Equity & Access

The Department of Equity & Access is led by Ms. Jennifer Cuker. To achieve its mission, Cuker is committed to leading work within the Hopkinton Public Schools in areas such as: removing bias from the curricula, teaching our students accurate history and from often occluded perspectives, supporting Hopkinton’s BIPOC, providing anti-bias and anti-racism training to our faculty, staff and students, establishing an Ethnic Studies class at HHS, improving conditions for student groups who feel marginalized, adding to our repertoire of restorative-justice practices, and infusing social justice standards into the curricula, to name a few.

Contact: Jennifer Cuker, Director of English Language Acquisition, Equity & Access-  jcuker@hopkinton.k12.ma.us

The 7 Forms of Bias Protocol

The 7 Forms of Bias Graphic Organizer

The 7 Forms of Bias in Instructional Materials

Edutopia: Creating an Inclusive Classroom

Prodigy: 7 Ways to Support Diversity in the Classroom

The purpose of the Hopkinton Cultural Council (HCC) is to support public programs in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences which promote access, education, diversity and excellence for residents of our community.  This is accomplished by granting funds received from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), in accordance with their guidelines, to individuals and organizations that will present their programs in our community or local area.  We fund a variety of programs each year appropriate for diverse age and interest groups.  Whenever possible we give priority to Hopkinton artists and organizations.  The HCC actively seeks opportunities to increase visibility to groups of different cultures to promote diverse grant opportunities.

Hopkinton Cultural Council (town website link)