This year, Sabine Denise Jacques and Mariah Lapiroff from the CES Joy and Justice team have been facilitating a theater club in Easthampton that centers self- and social-awareness, embodied connection, and belonging and joy for 6th & 7th graders. They have been using the Brown Paper Studio theater practice to support collaborative thinking and play. Brown Paper Studio is an arts methodology designed to awaken creativity within individuals and groups and to utilize the resulting creative energy for peaceful social transformation; and a unique theater practice that uses art, games,...
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Jun
2021
1
Gazda named director of region’s educational resource center
Todd H. Gazda, the new executive director for the Collaborative for Educational Services, got a somewhat late start in education, as he first worked as a contract attorney after earning a law degree in the mid 1990s. But the Middlefield native later became a social...
Jun
2021
1
Gazda named as new Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton has named Todd H. Gazda, Ed.D., J.D., as the new Executive Director of the Massachusetts collaborative. Dr. Gazda will join the agency effective July 1, 2021, succeeding...
May
2021
13
Hinds and Blais say launch of Rural Schools Commission ‘a big win’ for region
GREENFIELD — State Sen. Adam Hinds and state Rep. Natalie Blais recently chaired the first meeting of the state’s Rural Schools Commission, and they expect that the body will have recommendations by the end of the year for how to permanently fund rural school...
Apr
2021
21
Youth substance abuse prevention programs get state funding
BOSTON (WWLP)–Youth substance use prevention programs across the state will receive grant funding through a state health initiative. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced $3.8 million in...
Apr
2021
16
Kristen Smidy named Gateway Regional School District superintendent
HUNTINGTON — The Gateway Regional District School Committee has named Kristen Smidy, the principal of Hampshire Regional High School, as the district’s next superintendent. The committee voted 11-1 on Wednesday to offer Smidy the job. She was one of four finalists...
Apr
2021
2
Massachusetts to recommend modifying MCAS graduation requirements for Class of 2022
In light of the COVID pandemic’s impact on the school year, Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley announced he will be recommending changes to the state’s graduation requirements for the Class of 2022. The...
Mar
2021
31
Diana Bonneville named Hampshire Regional School District’s new superintendent
WESTHAMPTON — The Hampshire Regional School District’s school committees have selected Diana Bonneville, currently the interim superintendent of South Hadley Public Schools, as the district’s next superintendent. Pending contract negotiations, Bonneville will take...
Mar
2021
23
The Amherst Mobile Market finishes first year, planning for the future
After two years of planning, the Amherst Mobile Market had a very successful first year, closing out the series of weekly markets in October, 2020. The market met initial goals and received strong feedback from participants to begin planning for future seasons....
Jan
2021
20
Miguel Cardona chosen as Secretary of Education
Miguel Cardona remembers how overwhelmed he felt when he walked into school for the first time as a student. The son of parents who moved to Meriden, Conn., from Puerto Rico as children, he lived in public housing and didn’t speak English as a young child. “I...
Jan
2021
8
Pioneer Valley Regional School’s virtual play to premiere Thursday
NORTHFIELD — Instead of taking to the stage, Pioneer Valley Regional School students will take to the screen for Thursday’s online premiere of “Infinite Sound and Furious Jest,” an original school production. “Infinite Sound and Furious Jest” can be viewed on...
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