…group of students in the Four Corners Student Council went with an issue they said they could all relate. “We’re not just helping people,” Jayden Daiqneault, 10, said. “We’re saving…
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ELL Education Workgroup
This workgroup will help all educators to strengthen their skills for working with ELL students and others who need language support, design curricula for these students, or gain further practice…
Continuing Earl McGraw’s Legacy in Turners Falls
…which is given to students and staff who exemplify McGraw’s principles. The school community nominates students and staff. McGraw’s principles were treating everyone with respect and without judgment, seeing someone…
Andy Craver follows Vice principal’s uplifting example in Turners Falls
Assistant principals, of necessity, are often the high school disciplinarians, which doesn’t exactly endear them to their students. So the late Earl McGraw, the former Turners Falls High School assistant…
Baker orders schools to stay closed through end of school year
…ground associated with the COVID 19 pandemic,” Baker said. He said there was no “authoritative guidance” on how to operate schools safely and how to get students to and from…
HEC Academy is one of 8 Massachusetts Green Team Program Grand Prize Winners
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today acknowledged students from 475 classrooms across the state who participated in the Green Team program, making the 2024-2025 school year…
Technology Update at HEC Academy
NORTHAMPTON, MA – HEC Academy rolled out a new one-to-one laptop initiative for students last week, the culmination of years of review, research and planning. HEC Academy students now have…
Easthampton fourth-graders launch campaign against car idling
…into the atmosphere, you don’t have to ask a scientist. You can ask a fourth-grader. Over the course of two days, students at the elementary school conducted a study to…
Mohawk Trail Regional School receives $375,000 Mass IDEAS Implementation Grant
…redesigning the school experience for our students through the Trailblazer Model,” said MTRS Principal Marisa Mendonsa. “Our faculty, staff, students and community members have worked collaboratively throughout the planning grant…
Northampton schools eye ‘science of reading’ model, backed by $323K in grants
…might find in a Lewis Carroll novel, words like “mapnet,” “ludkey,” “bignip,” and “heblet.” Students sound them out, breaking them up into syllables, before then applying the technique to read…