Hopkins School District #270

A team from Hopkins High School’s College in the Schools (CIS) Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology course has been awarded the first-place Golden Femur Trophy for their video “Blood Cells Rock.” The video was selected from over 30 videos submitted by students enrolled in the course at 10 high schools in the metro area and outstate.

The Hopkins High School Concert Choir, together with the Hopkins West Junior High Concert Choir and the Hopkins North Junior High Concert Choir, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30 in the Hopkins High School Auditorium.

The Hopkins English Language Learner Family Advisory Committee (EFAC) held its first event on Sunday, Nov. 1, when more than 60 people, including parents, family members, students, teachers, and friends, shared an internationally eclectic potluck lunch.

Hopkins Public Schools is moving forward with implementation of the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) grant received last summer from the U.S. Department of Education.

XinXing Academy—its students and staff members—received outstanding accolades from the director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota.

Hopkins Public Schools' voters re-elected an incumbent and two new members to the Hopkins Board of Education, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Voters re-elected Betsy Scheurer, and elected Susan Wootten and Warren Goodroad.

Hopkins West Junior High School is seeking new or used exercise equipment to outfit a special Goals Lab supervised study hall in the school.

The student chefs on Hopkins High School's ProStart culinary competition team prepared the appetizers, dinner, and dessert for a ResourceWest fundraiser this fall that brought in over $13,000.

XinXing Academy, Hopkins Public Schools' Chinese immersion program, was featured on Channel 12's news broadcast on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The story, "Local district a leader in Chinese immersion" included video of student lessons and information about a five-year $1.4 million grant Hopkins received to further enhance the program.

Hopkins High School's Royal Page newspaper again has been rated as among the best high school newspapers in the state and the country.