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: …
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 …
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 …
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. …
February 15, 2023 Submitted by Hingham Public Schools Seventy-two Hingham High School juniors competed at this year’s HHS History Day contest. This annual competition, held in person at the Hingham Historical Society’s Heritage Museum for the first time since 2020, featured the top historical research projects of all 288 members of the Class of 2024. Established in 1974, …
February 14, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Monday night marked the well-attended public hearing on the proposed Hingham Public Schools Fiscal 2024 balanced budget, following hours of earlier discussions about what cuts would be necessary if an operational override supporting a level-services budget doesn’t pass at the April Town Meeting and subsequent Town Election through …
February 8, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Improvements to the South Elementary School playgrounds are planned to ensure ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessibility for a disabled student. This will enable access to most of the swings and the lower playground, Supt. of Schools Margaret Adams told the Select Board recently when requesting a $44,400 …
February 8, 2023 Submitted by SELA What’s the best way to celebrate a school’s 19th anniversary? To celebrate a brand new 14-classroom, double playground second campus, according to SELA: The International Private School. SELA, the region’s only full immersion Spanish school, held a grand opening and ribbon cutting at its newest campus in Norwell last …
February 2, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Principals from the elementary, middle, and high schools joined Wednesday’s School Committee Budget Session V to share the “dire consequences” that potential cuts outlined in the proposed Hingham Public Schools balanced budget proposal would have on their students and staff unless an operating override is passed at the …
January 27, 2023 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham Public Schools parents and educators were among the more than 160 Zoom participants in Thursday night’s School Committee meeting to hear an update on the proposed balanced/reduced services school budget that would require significant cuts in Full Time Equivalent positions — as well as student services, arts, …
