…started taking a deeper look at rural school districts and has endorsed bills filed by state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Deerfield, and Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, that would have codified a…
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White House Hosts Summit on Early Childhood Education
…preschool development grants and an expansion of the Early Head Start program. The announcements come as part of the White House’s summit on early learning taking place in Washington today…
Fall 2014 Special Olympics offers fun in Granby
…field echoed the bright colors sported by the 87 participants, and the volunteers working to set up and support the event. Students came from schools in Northampton, South Hadley, Granby,…
Loris Bjorkman-Joslyn
Loris Bjorkman-Joslyn is a Special Education teacher at PVPA Charter School in South Hadley. She has been teaching in Special Education for 10 years. Loris holds a B.A. in Psychology…
Local Coalitions to Urban Outfitters: “Not far enough”
…signed the letter campaign to encourage Urban Outfitters to permanently remove drinking paraphernalia from their shelves. The Coalitions include: SPIFFY; Northampton Prevention Coalition; South Hadley Drug and Alcohol Coalition; Greenfield…
Dee McWilliams
Dee McWilliams is currently a reading specialist and Reading Recovery teacher at Plains School in South Hadley, MA. A veteran teacher with extensive experience in early literacy development, Dee has…
Local groups team up, offer forum to guide parents in supporting children’s mental health needs during pandemic
…burden of their trauma now and in the future.” The forum has been organized by the SPIFFY Coalition, Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, Northampton and South Hadley prevention coalitions, Easthampton Healthy…
Mount Tom Academy Class of 2021
…hear a commencement address by CES Interim Director, Karen Reuter, and 2020 alumna Tessa Scagliarini of South Hadley; and to celebrate the accomplishments of Tyler Rooney of Ware, Colin Monette…
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….
Western MA coalition releases recommendations for minimizing the impact of trauma on young children involved in DCF
…and early childhood educators in each region through formalized written agreements. Such collaborations would include early childhood providers in DCF team meetings and case conferences, and vice versa. Representatives from…