…recognized as HSIs when their Hispanic/Latinx enrollment exceeds 25%. HCC’s partners in the grant include Holyoke High School, Westfield High School, Western New England University, UMass Amherst, the Northampton-based Collaborative…
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Christine Shea
Christine Shea is the Director of Assessment and Accountability for the Westfield Public School District where she oversees the assessment system for the district along with central registration, the English…
Local eighth-graders honored as Project 351 ambassadors, will meet Gov. Baker
…of the meeting to think of a pressing societal issue to share. Cheri Hoyle, a guidance counselor at the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange, has been involved with…
A ‘new approach’ to teaching computer science: Get rid of the computer
…Massachusetts and Worcester County schools that will offer the curriculum this fall join a handful of schools around the state that began offering it two years ago. The high schools…
PVRS students showcase robotic fish feeders in first ever Pioneer Engineering Expo
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…
Officials sound off to legislators on broadband, schools
…listening tour and began their day in the Conway Town Hall. Speakers from regional planning agencies tried to explain some of the interrelated problems rural towns face, including: Declining populations…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…Regional Council of Governments, Communities That Care Coalition, North Quabbin Community Coalition, Hampshire HOPE and SPIFFY Coalition. “We desperately need data-driven strategies to help break the cycle of opioid and…
Area schools turn to Google’s online software solutions
…for word processing, storage, presentations and other functions. The students in Michele Andrews’ fifth grade class at R.K. Finn Ryan Road School quickly found the waffle on their screens and…
Department of Youth Services Guiding Principles awards for November
…the classroom.” Northeast Region: Kennedy School Teacher, Rhonda Fears Rhonda Fears, Teacher at Kennedy School, is the recipient of the Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award for the…
Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council
NORTHAMPTON — A food policy council for Hampshire County is seeking members to join its fledgling group, established two years ago as a means to address regional food insecurity and…