List of 20 news stories.

• APs Phased Out

  Alia Mojibian '29
  Next year, Hopkins will take a significant step toward phasing out Advanced Placement (AP) courses by replacing them with internally designed advanced and enriched classes, a shift the school leaders say will give teachers more flexibility and allow for deeper exploration of course material.
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  Hilltoppers Plunge for a Cause: Special Olympics

  Sarah Solazzo '26 News Lead Editor and Anvi Pathak '26 News Editor
  Hopkins’ Maroon Key Board is partnering with Special Olympics Connecticut this year through a series of events, including the Penguin Plunge and the annual Special Olympics Dance. The group aims to raise $2,000 through the Penguin Plunge to support a Special Olympics athlete’s participation in the Special Olympics USA Games.
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  Hopkins Announces Gibbs Center for Innovation, Opening Fall 2028

  Lena Wang ’27 Assistant News Editor
  During an all-school assembly on January 5, following a $50 million gift from Hopkins alumnus John Malone, Class of 1959 — the largest donation in the school’s history — Head of School Matt Glendinning disclosed plans for Hopkins’ newest building: the Gibbs Center for Innovation. The 32,000-square-foot facility, set to open in fall in 2028, will house expanded research, robotics and computer science spaces to support the school’s rapidly growing STEM programs. Its overarching goal, declared Glendinning, is “develop space that can support hands-on and experiential learning.”
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  Hopkins Spanish Teacher Marie Doval Retires

  Sonali Bedi '28 Assistant News Editor
  Hopkins Spanish teacher Marie Doval retired in December 2025 after 37 years at the school, ending a career that included decades of classroom teaching and service as a head adviser. Doval said she decided to retire as she focuses on her health following a recurrence of brain cancer. Now, she says, "I will be taking care of myself."
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  Students Travel to Jay Peak for Annual Ski Trip

  Clarissa Castilho '29
  From February 6th through 8th, 103 students in grades 7-12 will travel to Jay Peak, Vermont for the annual ski trip.
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  Hopkins Parent Outing Committee Gets Lost in New Haven

  Sonali Bedi ’28 Assistant News Editor
  On October 23, the Hopkins Parent Outing Committee hosted their fall event at the Lost in New Haven (LINH) museum. The event consisted of a private tour led by Amy Caplan ’91, the museum’s Director of Development, and was organized by Madeline Fejos ’90 and Annie Adams, co-chairs of committee and parents to students in the classes of ’26 and ’31, respectively.
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  Senior English Classes View “Women of Will”

  Sarah Solazzo ’28 Lead News Editor
  On Tuesday October 28, seniors gathered into the Academic and Performing Arts Center for a two-hour performance of Tina Packer’s Women Of Will. The performance offered seniors the chance to view Shakespeare scenes live and explore the evolutions of female characters in Shakespeare's plays. This event, organized by English teacher Alissa Davis in collaboration with the Elm Shakespeare Company, marked the first time Hopkins brought an outside theater company to perform live in Hopkins’ theater.
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  Yale Happiness Scientist Laurie Santos Visits Hopkins

  Lena Wang ’27 Assistant News Editor
  Dr. Laurie Santos, Professor of Yale’s most popular course, “Psychology and the Good Life,” spoke at a Hopkins all-school assembly on Friday, October 17. Santos advised Hopkins students on how to optimize happiness and answered questions from Hopkins Peer Supporters.
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  Heads Up, Phones Down, Hopkins

  Samantha Bernstein '26 Lead Sports Editor
  On August 13, 2025, Head of School Matt Glendinning announced a new phone policy. While some community members believe the new policy is overly restricting, others maintain that the policy is beneficial to all. Glendinning wrote, “We’re focused on reducing distraction and enhancing the quality of relationships on campus.”
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  Hispanic Heritage Month Heads to Hopkins

  Rose Porosoff ’27 News Editor Sonali Bedi '28 Assistant News Editor
  Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated across the U.S. from September 15 to October 15. This year, the Society of Latinidad, or SOL, will host events for all Hopkins students, including salsa dancing, a bomba group, and the SOL festival. Hispanic Heritage Month was first introduced to the U.S. in 1968, but in the form of National Hispanic Heritage Week.
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  Jesmyn Ward: From Page to Stage

  Sarah Solazzo '26 News Lead Editor and Anvi Pathak '26 News Editor
  Novelist and professor Jesmyn Ward visited Hopkins on September 12, giving advice to students and reading excerpts from her national book award winning novel, Sing Unburied Sing. Ward spoke at an all school assembly, hosted two Q&A sessions, and a night session for Hopkins students and faculty. 
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  Jesmyn Ward's Visit to Hopkins

  Lily Dumas '26 Editor-In-Chief and Miri Levin '26 Managing Editor
  Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award Winner, will visit Hopkins on Friday,, September 12, 2025. After speaking at assembly, Ward will hold two sessions for Hopkins students and host an evening event open to the public.

   
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  Pathfinder's New Executive Director: Ms. Marty Jose

  Rose Porosoff '27 News Editor and Sonali Bedi '28 Assistant News Editor
  Pathfinder, an academically enriching program for New Haven public school students, welcomed new Executive Director Anabelle Marty Jose at the end of June. Marty Jose attended Pathfinder as a child, and after seeing the opening for the position, felt a “deep sense of calling to apply.” Marty Jose reflected on the impact Pathfinder had on her: “It is because of educational opportunities like Pathfinder that [she] has been able to access new opportunities and [become] the educator [she is] today.” 
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  Baldwin Hall Time Capsule: A Cornerstone of Hopkins History

  Lena Wang '27 News Assistant Editor and Sonali Bedi '28 Assistant News Editor
  At 2:00 pm on April 25 2025, heads of the Hopkins History Journal, Elona Spiewak ’26 and Theo Friedman ’25 opened Baldwin Hall’s 100-year-old time capsule. Cemented into Baldwin’s cornerstone back in 1925, its uncovering marked the 100th anniversary of Baldwin Hall’s creation. 

  
  
  
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  Remembering the Legacy of Peg Connolly

  Lily Dumas '26 Editor-In-Chief and Miri Levin '26 Managing Editor
  “Welcoming,” “supportive,” “understanding,” and “friendly” are words Director of Aquatics Jason Nevis used to describe Peg Connolly, a beloved teacher and coach who passed away on March 31 after a two-year battle with cancer.are words Hopkins Director of Aquatics Jason Nevis used to describe Peg Connolly, a beloved Hopkins community member who passed away on March 31 after a two-year battle with cancer. Connolly played a critical role in the Hopkins community for 39 years, serving as health teacher, coach, and friendly face around campus.

   
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  Saunders Receives the Hopkins Medal: Hopkins' Highest Honor

  Rose Porosoff '27 News Editor and Anvi Pathak '26 News Editor
  On May 4, the Hopkins community gathered in the Academic & Performing Arts Center to honor history teacher and Pathfinder Executive Director Errol Saunders, recipient of the Hopkins Medal in recognition of more than two decades of service.
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  Empowering Student Voices: CT SDLC Returns to the Hill

  Sonali Bedi '28 Assistant News Editor
  For the third consecutive year, Hopkins hosted the Connecticut Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) on April 6. The event, founded by the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) in 2003, aims to bring students from grades 7-12 and adults from independent schools across the state together for a day of dialogue, networking, and community building, according to the CAIS website.
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  Hopkins Aims to Improve During Reaccreditation

  Rose Porosoff '27 News Editor and Anvi Pathak '26 News Editor
  This year, Hopkins is undergoing reaccreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), a process that helps ensure the school meets high standards across academics, resources, safety, and student experience. According to Head of School Matt Glendinning, the reaccreditation study “examines key factors in a school’s success such as resources, admissions, the academic program, the student experience, health, and safety.” Though reaccreditation is required for NEASC recognition, the process also offers opportunities for reflection and growth. The NEASC process essentially forces a school to undertake this kind of work,” said Glendinning, “and that is fundamentally beneficial for the school, its students and families.”
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  Patricia Lockwood Inspires and Offers Advice to Student Writers at Assembly

  Sarah Solazzo '26 News Lead Editor and Lena Wang '27 News Assistant Editor
  Award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist Patricia Lockwood visited Hopkins on March 31 to share her work and speak with students about her writing. During assembly, she read excerpts from her debut novel No One Is Talking About This (2021), poems from her poetry collection Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals (2014), and answered questions about her own experience with writing. Selected by the Hopkins English Department out of a 21st Century American Literature class booklist, Lockwood and her visit serve to introduce students to a professional perspective on literature.
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  A Cathedral Without People: Saying Goodbye to the Hill

  Asher Joseph ’25 Editor-in-Chief
  As I savor the last few months of my time at Hopkins, I return to Joan Didion's seminal essay collection “The White Album,” which I first read over Thanksgiving break. The Hopkins Drama Association had just closed Shakespeare's "The Tempest," our last production in the Woodbridge Club before we transitioned into the new Academic and Performing Arts Center. Didion writes, “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.”