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Interns gain experience in life sciences, and a paycheck

AMHERST – This summer, 30 students from high schools across Franklin and Hampshire counties are taking part in internships in local businesses and at the University of Massachusetts, where they ...

Gateway’s ‘blizzard bags’ cut makeup days in sunny June

HUNTINGTON — Many local students will find themselves staring longingly out the windows of their classrooms during the makeup snow days tacked onto their school year. Students in Gateway ...

Expressing What Matters to Youth in the DYS Program

The banner above the stage reads “Voice What Matters”, and at the 4th Annual June “Share Your Art, Share Your Voice” Statewide Youth Showcase sponsored by the Department of Youth Services (DYS), ...

Distance Learning infrastructure project funded by USDA Rural Development

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced $23.4 million in grants to support 81 Distance Learning and Telemedicine projects in 32 states across the nation. Massachusetts’ ...

Career Skills Workshop at the Amherst Survival Center

AMHERST, MA - On the evening of Thursday, June 18, 2015, area high school students and adult members of the community joined staff from the Amherst Survival Center to listen to a panel ...

Unjammed: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Classroom

The Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) and its educational partners, the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and Commonwealth Corporation, were among those selected by The ...

Technology Update at HEC Academy

NORTHAMPTON, MA - HEC Academy rolled out a new one-to-one laptop initiative for students last week, the culmination of years of review, research and planning. HEC Academy students now have ...

Springfield Treatment Center wins first place in nationwide read-a-thon for students residing in juvenile justice facilities.

During the month of February, the Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings (CEEAS), with the support of Scholastic, Inc., sponsored Unbound, a nationwide read-a-thon. More than ...

HEC Academy students support WRSI’s campout fundraiser for Cancer Connection

NORTHAMPTON, MA - WRSI’s Monte Belmonte has organized the ninth annual Cancer Connection Campout, being held in Downtown Northampton on the Old Courthouse lawn. Students from HEC Academy in ...

Distinguished UMass Historian Encourages HEC Academy Graduates to Pursue their Dreams

NORTHAMPTON, MA - Professor John Bracey Jr., Chair of the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, encouraged the seven seniors graduating ...

HEC Academy students gain new skills and explore college through DeMarino Scholarships

NORTHAMPTON - Five HEC Academy students were able to increase their independence and pursue their dreams this year thanks to Ben DeMarino Scholarship awards, administered by the Collaborative ...

Joan E. Schuman scholarship inspires students to pursue their dreams

NORTHAMPTON - For over twenty years, Joan Schuman led the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), creating and nurturing programs and resources that sought to provide the highest quality ...
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