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Amherst-Pelham school district devises new funding formula

AMHERST — The four towns that make up the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District may be nearing a new agreement for calculating how they will pay their share of the costs for educating students ...

Gov. Charlie Baker signs bilingual education bill into law

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill into law last week that allows students to participate in programs where they learn in both their native language and English. The new law ...

Conway children raise money for ‘Monte’

CONWAY — “Here we are at our 2nd annual Monte’s March,” said Grammar School Principal Kristen Gordon, before entering the gymnasium where about 150 excited students sat cross legged on the ...

GHS starts its first ice cream social to celebrate its honor roll students

GREENFIELD — How can an ice cream for a job well done start to shift a culture? That’s one way Greenfield High School hopes to recognize the hard work of its high-achieving students. “We have ...

Music to their ears: Music teacher’s morning serenades welcome Whately Elementary students

WHATELY — Bright notes from an alto saxophone drifted on a crisp breeze early Wednesday, over the low rumble of two school buses idling outside Whately Elementary School, as bundled young ...

Gill-Montague, Franklin Tech, Pioneer in regionalization talks

TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Regional School Committee gave tentative approval to a set of grant proposals that would allow the district — along with the Pioneer Valley Regional School ...

Greenfield teacher wins national award for sharing personal story

GREENFIELD — Her essay began with short, simple sentences about fifth grade, sentences like, “I was terrified. Absolutely and utterly terrified.” It was a national award-winning essay that was ...

Follansbee announces retirement as Easthampton school superintendent

ASTHAMPTON — After 26 years working in Easthampton schools, Superintendent Nancy Follansbee will retire at the end of the school year, in June 2018. In response to Gazette inquiries, Follansbee ...

Pioneer begins looking outside the box with supt. search

NORTHFIELD — In their first meeting to discuss replacing Superintendent Ruth Miller, Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s Superintendent Search Committee decided to scope out the ...

Belchertown administrator to become South Hadley middle school principal

SOUTH HADLEY -- The superintendent of schools has chosen Douglas Daponde, assistant principal at Belchertown High School, to be principal at Michael E. Smith Middle School effective Nov. ...

Franklin Tech, Mahar receive state Capital Skills Grants

Your parent’s shop class at the Franklin Technical School will soon get a makeover. With a majority of the welding equipment dating back to the 1950s and ’60s, a $495,000 grant from the state ...

Hands-on science for Sunderland children

SUNDERLAND — When 11-year-old Sunderland Elementary School Student Tenzin Phelgay grows up, he wants to design a rocket capable of going to Mars. For now, he’s building marble rollercoasters in ...
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