Welcome Back to School Hingham!
Every new school year is an exciting time as we begin again. We are excited to welcome our students, families, teachers, and staff back to a new school year. We hope that the summer has provided everyone with many opportunities to rest and rejuvenate.
The past two years of COVID-19 have been challenging for our students, families, educators, and staff. However, we learned that we are resilient, creative, and innovative as a community, and even through a worldwide pandemic, we can meet the academic and social-emotional needs of our students. We can build upon what we have learned and create a path forward that helps our community heal from those challenges and also continue to provide a high-quality education for all our students.
This summer, our school/district leaders and staff have been preparing for our students, families, and educators to return. We are grateful to our facilities personnel who have worked tirelessly to prepare classrooms for the first day of school and a new school year. Plymouth River students will be welcomed by a school facelift that includes new windows. We have been busy hiring new teachers and school/district leaders and are excited to welcome them to our community. Our school and district leaders have met many times this year as a team to help create a path forward for Hingham.
In addition, this summer, the Hingham school committee approved a three-year strategic plan that will support a vision forward for improvement in teaching and learning. It will build upon the district’s strong commitment to educational excellence and the dedication of our educators. The strategic plan outlines a core mission for the district, our schools, and classrooms: Together with students, staff, families and community, we cultivate an equitable, inclusive, innovative learning environment that empowers all students to contribute to their local and global community. Our mission statement outlines who we are and highlights our fundamental reason for existing. It explains what we do as a school district, who we serve, and what our intended outcomes are.
Importantly, the strategic plan is also titled “Hingham Together.” It is through the collective efforts of all of us, our students, parents, teachers, staff, and leaders that we will be able to realize our goals.
We look forward to welcoming our students to school in a few weeks. Let’s make it a great year and work together as a community on behalf of all of our students. Please find below many important updates to help your family prepare for the new school year.
Dr. Margaret Adams
Superintendent of Schools
Hingham Public Schools
