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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State Environmental Officials Announce Student and School Recipients of Green Team Awards: MassDEP Recognizes HEC Academy and others
BOSTON — State environmental officials today recognized students from 48 schools across Massachusetts for outstanding environmental actions as members of the Green Team, a statewide environmental education program sponsored by the Executive Office of...
Jun
2023
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Northampton Public Schools receive FRESH grant
The Northampton Public School District was one of 17 recipients of a Massachusetts Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health (FRESH) grant. Awards which total $300,000 to Expand Nutrition Learning Opportunities for Students were announced at the South Shore...
Jun
2023
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HEC Academy Graduates Four
CES celebrated this year's HEC Academy graduates at a ceremony last Friday, June 2nd, at Union Station in Northampton. Families, friends, and teachers gathered to congratulate Noah Fahmy, Jonathan Freeman, Jade Chaffee, and Lily Heaton. This year's keynote...
Jun
2023
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Students focus on peers’ struggles: Getting to Y pilot program at Easthampton High seeks to address concerns raised in health survey
EASTHAMPTON — A yearlong pilot program called “Getting to Y” is helping a group of city high school students gain a better understanding of what their peers are going through when it comes to a variety of health-related concerns, ranging from suicidal thoughts...
May
2023
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10th Annual Share Your Art, Share Your Voice
[BOSTON] – Today, the Department of Youth Services (DYS) held its 10th Annual “Share YourArt, Share Your Voice” Youth Arts Showcase at WGBH Studios. It is the culmination of DYS'syear-round arts programming and included an Art Gallery and sale, and live...
May
2023
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Northampton schools eye ‘science of reading’ model, backed by $323K in grants
NORTHAMPTON — At Ryan Road Elementary School, students in Diana Ramsden’s first grade class work on reading and writing using a mixture of phonics lessons already included in the school’s reading curriculum and new lessons being piloted from one of two programs the...
May
2023
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Green Room 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program continues to thrive
It’s a busy Tuesday at the Green Room. As Dan Sullivan, site coordinator, explains the different offerings each day of the week, he fields a steady stream of questions from adults and students starting their afterschool day. All are quickly answered and everyone...
May
2023
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School officials, students advocate for more rural aid during ‘critical’ legislative session
BOSTON — School committee members, administrators and students with the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts, along with elected officials from member towns, converged on the State House earlier this month to further advocate for increasing rural...
May
2023
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Education secretary hears about rural school challenges
NORTHFIELD — In the Pioneer Valley Regional School library and on the trails behind the building, Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler got a lesson in rural education. Tutwiler, along with two assistant secretaries and his communications staff,...
May
2023
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State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop
NORTHAMPTON — Even if the students at Bridge Street Elementary School didn’t know who Patrick Tutwiler was, they could clearly tell he was somebody important. Students frequently stopped him during a Monday tour of the pre-K-5 school to say hello, shake his hand...
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