The three-year initiative known as the Amherst Wellbeing Alliance will bring together community members, organizational and governmental stakeholders to create a community-wide plan for health AMHERST, MA — The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), in partnership with the Amherst Public Health Department, has received $375,000 over three years to complete a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for Amherst, Massachusetts. The Amherst Wellbeing Alliance (in Spanish: “Alianza para el Bienestar de Amherst”) will engage the community and strategic partners, collect and analyze data,...
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William Diehl, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services, to Retire
William Diehl, Ed.D. will retire on December 31st, 2020, from the post of Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES). Dr. Diehl has been the Executive Director of CES, the largest Massachusetts educational collaborative, since 2014, after...
Commissioner Announces 2021 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Malden middle school math teacher Jennifer Hedrington receives state’s top educator award
Press Release - A message from the Massachusetts Department ofElementary and Secondary Education – Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley today announced that Jennifer Hedrington, a seventh-grade math teacher at Ferryway...
Massachusetts Migrant Education Program Transitions to Collaborative for Educational Services
Effective on September 1st, 2020, the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program (MMEP) will be managed by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES). CES is a non-profit educational services agency, committed to reaching and educating learners of all ages. CES...
After School Office Hours give virtual support to students and families
Assistant Superintendent Vito Perrone and Superintendent Tim Connor, both in the West Springfield Public School District, were already aware of the creativity of CES After School Programs as CES staff stepped up in April of 2020 and through the summer months to...
Greenfield’s Federal Street School teacher plans gardening curriculum for English language learners
GREENFIELD — José Colón Martínez headed up the hill behind the Leyden Woods office building last week holding an umbrella overhead and donning a huge smile. José, 9, a fourth-grader at Federal Street School, and Daiangeliss Mercado, 8, a third-grader there, are among...
Area parents share concerns about school reopening plans
With some families favoring remote instruction for their children, others favoring a return to in-person education and still others hoping for a hybrid of the two, there seems to be no one-size-fits-all method for returning to school this fall amid the challenges...
Northfield Environmental Educator honored by town
NORTHFIELD — As he looks to retire after 28 years teaching sixth grade at Northfield Elementary School, Jay Loubris said he’ll always remember the excitement and wonder on students’ faces during various science lessons and field trips. The Northfield Open Space...
Sanderson Academy teacher receives grant for remote education efforts
ASHFIELD — A local kindergarten teacher has been awarded a COVID-19 Relief Grant from the Association of American Educators Foundation (AAEF) for her efforts to improve access to remote education. “(Remote learning) is very different than in-person learning,” said...
Turners Falls High School says goodbye to Class of 2020
TURNERS FALLS — Standing in front of his peers, who wore masks and were seated in chairs spaced 6 feet apart, Turners Falls High School graduate Anthony Peterson said he may have been disappointed with how his senior year turned out, but he wasn’t discouraged. “Being...
Cooley Dickinson Health Care receives $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Cooley Dickinson Health Care received a $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity and address a systemic lack of access to healthy food. According to a news release sent to 22News, Cooley Dickinson Health Care received the funding...
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