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…
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Local schools to form rural association
…Creation of “sparsity aid” for rural school districts, which have higher per-pupil costs than schools with more students. Wisconsin, for instance, is giving struggling rural schools sparsity aid of $300…
State Environmental Officials Announce Student and School Recipients of Green Team Awards: MassDEP Recognizes HEC Academy and others
…access to a library of other resources. In addition, 30 schools received recycling and/or composting equipment from the Green Team to initiate or expand school recycling programs, and 15 schools…
Rural schools to push for millions more in state aid
BUCKLAND — Hoping to boost state money to rural school districts by about $9.5 million, educators at the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition voted unanimously Wednesday to back a proposal for…
Conference draws 140 educators in discussion of how to manage race, polarizing conversations in schools
On November 17th, 2022 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, the SPIFFY Coalition co-sponsored and co-organized the 9th Annual Safe and Healthy Schools Summit: Supporting Schools in Seeking Racial Healing…
Feds Approve Release Of $611 Mil For Massachusetts Schools
Federal education officials have approved the state’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) plan and distributed $611.3 million in funds to Massachusetts to help safely reopen schools and address…
Register for SPIFFY’s Summer Full Coalition Meeting!
The SPIFFY Coalition invites YOU to attend our upcoming Full Coalition meeting, taking place on June 4th, from 3:30-5:30PM at Nonotuck Park in Easthampton. We will be having a panel…
Youth substance abuse prevention programs get state funding
…of Public Health (DPH) announced $3.8 million in annual grants to 31 programs. This is the third Massachusetts Collaborative for Action, Leadership, and Learning (MassCALL3) award under the Substance Misuse…
Honoring Overdose Awareness Month
…to the public to attend. Easthampton: Monday, August 25 from 6-8 PM at Millside Park Central/Western MA VA: Tuesday, August 26 from 10:30 AM-12 PM at the VA Pavilion South…
HEC Academy in Northampton Graduates Class of 2021
…Johnson of Northampton Noah Loebel of Hadley, Olivia Maggiolino of Easthampton, and Matthew Rose of Frontier Regional. The speakers expressed their great pride in the graduates’ hard work and perseverance,…