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White Brook Middle School celebrates arrival of new recess equipment, breakfast kiosk with Pat Patriot

EASTHAMPTON, MA — Breakfast is the meal of champions, and no one can illustrate that better to a group of schoolchildren than Pat Patriot, who visited White Brook Middle School on ...

The election challenge: A race to the White House with this many turns has teachers scrambling

Social studies teacher Scott Mahar had the perfect election-related lesson plan sketched out for his high school students — a scavenger hunt in which they would match an issue with a ...

Preschool playground at Crocker Farm Elementary School in Amherst officially opens

AMHERST — Town and school officials — and most importantly, children — gathered Monday to celebrate the opening of a new accessible playground just for preschoolers at Crocker Farm Elementary ...

First annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference to be held October 15th at Holyoke Community College.

The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) will host the first annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference on October 15th, 2016, at Holyoke Community College. A goal of ...

Rural schools develop state aid proposal

BUCKLAND, MA — Saying about 50,000 rural students attend public schools that are in “severe fiscal crisis,” Mohawk Superintendent Michael Buoniconti will ask the Massachusetts Rural Schools ...

Franklin County Technical School starts year with student-built computers

Turners Falls, MA - Students in the Franklin County Technical School’s computer programming and web design program started the school year with 26 new computers, but the students themselves were ...

Heath Elementary’s new principal no stranger to town

HEATH — Heath Elementary School’s new principal, Jesse Porter-Henry, is no stranger to the school or the town. Porter-Henry grew up here and was a Mohawk High School student when Heath ...

In face of homework bans, local educators a voice for moderation

After nearly four decades in the classroom, second-grade teacher Johanna Korpita has seen the ebb and flow over how much — or how little — homework children should complete. So as several ...

2016 Parent Guide Now Available for Local Parents

Raising Healthy Children, the 2016 edition of an annual Parent Guide published by the Daily Hampshire Gazette, is now available in print and online. The Guide offers articles and resources to ...

Gill-Montague school district gears up for another school year

TURNERS FALLS, MA — Expanding critical thinking and technology skills will be front and center in the Gill-Montague Regional School District as it enters the new school year, according to ...

Pioneer looks to start newspaper

NORTHFIELD, MA — When Matthew Despres was in high school, writing for his school newspaper was how he discovered his passion for journalism. Now, as an English teacher at Pioneer Valley Regional ...

Frontier keeps adding opportunities

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA — It’s that time of year again, when leaves begin to change color, pumpkins replace sunflowers and kids pack up their pencils and head back to school. At Frontier Regional ...
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