Photo by Austin Pacheco on unsplash January 26, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (photo courtesy of Unsplash) At last night’s remote school committee meeting, Supt. of Schools Paul Austin talked about the importance of the community and Hingham Public Schools staff working together cooperatively. “In order to do the best by our students, we need …
January 22, 2021 by Carol Britton Meyer (photo by Joshua Ross Photography) Plymouth River School Principal Melissa Smith praised PRS families for “acting swiftly and for being extremely flexible, kind, and calm” throughout the early dismissal process that took place today following a nearby water main break. The issue was resolved around noontime. In an …
January 17, 2021 by Laura Harper Winters The School Department will host a Kindergarten Orientation and Registration meeting for parents of children who are eligible to enter kindergarten in September 2021. This session is especially recommended for families that are new to Hingham or those who will have children in the HPS for the first-time …
Photo courtesy of Joshua Ross Photography December 23, 2020, Submitted by Hingham High School Photo courtesy of Hingham High Honors Carter Anderson 12 Eric Anderson 12 Paola Aoun 12 Margaret Asmus 12 Jordan Bell 12 Emma Beyer 12 Caroline Bienfang 12 Helen Bradshaw 12 Charles Bruggemann 12 Lillian Bryant 12 Aidan Bucey 12 Julia Burm …
Photo courtesy of Katherine Fischer; From left to right: Connor Jones (gr4), Colton Fischer (gr5), Avery Besser (gr5), Sloane Besser (gr3), Violet Fischer (kindergarten), Caroline Sullivan (gr5) December 23, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer There’s no better time than the holiday season to spread goodwill and cheer, especially during these very different times. With that …
December 22, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer During a three-hour remote School Committee meeting last night — attended by more than 170 parents and others interested in the business at hand — an updated Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Hingham Education Association (HEA) Unit A for the reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school …
Photo by Joshua Ross Photography December 16, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The Massachusetts School Building Authority voted unanimously today to invite the Town of Hingham into the Feasibility Phase of the Core Building Program for Foster Elementary School and also to participate in its Accelerated Repair Program for replacement windows at Plymouth River School. …
Plymouth River School, Photo by Joshua Ross Photography December 8, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer Following four recent positive COVID-19 cases, Supt. of Schools Paul Austin made the decision for Plymouth River School to go remote yesterday and today. In an email to the Hingham Public Schools community tonight, Austin said that PRS will remain …
December 8, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The Hingham Public Schools district has for several weeks been exploring options for providing COVID testing for staff, perhaps on a weekly basis, “to help them feel safer in our schools,” according to Supt. of Schools Paul Austin. After consulting with school nurses and the Hingham …
December 8, 2020 by Carol Britton Meyer The past couple of weeks have been particularly challenging for the Hingham Public Schools. While working toward increasing K-2 in-person learning time as a first priority — with the higher grades hopefully to go that route at a later date — the number of positive COVID-19 test results …
