Steve Adams - Hopkins School Board

10/23/2023

This has been on my mind ever since I discovered the correlation between family income and test scores ten years ago. What can we do about it?

The differences in how rich and poor children are educated start very early.

08/17/2023

This afternoon, I filed an Affidavit of Withdrawal to withdraw from the upcoming school board election. It's time to turn the reins over to a younger generation.

06/09/2023

Highlights from the senior tour to their original grade schools and the senior party later that night.

Explore this photo album by Hopkins Public Schools on Flickr!

06/09/2023

The final minute of the graduation ceremony on Tuesday.

06/09/2023

Graduation this year was at Maturi Pavilion, attached to Williams Arena and home court for Gopher volleyball, men's gymnastics, and wrestling. Always fun and this year we got coverage from the StarTribune! (That's my hand on the right.)

03/15/2023

https://www.startribune.com/high-school-girls-basketball-state-tournament-class-4a-quartertfinals-hopkins-roseville/600259079/ Way to go, Royals!

The defending state champion Royals led by 30 points at halftime.

02/09/2023

A well-deserved honor! We're lucky to have Nora in our district.

Tycast is one of three educators honored for the award throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska.

12/08/2022

As we enter into a new legislative landscape, I thought this meme shared by my good friend Bob Williams would be appropriate.

11/16/2022

A few years ago, we had a World Cafe at the high school with parents, students, and representatives of colleges and corporations. It opened my eyes when the higher-ed and corporate people said they didn't care about MCA tests scores (or even ACT/SAT test scores or grade point averages, for that matter) but wanted students/employees who could get along with other people, respect other cultures, and are self-motivated and self-managed. I wished that there was some way to test for those attributes. As it turns out, there is! It's called Panorama and Hopkins schools have been administering that test for the last three years. I was pleased to find out at last night's school board meeting that Hopkins students test in the top 10% of the 9 million students who take the test every year! https://www.panoramaed.com/panorama-student-survey

09/13/2022

A nice article on today's StarTribune website about former board member, and all-around good guy, Doobie Kurus, on turning 50 with one kidney!

Football Across Minnesota: FAM's 2022 debut zooms in on a big change in Owatonna, a heartwarming Gophers reunion on campus and how there's so much to like about football at all levels.