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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Mar
2015
16
Success in School Linked to Summer Reading
Boston, MA - Boston school officials and nonprofit leaders will huddle Monday to mull strategies for closing the achievement gap that afflicts children from low-income families. Initial data from an ongoing study conducted in Boston and four other urban communities...
Mar
2015
16
Technology Update at HEC Academy
NORTHAMPTON, MA - HEC Academy rolled out a new one-to-one laptop initiative for students last week, the culmination of years of review, research and planning. HEC Academy students now have access to individual laptops with assistive technology. This technology...
Mar
2015
12
Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable Hosts Massachusetts Legislators
Thirty-four Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable (CVSR) members represented their Western Massachusetts school districts on Friday in discussions with legislators at the Delaney House in Holyoke, MA. Superintendents discussed their concerns with state...
Mar
2015
12
Springfield Treatment Center wins first place in nationwide read-a-thon for students residing in juvenile justice facilities.
During the month of February, the Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings (CEEAS), with the support of Scholastic, Inc., sponsored Unbound, a nationwide read-a-thon. More than 50 schools across the country participated. The project began with bundles...
Mar
2015
9
HEC Academy students support WRSI’s campout fundraiser for Cancer Connection
NORTHAMPTON, MA - WRSI’s Monte Belmonte has organized the ninth annual Cancer Connection Campout, being held in Downtown Northampton on the Old Courthouse lawn. Students from HEC Academy in Northampton raised funds and made personal donations to support this Cancer...
Mar
2015
9
Paul Goodhind named principal of Mosier Elementary School in South Hadley
South Hadley, MA — Completing a change in leadership for the younger grades, the School Department announced Wednesday that Paul Goodhind, an educator in central Massachusetts, will be the new principal of Mosier Elementary School. He will replace Jill...
Mar
2015
9
Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products
When Tony Porterfield’s two sons came home from elementary school with an assignment to use a reading assessment site called Raz-Kids.com, he was curious, as a parent, to see how it worked. As a software engineer, he was also curious about the site’s data...
Mar
2015
2
Judith Houle appointed interim Granby school superintendent
GRANBY, MA - The school committee last week appointed Judith Houle to serve as interim superintendent, subject to approval of a contract with her. Although her contract does not expire until next year, current superintendentIsabelina Rodriguez has accepted the...
Mar
2015
2
Read Across America Day
GREENFIELD, MA — “You don’t need a fancy office. That’s what’s great about being an author. You just need a paper and pencil,” said Natasha Lowe, a popular children’s book author, to a roomful of Newton School students. Lowe, author of the “Power of Poppy Pendle,”...
Feb
2015
26
Sen. Warren speaks at GCC
GREENFIELD, MA — Surrounded by Greenfield Community College students, faculty and local officials, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked for their support to help make college more affordable, to support early childhood education and to make education a priority and an...
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