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.

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.”

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."

From February 6th through 8th, 103 students in grades 7-12 will travel to Jay Peak, Vermont for the annual ski trip.

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.

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.

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.