Elm Hill welcomes it's new Principal, Laura Hopkins!

Mrs.  Laura Hopkins comes to Elm Hill from the Longwood CSD on Long Island, NY, where she served for two years as an Elementary Assistant Principal in a K- 4 building of over 1,000 students.  Prior to that, she was the Educational Coordinator at Queens Centers for Progress, a school for disabled students in early intervention, pre-school and school-aged programs.  Mrs. Hopkins has experience as a lead teacher in fourth grade, kindergarten and special education.

Mrs. Hopkins is a graduate of SUNY Stony Brook where she earned a BA in Social Science and Child and Family Studies as well as earning her administrative credentials in Educational Leadership.  She was awarded her MS in Special Education and Child Life Studies from Bank Street College for Education in NYC. 

When not in school, Mrs. Hopkins can be found in the great outdoors hiking, skiing or snowmobiling; or inside bookstores combing through books for exceptional children’s literature.  Mrs. Hopkins resides in both Wardsboro, Vermont  and Long Island, New York where she enjoys spending time with her family and two dogs.