March 23, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The School Committee reconvened in open session last night following an executive session to discuss a Memorandum of Agreement with the Hingham Education Association, Unit A, regarding the reopening of the Hingham Public Schools. On March 15, the School Committee expressed support for the administration’s proposed phased-in approach …
March 16, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham All-Town PTO Adopt-an-Educator/School Staff Vaccination Program was a huge success. Supt. of Schools Paul Austin and School Committee Chair Kerry Ni thanked the volunteers who helped make vaccination appointments last week and into this past weekend for more than 120 Hingham Public Schools faculty and staff …
Hingham Middle School (photo by Joshua Ross Photography) March 16, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer On Monday (March 15) — the same day non-remote Hingham Public Schools elementary students returned to full in-person learning five days a week — Supt. of Schools Paul Austin presented a proposal for phased-in approaches to returning non-remote Grades 6 …
March 11, 2021, Submitted by Hingham High School Congratulations to all the Hingham High School students who made the High Honor or Honor Roll this term. See the full list below listed alphabetically by grade. High Honors – Grade 12 Carter Anderson Paola Aoun Margaret Asmus Jordan Bell Samuel Bellomy Emma Beyer Caroline Bienfang Helen …
Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash March 10, 2021 submitted by Kerri Ni, School Committee Chair On March 3rd, Governor Baker announced that educators and school staff members will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as of March 11th. This is welcome news as it will protect our essential school staff and will also …
Hingham High School, photo by Joshua Ross Photography. March 9, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer A petition signed by some 600 supporters of a return to in-person learning at the secondary level as soon as possible was submitted to school officials recently. After acknowledging the petition at last night’s remote School Committee meeting, Supt. of …
Photo courtesy of Foster PTO March 8, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Due to a lack of heat, Principal Beth Wilcox notified Foster School families at 7:22 a.m. this morning of the need to transition students in kindergarten and grades 3, 4, and 5 to fully remote instruction today. Cohort A students in grades 1 …
Feb. 24, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Implementing a resource dog program at Hingham High School would represent “an enormous step forward for our school community,” according to Principal Rick Swanson. Resource dogs are sometimes referred to as comfort or therapy dogs. The HHS Class of 2020 recently pledged $10,000 toward this effort as a …
Photo by Joshua Ross Feb. 24, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer Nearly 220 callers were on the line last night to listen to Supt. of Schools Paul Austin’s detailed $62 million Fiscal 2022 proposed budget presentation to the selectmen and advisory committee, with the school committee also participating. Selectmen Chair Mary Power noted that the …
February 23, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer The school committee last night unanimously approved during a remote meeting the school administration’s proposal for all non-remote K-5 students to return to school full-time (five days a week) on or before March 15, with students in grades 1 to 5 attending full days — with physical distancing in …
