When Covid 19 closed schools this past spring, the Amherst Middle School VELA After School program quickly moved to provide the program remotely to support students and the school community….
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The 10th Annual Safe & Healthy School Summit
Pictured above: Gaelin Elmore (far left); Panel of Amherst Regional High School students On November 30th, 2024, the Office of Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan and the Children’s Advocacy Centers…
Gail Healy retires after 39 years in Franklin County
…Elementary School in Greenfield from 1994 until the school closed in 2008. “It was an unbelievably amazing experience,” Healy said of her time at Four Corners. “People aren’t able to…
School officials: Pandemic has lingering impact on students’ mental health
…experienced the last year and a half — illness itself, fear of illness, the trauma of having everything closed, potential death in immediate or extended families. … Just because school…
Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty
…reflected on how presenting this content outside Massachusetts helps our Massachusetts educators and districts: “As I teach other groups, and tailor the content to their specific regional needs, I’m finding…
The Massachusetts Migrant Education Program Partners with School Districts
…districts in Massachusetts to develop new and innovative ways to support and extend their efforts. Springfield Public Schools (SPS) partners with MMEP in multiple ways to address barriers that have…
Caucus of superintendents makes $60M in rural school aid top priority
…together to push for legislative changes that would benefit rural schools. “I launched a rural caucus of [the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents], and so, we brought all the rural…
Trauma Informed Schools: Creating Classroom Culture
I think we can all agree that despite all we know about behavior and trauma sensitive schools, the behaviors and attitudes about learning seen in today’s classrooms have changed. Since…
Schools chief Tari Thomas to retire
…Schools, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Petersham consolidated school districts, said she is entering her last year in education, and her retirement will be official in August 2020. “It…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
Laurel Peltier, CES Curriculum and Instructional Specialist in Special Education, has been part of the team leading the Special Education Team Leader Institute (SETLI) since this Massachusetts state-wide program began…