ASTHAMPTON — After 26 years working in Easthampton schools, Superintendent Nancy Follansbee will retire at the end of the school year, in June 2018. In response to Gazette inquiries, Follansbee…
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Westhampton Elementary School wins national honor
…Westhampton Elementary School is among 362 schools designated as National Blue Ribbon Schools this year, and the only school so designated in Hampshire County. In total, six such schools from…
Local 21st Century Learning Centers approved for funding for this coming school year
…communities. Programs include Memorial Elementary School in West Springfield, Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Maple School and Pepin Elementary School in Easthampton, and Converse Middle School in Palmer. The out-of-school…
New Easthampton superintendent to shine spotlight on academics, consolidated school in design
…issues.” LeClair worked in the Agawam public school system as assistant superintendent since 2012 before being hired as superintendent by the Easthampton School Committee this past spring. Across the district,…
‘A really big part of our lives’: State commits $15.5M to early education and care programs
LEVERETT — Upon moving to Shutesbury in 2017, Samantha Spisiak discovered a weekly story time at M.N. Spear Memorial Library, often bringing her toddler to the get-together with other families….
Community Foundation Grants given
…schools, will help the Mohawk Trail, Frontier, Pioneer, Mahar, Gill-Montague and Franklin County Technical school districts, as well as Greenfield schools, develop more “trauma-informed” cultures. An outcome will be to…
The Arts
Home E Search query for: blog blog 2017 03 17 money to help explore school regionalization mahar 3 ( Page 21 ) Our Approach We know that institutions are a…
Pioneer Valley Excellence In Teaching Awards Presented To 113 Educators
SPRINGFIELD — School districts across the region participated in a rigorous process to select the winners of the 2020 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awards. The program, which is in…
Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference: Bridging, Belonging & Civic Engagement
…more. Those anxieties can deepen polarization, which shows up in our communities and schools. During this conference, we frame and explore tensions across social differences and ideologies that are present…
A different kind of meals on wheels: Franklin County Technical School delivers food to students
…leverage Franklin Tech’s National School Lunch Program financial reimbursement to help as many students as possible. “On Friday we started assisting the Pioneer (Valley Regional School) District’s families,” Bouchard noted….