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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May
2019
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CROSS-CULTURAL BONDS Inside a French foreign exchange program at Hampshire Regional High School
On a recent Monday morning at Hampshire Regional High School, Greg Reynolds asked his eighth grade students to come up with some stereotypes of French people. But this was no typical day in class. In fact, several French students were actually in the room visiting,...
May
2019
14
Drawing attention: Author-illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka visits Norris Elementary School
SOUTHAMPTON — Fifth graders at Norris Elementary School were silent as they listened attentively to author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka recounting the very first picture book he made in third grade. As students sat in the school’s library on Friday morning,...
May
2019
9
Cameron named superintendent of Belchertown schools
BELCHERTOWN — The Belchertown School Committee voted on Tuesday night to appoint Brian Cameron, the district’s current assistant superintendent and director of Student Support Services, as the next superintendent of Belchertown Public Schools. He succeeds Karol...
May
2019
8
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 bit,”...
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 retired...
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 school...
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, unpaved...
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 from...
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