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The community’s guide to the District. Hopkins Public Schools selects director of teaching and learning Hopkins Public Schools is proud to announce its decision to hire Karen Terhaar as the director of teaching and learning. Terhaar will replace current director, Diane Schimelpfenig, who is retiring after a 44-year career with Hopkins Public Schools. Terhaar has an extensive background in leadership and language immersion education. She is joining the Hopkins administrative team after an 11-year career serving as the executive director of the International Spanish Language Academy (ISLA), a charter school she founded in 2006. Terhaar has a B.S. and a Master’s degree in education from the University of Minnesota, and principal’s licensure from Hamline University. She will begin her position in July of 2015.
Royals Win State Title
Congratulations to the Hopkins Girls Basketball team for winning the Class 4A State Championship title! The Royals played Eastview, and won 68 to 60. The teams were well matched, and the game was a nail-biter up until the very end. Prior to the championship game, Eastview and Hopkins only had one loss this season — to each other. The team was led by coach Brian Cosgriff who was inducted into the Minnesota Girls Basketball Hall of Fame on April 11, at Carleton College in Northfield, MN.
All choirs perform in this beautiful evening of choral music. May 28, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Hopkins High School Auditorium 2400 Lindbergh Drive Minnetonka
May/June 2015
com m u ni t y Daddy & Me Event Free fun reading event at the Hopkins Police Station for dads, grandpas, uncles, and family friends with children ages birth to five years. June 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Hopkins Police Station 1010 1st Street South, Hopkins Information: 952-988-5046
Hopkins High School Graduation Congratulations to the graduating class of 2015! June 4, 7:30 p.m. Lindbergh Center 2400 Lindbergh Drive Minnetonka Ticket is required for admission.
The Future Starts Today — Class of Saying Goodbye to the Class of 2015 Three Hopkins seniors share their perspectives on high school and beyond On June 4, the class of 2015 will graduate from Hopkins High School. In this issue of “The Update” we profile three seniors — Brit Stein, Jaelynne Palmer, and Sam Greenwald — who are part of the graduating class, and each represents a different perspective and a different definition of success. Each student was asked a series of questions about their high school experience — what stands out, what they feel proud about, and where they are headed in the fall. We wish them, and the entire class of 2015, the best of luck as they enter the next stage of their lives.
2015 Stein does not believe in accidents or luck. She attributes her success to a firmly held belief that hard work pays off. She openly, almost eagerly, admits that she is not the strongest runner on her track team, but what she lacks in ability she makes up for in determination. She is proud that in her senior year she was able to shave a few seconds off her personal-best running time, and views this as a metaphor for the challenges yet to come. The perseverance she has learned through running has translated into all areas of her life.
Brit Stein: Expanding her “Motivation and diligence will get you to where you want horizons to be,” she said. “If you put in the work, you’ll get the Brit Stein started her experience results. There is no such thing as lucky people. You put with Hopkins at North Junior High yourself in a situation to be lucky.” in seventh-grade. Coming from a small, private Jewish school, she had The highlight of Stein’s high school career was being one never had a Black friend, or a Latino of the 15 Hopkins High School students to qualify for the friend, or even a Christian friend. DECA International Competition. She and her partner, But none of that seemed to matter Katherine Swenson, made it to the finalist level. They were as she entered a school that was a recognized on a stage with 14,000 students watching — melting-pot of culture, heritage, and an experience Stein describes as a “defining moment.” socioeconomic status. Stein is headed off to the University of When I first Being immersed with Southern California in the fall where she For Brit Stein, attending peers from different came here, I had the DECA International plans to study business. She feels very backgrounds is one Competition is the prepared for a college where 20 percent highlight of her high school of the things that a very narrow experience. of the students enrolled are international Stein likes most students, and only 33 percent are white. about Hopkins. She credits the diversity perspective of the Although excited for the next step in her life, of the student body for enhancing her Stein, a Royal through and through, will miss world. By learning education and helping her build a global her high school. perspective — skills she values as she heads about other towards a college experience where she will “It’s been a honor to say that I graduated be in the minority. from Hopkins High School,” she said. people, I was able “Moving on will be hard, but I feel so “When I came here, I had a very narrow to reinforce my prepared.” perspective of the world,” she said. “Not intentionally, I had a very strong education Jaelynne Palmer: Dedicated to service own beliefs. and I was not ignorant; I was just not able and community to conceptualize different cultures because Jaelynne Palmer is well-rounded. She is the second student I did not experience them firsthand. By learning about in Hopkins High School history to be named a Dell other people, I was able to reinforce my own beliefs.” Scholar, an honor that earned her a four-year, $20,000 scholarship to the college of her choice. She attributes her Stein describes the environment at Hopkins as positive success to two concepts — hard work and community. and welcoming. As an AP Scholar, she is a strong student She surrounds herself with a smart, resourceful support involved in many activities including DECA, the Royal system composed of people who have propelled her past Page, track, cross-country, and volunteering as a peer her wildest expectations. tutor at her synagogue.
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