BUCKLAND — The Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts now have enough volunteers for a study committee to research a Blizzard Bag Program, which would enable students in all…
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Heath, Mohawk reach agreement on school closure
BUCKLAND, MA — Agreement has been reached on conditions for closing the 22-year-old Heath Elementary School and tuitioning its students to the Hawlemont Regional School in Charlemont. The Heath Education…
State cuts Mohawk preschool funding
BUCKLAND, MA — Because the state Department of Early Education and Care has decided to phase out its Inclusive Preschool Learning Environment grant program, the Mohawk Trail Regional School District…
Teaching Writing Skills: Students with IEPs or English Language Learners
In this 1-day workshop, educators of English Learners and students with IEPs will consider the eight skills writers need to communicate personal meaning (e.g., select a genre and employ its…
Raising MCAS bar was a move in the wrong direction
Authentic learning, not test-driven compliance, is crucial as we emerge from the pandemic The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s recent decision to raise the score high school students must…
Giving students a beacon of hope: Learning program finds new routes to graduation for high schoolers
…program aims to forge alternative pathways to graduation for students at risk of dropping out. “When I was really struggling in school, I wouldn’t have expected to be this close…
‘Homework gap’ shows millions of students lack home internet
…students with home internet consistently score higher in reading, math and science. And the homework gap in many ways mirrors broader educational barriers for poor and minority students. Students without…
“My Students Love It!” – A Kindergarten Teacher’s Storytelling Journey
By Kim Davenport, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Central Region A Worcester Kindergarten teacher recently shared an update on her use of Storytelling-Story Acting. In her classroom of 28 students 22 were…
Area students salute veterans for their service
…for them. After a roughly hour-long ceremony, the service members joined the students at the school, where they visited classrooms and engaged with students, answering questions and sharing information about…
Money for vet program proposed in Tech budget
…new vocational- technical program for students in the district’s 19 member towns. “If approved for the new program, FCTS will be accepting freshman students for the fall of 2019 into…