Food insecurity, language barriers and a lack of transportation access are buzzwords that might feel abstract, especially given how often the terms are thrown around. But to give these pervasive struggles names and faces, a Northampton nonprofit founded at the height of the pandemic has received $20,000 to produce the stories of local people struggling to provide for themselves — and spin those stories into advocacy for improved public policies. Since 2022, the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, a resident-led coalition supported by the Collaborative for Educational Services, has been...
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Apr
2013
9
Local communities celebrate the Week of the Young Child
NORTHAMPTON, MA - Communities throughout Hampshire County are organizing a series of events next week (April 14th - 20th) to raise awareness of the needs of young children, and their families, as well as the community programs and services that support them. The...
Apr
2013
3
Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
HOLYOKE, MA - Web Design and Computer Programming Instructor Karen Morneau says that whenever the Robotics Club meets at Dean Technical High School, more students show up. The afterschool club is popular, she says, because students soon learn that working with...
Mar
2013
1
Winter 2013 Special Olympics
SOUTH HADLEY, MA - Steve and Patty Pittsley, of Ware, watched from the stands as their son Maxwell, 19, practiced throwing a ball and dribbling at the winter Special Olympics on Thursday in the gym at Smith Middle School in South Hadley. "He loves basketball," said...
Jan
2013
17
CES Conference Explores How Technology Can Help Students Learn
HOLYOKE, MA - The Collaborative for Educational Services, in collaboration with MassCue, hosted the 2013 Technology in Education Conference on January 14th at the Kittredge Center at Holyoke Community College from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Over 200 educators, technology...
Dec
2012
17
Students Learn at local horse farm
Thanks to the efforts of a committed special education teacher, Collaborative students have been able to participate in a work and learning program at the Full of Grace Horse Farm in Amherst, Massachusetts. The story that follows was sent to us by Patricia Taylor,...
Dec
2012
12
AESA Walter G. Turner Award goes to Senator Chang-Diaz and Rep. Peisch
TAMPA, FL - State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz and Rep. Alice Hanlon Peisch, D-Wellesley, were awarded the 2012 Walter G. Turner Award by the American Educational Service Agency (AESA). The two co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Education were selected for their...
Nov
2012
15
Monte’s March
NORTHAMPTON, MA - When the Collaborative for Educational Services' HEC Academy students learned last fall about Monte's March, they decided to get involved. This was the third year that Monte Belmonte, host of the local radio station WRSI-FM, had organized...
Nov
2011
30
CES Director Accepts National Award For Innovative Leadership
NORTHAMPTON, MA - When Dr. Joan Schuman was hired as Executive Director of what is now the Collaborative for Educational Services the agency was a "tiny provider of special education and professional development programs to a limited number of schools in Hampshire...
Jun
2011
9
Looking Back: Ben DeMarino Memorial
NORTHAMPTON, MA - For some people, graduating from high school is a given, a stepping stone on a relatively straight-forward path to college and career. For Ben DeMarino, graduating from the Collaborative for Educational Services' Alternative Learning Program (ALP)...
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