One of our favorite graduations to cover each year is at Mount Tom Academy. The ceremony on the Holyoke Community College campus is always intimate because class sizes are small…
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Carmelo Chiello
…courses at UMass Amherst and Mt. Holyoke College. Carmelo is the Director of Educator Preparation at UMass Amherst and holds an Ed.S in Language, Literacy, and Culture from UMass Amherst….
Linee Perroncel
Linée Perroncel, M.Ed., currently serves as an Assistant Principal of Student Services in Holyoke Public Schools. She brings extensive experience working in Massachusets and Colorado in delivering professional development in…
‘A place to call home’: South Hadley grads celebrate, reflect
…between, there has been no community as amazing as this one, where we build lifelong relationships and connect like one big family.” On Friday evening, the school’s 125 graduating seniors…
Kristen Whitmore, MRP
…community food systems rooted in principles of food sovereignty, community self-determination, and collective change. She specializes in community engagement and leadership development, collaborative governance and organizational structures, systemic and cultural…
Saturday Sept. 28: The Performance Project presents “Mother Tongue” at UMass Amherst
…experiences of the ensemble members, their families and communities who are from Congo/Tanzania, Bhutan/Nepal, South Sudan/Darfur, Holyoke, and Springfield, Massachusetts. The 90 minute performance weaves together movement, music, dance, and…
Shephali Chokshi
…the standards adoption of Common Core Standards. In addition to working with teachers, her love and curiosity of students’ thinking stems from her years of teaching a variety of levels,…
S. Clarke Bankert, MPH
…for Healthy Communities she conducted the first Community Health Needs Assessment for the hospital and provided technical assistance on community food systems to the Holyoke Food and Fitness Policy Council….
Ro Sigle
…Justice Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Queer and Ethnic Studies. Currently, they work as a Restorative Justice Circle-keeper/Interventionist at Holyoke High School with the Pa’lante Restorative Justice Program. They…
Lisa Manzi
Lisa Manzi has been a technology educator in South Hadley for 19 years. She teaches a Technology in Education course at Mount Holyoke College and for the CES Licensure program….