20th Year Celebration: Photos

Enrichment Clusters: Finishing our Projects

On Thursday, the Bookshelf Building cluster cut, sanded, and stained lots of lumber:


On Friday, we assembled our shelves!

It took a lot of teamwork, and we are very proud of our accomplishments!

The Folk Arts cluster created some terrific decorations and designs:

Meanwhile, over in the Kindergarten biking cluster, students practiced safe bike riding!

David Elliott's Presentation on Imagination

Author David Elliott presented his views on imagination during our Symposium for Parents and Teachers on Thursday evening.

In case you missed the event, Marek Bennett has posted his notes from the discussion on his personal blog. You can also view the film we screened: "Why Do These Kids Love School?"

More Enrichment Cluster Photos

Some students are learning to weave on bead looms this week:

Here's what our handiwork looks like up close:

This is the work site for the "Bookshelf Building" Enrichment Cluster:

(It is a beautiful site to work, but if you look really closely you'll see that some of our sawyers are wearing mittens!)

At the end of this second day, we had all our parts cut out and ready to assemble. Currently, our projects look like this:

On Thursday, we'll sand and stain the wood, and on Friday we'll assemble our shelves.

Enrichment Clusters Begin

This week, Elementary and Upper Grades students participate in Enrichment Clusters!

Here are some photos from our "Bookshelf Building" Enrichment Cluster:



All week long, we'll be building bookshelves, bead-weaving on hand-made looms, creating folk art, designing a NatureQuest, riding bikes, cooking new foods, and more.

20th Year "Memory Books" Available

These handsome books feature 20 pages of full-color photographs from the past two decades at Hopkinton Independent School, showing students and staff of all grade levels learning, working, playing, and growing together over the years.

You can order copies throughout our 20th Year Celebration in May, 2008. Preview a sample copy in the school lobby this week, where you can also pick up an order form. All Memory Book orders are due by May 31.

For more information, email the front office.

Press Release: 20th Year Dinner and Dance

We invite you to attend our:

20th Year Dinner and Dance Celebration

Saturday, May 31st

at the Hopkinton Independent School

• 4:00 = Social Hour & Toast
• 5:00 = Chicken Barbecue*
• 6:30 = Country Dance with Carolyn Parrott, Brad Dorsey, and students (at Kimball's Farm, across Beech Hill Road from the school)

*Space is limited! Email Lisa Dean to reserve your place at the chicken barbecue ($10 per adult, $5 per child 5-10 years old).

Download the press release for this event >>