SHELBURNE — A group of Mohawk Trail Regional School District teachers is pondering the question of how to address hate speech in school environments. Led by an ad hoc committee of teachers and staff, the district welcomed educators, School Committee members and community members to the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center in June to start a dialogue about discrimination, hate speech, bias, and how to create school communities that foster openness and a sense of belonging. “The goal was not just to have one event, but to begin many more conversations,” said Boris Samarov, a...
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May
2019
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Leeds Elementary principal announces departure
NORTHAMPTON — This school year will be Sal Canata’s last as principal of Leeds Elementary School. He announced Tuesday that he is leaving to be principal of Holyoke STEM Academy, a public middle school, starting July 1. “I weighed the decision. I wavered quite a...
May
2019
3
Virginia educator chosen as next ARHS principal
AMHERST — Gene T. Jones, an education consultant from Virginia, was named principal of Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Thursday morning. Jones was selected for the position from among three finalists and will start on July 1. He succeeds Mark Jackson, who...
Apr
2019
26
Schools chief Tari Thomas to retire
ORANGE — After nearly eight years on the job, Superintendent Tari Thomas has announced her retirement. In a letter sent to colleagues last week, Thomas, superintendent of the Orange Elementary Schools, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Petersham consolidated...
Apr
2019
23
Easthampton students learn about Caribbean culture through poetry, history
EASTHAMPTON – At the start of a lesson on African Caribbean history, Jodi Alatalo asked students, “How many of you have heard of the Caribbean?” Hands belonging to fourth graders shot up in the air in the Maple School’s basement library. “How many know where the...
Apr
2019
12
Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs
It's hard for rural schools in Massachusetts to get kids to and from class every day — especially now, in muddy season, when the snow has melted and the rain begins. "This is mud and ruts and a mess," says bus driver Joanne Deady as she points to the narrow,...
Apr
2019
12
Mohawk to add instruction on Native American history, issues
BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School District is planning to incorporate more Native American instruction in its history and social studies courses. There are two main reasons for this renewed push: a new state social studies framework was released last June and...
Apr
2019
6
Franklin County Tech celebrates revamped welding and metal program
TURNERS FALLS, Mass (WWLP) - Turners Falls' Franklin County Technical School celebrated the completion of the school's newly renovated and modernized Welding and Metal Fabrication program Friday. "We had 50 or 60 people in a small group that were all supporters...
Apr
2019
3
Caps and gowns to make a statement at Turners Falls
MONTAGUE – With a unanimous vote from the Gill Montague Regional School Committee, the caps and gowns for Turners Falls High School’s graduating seniors will be blue across the board. The decision was prompted by an appeal by the high school’s chapter of the...
Apr
2019
3
Pioneer to close Pearl Rhodes
NORTHFIELD — Leyden’s Pearl Rhodes Elementary School is closing at the end of June, the Pioneer Valley Regional School Committee decided last night. Warwick Community School, which the committee has also been thinking about closing, gets another year, for now....
Mar
2019
27
Fort River art teacher honored for feminist work in the classroom
AMHERST — Every year, second graders at Fort River Elementary School work on underwater sea drawings in art class. Amid sketching fish and seaweed, art teacher Nicole Singer, who is in her sixth year at the school, said she will hear student conversation about...
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