Hopkins Junior High School

Hopkins Junior High School
Location
600 Driscoll Road
Fremont, CA 94539
United States
Information
Type Public
Principal Mary Miller[1]
Color(s) Green, White, Gray         
Mascot Hawk
Information 510–656–3500
Website http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/hopkins

Hopkins Junior High School is a secondary school in Fremont, California, serving the seventh and eighth grades. It is one of five junior high schools in the city belonging to the Fremont Unified School District. Graduates from four local elementary schools, John Gomes Elementary, Mission San Jose Elementary, Joshua Chadbourne Elementary, and Mission Valley Elementary attend Hopkins Junior High. Students leaving Hopkins move on to Mission San Jose High School or Irvington High School, if they choose. The school had the highest API score for public junior high schools in California for the year of 2005 and 2007, and the second highest in 2006.[2] The school was recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in both 2001-02 and in 2012.[3]

Science Department

The Science Bowl team won second place at the Nationals in 2008 and first place nationally in 2009. The 2010 team placed third nationally in May 2010; and did so again in 2011. In 2012, the team won first place at the national competition in Washington, DC.[4] In 2013, the team placed third at the national competition, and in 2014, the team placed first in the regional competition and will compete at the national competition in April.[5]

Math Department

As of the 2009-2010 school year, the Hopkins Math Counts team placed 1st place in their chapter and in the state of California. The team was led by Donna Phair, an algebra teacher. Two members, Lewis Chen and Aaron Lin, proceeded to represent California in the National Math Counts competition. The California Math Counts Team took first place on the written portion of the National Math Counts Competition, while Lewis Chen took third place in the written round. Hopkins also participates in the American Mathematics Competitions, and 3 students qualified to take the AIME. 1 student proceeded to the USAJMO, Lewis Chen, and to the USAMO.

In the 2010-2011 school year, the Hopkins Math Counts team placed 4th in their chapter and 6th in the state of California. In the 2011-2012 school year, the Hopkins Math Counts team placed 2nd in their chapter and in the state of California. In the 2012-2013 school year, the Hopkins Math Counts team placed 3rd in their chapter and 1st in the state of California.

Music Department

Hopkins JHS has a comprehensive 7th and 8th grade instrumental music department including approximately 330 students per year. It includes three levels of concert bands (Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble), two levels of jazz bands (Jazz Workshop, Jazz Ensemble), two levels of string orchestras (Intermediate Orchestra, Advanced Orchestra), and a full orchestra. All ensembles participate in multiple performances throughout the year including Winter & Spring Concerts, CMEA Bay Section Festivals, a Music in the Parks Festival at California's Great America, and a Music in the Parks Festival in Anaheim (Disneyland).

The Hopkins music department has a long streak of Unanimous Superiors. From 2008-2014, the Hopkins Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble, Advanced Orchestra, Intermediate Orchestra, and Concert Band all received first place at the Music in the Parks Festival.

At CMEA festivals, the groups have received superior ratings in the following years:

In Spring 2014, Hopkins' bands, orchestras, and jazz ensemble received "Superior" ratings at festivals. The Intermediate Orchestra received a "1st Place Overall Orchestra" award at the Great America Festival. Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Advanced Orchestra received "1st Place Overall" awards at the Disneyland festival, with Advanced Orchestra achieving the highest rating of any group at the festival.[6] (In the Springs of 2012, 2013, and 2014 the Hopkins Advanced Orchestra received an overall score of "100" at the Anaheim/Disneyland Festival.[7]) The Hopkins Advanced Orchestra recently was a featured performing ensemble at the California All-State Music Education Conference in February 2012.[8] The Hopkins Wind Ensemble was a featured performing ensemble at The California Association for Music Education (CMEA) State Conference in Sacramento in March 2010.[9]

Speech and debate

The Hopkins speech and debate program runs through The Brooks Academy, formed in Fall 2013. The team is part of the East Bay Debate League and attends league competitions in addition to several high school level tournaments. The team participates in many different types of debate, including MSPDP, Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Parliamentary Debate. The Brooks Academy is currently listed as the second largest middle school speech and debate program in the entire world and the largest program in the entire United States, in rankings by the National Junior Forensics League, the middle school division of the National Forensics League. The team is made up of experienced debaters as well as beginners. The debate program is coached by Head Coach Stephan Brooks, Coach Alfonso Lara, Coach Victor Rivas, and more. The speech program is coached by Head Coach Stephan Leal, Coach Jennifer Xiong, and more. The team was responsible for being the home of the Hopkins Middle School Debate Program. The Hopkins Debate team was very successful in their league, the East Bay Debate League (EBDL). In 2012, Rohan Saxena, Ansh Patel, and Jonathan Chen went to MSPDP Nationals, representing Hopkins Jr. High's first team at Nationals. The following year, 2013, Brendan Wu, Albert Yu, and Kunal Agarwal, went to MSPDP Nationals. The team won their first four rounds, and lost the last one. They earned 15th place at the national tournament. The Hopkins Team was transferred to the Olive Children Foundation. One of the most notable achievements of The Brooks Academy is from Fall 2013, when Max Wu and Nikit Shingari placed 1st in the Public Forum division at the national University of the Pacific Jon Schamber Invitational Forensics tournament.[10]

Extracurricular activities

The school has had a strong chess team taking 1st place in the Northern California State Scholastic Chess Championship in 1993, 1995–1997, 1999, 2001–2003, 2005–2007, and 2010. [11] Additionally, it won the 1996 National Junior High Chess Championship in Kissimmmee, Florida.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Principal's Message". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ↑ FUSD Attendance Areas
  3. ↑ National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2013, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed December 1, 2014. Listed as "Hopkins (William) Junior High School" for 01-02 and as "William Hopkins Junior High School" for 2012.
  4. ↑ Noguchi, Sharon. "Fremont school wins National Science Bowl", San Jose Mercury News, April 30, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2014. "For the second time in four years, Hopkins Junior High in Fremont has won the middle-school division of the prestigious National Science Bowl, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.... It is the fifth time in as many years Hopkins has finished among the top three teams in the nation."
  5. ↑ "Students from California and Indiana win DOE’s 23rd National Science Bowl". Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  6. ↑ "Hopkins JHS Music Department". Hopkins JHS Performances and Awards. Hopkins JHS Music Department. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ Nauman, Kim , "Tri-City Voice", June 1, 2010, accessed August 1, 2011
  8. ↑ California Band Directors Association , "2012 Performing Ensembles Announced", July 1, 2011, accessed August 1, 2011
  9. ↑ "Hopkins JHS Music Department". Hopkins JHS Performances and Awards. Hopkins JHS Music Department. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  10. ↑ http://olivechildren.com/index.php/news-a-events/178-middle-school-national-qualifier-results
  11. ↑ CalChess.org
  12. ↑ Hopkins Junior High School wins national chess championship. Knight Ridder
  13. ↑ "Hopkins Junior High". Retrieved 2012-01-29.

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