…ensure the safety of, and respect for, all students. On the one hand, we strive to honor the many students in Franklin and Hampshire counties who are responding to the…
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National Endowment for the Arts award will support local arts integration program for girls in the juvenile justice system
Northampton, MA – National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in the NEA’s second major…
Orange Teacher Receives National Recognition
Kathleen Koonz, a fifthgrade special education teacher from the Dexter Park Innovation School in Orange, has been selected as an National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar to attend one…
Northfield Elementary named National Blue Ribbon School
Northfield Elementary School was one of 325 schools recognized by Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as a 2021 National Blue Ribbon School. The award is based on a school’s overall…
Jacqueline LaFrance
…Years in 2003. She participated in the 2012 Teaching American History summer course and volunteered at the Library of Congress in 2018 at their National Book Festival. With the Western…
Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
…of a $52.7 billion annual budget, vetoed less than half a million dollars of outlays, and returned 41 sections to the Legislature with proposed amendments. The fiscal year 2023 budget…
Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards
Five Franklin County schools were recognized by the state for their outstanding work in an environmental education program. Greenfield High School, Federal Street School, Math and Science Academy, Bernardston Elementary…
Hampshire COG, Franklin CDC, to offer local foods to schools
As students at Leverett and Erving elementary schools dig into their vegetables this fall, they may be getting a taste of local farms thanks to a new collaboration of the…
Franklin County has two Schools of Recognition
Two Franklin County schools are among the 67 recognized by the state for strong MCAS achievement or for exceeding their performance targets. Whately Elementary School and Swift River School in…
Northampton Public Schools receive FRESH grant
…for activities like school gardens that help students learn about agriculture, food production and distribution.” “Learning about food, how it’s produced, and where it comes from can positively impact students’…