…use prevention programs such as Drug-Free Communities (DFC) and STOP Act grant programs, and assisting the DFC in the Hampden-Wilbraham, MA school district. Prior to joining the SPIFFY team, Karen…
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Campbell Hart
Campbell Hart joined CES as the Director of After School Programs in April of 2025. Prior to this, she worked with Girls Inc. of the Valley for three years, most…
How Children Can Become Caring Community Members
…the Collaborative for Educational Services and another organization called Camp Kindness Counts are stepping in to lend their support, with funding from the Greater Good Science Center’s parenting initiative. These two programs are…
Healthy Hampshire Receives CISA 2022 Local Hero Award
…team was also named as a Local Hero in 2022, for their work including supporting SNAP matching programs at local farmer’s markets, setting up community gardens, developing mobile food markets,…
Over 340 educators convene on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: Bringing together Social and Emotional Learning, Trauma Sensitivity, and Positive Behavioral Approaches in Leominster, MA
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), in collaboration with the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC), the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and Mass Advocates for Children’s…
HERD INSTINCT Smith Voke students find lesson in the barn
…academic courses, one week in vocational programs ranging from cosmetology to criminal justice. In the animal science program, which has around 50 students this year, they learn grooming, artificial insemination…
Adam Stumacher
…support structures. Adam has also implemented programs in advisory, postsecondary planning, teacher evaluation, youth empowerment, and family and community engagement. He has been honored as a multiple recipient of the…
Matt Rigney
As Director of Workforce Development Programs, Matt Rigney focuses on the creation of opportunities for high school youth to advance their career skills and be ready for whatever comes after…
Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference set to take place on March 29th, 2025
…the new Educators Diversity Act, DESE’s Educational Vision, and resources from DESE’s programs, such as their Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ students. To read more about the conference, please visit…
Northampton schools eye ‘science of reading’ model, backed by $323K in grants
…in students through techniques collectively dubbed “the science of reading.” The district received a $169,200 Evidence-Based Practice Grant from the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in April, a…