TURNERS FALLS — Joining the Turners Falls High School student recipient senior Andy Craver, Jessica Vachula-Curtis is this year’s staff recipient of the McGraw Uplift Award. Like Craver, English and…
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Not country — but a great teacher: Kayla Werlin of Hadley wins Country Music Association Award as a top music instructor
…provides grants to help promote music education. The CMA awards recognize 20 music teachers in Tennessee and 10 in other states across the country. This year, Werlin is the only…
DYS Education Initiative wins nationwide BreakFree competition
…astronauts.” As part of the initiative, students designed a successful spacesuit. It was this work that culminated in the national first place award. The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) has…
Comerford secures $1M for Franklin, Hampshire county projects
A series of education, family medicine, food access and infrastructure projects across Franklin and Hampshire counties are among the local recipients included in a $3.76 billion spending package signed into…
Local Coalitions to Urban Outfitters: “Not far enough”
…like prescription bottles” says Heather Warner, Prevention Specialist for the SPIFFY Coalition. But according to Warner, the store still sells products such as flasks which target young women with slogans…
Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards
…awarded by the state out of the nearly 300 schools that participated across the commonwealth. A press release from the state said nearly 60,000 students were a part of the…
Massachusetts DYS Students Win National BreakFree Competitions
…and dignity of all its students. One of the most recent projects sponsored by BreakFree is the Unsung initiative, through which students explore global issues that impact their lives. Students…
MCAS Requirement Waived for Mass. Students This Spring
Students in Massachusetts won’t have to take the MCAS exams this spring, amid school closures across the state due to the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Charlie Baker signed the law that…
Fond farewell: Bittersweet final day at Cheshire Elementary
…as the school’s principal for eight years, said the accelerated timeline of the closure has been “tough.” The School Committee received a consultant’s report on the district’s sustainability earlier this…
Mass Cultural Council Funds Artist in Residence Working with the DYS Education Initiative
…for the future.“ The Collaborative for Educational Services is a partner to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) in creating access statewide to high-quality secondary and post-secondary education, career…