GREENFIELD. MA — Jake Toomey, the principal of the Academy of Early Learning and the school superintendent’s assistant for personnel in Greenfield, is no stranger to taking command. Though his…
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Her heart will always be with the students – Frontier Superintendent Martha Barrett to retire
…Since then, she has served as a teacher and a principal at numerous local schools, including Frontier Regional High School, where she was principal for 12 years. When she became…
Setting the Stage for Future Educators
…the direction of Dr. Len Lubinsky. CES began by working with the Massachusetts DOE on licensure programs for teachers of special education and reading, and for school administrators (supt, principal,…
Deepening Paraeducator Skills at Erving Elementary School
The day begins at Erving Elementary School, and Principal Jim Trill’s team of educators are ready. As students leave their cars and buses, they run for the school entrance, where…
Building an Innovative Community for Special Education Team Leaders
CES Curriculum and Instructional Specialist in Special Education Laurel Peltier has been part of the team leading the statewide Special Education Team Leader Institute (SETLI) in Massachusetts since 2016, funded…
Whately Elementary plans to build for success
WHATELY, MA — Teachers at the town’s elementary school are gearing up for the upcoming school year, and preparing a curriculum that school Principal Peter Crisafulli said will bring a…
Gazda named director of region’s educational resource center
…principal; he also had a stint as the principal of Chester Elementary School. Gazda, who today lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, moved on in 2012 to become the superintendent of…
Frontier School Committee decides interim superintendent
…the position, which Modestow was nominated for in a letter to school committee members by Union #38 and Frontier Regional District administrators. An interim principal will take Modestow’s place while…
Two candidates remain in running for Frontier, Union 38 superintendent
…Superintendent job. Lynn M. Carey, interim assistant superintendent of the Monadnock Regional School District in Swanzey, N.H., and Kathryn Thayer Clark, regional director of Springboard Education in Lexington, have made…
Unusual Amherst Regional graduation ceremony ‘meant something to us’
…Principal Gene Jones and Assistant Principal Talib Sadiq, imitating a handshake or an elbow bump with the school leaders, before removing their face coverings for a professional snapshot on stage,…