  The night was wrapped up with all musicians playing …

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HHS 2023 Term 2 Honor Roll

March 13, 2023 Submitted by Hingham Public Schools Grade 12 High Honors Chelsea Adler Julian Alessi Isabella Amidei Susan Anderson Lily Andrey Madeline Aughe William Baker Asher Baynes Morgan Beighley Lukas Bell Wyatt Bell Samuel Benham Abigail Bennion Angus Bernstein Elizabeth Beyer Elizabeth Blackwood Isabella Bottini Lauren Brockwell Trevor Buckeridge Emma Buckley William Buckley Ryan …

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New Program of Studies Released for Hingham High School and Hingham Middle School

March 6, 2023 Submitted by Hingham Public Schools The 2023-2024 Program of Studies has been released after its approval from the School Committee in January. Rick Swanson, HHS Principal, and Derek Smith, HMS Principal, presented the materials and noted the changes and additions. Here are some of the highlights: Hingham High School: ● New One-Semester Senior English Class: …

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HHS Drama to Perform The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Festival

March 2, 2023 – Submitted by Hingham High School Drama, photos by Joshua Ross HHS Drama is presenting THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE by Bertolt Brecht for the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild One Act Play Festival. The METG is a 90 year old organization of high schools celebrating the best of student theatre, and the Festival is …

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School Committee approves $65.7 million Fiscal 2024 budget, including funding for some ‘unmet needs’

February 28, 2023 by Carol Britton Meyer After many hours of meetings involving numerous presentations on, and discussions surrounding, the proposed Fiscal 2024 school budget, the School Committee unanimously approved this week the amount of $65,703,985 to fully fund the identified level service needs of $65,002,111 — plus $701,874 (45%) of the total identified by …

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Former Advisory Committee/Select Board member raises questions about school budget and proposed override

February 17, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer During a joint Advisory Committee/Select Board/School Committee session Thursday night to discuss the proposed Fiscal 2024 school budget, questions related to decreasing enrollments, unmet needs, the 5% increase over the Fiscal 2023 budget that’s included in the proposed level services budget, and the proposed operating override were raised. …

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