NORTHFIELD — After more than a month of design, programming and prototype construction, Pioneer Valley Regional School’s engineering design students displayed their robotic fish feeders during the first-ever Engineering Expo…
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U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Federal Funds to Support Afghan and Other Newcomer Students
…providing all students with free public education but also determining eligibility for and offering services to support students with limited English proficiency and students with disabilities. These resources include tool kits,…
Educators from Collaborative for Educational Services Publish Book on IEP and 504 Teams
…how the pandemic has affected students and will offer tools to improve the fit between the students’ individual learning profile and schooling. “We created the book to support educators, including…
Two students honored for social justice work
FLORENCE, MA — Two Valley high school students will receive scholarships for their work in social justice Sunday at the Sojourner Truth statue. Olivia Kan-Sperling, from Northampton High School, and…
William Evans named Easthampton High School’s new principal
…54, of Amherst, said. “The people there are very positive about the environment they are building and the work they are doing.” Evans has spent the past decade as a…
New principals named locally
Michelle Hernandez will be the next principal at the K-6 Fort River Elementary School in town. Amherst Regional Superintendent Michael Morris, on Monday, confirmed her appointment. In a message to…
Northampton Receives $50,000 Mass in Motion Grant to Promote Public Health
…promote public health regionally through the Healthy Hampshire collaborative. In announcing the grant, Mayor Narkewicz said “we are pleased to continue to collaborate with Amherst, Belchertown and Williamsburg to promote…
Carmelo Chiello
…courses at UMass Amherst and Mt. Holyoke College. Carmelo is the Director of Educator Preparation at UMass Amherst and holds an Ed.S in Language, Literacy, and Culture from UMass Amherst….
Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition is recipient of $100,000 grant for substance abuse prevention
…five cities/towns in Hampshire County – Amherst, Ware, Hadley, South Hadley and Northampton. Municipal leaders, including school superintendents, mayors, town managers, select board members, police chiefs and public health directors,…
Daughter to receive same civil rights award as mother
AMHERST, MA — Alicia Lopez of Amherst went through school knowing that whatever her life path would be, there was one career she would avoid at all costs — teaching….