MCAS results: significant strengths and areas for improvement highlighted

October 29, 2025 Provided by the Hingham Public Schools During Monday evening’s school committee meeting, HPS Interim Assistant Superintendent Erica Pollard presented the district’s results for Spring 2025 MCAS and provided context for local and state-wide trends in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, and Civics. Pollard highlighted significant strengths for Hingham Public Schools (HPS) …

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Improving Both Mind and Heart at Derby

October 29, 2025 by Derby Academy Join us for an upcoming event to hear how we cultivate confidence, curiosity, character, and community in our students. Mind + Heart = DERBY. The most important thing a child learns at school is their true potential. Since 1784, parents have trusted Derby Academy to bring out the best …

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Foster School principal retiring at end of school year

October 23, 2205 By Carol Britton Meyer Foster School Principal Matthew Scheufele announced today his plans to retire at the end of the current school year – effective Aug. 1. ”I have been blessed throughout my career with fantastic students, incredible staff, and supportive families and administrators, who I consider family,” he told Foster staff …

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Water company seeking 3% rate increase; public hearing dates to be announced

October 22, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer Weir River Water System customers in Hingham, Hull, and Cohasset will receive a letter about the proposed fiscal 2027 3% rate increase and related public meetings by the end of the month, WRWS Managing Director/Superintendent Russell Tierney told the citizens advisory board recently. The dates will be announced …

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Reminder: Author Talk with Dr. Lisa Damour — Thursday, October 23

October 20, 2025 Submitted by Hingham Public Schools The Hingham Public Schools community is invited to an evening with Dr. Lisa Damour, author of the The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, a New York Times best seller. This event will take place in two days on Thursday, October 23 at 6:30 PM at Hingham Middle School. Dr. Damour …

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First electric school bus project celebration planned for Oct. 17

October 16, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer Hingham Public Schools, in partnership with Highland Electric Fleets, will host a ceremony to celebrate the district’s first electric school bus project Friday, Oct. 17, at 10 a.m. at 25 Fort Hill St. The estimated cost savings from the transition from three diesel buses to three electric ones …

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