NORTHAMPTON, MA – Nine HEC Academy high school graduates proudly celebrated their accomplishments as they gathered on the stage at Sage Hall on the Smith College campus this morning. HEC Academy is an alternative high school in Northampton, MA, run by the...
NORTHAMPTON, MA -- 84 athletes from 11 schools participated and earned medals in this week’s Special Olympics games at Northampton High School Thursday morning. The games included hurtles, hula hooping, long jumping, and a 50 meter dash, set up at different...
HOLYOKE, MA (WWLP) – Steve Zrike has been chosen as the new leader for the Holyoke Public Schools. Zrike was announced as the permanent receiver for the district during a news conference in Holyoke early Monday afternoon. The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and...
NORTHAMPTON, MA - The SPIFFY Coalition, administered by the Collaborative for Educational Services, is pleased to announce the award of a $100,000 (renewable for up to four years) Massachusetts Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative (SAPC) grant from the...
AMHERST, MA — Alicia Lopez of Amherst went through school knowing that whatever her life path would be, there was one career she would avoid at all costs — teaching. Both her parents were teachers, and even seeing her mother, Sonia Nieto, win the prestigious...
SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA — In musical notation, a coda signifies the end of a piece, and that’s what Thursday night’s spring concert at Frontier Regional School was for long-time band director Karen Atherton, who will retire in June after 28 years with the school. With...
SHELBURNE FALLS, MA — In 2011, the Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School MCAS scores caused the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to declare BSE a “Level 3” school, which meant it was among the lowest-performing 20 percent of schools and...
NORTHAMPTON, MA - The Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition will its annual coalition meeting in conjunction with a Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking on Friday May 29th, 2015, from 11am - 1pm, on underage drinking. The meeting...
On Wednesday evening, April 29th, Franklin and Hampshire county educational leaders celebrated the thirty-nine local teachers and educators who have been recognized for their excellence in teaching with a Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award, from the Harold...
NORTHAMPTON, MA - The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) has begun the process of heightening awareness of what social justice and equity means to CES employees, to the work of our organization, and how this ties to our mission and core values. Thirty...
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