With a background in Elementary and Special Education, Peggy spent many years working with children who were labeled as having an inability to learn and function in a regular classroom….
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Jillayne Flanders
…at Goshen Center School. During her years at Plains School, with the expert guidance of her amazing faculty and staff, she became a passionate advocate for Early Childhood Education, and…
Early childhood educator Barbara Black named Gazette’s “Person of the Year”
…education is all about. “It’s really being part of the world that wants to keep letting children play, because that’s how they learn,” said Black, the early childhood coordinator for…
Dana Kadish
Dana Kadish is a seasoned educational leader with more than 25 years of experience in early childhood education, admissions, teaching, staff development, and organizational capacity-building. She earned her M.Ed. in…
HEC Academy in Northampton Celebrates Graduates of 2024
…Station in Northampton, and featured comments from Pedro Gomes, Assistant Director Special Education; Todd H. Gazda, Executive Director at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES); and Cathy Englehardt, Chair of…
Lori Allen
…North Carolina. She also received her additional Special Education licensure from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and has her licensure in Massachusetts for Moderate Special Needs. Lori has…
Northampton School officials approve elementary school revamp
…approved Superintendent John Provost’s budget plan, which reduces educational support positions, adds special education teachers and moves students receiving special education services into the mainstream. The approved budget for the…
Occupational Therapy Center develops new strategies
…the ways in which the Collaborative for Educational Services’ Occupational Therapy Center (OTC) in Northampton has expanded their practice to help. “Although it’s been stressful and challenging, our work feels…
HEC Academy students raise $1,135 to battle hunger
NORTHAMPTON: Despite the rainy weather, staff and students from HEC Academy (an alternative middle and high school in Northampton, MA managed by the Collaborative for Educational Services) participated for the…
Elementary School In Berkshires Revamps Culture With Trauma In Mind
…into what’s called a “trauma-informed” school. The goal is to train the whole staff to be attuned to stress in children’s lives. “People who have been around education for a…