Elementary school teachers are taking an artistic stance to having students learn about geometric shapes, rather than solving problems in textbooks.

Read more in MetroWest Daily News:  http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1085185361/Turning-education-into-an-art-form-in-Hudson#ixzz1luKUpBk6

 The Second Annual Wellness Cook Off will be held on Thursday, February 16, at HHS starting at 5:30 pm.  Healthy pizza is the main item plus many more activities for families.

 12 Hudson High Students won14 Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in the 2012 competition. 14 other HHS entries received Honorable Mention.The awards included 4 Gold Keys and 10 Silver keys.  Congratulations to the winners and to the High School for supporting a high level of participation.   See list of award winners.  Congratulations also to teachers Erin Yates, Emily Farbman, Kerri LeSage, Jenna Johnson, and Bruce Hedison, as well as all District art staff for preparing our students for this prestigeous event.

At the end of the month, Facing History and Ourselves will present $40,000 to educators around the world as part of its annual Margot Stern Strom Teaching Awards. In this series, we check in with winners from 2007. Profiled here is Josh Otlin, assistant principal at a Massachusetts high school.

http://www.facinghistory.org/about/who/profiles/josh-otlin-promoting-ethical-th

The first steel was erected during the week of January 30. A new and exciting construction phase begins!

The School Committee will consider revisions to Policy JICC Student Transportation-Discipline and JFABB Enrollment of Children of Employees at February 15 S.C. meeting. Follow link to proposed revisons. 

The Hudson School Committee will entertain a proposal on February 15  to rename the Kennedy Middle School  the "David J. Quinn Middle School". The new school is slated to open in September 2013. The School Committee agenda will include a public comment period on the proposal. Click "read more" for Hudson Sun Article about the late David J. Quinn.

Ms. Tobiasson and Mr. Nemerowicz’s Pearl Team ELA and Social Studies students participated in a program called Take Ten through the East West Center.  The Take Ten project was viewed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Asia conference this week and was part of a report on National Public Radio.

It was a great honor for 2011 HHS graduate Rebekah Lizotte to win a national medal for her photograph "Chalk Shadow" when she was named one of 500 National Medalists in the 2011 Scholastic Art and Writing competition. It was an even bigger event when Rebekah's work was selected for display by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Only 44 pieces were selected from the 500 National Medalists. HHS art teacher Erin Yates received a medal and recognition from the awards program for her exemplary teaching and mentoring of HHS art students.
Ms. Lizotte and Mrs. Yates were honored in a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Hudson High School's Journalism class wins the best online newspaper award at the Greater Boston High School Newspaper Competition at Suffolk University. The students competed against 35 other MA high schools. Please check out their website, www.bigredhawks.com

Six Hudson High students – Emily Cabral, Adam Cabral, Katie Dunnell, Mark Terra-Salomão, Katie Boule, and Randy Karlson, and teacher Mr. Peter Vacchina returned from Santarém, a city near Lisbon, Portugal last week, where they made a presentation about their green chemistry project at the 13^th Annual UNESCO Conference for Young Scientists.

Students on JFK's Ruby team assisted in Hope for the Holidays Campaign this past December.

DESE Commissioner Mitchell Chester honors Mulready Elementary for academic improvement.... Read the MetroWest Daily News article

It’s not uncommon for students at Hudson High School to see C0₂ rockets launched down the hallway

A 30-member group of school officials, teachers, students, parents, clergy, and community representatives has begun crafting a formal plan to curb bullying....
Read the Hudson Sun Article 9-30-10

The state's 8th graders outscored students from every other state and ranked first alone, while the Commonwealth's 4th graders tied for first with