Schools

Homework is often a battleground for families. Some parents insist that their teen redo the homework until it is right. This often leads to arguments among family members.

Try a new approach next time. When your teen finishes a homework assignment, ask her, "Do you think that your work is as good as you can make it? Did you understand everything?"

If your teen has doubt, she might ask for help. If she does, you can give it to her. But first let her decide how—and if—she'll change the answer.

With the Elementary School Building Committee set to hold their next community workshop on Saturday, January 24th, the committee has released the eleven site alternatives for the Center School Feasibility Study.

In a notice released on Hopkinton's SchoolWires, the ESBC announced the site alternatives, including:

Thanks to the Internet, your teen can travel the world with the click of a mouse. He can access information in minutes that once would have taken days of time and possibly thousands of dollars in cost. The Internet is a great learning tool with thousands of reliable and helpful sites.
But the Internet can also hold dangers for your teen. They are found on websites with inappropriate or harmful content and in the social media that many teens use to talk about various subjects.

Earlier today, the Transportation Safety Review Committee met to discuss an issue of concern to all parents and their students; i.e. student safety at bus stops. The Committee agreed to ask parents to remind their students to be extra careful at this time of the year due to darkness in the early mornings and late afternoons. If a student has to cross a street to get onto the school bus, the student should always wait for a signal from the bus driver before leaving the bus stop to board the bus.

A letter distributed by the High School Administration today announces no more Dances at the High School:

As you may have heard from your son/daughter, we have decided that we will no longer offer dances held at the high school including the 9/10th grade Cotillion in March. This decision excludes the Junior Prom. The Prom is held at a different venue and student behavior has not been of significant concern in the past.