The spring sports season has begun its annual fade into summer. And before we look forward to the traditional summer sports, it’s worth one more lookback at the successful Hull High School spring season by recognizing the league All-Stars whose names were announced this week. The most encouraging news was that three of the five…
The Hull High School class of 2021 capped an unusual year with a traditional celebration – the senior prom. On June 18, the class gathered at the yacht club for pictures and a promenade, then headed to Lombardo’s for the main event. “It was awesome,” said 2020-2021 student body president Nolan Tiani. Because of new…
The Hull High School Boosters presented their annual athletic awards last week to deserving student-athletes this past academic year. The following special awards, along with the award sponsor, highlighted the evening: Richardson Insurance Award for the Student-Athlete who displays loyalty and service to girls’ sports: Siobhan Burke Peters Family Award for the Student-Athlete who displays…
By the time this column is published, the halls of the high school, middle school, and elementary school will be empty. Students have gone home and won’t return until Sept. 1. Finals are over, grades have closed. It’s been a hectic year, to say the least. We switched learning models, schedules, and classes, following CDC,…
Third-grade students at the Lillian M. Jacobs Elementary School concluded a Battle of the Books competition this week, ending a year of intense reading, the better to compete. During the year, students worked in teams to read assigned books and discuss them. Every book assigned was read by at least one team member. On Tuesday,…
On Saturday, June 5, the Hull High School class of 2021 graduated – unmasked, on a brand-new turf field, and surrounded by an idyllic view. Yet, the seemingly perfect setting for the ceremony masked a less than perfect senior year. “For the past two years, I have stood at this podium during graduation ceremonies and…
Hull High held a Pride celebration on Wednesday, with many staff and students wearing their colors to celebrate PRIDE. The high school group PRISM (Pride, raising awareness, involvement, support, mentoring), helped to organize the celebration. Pictured here are photos of some of the staff and student participants, [Photo courtesy of PRISM advisor Meghan Preble]
With the ocean and a new turf field as backdrop, their friends and family in the audience, 68 students of the Hull High School class of 2021 graduated (unmasked) last Saturday, capping more than a year of learning like no other. Despite the heat, more than 500 people turned out to applaud the graduates. Principal…
New guidance from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, or DESE, for the 2021-22 school year means next year may be a return to the type of “normal” education students haven’t had since March of 2020. The new guidance says that “For the fall, all districts and schools will be required to be in-person,…
Hull students have been wearing masks inside and out since they came back to school in September. A school committee meeting on the May 25 changed that, but only for high school students. Specifically, students in grades 9-12 will no longer be required to wear face coverings when outside, but all other grades will. The…