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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Apr
2019
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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 Bridges...
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. “Ladies...
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...
Mar
2019
25
Easthampton fourth-graders launch campaign against car idling
EASTHAMPTON — In the afternoons, parents line their cars in front of Maple Elementary School to pick up their children. To find out how much pollution idling cars are spewing into the atmosphere, you don’t have to ask a scientist. You can ask a fourth-grader. Over the...
Mar
2019
19
Voc-Tech investments pair needs of students, industry
BOSTON - Lawmakers, a former top Baker administration and city manager, and a one-time lieutenant governor joined advocates Monday to call for an increase in funding for vocational-technical education and passage of a bill to expand access to those programs. The...
Mar
2019
19
Mahar students learn a new way to communicate: sign language
RANGE — It was a chilly March day, and four Mahar students got together after school to do what many friends would — share snacks, chat about their lives and unwind after a long day. A local boy — boyfriend maybe? — bought one of their younger sisters some ice cream;...
Mar
2019
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Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Youth Committed to DYS
The number of students taking advantage of postsecondary education opportunities while committed to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services is growing significantly year on year. In 2018, 1 in 10 youth committed to DYS - 98 students - took postsecondary...
Mar
2019
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Money for vet program proposed in Tech budget
TURNERS FALLS — Adoption of the proposed $11.7 million budget voted by the Franklin County Technical School Committee last week would fund a teacher and $30,000 for start-up equipment and supplies for a new veterinary animal sciences program at the school. The fiscal...
Mar
2019
16
Orange pushing ahead for more state school aid
ORANGE — With talks of a potential property tax override, underfunded special education and high school costs, Orange is making a plea to the state for more money. The Orange Selectboard, Finance Committee and Elementary School Committee have now all endorsed an...
Mar
2019
14
Buckland-Shelburne students camp out with Dr. Seuss
SHELBURNE FALLS — The second-grade classroom hummed with chatter as students dressed appropriately in pajamas huddled in tents to read Dr. Seuss’ “Sleep Book.” “It’s really fun,” second-grader Brody Cole said from inside a tent. Brody especially liked wearing pyjamas...
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