School and mental health professionals met Wednesday morning for the Safe and Healthy School Summit for a discussion on ways to mediate the mental health challenges faced by students in…
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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…
Empowering Educators: Integrating the New Massachusetts Frameworks into Health Education
…skills to deliver health education lessons that enable students to learn the skills they need to make informed decisions and lead healthy lives. Please note: In order to earn the…
Flip-It Training
FLIP IT is a four step supportive strategy to help young children identify their feelings, learn healthy self-control and reduce challenging behavior. This workshop will teach participants how to respond…
Gail Gramarossa, MPH, CHES
…Massachusetts Center for Healthy Communities and a public health and human services consultant. She has written successful grant proposals to SAMSHA, HRSA, MDPH, BSAS, USDOE, OJJDP, and numerous community foundations….
5 Ways to Teach Disability History in Social Studies Class
…often speaks with teachers about disability history at educator events, such as the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference. When he asks teachers how disability history comes up…
Four Corners student fundraiser helps ailing children
…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…
Easthampton puts call out for new sculpture celebrating volunteers in the arts scene
…Cultural Council and the Collaborative for Educational Services, as well as the American Rescue Plan Act funds. “Arts are thriving in Easthampton, and that community depends on the continued efforts…
Swift River School forum on standardized testing draws large crowd
…parents from local and surrounding towns. Students attending included the student council president of Swift River School. The Presenting panel was led by Bartlett and MASC Executive Director Glenn Koocher,…
Erving event connects youth to local history
…together information about previous residents’ lives and pinpointed where they had lived. Through a program coordinated by the school’s library and a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, the classes worked with…