The graduation celebration for Mount Tom Academy’s class of 2026 was held in the Fine & Performing Arts Building in the Leslie Phillips Theater on the Holyoke Community College Campus. The ceremony took place on Tuesday morning, June 2nd. This year’s graduates included nine students, from East Longmeadow, Granby High School, Minnechaug High School, Greenfield High School, Easthampton High School, and Hampshire Regional High School. Speaking at the graduation were Maureen Binienda, Interim Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services; Karen Reuter, Deputy...
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Meal options for students during school closure
Schools continue to think outside the box with meal delivery as well as pick up during this extended school closure. Franklin County Technical School, with the help of FM Kuzmeskus yellow or brown mini buses, is delivering meals for any FCTS student, prepared daily...
Local schools providing pickup, delivery meal options
After Gov. Charlie Baker’s mandatory closure of all schools in Massachusetts for at least three weeks in response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, school districts across the county are coming up with ways to keep food accessible to families while classrooms...
Early Education and Care programs to suspend operations; Some Emergency Child Care Programs will be established
Governor Baker has ordered all early childhood education programs across the State of Massachusetts to suspend providing childcare by 11:59 P.M. on Sunday, March 22, 2020. This will remain in effect until April 6, 2020. At the same time, the Department of Early...
Art therapy: Northampton authors launch new drawing webcasts to help kids, parents cope during pandemic
Monday marked the first day of working remotely for scores of Americans following social distancing guidelines, including many parents and guardians who suddenly found themselves homeschooling their kids. Of course, not everyone has the privilege of working from...
Hatfield names three finalists for schools chief
HATFIELD – The director of special education for the Frontier Regional and Union #38 school districts, along with a Pittsfield principal and a Vermont superintendent, are finalists to become the next superintendent for the Hatfield public schools. The Hatfield...
Schools Closed In Massachusetts Until At Least April 7th
Part of the restrictions Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker imposed on the state on Sunday evening was a statewide closure of all schools in the Bay State. The Governor said that school districts were working to find alternative methods of learning for students...
Sheffield Elementary School counselor honored with Grinspoon award
TURNERS FALLS — It can take a village to raise a child. But just as often, it takes a whole school. Kevin White, the counselor at Sheffield Elementary School, knows this as well as anyone. He’s been a school counselor with the Gill-Montague Regional School District...
Mahar teacher Angela Cote honored for ‘making learning fun
ORANGE — Ralph C. Mahar Regional School teacher Angela Cote has been named a 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award winner. Cote, 54, has been teaching at Mahar for seven years this time around, having taught physics for four years during a previous stint. She is now a...
Three finalists announced for Gill-Montague superintendent position
MONTAGUE — Three finalists for the Gill-Montague Regional School District’s superintendent position have been announced, and their interviews with the School Committee are scheduled. The finalists are: Brian Beck, principal of Hopkins Academy in Hadley; Karen...
Sen. Adam Hinds talks about environment, plastic straws at Conway Grammar School
CONWAY — Sen. Adam G. Hinds was visibly shocked and appalled Monday when he was informed the equivalent of one garbage truck full of plastic is dumped into the planet’s oceans each minute, totaling 1,440 garbage trucks of plastic every day. He seemed equally taken...
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