Academics

The mission of the Hopkins K-12 Visual Art program is to inspire within each learner the craftsmanship, the understanding, and the appreciation of art that will contribute to an enriched quality of life.

All Hopkins students must meet a two credit Fine Arts requirement in order to graduate. Each art class meets one Fine Arts credit.

Our Business Education department offers courses in marketing, management, finance, keyboarding and applications, and business law. All classes are one-term classes worth 1 credit.

Language Arts at Hopkins High School combines required coursework with rich elective opportunities in grades 9-12 in order to prepare students for success in reading and writing in post-secondary options and their career. In all, students are required to earn 8 semester credits in grades 9-12.

The mission of Family and Consumer Sciences is to prepare students for their adult lives by teaching useful skills in culinary arts and nutrition, career readiness, psychology, interior design, and more.

Health Science offers introductory courses to those students who are interested in pursuing careers in the Medical and Health fields. We also offer general electives in Stress Management and Psychology of Motivation for all students. 

Exploration of Medical and Health Fields has an application process that must be fulfilled by prospective students.

Students have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of journalism by creating and participating in our yearbook and school newspaper: The Royal Page. 

Students will gain skills in interviewing, photojournalism, writing, design, editing, and marketing. 

Our mission is to ensure students are able to understand, apply, compute, and reason with mathematics. Students will engage with a variety of whole-class activities, small-group investigations, individual tasks, and technological applications.

6 credits of Mathematics, including Geometry, Algebra 2, and 2 additional Math credits are required for graduation. (Intermediate Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Statistics, or College Algebra Prep)

The high school music offerings consist of six bands, five choirs, three orchestras, a multi-level guitar program, and a state of the art music technology facility that houses our Music Production course.

Many before- and after-school opportunities exist for students including jazz bands, vocal ensembles, chamber orchestra, pit orchestra, LMPM (Pep Band), and region solo, ensemble, and large and small groups contests.   

Many of our Music Education courses fulfill the Fine Art elective requirement. 

The Hopkins Physical Education program develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes to enable students to lead healthy, active lives by providing relevant, enjoyable, and creative physical experiences in a safe and inclusive environment.

1.5 credits of Physical Education are required for graduation:

• 0.5 credit of PE 9 - taken in ninth grade
• 1 credit of PE 10: Personal Fitness

Hopkins High School offers Reading Intervention to assist students who have not yet performed at the appropriate skill level for high school. 

The mission of our Science program is to develop scientifically literate citizens. We are dedicated to creating an environment that instills an enthusiasm for scientific learning. Scientific learning allows all students to acquire the knowledge and develop the skills that promote the understanding and use of scientific processes, such as critical thinking, problem solving, and inquiry.

6 credits of Science are required for graduation:

• 2 credits of Science 9 - taken in ninth grade
• 2 credits of Biology
• 2 credits of Chemistry or Physics

In Social Studies, sophomores focus on US History, juniors focus on World History, and seniors can choose from a wide variety of electives such as Family and Culture, Current Events, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, Philosophy, and many others

Graduation Requirements

• 2 credits of Civics - Grade 9
• 2 credits of US History - Grade 10
• 2 credits of World Studies - Grade 11
• 2 credits of Social Studies Electives - Grades 10, 11, 12

Our Special Education teachers and support staff provide educational programming designed to meet the needs of our students with individualized education needs in the areas of social/emotional, sensory, language, and behavioral development. 

Highly trained Special Education teachers and paraprofessionals in our COMPASS and LTL (Links to Learning) program give students specialized instruction designed for each individual in an Individual Education Plan (IEP).

Technology Education provides an opportunity for students to learn about the processes and knowledge of human innovation. Students learn hands-on training with industry equipment applicable to Media Arts, Applied Technology, and Information Technology. Lessons learned will grant students basic knowledge that make up the foundation of career skills. 

Some of the courses we off are Engineering & Design, Computer Programming, Photography, and Manufacturing. 

Hopkins High School offers a studio, editing suites, and state-of-the-art equipment for students interested in Video and Television Production. 

In these classes students will learn the fundamentals of production, including how to plan, shoot, and edit all types of video projects. 

At Hopkins High School, we offer the following languages: American Sign Language, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. We also offer immersion continuation courses for Juntos Spanish Immersion and XinXing Chinese Immersion students. Learning new languages helps transform our students into globally-minded citizens. 

Our world language teachers are committed to helping students develop cross-cultural competence and communicative proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in all of the languages that we teach. 

Students that demonstrate they are proficient in a language other than English may be eligible to earn college credits and receive a World Language Proficiency Certificate or a Bilingual or Multilingual Seal on their Hopkins High School transcript when they graduate. Learn more in the Bilingual/Multilingual Seal section on the Language Immersion page.