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Springfield DYS Campus Hosts Career Day for Youth

SPRINGFIELD, MA - Youth from all three programs on the Springfield Campus participated in a Career Day on May 21, 2013. CHD Assessment, Terri Thomas Girls Program, and Springfield Secure Youth ...

Local Coalitions to Urban Outfitters: “Not far enough”

NORTHAMPTON, MA -  CNN announced today that Urban Outfitters pulled prescription-themed products which came under fire by local and national safety advocates. Youth partners of the SPIFFY ...

Students are still struggling in the classroom

NORTHAMPTON, MA - Three decades ago, President Reagan commissioned a study, "A Nation at Risk," that exposed problems in the education system. Those numbers were recently compared with today. ...

CES wins $60,000 federal grant to bring arts into DYS classrooms

NORTHAMPTON, MA - The National Endowment of the Arts recently awarded a $60,000 grant to the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) to expand art opportunities for youth involved in the ...

Reunion Center in Easthampton launches new mentoring program for middle schoolers

EASTHAMPTON, MA - On a recent rainy Monday, The Reunion Center, an alternative education program on Pine Street, was a hub of after-school activity. Pairs of students huddled in front of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...
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