Monday, January 13th: E Day

Tuesday, January 14th: F Day

• Flex Block: Junior Seminars

Thursday, January 16th: A Day

• Flex Block: Junior Seminars

• Last Day of Semester 1 Classes!

End of Semester 1 exams are coming soon! They begin on Tuesday, January 21st. Click here to see the schedule.

Students only need to be at school for their assigned exams. If you have any questions, connect with your teachers, your counselor, or an administrator.

HHS.TODAY

Hello Hopkinton High,

Check out another new episode of HHS Today! Today we meet a cool class pet, talk about unified sports, and test some Disney knowledge! As always, find all our videos at HHS.TODAY and we hope you enjoy this latest show.

Thanks,

The HHS TV Class

There are several important deadlines coming up for the 2025 Yearbook! Purchase a yearbook by 1/24 to save $10, purchase by 1/24 if you want your yearbook personalized (your name on it), and (for senior parents mainly or anyone with senior friends) tribute ads are due by 1/31!

We also need pictures! If your parents went to HHS we need pictures of them back in high school (lots of fun throwback pictures in the 2025 yearbook!) and we need pictures of anything you'd like to see in the yearbook plus cars, classes (fun experiments and projects!), siblings, activities and clubs, sports, the musical, etc.

For links and more information, see the attached google doc with info. that was sent out to parents and caregivers.

Marginal would like to announce the winners of the 2024 Short Story contest!

This year's winner, earning a $25 Amazon card is "Love Through the Haze of Memory" by Yixuan Li.

Our runner-up, winning a gift card to the Donut Stand in Hopkinton, is "The Painting" by Joshua Jones

Both pieces will be featured in Volume 10 of Marginal later this year. Congratulations, and thank you to everyone who submitted!

Please check out the website below for more information about the Senior Capstone Experience.

Attention Sophomores:

Hopkinton High School will be offering the PreACT for SOPHOMORES only on Saturday, March 22, 2025. The PreACT is a 10th grade multiple-choice assessment that helps students prepare for the experience of taking the ACT test and provides information regarding their future performance on the exam.

The fee for the PreACT is $45.00, cash or check. Please make checks payable to Hopkinton Student Activities. Registration for the PreACT will be February 24th through March 7th. Registration forms will be sent to sophomores through email or you can stop by the Counseling Office to pick one up. Please see Ms. Kampersal with any questions!

There will be no late registrations accepted.

Click on this link for scholarship application requirements and deadlines.

Sign up for a scholarship information session during Flex Block on January 28th with Mrs. O'Loughlin and Mrs. King to learn more!

Join us to make no-sew blankets for Baypath on January 28th at 2:30 in room A316!

Volunteer hours will be given for each blanket made.

Please fill out this form if you are interested in attending!

Contact us with questions:

erpeterson@hillers.org

rhunter@hillers.org

ntamba@hillers.org

The Hopkinton Red Cross Club is hosting a Blood Drive at the arts center next door, the HCA. We invite students, parents, and staff to come out and donate. Remember, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” One donation can save up to three lives. Your contribution can truly make a difference—every drop counts!

* As a reminder, you must be at least 16 years old to donate. If you are under 18 years old at the time of the Blood Drive you will need parental consent. Students will NOT be excused from class to volunteer at the Blood Drive. Students may only volunteer before or after school, or during their study halls if they are a junior or senior with privileges during.

Registration Link: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Hopkinton

Thursday, January 16th, 2025 | 9:00 AM | HCA | 98 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton, MA 01748

For more details about the Blood Drive or registration conflicts:

Fatima Ali Bokhari - fbokhari@hillers.org

Bake Sale

January 17th (Next Friday!)

Brownies $2

Rice Krispies $2

Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookie $5/2

Cupcakes (Red Velvet, etc.) $3

Cake pops $2

Sugar cookies $2

Banana bread $3

Snickerdoodle cookies $2

Chocolate Chip Muffins $3

Blueberry Crumble Muffin $3

Pick up items after school Friday in the atrium or outside cafeteria

Pre-Orders: Monday-Wednesday next week

Click here for the Pre-Order Form

Join us for yoga, mindfulness, and relaxation! Yoga is a great way to manage stress, boost concentration, and increase productivity.

Where: Room 300a

When: Every other Wednesday

Perfect for beginners! No experience necessary-just bring yourself and willingness to unwind!

First meeting on January 8th!

Email sbhagat@hillers.org or eroach@hopkinton.k12.ma.us to join today!

Seniors: Are you suffering from senioritis? The cure is SENIOR-WRITE-IS!

Enter your best writing to Marginal's Senior-Writs-Is contest. The top entries will receive gift cards to Amazon ($40 & $20). Send your work to Mr. Lally.

Multiple submissions allowed

All submissions are eligible for publication in Marginal

All writing topics are welcome

DEADLINE: The Monday After Midterms

Come join Drone Club! Are you interested in Drone Photography, Drone Programming, or Drone Racing, come join Drone club. All levels welcome! Meeting every Thursday!

UMass Lowell is thrilled to invite High School students in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to submit artwork for our regional high school exhibition. Accepted work will be on display in the University Gallery, a professional contemporary gallery on UML's beautiful South Campus.

The dates of the exhibit are March 20-27, 2025

Entries Due: January 30, 2025

Students notified: February 14, 2025

Work delivered: Thursday March 13 - Saturday March 15

Awards: Thursday March 27

Students take their work home with them at the end of the reception. Work must be picked up by Saturday March 29th. We do not have storage. You may ship your work here, but return shipping is not available.

Click here for the application.

Girls Football Meeting, Wednesday 1/15 in the cafe. Please contact Mr. Andrade or Mr. Gallagher if you have interest in playing but cannot make the meeting!

Ovarian Cancer Fundraising Game

Saturday, January 11th @ 4PM

New England Sports Center

Please join the Girls Varsity Hockey Team as we help raise money for ovarian cancer research and

prevention. There will be generous raffle prizes, lots of baked goods, and a 50/50 raffle drawing. All

proceeds go to the girlygirl PARTS Foundation and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Since its inception girlygirl PARTS has raised over a million dollars to help fund ovarian cancer research. PARTS is an acronym that stands for Pre-screening Awareness Required To Silence... ovarian cancer. All money raised goes towards Dana-Farber’s Director of Gynecological Oncology Dr. Ursula Matulonis’ work to develop effective pre-screening tools for ovarian cancer.

We can’t wait to see you there to raise money for this important cause and to watch our game against Dedham!

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

The power of Now! Check out our books on display that inspire, motivate, and empower you to take action and embrace the journey ahead.

CIEE Summer Abroad – 3-8 weeks in Language, STEM, Leadership, and more

Have you considered studying abroad next summer? With CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange), you can choose from 70+ programs in 35+ destinations around the world. CIEE offers significant scholarships to support program costs. Choose a course in Language Immersion, STEM, Social Change, Arts, or Business while earning college credit, community service hours, hands-on experience in your field, cross-cultural communication skills and independence. Last summer, $305,810 was awarded to 161 Massachusetts high school students!

Sample programs:

- Spanish Immersion in Buenos Aires, Argentina

- Mediterranean Ecosystems and Sustainability in Mallorca, Spain

- Mandarin Immersion in Taipei, Taiwan

- Global Entrepreneurship in Singapore

- Culinary Arts in Paris, France

- Sports Management in Barcelona, Spain

- Wildlife Conservation in Gaborone, Botswana

- French Immersion in Toulouse, France

- Attend a CIEE Webinar

- Browse all CIEE 2025 programs

TikTok/Instagram/YouTube: @cieeglobalnavigators

Apply by January 15!

We have two boys that are looking for host families for the Spring semester. Below is information about them. If you would like more information about becoming host family and/or interested in possibly hosting either of these outstanding exchange students, please contact Andrew Longoria at alongoria@hopkinton.k12.ma.us or call Andrew at the high school 508.497.9820 ext. 6523

Max from Germany:

My name is Max and I have been living in southern Germany for my whole life. I was born in Munich on the 19th of May 2008 which now makes me 16 years old. I live in a house with my mom, dad and normally with my 18 year old sister Paula who is currently studying in the US.

Our house is located in a small town 20 minutes away from Munich. We have a yard which not only us humans enjoy but also our two cats. Right now I'm attending the 11th grade at a local high school. My favorite subjects at school are english, history and sports. What I love doing is sports and meeting friends. My favorite sport is tennis which I have been playing for twelve years now. I do play in team tournaments and solo tournaments. I’m also in a ski club. I generally love to be around and going swimming with my friends in a nearby lake in the summer. I also used to play the piano for a couple of years but unfortunately I had to give it up because it was no longer possible because of all my tennis training (I play four times a week).

Rodney from Brazil:

I decided to study in the United States because I think it’s a really good experience for anyone, you can make new friends, improve other languages, have contact with other cultures and families, live a different life than you have in your country, discover more about the universities in USA and become more mature by living far from home. I know I will live many other things in my American life, but at this time I think these are the main points that influenced me to make this choice. At the end, I think this program will be really good and important to me and my life, so I hope to conclude all my objectives, to live all the experiences I can in USA, to learn how to solve my own problems without my parents and I also hope to make the most of this period, because I know I’m a lucky guy to have this opportunity and this will be the best experience of my life.

HHS students are invited to participate in Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation competition. The contest will be sponsored and run by the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. Any student who is interested needs to memorize and recite two poems from the Poetry Out Loud webpage (poetryoutloud.org), and the winner will move on to the state semifinals.

Please inform Mr. Frey either via email or in A209 by January 8th if you wish to compete! He can also help with poem selection if you need some help.

The competition will be on Thursday, January 16th at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.

Want to take a FREE college course and receive college and high school credits?

The Massachusetts Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Partnership (CDEP) provides opportunities for Massachusetts high school students to take college-level courses for free and earn credit toward high school completion and their future college degrees.

MassBay Community College is offering FREE college-level courses this spring for juniors and seniors only at our identified partner high schools – Bellingham, Brookline, Framingham, Hopkinton, Keefe, Medway, Milford, Millis, Natick, Needham and Waltham. Classes will be held after school or fully Online from January 21, 2025 - May 18, 2025.

Learn More! | Information sessions will be held remotely on:

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 4:00 PM

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 6:30 PM

Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 6:30 PM

Register for information sessions at: CLICK LINK

Classes Offered:

Drugs and Society | Fully Online - No schedule class meetings

Criminal Justice | MassBay Framingham Campus – Tuesdays 6:00-8:45 PM

Critical Thinking | MassBay Wellesley Campus | Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 PM

Health Careers Exploration | MassBay Framingham Campus, This course will meet in-person

on select Thursdays: 1/23, 2/6, 2/27, 3/13, 3/27, 4/10 and 5/8 | 6:00-9:00 PM | The rest of the

course is online.

Marketing | MassBay Framingham Campus, Mondays & Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 PM

Nutrition | Fully Online, No scheduled class meetings

Questions? Contact: Elaine Rosenburg | erosenburg@massbay.edu

Hillers connects, calling all hillers clubs, reach out for us to promote events/draw in members. were here for support. Reach out to kmartinez@hillers.org or dphatherley@hillers.org.

Are you interested in the science of life and animals??? Calling all students grades 3-6: Join the Young Scientists’ Association (YSA) Biology Workshop for an interactive and engaging science event filled with interactive science events and hands-on learning experiences. Join us in the Hopkinton Public Library in the Children's Programming Room on February 1st from 2-4. We hope to see you there!

Parents and caretakers are invited to a Q&A and feedback session about the new IEP with Abby Hanscom, Director of Student Services. The new Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is now in effect, and we want to hear from you! Share feedback, Ask Questions, and help us improve!

Midterms Study Hall at Hopkinton Public Library: on January 21st, 22nd, and 23rd from 12-8pm the library's large event room will be open to high school students. Free refreshments will be provided and Hula the therapy dog will stop by for visits.